How strong a WW is Mayweather?

Yet you felt the need to correct me.

 

Yeah, I do it to everyone.

Look at hagman1989 and michiganfighter... those dudes went insane when I corrected them.

 

I've seen you not correct many people.

 

Your best was correcting "tell tell signs". I still laugh when I see that thread kicking around.

 

Do you notice the theme though?

I only select mayweather fans.

 

That is my favorite thread ever.

I made myself laugh so hard writing all that **** in there.

 

He's a medium-sized WW with unbelievable conditioning.

 

Before he retired maybe. He can't even make 144lbs now so he's probably more than a legit WW.

 

Strong enough.

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Go to 1:20

He admit in the post Carlos Hernandez fight that he ALWAYS has pain in his hands during his fights and that's why he chooses to slickly box. We all know Floyd is a health freak and cares about life after boxing, so he doesn't hit too hard to preserve his fragile hands. We probably won't ever be able to see how hard he can really bang at WW and beyond since no one can force him into that direction.

Ricky Hatton who didn't even do traditional body weight exercises instead favoring lifting weights to failure couldn't even manhandle Floyd. Oscar whose bigger than him couldn't bully him either.

Some respected cut man that knows both Shane and Floyd claimed that Mayweather is actually moar naturally athletic than Mosley.

 

JMM said after the fight that Floyd was faster than he thought, but not as strong as he thought.

 

Notice how he has his hands down sometimes with his waist and hips already squared up to bait them for a counter right hand. Pivoting and the rotation of the hips is how power is usually generated for a straight, but he still manages to stun them throwing the right in his "bait mode". It looks moar like a shoulder and arm punch.

 

Of course Pacquiao uses speed to generate power, isn't that what Mayweather is doing and what every other boxer tries to achieve...? Pacquiao can change a bout with one punch, or a flurry. You rarely see Mayweather take chances on his offense, if he did, then maybe we would see a better estimate of his power. Mayweather controls and breaks down his opponents with his power. Pacquiao overhelms his opponents, and in the case of De la Hoya and Cotto...breaks them down.
Mayweather did buckle De la Hoya's knees with a straight right, and i've posted a thread before showing that punch and why this is one of the main reasons I believe he will beat both Mosley and Pacquiao...it was not raw power what he threw that punch with, he used De la Hoya's momentum to hurt him.

Also, Pacquiao beat De la Hoya with speed, I doubt they went into the bout looking on stopping him. He also made the jump from 135lbs (I think) to take on De la Hoya who has a very good chin.