Serious Discussion: How Do you Beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr.?

Be a better boxer.
Mayweather's style while not the most entertaining is very efictive. For the most part it is a mistake to fallow him around the ring and to the ropes and corners. To get away with this you have to be fast and catch him on an off night (see his bout with Jose Luis Castillo), but I don't think that is the blueprint. I beleve that skill/athleticism beats power and prsurer. Above that I beleive that no matter what your stringths and weekenes are, if you can impose your will on the other guy you should win or at least come close. So far only Jose Luis Castillo has been able to do that to Floyd Mayweather.
Bascicly if he is not interested in making the fight exciting neather should you. Get him to come to you. Use your jab, move. Don't be afraid to grab and hold him. Hit anything espicialy in the early rounds. A punch to his arm or shoulder might not score points but enough of them early on may make it more diffcult for him to use it in the later rounds.
The above is the plan I would go with. It is not a gaurntee of victory. Mayweather is still very good and very fast off the ropes but I think it is the plan that gives the best chance to beat him.

 

He'll win against a guy that got KO'd twice by 2 unknown guys. I'm not even gonna say his name, you know who I'm talking about.

 

Don't read too much into that fight.

As I've said before, Mayweather clearly tried a different style for that one. High, tight/peeking guard, constantly walking IN, and looking to counter. He did this because, as Roger stated in the corner, they thought that Judah couldn't 'fight going backwards'. Thus, they decided to push him back while soaking shots up on the gloves. For the first few rounds this didn't do much, but as Mayweather began getting more and more shots in (and Judah began losing his stamina) the strategy worked perfectly. Against other fighters, Mayweather has recently returned to his usual shoulder-roll stance and defensive mindset.

 

Thanks but you will also notice the only time floyd as ever been caught flush is by a south paw , and that because floyd will make a mechanical mistake and moves into the south paws power hands and because of this , floyd is forced to sit directly in front of a south paw in order to see they're punches coming .

this is why he has so much trouble with south paws, it puts some limits to what he can do .

 

its only a split DC for floyd haters and oscar lovers , floyd should have gotten a MD for that fight.

 

True. I give Judah credit, but ppl on this board give him way too much credit. Judah was a very talented, fast puncher, name one fighter that Judah cant land punches on. Also, PBF's plan was to let Judah give his all, throw his best shots & and prove to Judah that he Judah couldn't KO him for a win. PBF did that and thats why Judah started doing that weird hand stuff & cursing in the 5th. That whole fight was mapped out.

 

Everyone likes to bring that SD stuff up. But they seem to forget how all the commentators and boxing experts criticized that judge after the fight. You know you messed up when even the commentators are ringing your kneck about your score. Every real boxingf expert knows PBF clearly won that fight.

 

And thats how you're really going to decide to introduce yourself to ESB, with a post like that?

 

It would take an all time great. No one currently would likely beat him at any weight below 154. All time, plenty of welterweights would do it, welter is too far from Floyd's natural weight to beat the real beasts and greats of the division, guys like Hearns and Leonard. At lightweight it would take the very best, Duran etc.

 

Going out on a limb here, I would say that of the current fighters Pac fits this
bill doesn't he?

On the other hand, Pac's seemingly improved defense over the last year
hasn't been tested much by either Diaz or The Sadly Aged Golden Boy.
In a fight with Mayweather I think Pac's defense is what will be in question
most. His workrate, footwork, confidence ,speed ,unconvetional tactics and
workrate are all up there. His power is another factor that could be
questioned at the higher weights. Nonetheless, despite Pac being the
"naturally smaller" guy, I think he would be able to give Floyd a decent run for
his money.

Margarito might be able to give Mayweather a hard time cuz of his tank like
characteristics and size.

I can undertand people who would argue Mayweather needs to fight cotto or
Margarito to prove himself at welterweight, but somehow I have the feeling
Pac would be the only fighter out there right now who would come close to
being even in pre fight odds.

But of course i could be wrong. Pac-Floyd is a fight i'd definately would want
to see however.

 

Tommy Hearns will not only beat Mayweather but, will lay him out with his piston like jabs and dynamite right. It's not entirely fair given that Hearns was naturally bigger.

 

You fight him like Judah did the first 3-4 rounds for 12 rounds. You attack him like Castillo did. You jab him like Dlh did. You also have to punch hard enough to hurt him like Corley did. You ball all of these skills up and turn it into one fighter, and that is the man to beat Floyd. Sounds like Pac huh to you PAc fans lol...not!

 

Floyd also tried to show fans that he could take a punch and almost paid for it by basically letting Corley land on him. Good post!

 

He already has been beaten by fear to face the very best. That is why he retired at
his very prime.

 

Look Nallege, I know that your prime joy these days is trying to flamebait *******s and go glory glory halleluya over PBF. But seriously, who do you think out of the current fighters would stand the best chance against Floyd?

I'm not saying that what i think is truth, but the more i think about it the more i am convinced Pac would be a tricky fight for Mayweather. Don't get me wrong I would pick Mayweather as the favorite for this fight, but not by much. I do not see a Cotto or a Margarito winning against Floyd, the man is just too slick. Pac is awkward to fight however and i feel he might actually bother Floyd with his handspeed movement and relentless but precise punches. IF Pac's defense has truly improved, which i am leaning towards, this fight might actually be extremely good.

If you pace yourself for one moment and try not to troll, do you agree with me that Pac might be an awkward matchup for Floyd?