Did Mayweather idolise RJJ?

Floyd wasn't talented enought to pull off RJJ's moves but did a decent imitation.

 

If Floyd didn't, he should have. Jones was awesome in his day.

 

No way. Repetition builds habits. Floyd wouldn't have his longevity if he copied everything Roy did

 

Floyd didnt have the tools to really copy RJJs style.

Its conceivable that no one did.

Jones could throw insane combinations. Ever since Floyd went above 135,hes throw a lot of single shots, maybe 2-3 in a row at best.

Jones could throw a 10 punch combination

 

I never heard anything about Floyd idolizing Roy.

 

Umm no. Floyd has said his favorite fighters were Finito Lopez and Aaron Pryor.

 

Pryor is a strange one. He fights nothing like that.

What I heard also included

Pernell Whitaker
Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler

Then for modern fighters his favorite other than himself is Juan Manuel Maruqez.

You can tell Floyd sees Sugar Ray Leonard and Roy Jones Jr as his rivals from the way he acts.

 

There both bums.

 

wat. Floyd is a very conventional boxer. Its Floyds mastery of the ABCs of boxing that has made him #1. If you're training someone to be a boxer you show him tapes of Mayweather. You don't teach him to imitate RJJ. A more valid comparison is RJJ/Hamed/Pacquiao since they all make blatant technical errors but get away with it due to exceptional reflexes and athleticism. Mayweather isn't getting knocked out like RJJ/Pacquiao any time soon.

 

Who was "talented" enough to pull off RJJ's moves? Those are God given reflexes, you can't train to do what RJJ did.

On topic, I don't think there's any boxer out there that didn't idolize RJJ immediately after watching one of his performances. There's a reason scrubs like Benn, Eubank and Collins stayed in England while Calzaghe fought his relatives in Wales when RJJ was around.

 

I don't think who you like necessarily influeces your fighting style. Roy Jones Jr favorite fighters were guys like Morales and Chavez

 

In his prime, Roy's athleticism was unmatched... it negated the deficiencies he had in his fundamental boxing abilities...it's a good thing Floyd didn't adopt Roy's style because Floyd has a better defense than Roy ever did technically... Roy's reflexes kept him out of the way of big shots in his prime...when his reflexes declined he started getting KTFO

 

I remember him saying he really liked Aaron Pryor and also saying something negative about Roy when someone's asked him if he thought he was better than him.

Also they don't fight alike really, they were both just both gifted athletically, Roy was on another level with his ability but lacked sound foundamentals which Mayweather has in abundance.

 

Thats a defense mechanism fighters have he also **** on SRL in the past


If anybody doubt Mayweather didnt watch and admire what Roy did in the ring, just watch his brussels fight he was doing his best Roy Impressions at times in this match

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHDxOt0kKis[/ame]

The other parts are on youtube