Boxing News: Promoter Eddie Hearn Predicts Mayweather Victory Over Pacquiao Via Late KO

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has joined the group of boxing personalities who have shared their predictions on the winner of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight in May. The promoter from the United Kingdom is stating that Mayweather will win in a late knockout of Pacquiao because of the Filipino’s aggressiveness in attacking Mayweather, who will find the opening in the late rounds.

“At first I was thinking of Mayweather late stoppage or Pacquiao on points but if you’re going to push me for [a prediction] I’d go with Mayweather late stoppage, round 11,” Hearn said in a Fight Hype interview on YouTube. “Pacquiao is a quality fighter. Pacquiao is going to be desperate to win and he will work tirelessly throughout the fight to try and press Mayweather. And that’s I think Mayweather gets the stoppage.”

Hearn also said in the interview that Pacquiao has no choice but to make Mayweather work because the Filipino can’t outbox the undefeated American and the act will put Pacquiao in an “awkward spot” and that can possibly allow Mayweather to get the knockout in the late rounds.

The British promoter has managed fights involving the likes of popular fighters like Carl Froch, Kell Brook, Paul Smith, Anthony Joshua, Luke Campbell, Callum Smith and Khalid Yafai. Hearn is currently the Group Managing Director of Matchroom Sports, which organises boxing and darts tournaments in the U.K. and other countries. In related Mayweather-Pacquiao news, Hearn also tweeted on Wednesday that Sky Sports, the U.K. partner channel of Matchroom Sports, have earned the rights for the big bout.

Watch the full interview of Hearn about the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight in the video below:

(YouTube/FightHype.com)

The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is scheduled on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and is considered the best sporting spectacle for the year.

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