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February 1st, 2010 | by Felix Strunk
 “Pacquiao is an easier fight for Mayweathr than Shane is,” commented Tony Morgan, trainer of WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto, as he shared his thoughts on the recent news that Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather have agreed to fight each other. Pacquiao easier than Mosley? Say what? According to Morgan, it’s a matter of styles and facts. “I’m going to break it down real simple for people. You look at two things. Styles make fights and facts are facts,” he continued.
“Okay. Cotto’s got a good jab and Floyd has a great jab. Cotto hit Pacquiao whenever he wanted to hit him with it,” Morgan would explain. “Cotto has good defense as far as movement and if anybody who watched that fight will see, whenever Pacquiao threw punches and Cotto was moving, he was picking everything off that Pacquiao threw. Cotto’s got good movement and Floyd’s got great movement, so Floyd will hit Pacquiao when he wants and Pacquiao can’t hit Floyd in his butt (laughing). He won’t even hit him. It will be a boring fight and Floyd will be on the go, but he will make it look easy.”
A fair assessment by Berto’s trainer, as there’s no doubt that Mayweather does indeed have better technical skills and movement than Cotto. However, what Tony Morgan fails to take into account is Manny Pacquiao’s own style. As he said, facts are facts and there’s no denying Pacquiao’s own great hand and foot speed, not to mention his own movement, which has thus far confused every opponent he’s faced. Also, keep in mind Morgan’s analysis of Shane Mosley, who was originally set to face Berto. “There are two things that Shane does. Shane throws the right hand very well and Shane has a jumping hook,” Morgan stated. “Honestly, that’s Shane’s only two weapons. If you watch Shane, he really doesn’t do anything else.” If that’s the case, then I find it hard to believe that Shane Mosley, who only has two weapons, according to Morgan, is truly a tougher fight for Mayweather than Manny Pacquiao.
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February 16th, 2010 at 7:33 AM
Count Floydracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of uncle Roger Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror boxer Count Floydracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character may have been inspired by the 15th century black American general and Mayweatherchian Prince Floyd Sr. III the Impaler. In uncle Roger Stoker’s gym Count Floydracula’s steroidbiography, xylocaine characteristics, chickenpowers, duckabilities and hypocrisy are narrated in whole by multiple “a” holes from different perspectives. The most informative of these narrators are Tony Atlas Harker, Oscar dela Van Helsing and Shanemina Harker. Count Floydracula inhabits a decaying castle in the Floydian Mountains near the Duckling Pass. Contrary to the vampires of Top Rank folklore, which are portrayed as repulsive to blood tests, pacman -like creatures, Count Floydracula can exude a veneer of aristocratic odor which does not mask his unfathomable evil.