Did Floyd Mayweather have any weaknesses?

I think a tall fighter that knows how to use his height and reach would be his kryptonite ....Thomas Hearns ,Antonio Cervantes. Vernon Forrest ...most of his opponents were slow boxer puncher types ...very few slicksters

 

Guys with good jobs gave him trouble. It looked like he would anticipate right hands to shoulder roll against the ropes and would get popped with jabs a few times if the guy had a good one. I dont know if youd consider it a weakness but he had a few tells. If he pointed his back right toes toward his opponent it was a sure sign he was going for a pull counter with the right or a right lead. Problem is he was so fast no one could capitalize on it

 

If you are taller, stronger, faster, have a better chin, and are heavier but equally skilled or better, I think you could probably beat him. So, he's definitely limited. Let's just say that.

 

Hagler,Hearns and Monzoom would beath gim!

 

We do not know .. He carefully managed his career and did not take on a lot of risk. You either want to fight the best and prove you are the best or you don't. May did not, so getting by so to speak on a very low work rate, I think he averaged 39 punches a round through out his career, would have been a lot different if he was a taker of all comers ….. so we really do not know , imo

 

Sometimes I wondered if an Ali-level fighting brain could have used Floyd's arrogance against him. I greatly admire and applaud Mayweather for his career, and most certainly consider him in the top 20 pfp ATGs (easily). But I think, kind of like what Holy pulled on Tyson that first time, turning the intimidation back on him. Tripping him up psychologically.

I think that psychical maneuvers would have beaten Floyd before and better than any others.

That said, terrific fighter, incredible skills. Not the level of an Armstrong or Ray Robinson, but a Wonder no doubt.

 

He didn't take chances and was conservative when he could have possibly KO'd a few guys but I am beginning to respect Floyds conservatism more and more each day. Smart fighter and gifted reflexes, defensive genius and decent puncher- I always picked SRL over him and Duran ( who was more his natural size) and I may still but maybe the conservatism was not a weakness but a strength of discipline and obedience to his plan.

 

I think so, too. I mean, he wasn't conservative to a Howard Davis, Jr. (as in negative) extreme. But he knew he didn't have to be a crowd-pleaser to be a great fighter.

And yeah, Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran...hard for me to not at least mention Sanchez...I put them above him. Prior wasn't far away from his pfp either imo.

 

Yet he did fight the best while being dominant and beating everyone. This is a weak argument

 

You're an idiot dude, which isn't a weak argument

 

Your retort is an insult. Presumably to cover for your lack of knowledge. Well done. Because you obviously don't have enough intelligence or knowledge to debate.

 

He wasn't 10 out of 10 in everything, but I wouldn't say he had a weakness.

And this that his success were due to a carefully managed career is nonsense. Who has ever faced everyone that you'd liked him to face in hindsight at what you consider the perfect time in hindsight?

 

His low work-rate would result in some decision losses in previous eras. And, he fought very few great "boxers" to see how he would adapt to people who didn't just come forward to him. And, De La Hoya also showed that he was vulnerable to a tall fighter with a good jab. De La Hoya was controlling the fight with that jab until his lack of conditioning came back to haunt him.

 

Public reading.

Floyd's skillset, in-ring IQ and adaptability are all elite - it would take a special fighter to beat him at his absolute best. His record isn't elite compared to the very best, but he isn't a fighter that I would look at and claim glaring weaknesses.