Floyd Keeps Saying There's no "Blueprint" to beat him...

If you didn't have to go and quote my post, I could've gotten away with amending it...!

Shane's performance was extraordinarily disappointing. He ignored Naazim's pleadings and fought Floyd all wrong. Floyd actually psyched him out and those big right hands that almost put Floyd down in round 2 did nothing to improve things for Shane. He was amateurish ...correction... he was made to look amateurish by a superior boxer.

I'll say this --Floyd is now officially great in my book. He fought Shane, and therefore improved his resume. In so doing, he had to finally overcame adversity. And he reduced the most experienced and dangerous man in the division to a sparring partner. Shane was stiff, starry-eyed, outclassed, and bewildered.

I've said it before, Floyd should have faced Cotto, Margarito, and Williams. He could have beaten them all. Now he's 33 and has finally done what Ray Leonard did at 23: Accept and defeat a serious challenge.

Given the lesser, though still solid challengers he has already defeated, Floyd is no longer "allegedly" or "probably" great. He's great. Period.

 

Well at least your acknowledgeing it. FLoyd wasnt a welterweight at 23, he wasnt a welterweight at 30, and people need to realize that. I think people need to reconsider their opinions of his past opponents as well, and recognize that his abilities are the cause for a lot of those one sided defeats.

 

Was superb by Mayweather, SH summed it up well.

Shane just lacked that urgency in his work. He needed to DO, but he withered and did not fully commit allowing Floyd to be first with counters or leads and controll Shane.

 

He could have not let Mayweather get his timing and rythm like he did early on. Stab that jab into the chest, step in with the overhand right and rough him up on the inside.

After that second round Mosley began to hesitate and give Mayweather the time and comfort to do what he wanted to do, and get established. If Mosley kept his authority and fully commited to his shots he could have made it a better fight.

 

No he lacked the ability in his work and Floyd should get a lot of credit for that.

 

He definitely had the speed, he just never had the ability. Just like Pac, his only shot was to land something big, which he did, but couldnt capitalize on it.

 

Good observations. But Mosley still had the potential to do it, Mayweather discouraged him and should be praised for it, but Mosley could have and should have stuck with his game plan. Instead of making slight adjustments and getting on with the job at hand, he hesitated.

He showed it could be effective in round 2, but Mayweather discouraged him and he lost his way.

I felt Nazim Richardson's advice was spot on to Mosley throughout but he needed to be more direct in delivering it and driving it home to Shane, but perhaps he knew it was lost aswell.

 

What about the Forrest fight? Same ****...

 

I don't think Mosley could have won the fight, looking back on it. But he could have performed better, if he stuck to the gameplan.

I honestly beleive Mayweather is a top, top class fighter. One of the best ever. Definitly a top 50 type fighter, in my eyes anyway. I think Pacquiao is the only fighter who has a legitimate chance against Mayweather, and even then I favour Mayweather.