Did Mayweather fight a more brawling type of fight against Cotto....

Cotto had enough success actually being unpredictable in the center of the ring so I would say your brother is more right.

 

Mayweather is naturally flat footed. He's never been a big mover(except when he's heavily outweighed i.e Corralles, Castillo, Baldomir) When he feels he can handle his opponent's strength(which is most of his fights), he's right in front.

 

It's true that he only moves more when he feels that he needs to, but it's not always about weight -- he moved a lot against Hatton, and only settled down a bit more when he had picked Hatton apart with pot shots. I think more movement would have helped him out at points against Cotto.

 

Hatton outweighed him on fight night...and he wasn't consistently on the back foot. He'd take a few steps back, potshot, then fall in the clinch.

Moving against Cotto doesn't help, because Cotto's a bully. If Floyd committed on his back foot, that would have given him more confidence. He halted Cotto's momentum by standing and leading at times. It kept Cotto defensive and not willing to just try to walk through Floyd.



I do think Floyd's legs are just about gone, but it's not a style he's unaccustomed to anyway.

 

He fought the way he always fights. He was in there with a solid opponent this time, that's the difference.

 

Agreed.

 

Yeah JMM was a bum. Floyd needs to quit fighting bums.

 

Nice try. JMM was a lightweight moving up against a guy who was naturally a few weight classes bigger then him. Floyd was a terrible match-up for him and Floyd knew that.

Cotto fight just showed why Floyd avoided all those top, natural WW's when the division was hot. That was a completely over the hill / slow as molasses Cotto too.

 

Just by asking this kind a question shows that you know very little about the skills of boxing.

 

i thought mayweather was moving pretty good in the 12th round vs cotto

 

Certainly not going to see him moving like he was at 140 and below of course not....still remains to be seen if anyone can beat him even at this point.

Plenty rough fights out there fighting this way...all comfortable UD's outside of Sergio.

 

What if Floyd Mayweather didn't want to move..? What if he wants to prove a point to people, he can beat these guys any which way he wants!

People would only be bitching and moaning if he used some movement, and made people look like ******s

Floyd Mayweather is more like a Olympic Fencer, he has been a mover like Andre Dirrell or even Bernard Hopkins.

 

Maybe theres some truth to your statement, but think to yourself... When has Floyd actually cared what people really thought? Fans wanted him to fight Pac.. Never took place. Margarito.. Never took place. He talked about fighting the Williams/ Martinez 2 winner, and he didn't say a peep after the KO :yep. Now people mainly want to see him fight either Martinez or Pac (even after getting KOd). He fights................
GUERRERO! The guy only had like 2 fights above 140. Guerrero and Berto was a good fight, but a win over Berto don't get it. Even Alvarez would be a little more merited than Guerrero since he's at least bigger than Mayweather.
Why would Floyd take punishment to prove people wrong when he's not even willing to fight many of the fights the public want to see? How many times has he retired now just to let the wars take there tolls, the dust settle, and rides in to maybe beat the last man standing or enough for people to pay to watch him "tuneup"?