Maidana has the right STYLE to beat Mayweather, just not the right SKILL level.

Roberto Duran would've gave FLoyd hell if they were both prime for prime at 135 or 140.

There's a few guys that could easily beat him because they were naturally larger Welter's than Mayweather such as SRR, SRL, Hearns, but as far as actual skillset goes I think Duran has the best style to give FLoyd a lot of issues. He fights almost the complete round as a mixture of a pressure fighter and technical boxer. His defense was very good, he had excellent head movement which helped him get into the pocket without getting touched. He has terrific power, truly ATG power, in both hands. His style could switch from boxing to swarming in a nanosecond.

That's the style to beat FLoyd IMO. Another guy who fought similar to Duran in certain ways is Chavez Sr, but I'd favor FLoyd slightly to beat him because Chavez didn't possess the defensive abilities that Duran did and Chavez could be outboxed from a distance by a superior boxer with good footwork and handspeed. I thought Taylor whitewashed him up until the 12th and I thought Sweet Pea clearly won a UD against him.

 

so if this is the known way to beat Floyd why can't anyone do it, can't beat him on points, can't knock him down, can't knock him out, can't even hurt him.....what's the problem?

 

I'm talking prime for prime.

You must forget what a prime Floyd Mayweather looks like. He was arguably one of the 5 most skillful boxers in the history of the sport. He didn't have a low punch output whatsoever in the lighter weights- he was an offensive virtuoso with elite handpseed, elite accuracy, he put combinations together frequently, and pretty good pop on his punches. That was just his offense. At his prime, he's one of the greatest 2 way fighters in the history of the sport.

 

nobody ever said Floyd didn't get hit, the question is how often? If he gets hit with a good punch, solid, it almost never happens twice, Floyd's see's the mistake and fixes it, that's why he's 47-0

 

Because it's not easy to apply. It takes a really high quality fighter to be able to do it and Mayweather made a career proving he's too good to allow anyone to apply it. Fighters I believe will be able to apply it far better than Maidana are Paul Williams in 2007 and Pacquiao in 2009-2011. Those are only two fighters out of literally everyone else.

 

pac ran away from the fight right. Remenber that? pacs flaws are
1. cannot cut the ring
2. no body punches
3. cannot conclusively beat marquez in 4 bouts
4. counterpunchers
5. cannot adapt to guys, who move slightly
6. Hates needles, Remember!!
7. shorter reach
8. no inside game
9. lack off physical strength v floyd
10. poor blance
11. cannot get out off the way of right handers

 

It took 2 fights for people to realize this atsch