Matthew Aguilar: Mayweather has tools to make Pacquiao look ordinary

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Bernard Hopkins isn't the most politically correct quote in the world. He says things that make people uncomfortable and he is often accused of playing the race card.
But you can't deny "B-Hop" came up with an original angle this week when he said Manny Pacquiao has never beaten a world-class black fighter.
Hopkins is right -- Pacquiao never has beaten a world-class African-American. Or even fought one. But his point may be better taken when you consider styles instead of race.
Pacquiao's resume is devoid of talented, speedy boxers -- whatever their ethnic background. He has mostly beaten heavy-handed sluggers whose natural inclination is to brawl -- Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey,

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Antonio Margarito (Oscar De La Hoya was an aged boxer-puncher who was long past his prime by the time he fought "Pac-Man").
Pacquiao, 52-3-2 (38 knockouts), destroyed them because they were slower and easy for him to hit -- ultimately falling prey to the Filipino's crunching punching power. They are styles that are made-to-order for Pacquiao's speed and southpaw stance.
Where Pacquiao has struggled is against smart, fast, talented, tough fighters, who are in their primes and who execute a more cerebral game plan -- specifically Juan Manuel Marquez in 2004 and 2008, and, to a lesser degree, Erik Morales in their first fight (Pacquiao's last loss in 2005).
Marquez nor Morales were hit with multiple punches in a row, and both were quick enough to get off with their own combinations. Marquez countered Pacquiao magnificently, and many think he beat the Filipino Congressman twice.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., 41-0 (25 KOs), is head and shoulders a better, smarter, faster, more talented boxer than either Marquez or Morales. He is brilliant in a boxing ring, and you can bet your mortgage that he would never stand and trade with Pacquiao.
Rather, he would devise a strategy that would use the Filipino's aggressiveness against him -- a strategy that worked behind a stiff jab, utilizing movement for punching angles as he tied Pacquiao up, thwarting his offensive bursts and ultimately frustrating him by limiting exchanges and picking his spots (or "potshotting," as Hopkins put it).
Think, Pernell Whitaker against Julio Cesar Chavez. It would be a very different approach from any of Pacquiao's previous opponents.
It wouldn't be pretty, and it wouldn't be half as entertaining as any of "Pac-Man's" previous fights. But it would be effective. Mayweather knows how to win boxing matches.
This is not an endorsement for a Mayweather win, when and if he ever squares off with "Pac-Man." It's simply an acknowledgement that Mayweather possesses both the intelligence and the skill set to make a fighter like Pacquiao look very ordinary.

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