Lara doesn't have the style to beat Mr.Mayweather, he would be Corrales'd

YCGS · Feb 4, 2014

Jordan_Davies said: ↑

so let me get this straight : @154

Floyd Mayweather (as gifted as he is) is going to knock a fully fledged Jr.Middleweight down 5 times and stop him.

Oscar De La Hoya - No knockdowns, went to a SD
Miguel Cotto - No knockdowns (although being wobbled late in the fight)
Saul Alvarez - No knockdowns, stunned

Oscar was older by this point on his comeback and a genuine light middle
Cotto was a former 140/147 fighter, past his prime and had not beaten an actual Jr.Middle besides an old Mayorga (Foreman/Margarito)
Alvarez made a career of beating up on Welterweights but in all fairness just about beat no doubt trout

In fact lets go deeper : 147

Besides Victor Ortiz who was the last person Mayweather knocked down (You cant count it legitimately because although legal it hit Ortiz when he wasnt looking) so Guerrero was on his feet, Mosley was on his feet (even hurt floyd) . . . . . so then we get to Marquez in 2009 who has a habit of getting dropped in fights and was brought up all the way from 135. Hatton bull rushed in and got caught head first into the ring post.

Badlomir and Judah both went the full distance with floyd

So here we are, Floyd although a great defensive boxer and arguably the best P4P does not have the power to knock down a big guy once let alone 5 times, dont get me wrong its still decent power to keep guys like Alvarez off of him but no dice

Then we have Erislandy Lara, a guy who can punch a lot harder than floyd (making Angulo quit from a severely swollen eye) was robbed against Paul Williams and the only real blemishes on his record are Matiroysan and Molina (Both Draws) Molina being the now IBF Champion, Matiroysan losing out to Andrade for the vacant WBO

Lara is by no means a bum, he got put down twice by Angulo (arguably one of the biggest punchers in the divison) got back up and stopped him, and that was because Angulo was forcing the fight. He dominated Trout in dropping him twice to pick up the vacant WBA.

Honestly Lara is not perfect but with his style and power right now he is Floyds biggest realistic threat (not counting anyone above 154)

Pacquiao would get outboxed for 12 full rounds and clowned
Khan will likely get stopped later on in the fight when he rushes in ala hatton
Maidana although rugged would be countered all night
Thurman is still somewhat of an unknown entity at the moment (needs to fight guys like Maidana/Alexander)

So honestly Lara can be beaten by floyd, but he aint getting knocked out and it aint gonna be easy
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Awesome post. Very well said and objective.

Jordan_Davies · Feb 5, 2014

non-stop said: ↑

Thank you for making sence. idk what the heck this person that started the thread was tlking about wtf :deal
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I tend to digress when im sleep deprived besides mother****ers on this forum cant do their god damn research so i did it for them

Son of Gaul · Feb 5, 2014

MoJoGoodie said: ↑

Lara has a 75 and Floyd has 74...hardly that significant considering Floyd has the better timing of the two and controls distance better.
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Are you sure about Floyd's reach being 74"? I'm pretty sure that Lara would have a noticeable reach advantage in this one. It's often difficult to tell these things when watching a fight on TV, but Lara's arms look considerably longer.

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