FLOYD stopping Marquez / Pacquiao and Cotto etc if not for his chronic hand injuries

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  1. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    I say he would have stopped all three if he didn’t have those chronic hand injuries, break after break after break

    You can definitely add in Zab/ Guerrero / Berto etc

    Not sure about Canelo but I say he stops those three in the late rounds

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  3. Johnny1987

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    Floyd wouldn’t risk trying to stop them good hands or bad, simply because he was a better boxer than all of them and didn’t have to. It’s clear he has enough power to stop people from coming forward though, negating any thoughts his opponents would have had pre-fight about being able to get to him. Add the skill gap to that and it’s game over.
     
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  4. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Mayweathers claims of broken hands are plain BS , he was using Xylocain shots all along. Fairy Fisted Floyd couldn't break an egg. when it was exposed he claimed he had broken hands ROFL. FLOYD WAS A CON MAN
     
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  5. sdot_thadon

    sdot_thadon Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe, he did change his style as he rose in popularity. And if all the hand injury rumors are true he did a masterful job of managing a weakness.
     
  6. MVC!

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    His hands were totally unusable at some point
     
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  7. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather was too COWARDLY to go for the KO. His hands were okay, but he had the heart of a little mouse.

    Despite fighting smaller opponents like Guerrero or faded old men like Mosley, Floyd had only ONE stoppage in his last ten fights - and that was a SUCKER PUNCH against Ortiz.

    He just ran out the clock for dull decision wins.

    Floyd had judges to bail him out when he lost to Castillo and Maidana, and dodgy referees like Cortez and Bayless to protect him.

    And then there was Floyd's infamous IV injection.
     
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  8. humbug

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    It’s all apart of the game dude.

    All combatants have 24 hours in a day, all have access to great trainers, great diets, great people around them.

    Bad hands? Why dwell on that? It’s a variable that can’t be helped.
     
  9. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Absolutely agree



    I'd say it was when Pac was prime and he couldn't sign the contract due to those brittle hands
     
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  10. northpaw

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    Marquez (never been stopped), Pac (as a full fledged phenom, only stopped by the perfect punch), Cotto (only stopped by a dynamic hitter after being hit for 12 rounds straight and he probably could've made it without being stopped and a 6'0 JMW fighting at WW who also only stopped him after 11).........Nah. Not even Zab. Go look at what kinda beating Cotto, a very heavy handed hitter had to put on Zab to stop him late). Even without the hand problems, Floyd ain't stopping any of them, I say that as a fan.

    I think it's possible he could've stopped Guerrero and Berto.
     
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  11. chacal

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  12. C.J.

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    The perfect answer to a trolls ludicrous post
     
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  13. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Even with the cowardly ambush of a totally unprotected & vulnerable Victor Ortiz when Floyd blasted ( ROFL)his hardest combination on Ortiz jaw the fairy fisted fraud STILL couldn't KO him. Ortiz was up & laughing in no time. All it did do was prove what a fake & fraud he was yet STILL some people call him TBE!! ROFLMAO!!
    That's the joke of the century
     
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  14. bjl12

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    Floyd didnt stop people because punching opens you up and Floyd was a defense first fighter. His hands had little to do with it.

    When Floyd did open up versus Manny he got hurt. That's why he stayed on his bike and boxed. No dis to Floyd cause he did what he had to do, but there's no version of Floyd stopping Manny. There is a version of Manny stopping Floyd though