Jim Lampley

He got a little overconfident, a little too aggressive.

Marcus was a gifted fighter.

Very gifted.

But just like that one moment, like if that had happened in the first fight, we would look at the whole thing very differently.

Yeah.

This is like the margins, as you were saying, are so small for victory that when you see like a spectacular result, you do automatically assume, oh, that person is just that much better.

But sometimes it's just one error.

Right.

And then, you know, it's also how do you bounce back from that?

Like some people, the one moment, even if just a knockdown, they don't have the capacity to correct and stay safe and then regroup like they get shook.

And then now they're fighting from this position, this defensive position where they're a little bit gun shy.

Right.

Mayweather just did such a smart thing, but also a devious thing.

Waiting until Pacquiao was older, waiting until he slowed down.

Devious is not illegal in boxing.

That's how you retire with a 50-year record?

Yeah, he was great at talking shit.

He got everybody upset at him so badly that they wanted to see him lose.

And that would sell tons of pay-per-views.

Yeah, when he shifted from Pretty Boy Floyd to Money Mayweather, changed the whole thing.