A show-off for Manny Pacquiao and his boxing fans without coverage? Floyd Mayweather Jr., reportedly knocked out even his sparring partners in his training several weeks before highly anticipated boxing match on May 2. A complete opposite of Filipino boxing champ, Mayweather is choosing to make his preparation private but "more focused and serious," as Fight Hype's claim.
According to Fight Hype's story, which was specially invited by Floyd's boxing club, the atmosphere in undefeated pound-for-pound king training facility was "tremendous." It was because Mayweather shown his fighting stints ahead of the actual game and giving great deal to his sparring partners. FH added that camp of 38-year-old boxer implement no video recording and other media the time they visited, but his family and team were present to support him.
CBSSports.com's report confirmed the said story and shared that Floyd made his partner down with body shot.
"Floyd doing his thing," HustleBoss.com owner and photographer Chris Robinson shared. "He dropped one of the guys with a body shot."
Analyzing this training approach, boxing columnist Marc Livitz of SecondsOut.com, commented that this is old news and possibly will not work with Pacman.
"Maidana made him fight for his life last May, regardless of the 'I fought that way for the fans' schtick," Livitz said in his interview with CBSSports.com. "[Mayweather's] known to beat the crap out of his sparring partners. Swarming Pac would not be the answer, because I still think that despite the fact that Pac is now powerful on each side -- he can still be outboxed."
"An aggressive mindset may lead to a more 'tit-for-tat' style of contest," Livitz added said, "where he'll get more on the receiving end."
Meantime, former boxing champ also gave tips for Money to win his biggest fight. Mike Tyson commented that Floyd should reverse his fighting tactic that he described as "more reserved."
"Floyd doesn't throw anywhere near 100 punches a round," Tyson said in his talk with Sportingnews.com. "Floyd gotta fight the first couple of rounds."
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