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Gus Johnson: Any MMA Fighter Would Kill Manny Pacquiao in the Cage

Gus Johnson is the Showtime correspondent who has commentated for Strikeforce events, as well Manny Pacquiao’s recent fight with Shane Mosley. Johnson is not confident in any boxer being able to make the transition to MMA, not even pound-for-poun…

Gus Johnson is the Showtime correspondent who has commentated for Strikeforce events, as well Manny Pacquiao’s recent fight with Shane Mosley.

Johnson is not confident in any boxer being able to make the transition to MMA, not even pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

MMAFighting.com reports that in a radio interview with Dan Patrick, Johnson expressed no faith in “The Punching Pride of the Philippines” being able to hang with any professional MMA fighter in the cage.

“He’d get killed,” Johnson said. “No question. Tapped out, easily. In a minute.” 

James Toney soundly getting defeated by Randy Couture in a fight under UFC rules last year may have had something to do with Johnson’s line of thinking.

In more recent news, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz has come under fire for accepting a boxing match with Jeff Lacy for this fall.  

Could a skilled MMA striker make the necessary adjustments to be effective in the ring?  Many critics do not seem to think so.  

Additionally, Johnson also clarified that he is still set to call Strikeforce events in the future, so fight fans might as well get used to his personally now, if they haven’t already. 

While it is highly unlikely to ever happen, could “The Pacman” be a real force in the Octagon if he seriously trained some jiu jitsu and Muay Thai to go with his elite boxing skills?

Despite the argument being more hypothetical than anything else, it certainly does open the door for a number of pretty interesting discussions. 

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Gus Johnson: Any MMA Fighter Would Kill Pacquiao In the Cage

Filed under: MMA Media WatchGus Johnson, the broadcaster who called the blow-by-blow on Manny Pacquiao’s victory over Shane Mosley and who also calls Strikeforce fights on Showtime, has weighed in on the frequently discussed subject of how a boxer woul…

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Gus Johnson, the broadcaster who called the blow-by-blow on Manny Pacquiao‘s victory over Shane Mosley and who also calls Strikeforce fights on Showtime, has weighed in on the frequently discussed subject of how a boxer would do in MMA. And he doesn’t like any boxer’s chances.

In a radio interview with Dan Patrick, Johnson was asked how Pacquiao would do in an MMA fight against an MMA fighter, and Johnson said it’s ridiculous to even think Pacquiao could last.

“He’d get killed,” Johnson said of Pacquiao in the cage. “No question. Tapped out, easily. In a minute.”

Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre: A Tale of Two Champions, Two Title Fights

“Writing is about making connections,” taught Carol Bly, the critically acclaimed American creative nonfiction author.And it’s easy to make connections between Georges St-Pierre and Manny Pacquiao, who fought on the consecutive Saturday nig…

“Writing is about making connections,” taught Carol Bly, the critically acclaimed American creative nonfiction author.

And it’s easy to make connections between Georges St-Pierre and Manny Pacquiao, who fought on the consecutive Saturday nights of April 30 and May 7, respectively. Disregarding the fact that one successfully defended his world title in MMA while the other one of his very own in boxing, we can acknowledge several similarities.

This slide show presents parallels between the two great champions and, since no two things are exactly the same, also their differences—from which we can glean more lessons about the world of professional combat sports. (As Yogi Berra quipped, “Their similarities are different.”)

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The Legal Woes Keep Piling Up For Floyd Mayweather


(…so Tiny choked his ass…I know. Can you believe he had the nerve to ask ME for ID?)

On the heels of his latest criminal charges — a pair of misdemeanor harassment counts filed against him last week in Las Vegas, NV,  Floyd Mayweather Jr. is at the center of new lawsuit.

The suit, filed by a Las Vegas strip club bouncer, alleges that one of the boxing champ’s bodyguards choked the complainant outside of his place of work, Drai’s at Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon after he asked Mayweather and his entourage for identification before they were allowed entry into the club. According to court documents obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the plaintiff, Clay Gerling is seeking $10,000 in damages.


(…so Tiny choked his ass…I know. Can you believe he had the nerve to ask ME for ID?)

On the heels of his latest criminal charges — a pair of misdemeanor harassment counts filed against him last week in Las Vegas, NV,  Floyd Mayweather Jr. is at the center of new lawsuit.

The suit, filed by a Las Vegas strip club bouncer, alleges that one of the boxing champ’s bodyguards choked the complainant outside of his place of work, Drai’s at Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon after he asked Mayweather and his entourage for identification before they were allowed entry into the club. According to court documents obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the plaintiff, Clay Gerling is seeking $10,000 in damages.

Last week the Review-Journal broke the news that “Pretty Boy Floyd,” was charged in Vegas Justice Court with two misdemeanor harassment counts stemming from an incident that allegedly took place in October in which Maywether told a Southern Highlands security guard that he would get his friends with guns to come over and deal with the official hired by his gated community to look after parking enforcement after he was told to move his vehicle from the street. The incident was separate from earlier charges Mayweather is facing for poking another guard (who had issued him a parking citation) in the face.

Maywether is set for preliminary hearing on felony charges stemming from a September 9 domestic dispute with his baby’s mama, Josie Harris and their two children. Those charges include coercion, grand larceny and robbery.

Mayweather is rumored to be returning to the ring in September against 29-2-2 welterweight Victor Ortiz.

Video: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley ‘Highlights’, Such as They Are

If you missed Manny Pacquiao‘s latest performance on Saturday night, well, you didn’t miss much. The boxing megastar defended his WBO welterweight title by unanimous decision against “Sugar” Shane Mosley, in a bout that was marked by a disappointing lack of action. It’s not suprising that this CBS Sports highlight reel starts at the end of the 10th round. The only notable moments before that were a knockdown that Pacquiao scored in the 3rd frame — which seemed to convince Mosley to quit engaging altogether — and a trip/shove by Mosley earlier in the tenth that the referee decided to rule a knockdown, just to keep things interesting. Nevertheless, two of the judges ignored the ref’s bad call and gave every round to Pacquiao.

As we told y’all on Friday, the Pacquaio/Mosley match was Gus Johnson’s final play-by-play gig for Showtime, and he made sure to trot out his diverse range of knowledge. At the 0:52 mark: “He kinda throws, in the MMA world, it’s a version of the ‘Superman’ punch.” GuJo‘s just keeping the chops sharp until the UFC comes calling, I guess.

After every mechanical victory by Pacquiao over an outmatched opponent, our thoughts always turn to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and what he might be up to right now. Well, get a load of this…

If you missed Manny Pacquiao‘s latest performance on Saturday night, well, you didn’t miss much. The boxing megastar defended his WBO welterweight title by unanimous decision against “Sugar” Shane Mosley, in a bout that was marked by a disappointing lack of action. It’s not suprising that this CBS Sports highlight reel starts at the end of the 10th round. The only notable moments before that were a knockdown that Pacquiao scored in the 3rd frame — which seemed to convince Mosley to quit engaging altogether — and a trip/shove by Mosley earlier in the tenth that the referee decided to rule a knockdown, just to keep things interesting. Nevertheless, two of the judges ignored the ref’s bad call and gave every round to Pacquiao.

As we told y’all on Friday, the Pacquaio/Mosley match was Gus Johnson’s final play-by-play gig for Showtime, and he made sure to trot out his diverse range of knowledge. At the 0:52 mark: “He kinda throws, in the MMA world, it’s a version of the ‘Superman’ punch.” GuJo‘s just keeping the chops sharp until the UFC comes calling, I guess.

After every mechanical victory by Pacquiao over an outmatched opponent, our thoughts always turn to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and what he might be up to right now. Well, get a load of this…

Last Thursday, Money Mayweather was charged with misdemeanor harassment for making threats against two security guards who ticketed a couple of Mayweather’s cars that were parked outside his Las Vegas mansion back in October. According to TMZ:

Mayweather allegedly threatened the guards — who patrol the boxer’s upscale housing community — after he noticed the citations, claiming, “My homies have guns. If you want me to call them, they’d come over here and take care of you.”…According to the complaint, Floyd added, “These are my f**king cars. Don’t touch my f**king cars.”

The weird part? This is a totally separate incident from that time Floyd repeatedly poked a security guard in the face for ticketing his illegally parked vehicles, which happened a month later.

Oh, also? This:


(Props: YouTube.com/FloydMayweather)

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