{"id":75313,"date":"2018-09-22T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75313"},"modified":"2018-09-22T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T18:04:54","slug":"floyd-mayweather-jr-vs-manny-pacquiao-ii-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75313","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather, JR Vs Manny Pacquiao II &#8211; Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75313\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-75314 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Untitled-2_3207293b-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Untitled-2_3207293b-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Untitled-2_3207293b.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Tyler &#8220;Miracle Man&#8221; White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Floyd Mayweather, JR. Vs Manny Pacquiao II &#8211; do we really want to see it?<\/p>\n<p>The honest answer for most boxing fans is, quite simply, no.<\/p>\n<p>When the two fighters met back in 2015, what unfolded was in all honesty, a sub standard spectacle that left fans dreaming of what could have been.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the fight that happened when both future hall of fame fighters met, had come several years too late.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After their fight in May of 2015, the majority of boxing fans were \u201chappy\u201d to leave it at that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao didn\u2019t have the tools to really trouble \u201cTBE\u201d &#8211; not anymore anyway &#8211; and Mayweather finally gave into the demands from the fans and gave them the fight that they\u2019d been after for years.<\/p>\n<p>The fact of the matter is however, despite fans being \u201chappy\u201d to leave it at that, the boxing community was also left feeling a little deflated and ripped off, because the duo hadn\u2019t met inside the squared circle when they were both in their prime.<\/p>\n<p>With all of that in mind, however, who in their right mind actually wants to see a rematch between these two now?<\/p>\n<p>3 years on from their highly anticipated fight and with both men now around 40 years of age, nobody is really bothered by a rematch and despite Pacquiao\u2019s impressive display against Lucas Matthysse, not so long ago, times have changed and the boxing world has moved on.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just not really about Mayweather or Pacquiao anymore\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As a boxing fan who grew up watching and idolizing these 2 fighters as they ruled their divisions, I would pay to see them fight if they do come to terms and sign another contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, I\u2019m 100% certain that I\u2019ll be left sat there, even more deflated than I was after their encounter 3 years ago!<\/p>\n<p>Whether it happens, or whether it was just a bit of a publicity stunt to drum up some attention for Floyd Mayweather, JR. again, after a little while out of the lime light, I\u2019m not particularly fussed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that I and most other boxing fans would watch it, I think we can safely say that we don\u2019t really want or need to see a rematch between the 2 fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Especially not now!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out Tyler \u201cThe Miracle Man\u201d White who is part of a new podcast called \u201cBritish Boxing Talk\u201d on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/british-boxing-talk\/id1431854098?mt=2#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-809170\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2C5I5RJLKFMgU5kNVfwAQd?si=0qdo191VSxSKNBfPtxiy2w\">Spotify<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] By Tyler &#8220;Miracle Man&#8221; White Floyd Mayweather, JR. Vs Manny Pacquiao II &#8211; do we really want to see it? The honest answer for most boxing fans is, quite simply, no. When the two fighters met back in 2015, what unfolded was in all honesty, a sub standard spectacle that left fans dreaming of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[267,18927],"class_list":["post-75313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-jr-vs-manny-pacquiao-ii-really"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}