Skip Bayless pens the
most Bayless column ever, arguing Pacquiao will knock out Mayweather. It boils down to:
- Mayweather finally agreed to the fight because he was worried about his legacy and thought Pacquiao had gone soft with his singing and political careers
- Mayweather's excuses about steroids were lame, he shouldn't have been worried even if Manny were all roided up, because so long as they're the same weight, who cares?
- Mayweather's advantage over every other opponent has been his hand speed, but Pacquiao's got the same speed
- Pacquiao has "Far more natural punching power", while Mayweather has "soft hands" that are often sore. Pacquiao's trainer says Floyd "doesn't sit down on punches that often".
- Mayweather struggles against left-handers, and Pacquiao is the best lefty in the world
- Age is more of a factor for Mayweather (38) than Pacquiao (36)
- Pacquiao's loss to Bradley was an outrageous judging decision, and his loss to Marquez was on their 4th rematch in the last second of a round when he got KO'd, and in either case, Manny's heart wasn't in it, he'd rather have been fighting Mayweather. OK, Skip.
- Pacquiao won't be intimidated by pre-fight nonsense because he grew up in a third-world ghetto and has seen some shit.
I'm probably rooting for Manny, but unless Marciano comes in and tells me there's something to the lefty weakness or relative aging or punching power, I'm going to chalk this up to a standard Bayless troll job.