By Edward Chaykovsky

Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers is excited with the finalization of the May 2nd clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The fight takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Mayweather has the size advantage and many see Pacquiao as the fighter with the edge in punching power. Pacquiao has not scored a stoppage win since 2009. Chambers is predicting that Mayweather's overlooked power is going to stun Pacquiao enough to get respect early. As the fight plays out in the second half, Chambers is picking Mayweather to dominate the action until the final bell.

"Pacquiao will get in there and he’ll be kind of shocked of how strong Mayweather is and then how fast and how sharp and precise his punches are. Mayweather probably hits a little harder than people give him credit for as well, so he will get that respect. Once Mayweather gets that respect out of Manny, Manny won’t be coming in throwing seventeen punches at a time trying to get to him," Chambers told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

"It’s just like when Manny Pacquiao fought Marquez, those fights were razor thin and that’s because Pacquiao respected Marquez, not only his boxing ability but also his power. It just looks to me like Floyd Mayweather is favorite and over the course of five to seven rounds, it will start to become pretty one sided going down the stretch."