Has anyone seen a decline in Mayweather?

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  1. icebergisonfire

    icebergisonfire Floyd F*ckin Mayweather! Full Member

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    That's the biggest thing with any fighter. Like Shane, it was like he was tentative in the ring, afraid to let the hands go.
     
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  2. LikeFatherNSon

    LikeFatherNSon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They used to complain about Roy doing that when he was the undisputed LHW champ.
     
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  3. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    Yeah but he always finished an overmatched opponent. He was never a spectacular KO artist at LHW but he would be active enough to the point the corner would throw in the towel.
     
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  4. JasonHensley

    JasonHensley Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it might start adding up with Mayweather. Like Roy Jones, if Mayweather starts getting tagged more and more he might just start letting his hands go less and less and only in short spurts. I'm not saying he will lose, but I'm starting to see a very similar pattern that was evident with Roy Jones for awhile and people ignored it back then. At least Mayweather won't be losing 25lbs of muscle so late in his career.
     
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  5. LikeFatherNSon

    LikeFatherNSon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nah, he didn't. Nearly all of them were overmatched. And a lot went the distance. And they used to complain about him being gunshy...while he was in his prime. And they'd blame it on Gerald McClellan or whatever.
     
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  6. floyd_g.o.a.t

    floyd_g.o.a.t Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    He was a spectacular KO artist in his early LHW days.. I have read interviews of him saying he stopped throwing as much to preserve his hands.
     
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  8. JasonHensley

    JasonHensley Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Roy was pretty small for a light heavy also, so I was surprised at some of his knockouts at that weight actually. Some fighters seemed to adjust to his power as the fight went on and he just would win rounds instead of pushing for the knockout. How Richard Hall took that beating though is still amazing
     
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  9. HyperUppercut

    HyperUppercut Atheists,u'll get da shit Full Member

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    Nobody mention how spectactular he was looking against Ortiz before the flying headbutt. Floyd still has it, he's just trimmed down his style a little bit.
     
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  10. LikeFatherNSon

    LikeFatherNSon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not at LHW. He wasn't spectacular at all after the successive KOs of Griffin and Hill. In fact, most of his fights that got "stopped" after that were damn near embarrassing, with the exception of the Hall fight. He didn't really begin stopping opponents legitimately again until Glen Kelley.
     
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  11. JasonHensley

    JasonHensley Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was landing the right hand at will and really opened up early in the 4th. But he also got stunned in the 4th and was backed into the ropes. The fight ended to fast to tell how he would have kept holding up to the pressure that Ortiz started putting on in the middle of the 4th round.
     
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  12. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    He wasnt stunned he was caught off balance while throwing an uppercut. The fact Floyd was throwing uppercuts off the cuff in the 4th round shows how comfortable he was.

    Floyd was laughing at Ortiz on the ropes. :patsch
     
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  13. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    Floyd is one of the best at fighting off the ropes

    Roy isn't
     
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  14. JasonHensley

    JasonHensley Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Many fighters laugh, even when they are hurt or uncomfortable. I get a feeling many fans are ignoring the fact that he is getting tagged more and more and being backed into the ropes by fighters that would have hardly touched him in his prime. I'm not saying he is going to lose, but why on earth people ignore the signs is beyond me.
     
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  15. HyperUppercut

    HyperUppercut Atheists,u'll get da shit Full Member

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    Stunned? When?
     
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