Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather: 12 Reasons Manny Would Beat Money May

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have engaged in a war or words, misinformation, and bitter negotiations that have resulted in an ongoing court battle instead of a battle in the ring.

Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) has been pegged as a slight underdog should the fight happen, but is he really the underdog?

Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) is undefeated, but does having no losses mean you cannot possibly lose ever?

As the saying goes, there is a first time for everything. Mayweather's staying around Boxing so far, meaning a fight with Pacquiao will continue to remain possible.

And a fight with Mayweather is a fight Pacquiao can win. Here are the 12 reasons the "Pacman" can gobble up "Money" May.

12. Pacquiao's More Active

Pacquiao has more fights under his belt than Mayweather, and he also has over twice as many fights as Mayweather in the last four years.

From 2008-2011, Mayweather has fought only three times. In that same period, Pacquiao will have fought nine times after his November 12 bout has passed.

Inactivity is the biggest killer of Americans and could possibly kill Mayweather's chance of beating Pacquiao.

11. Pacquiao Returns Fire When Frustrated

Many of Mayweather's opponents freeze up or do not hit back when it turns out their clever opponent is more elusive than they first thought.

Hatton got sloppy, Mosley stopped hitting, and Ortiz performed a flying headbutt.

Pacquiao's response will be to keep throwing. If Joshua Clottey's boring performance against Pacquiao showed anything, it is that Pacquiao will continue throwing even if he is hitting nothing.

Pacquiao threw punches in bunches against Clottey's arms as Clottey used a turtle shell defense of tucking his chin into his high guard with his long, big arms simultaneously blocking his face and body.

Pacquiao will likely become frustrated by Mayweather as other's have before, but he will keep throwing and over the course of twelve rounds, will eventually catch him.

10. Mayweather Gives in to Criticism Easily

Mayweather may act stubborn and talk like a man who does not care what the people say, but his choice of opponents says differently.

When he came back from retirement in 2009, Mayweather fought lightweight world champion Juan Manuel Marquez for a warm-up. The boxing world cried that he was too small after Mayweather beat him.

Mayweather chose Shane Mosley, a full-size welterweight who was bigger than Mayweather, for his next opponent. The world cried that he was too old after Mayweather beat him.

He next chose Victor Ortiz in 2011, a full-size welterweight world champion who was ten years younger than Mayweather. The world cried that he was too inexperienced, after Mayweather knocked him out.

What can Mayweather do to appease the crowd now? Fight Pacquiao. Notice how Mayweather's style has changed as well. When fighting Mosley and Ortiz, Mayweather fought flat-footed and in their faces.

It could be because Mayweather's losing his legs or it could be because Mayweather's trying to present a more action-oriented style to appease the critics that say his elusive defense is boring.

If Mayweather implements a similar action-oriented style against Pacquiao, will he be playing into Pacquiao's strengths? It's certainly possible.

9. Pacquiao's Corner

Not to say Mayweather's corner is not good, but Freddie Roach is not winning multiple "trainer of the year" awards for nothing.

Roach has built Pacquiao into a two-handed speedster killing machine. Mayweather has shown greatness while being trained by Roger Mayweather, but even if something separates them, he will still show his greatness.

Roach's corner has improved Pacquiao's game in recent years, and brought greatness out of him. The cherry on top may come during a fight with Mayweather, resulting in Mayweather's first loss.

8. Pacquiao Is a Stronger Fighter with Speed

Now this may not seem like much of a reason, but Pacquiao is awfully fast and strong.

Mayweather may have faced strong opponents, but has he faced an opponent that is as strong or as fast as Pacquiao?

Mayweather was buckled by a decently quick Mosley and Ortiz was able to catch Mayweather a few times. Judging by Pacquiao's speed, "Pacman" will certainly catch him more than both of them combined.

7. Pacquiao May Be Faster

It is hard to judge Mayweather's speed when he is throwing one to two punches at a time.

Pacquiao throws six or seven punch combinations. Mayweather will never do that.

Because they are so different, the only way to truly judge the speed difference is in the ring.

But what if Pacquiao does happen to be faster? Then it is bye-bye Floyd, because his speed helps him a lot.

He has smarts, but if Pacquiao beats him to the punch consistently, no amount of strategy will do save Mayweather.

6. Mayweather Is Older

Pacquiao is a warrior at age 32 compared to Mayweather being a slick, defensive counter-puncher at age 34.

One would figure the warrior would give out first, but not necessarily.

Pacquiao has hardly been touched by any opponent in his fights in the past three years. Pacquiao has not been in a real war since he last fought Marquez in March of 2008.

Since then, the only opponent to truly touch Pacquiao was Antonio Margarito. Mayweather has shown that his evasiveness and reflexes are key to his survival.

If Mayweather loses his reflexes, he will lose to Pacquiao. Slowly but surely, Mayweather is getting hit more.

Against Marquez, he got hit a couple times flush more often than he normally does . Against Mosley, he suffered a shocking second round that almost sent him to the canvas.

Against Ortiz, he was caught by a lot of left hands, something a southpaw like Pacquiao specializes in.

By the time Mayweather and Pacquiao fight next year, Mayweather will be 35. Pacquiao will be 33. Unless something goes wrong against Marquez on November 12, Pacquiao will go into the bout the fresher fighter.

5. Mayweather's Court Cases Will Catch Up with Him

Mayweather has numerous court cases pending against him from domestic violence to Pacquiao's defamation suit.

With so much to be distracted by, Mayweather's court cases may catch up with him during his biggest moment of focus, while he's in the ring.

During training for the Ortiz fight, he tried to delay as much as possible. He has been delaying cases for nearly a year, and eventually the cases will have to be handled. They cannot be delayed forever.

4. Mayweather Can't Stop Pacquiao

Mayweather, judging by his punching power or lack thereof, only has one way to win against Pacquiao.

Unanimous decision.

Mayweather has to win by decision, but Pacquiao has plenty of speed and power to take him out if he should slip up even the slightest bit.

That gives Pacquiao two ways to win versus Mayweather's one. That does not bode well for Mayweather's chances.

3. Joe Cortez Won't Be Helping Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao hardly ever uses Joe Cortez as a referee and after the job he performed for Mayweather during the Ricky Hatton and Victor Ortiz fights, I doubt he will be the official ref for Pacquiao versus Mayweather.

During Mayweather-Hatton, Cortez kept breaking up the action every time Hatton tried to fight on the inside. The truth is that Hatton has short arms and has to fight on the inside.

Some believe Cortez's involvement messed up Hatton's gameplan and seriously changed the swing of the pendulum during the fight.

Ortiz headbutted Mayweather in Round 4 of their fight and Cortez stopped the fight to deduct a point as he should have. However, when it came time to let the fighters fight, Cortez weakly motioned them in.

Ortiz claimed he didn't even know the fight was going on and was distracted by Cortez turning his head away to make sure the time keeper knew the fight was starting again.

Without Cortez, a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather will be a lot fairer, helping Pacquiao to potentially snatch Mayweather's "0."

2. Pacquiao Is Becoming More Patient with Each Fight

In the beginning of Pacquiao versus Mosley, Pacquiao was cautious of Mosley's punching power. He fought, but not as wildly and recklessly as he had before.

Pacquiao fought cautiously in the first round against Cotto as well just to feel out the strong welterweight's power and style. This same growing patience may serve him well against Mayweather.

Pacquiao will likely be patient against Mayweather to feel out his speed and timing and then eventually he will attack with the fury of someone who knows exactly how to beat the American fighter.

1. Pacquiao Can Take Mayweather out at Any Round

Pacquiao has surprising knockout power as Hatton can attest to. Hatton suffered a second round knockout to Pacman.

Mayweather might not be able to hold onto Pacquiao if he buckles him and might not be able to move away if he stalks him. Then what will Mayweather do? Pacquiao has walked down bigger punchers.

That leaves Mayweather with nothing left to do should Pacquiao give the fight every ounce of energy he has in the first round. Mayweather barely weathered the Mosley storm in Round 2 of that fight. Will he be able to weather Storm Pacquiao?

Hopefully the world will find out next year.

Check Back on Monday

Come back Monday morning at 11AM central standard time (12pm for you guys on the East Coast and 9am for you guys on the West Coast) for my counter argument to this article:

Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather: 12 Reasons Money May Would Beat Manny 

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