Boxing Analyst John Scully Says Floyd Mayweather Is Slipping But Manny Pacquiao Won’t Win In Super Fight In 2015

Former light heavyweight contender turned boxing trainer and analyst John Scully believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s skills are deteriorating but doesn’t see the undefeated American losing to Filipino Manny Pacquiao if they face each other on top of the ring in 2015.

“If he’s on his game, I don’t think Manny, or anyone, touches him. I don’t think Floyd will get caught slipping. The only thing that can happen is if he just loses it, where his timing and everything is just eroded but from what I can see, he’s slipped a little,” Scully said via ontheropesboxing.com.”I don’t think there’s any dispute of that but not nearly enough for him to be considered to lose to Manny. I like Manny a lot but I don’t see Floyd losing to Manny.”

Nicknamed "The Iceman”, Scully was a considered one of the top boxing contenders during his boxing heydays. Scully, who is from Hartford, Connecticut in the United States had two shots at a world title but lost twice. Scully finished his boxing pro career with a 38-11-0 record with 21 knockouts.

Despite what was an average boxing career, Scully went on to become a respected trainer in the sport and also one of the highly-touted analysts for sports channel ESPN. He was also a regular sparring partner to boxing greats Roy Jones Jr., James Toney, Mike McCallum and Henry Maske, among many other popular fighters.

Scully stated in the same interview that he believes that if Mayweather and Pacquiao met years ago, the American would easily beat the Filipino. However, he also said with the current state of Mayweather slowing down, Pacquiao has a shot at winning the fight.

The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao bout has been hotly discussed in recent days since Bob Arum, the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Top Rank Promotions, admitted that there are back channel negotiations ongoing with CBS Corporation president Leslie Moonves about the probable fight in 2015.

Pacquiao himself has also said in multiple interviews that the negotiations are indeed on-going and members of his camp has even stated that Pacquiao is willing to have a lower share on the purse of the fight projected to be around $150 to $200 million. However, there has been no word from Floyd Mayweather Jr. and The Money Team camp about the said rumours.