Mayweather vs Bradley: The Real Thread

Your whole post is ****ed up.

Did Hatton have a great deal of trouble getting Floyd against the ropes despite not having a great jab?

The jab is a great punch against Floyd if you are boxing him, but we will never know because the only guy that Floyd has fought that can keep it in the center of the ring was De La Hoya, who had a jab worth his salt.

I suppose Cotto is in that same category, but Floyd's height and reach advantage, made it so that Floyd didn't have to be the aggressor.

Against Oscar this wasn't the case, but Oscar pressed the fight. To be honest, Oscar doesn't have the type of jab that would really make Floyd have to be the aggressor anyway. For that, a guy like Vernon Forrest would have done the job and we would have really seen Floyd tested.

Anyway, back to Cotto. Cotto wasn't going to be able to jab with Mayweather, but yes, Cotto does have a great jab and it was his most effective punch in the fight.

Still, Mayweather's willingness to go to the ropes, and his fight with Hatton, who doesn't have a great jab, ability to push him against the ropes means that an impact jab is not necessary to put Floyd in this position.

This means Bradley would push Floyd agains the ropes. Do you suggest that Bradley just jabs Floyd as he mauls him against the ropes, or mabye perhaps, and I say this cuz I'm not a dumbass, but perhaps, he should utilize hooks and uppercuts to Floyd's midsection to get the best results, as well as employing aggressive defense, IE move when Floyd lands.

So this takes the jab out of the equation because when you have a guy against the ropes, and you're mauling him, the jab isn't a signficant factor.

In the center of the ring, you're absolutely right, and Bradley doesn't have a great jab like Cotto, and he won't be able to do much in the center of the ring.

At the same time though, while Mayweather will get his best work done in the center of the ring, Bradley's elusiveness will make it difficult for Mayweather to land more than single shots.

Mayweather will also be hesitant to throw combaintinos because it will be a waste of time due to Bradley's head movement, and Bradley will fire back with his own punches when Floyd is most vulnerable.

Floyd isn't trying to get into a fire fight. He's trying to box this guy, but Floyd's tenativeness in the center of the ring, combined with Bradley's already excellent conditioning will be just enough to give Bradley the break he needs so he can get back into position with Floyd against the ropes and do his most effective work while keeping Floyd off balance and unable to put down serious connections.

I don't know what Marquez has to do with anything.

Marquez is a patient counterpuncher, not a mauling aggressive fighter like Bradley.

Marquez is completely irrelevant. Marquez did not lose that fight because his lack of jab. That's ridiculous. Marquez had the wrong style and he was too small.