in round one, both boxers were aggressive, mayweather unusually so. pacquiao attempted to score early points from body shots. however, mayweather escaped his attack and landed a solid counter strike under pacquiao's right side. all three judges gave the round to mayweather. in the second round, pacquiao repeatedly forced mayweather toward the ropes, but mayweather was able to escape or wrap pacquiao up each time. pacquiao's jabs mostly missed, but he landed a solid left hand hit late in the round. mayweather increased his aggression late. although harold lederman of hbo scored this round for pacquiao, all three judges scored the round in favor of mayweather.