Let's Settle This Once And For All: Mayweather, Jr vs Trinidad at 147?

Just my opinion, i think its a close fight but i gotta go with Tito slightly

Tito has been beaten by three guys....

- Winky, an almost 5'10 1/2' and a guy who has fought comfortably at middleweight, and as high as 170lbs
- Hopkins, who is 6'1'', and who fights comfortably at light heavy
- Roy Jones Jr, who fights comfortably at light heavy, and has fought at heavyweight


He had a controversial fight with Hoya, who is almost 5'10 1/2, and has fought at middleweight, was at his complete best and still had to run in order to stay away from tito, and was seriously fatigued at the end of the fight due to the performence he put on.


Mayweather will be 3 inches shorter then trinidad,

This is no baldomir or faded oscar, in which mayweather got a SD against.

Tito had unrelenting pressure, and power in both hands, Mayweather doesnt have the workrate to win rounds off of tito without doing some serious, serious boxing, and the only problem with that is imo he simply doesnt have the physical stature to pull it off.

Mayweathers combination punching at 147 to me is not as impressive as hoyas was.... the reason hoya was able to look good in parts of the tito fight was because he could rattle off a strong, fast combo, then run away. At 147, mayweather throws a different kind of combo then hoya does, and doesnt have hoyas height, reach, power and strength to put on tito the way hoya did.


I would love for someone to break it down, but i just dont see how Mayweather overcomes all of what tito brings to the table, his punch and retreat method (again, which is the only method i can see him employing in this fight, as the shoulder roll is suicidal) will not win him the fight against a fighter like Tito, as was seen by oscar, someone who imo in his prime could do that style of fighting better against tito then mayweather could due to mayweathers tendency to potshot at 147.

Tito is not just the biggest, strongest, and most powerful guy that Mayweather would have ever fought, he would also be the greatest.

It took Hopkins, a weightclass above his best weight to put a stop to Titos reign, but mayweathers gonna do it at 147? when he got an SD against an oscar two fights away from retirement? Its not like tito has no jab to speak of eather.....

i dont know, i just think Mayweather is getting way too much credit in this matchup, when hes never fought a fighter like Tito, nor anyone even near Titos greatness besides on old oscar, and is coming to the fight the smaller guy.

Im not saying i couldnt see Mayweather pulling it off, this is boxing, anythings possible, i suppose i could see mayweather constantly circling, shooting jabs to titos face and body, waiting for that counter right hand and left hook, but again, hed be doing it against a guy whos 3 or 4 inches taller then him, and is a great fighter in his prime, whos not going to stop.

To each their own....

Dont get me wrong, i think it would be close, and i respect your guys's opinion.... Mayweather is a great fighter in his own right, but imo is just undersized against too good of an opponent at his opponents best weight, and not his.

For a comparison, people were talking about baldomirs 'size' against mayweather, well tito is 4 inches taller then baldomir, with like 5 inches in reach alone, and obviously is leagues and levels above baldomir as a fighter. But if someone thought Mayweather had to be cautious against baldomir because of his size, and pot shot to victory, what is he gonna do with tito?

 

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