Mayweather gives off a small signal.

Trinidad also kept his foot cocked when he wanted to throw the lead right. big George pointed it out a lot in the Vargas fight.

 

Yeah because when you're boxing someone you're looking at their feet.

 

atsch Actually you do you look at every thing they do in there including the feet though allot of fighters dont often do look at the feet the highly skilled gym rats the guys that have been in the game for a while the ones who take this **** serious like Hopkins do..

But we dont expect casuals to know anything about this its a boxing thing

 

sorry but this is not anything new ali,bernard,roy and floyd all do it ....if gives you more inches on the punch, try it in slow motion on a wall and then try it on the ball of you're foot ... notice the difference been watching these fighters long time ALI started it roy brought it back.... more important that his right foot look at his head....

 

It is actually part of the vision of a boxer. You're not focusing on their feet, but you're aware/try to be aware of were the opponents feet are.

But like I said earlier in the thread. It will be much more difficult for a boxer to see the subtle telegraph from Mayweather than it will for outside viewers.

 

There's always a signal but Floyd and Nard are the best at masking the signs they are going with a lead right hand. Floyd dips his shoulder ever so slightly and he's usually moving to the left before he plants his feet and explodes. Nard drops the right hand slightly and tucks his chin before leading with his right.

But Floyd is faster which makes it easier for him to land at will.....BHop has to set the stage and lull his opponent into his lead right. The fact both give so subtle signs make their lead rights the best in the game.

 

Hopkins stated going into the Trinidad fight, that he will be focusing on Titos feet just as much as he would be his shoulders.
He knew Trinidad sat on the ball of his right foot before firing that right hand, he also knew that Tito on the inside likes to bump you off with that forearm and fire the left hook or right hand.

Educated fighters do pay attention to their opponents feet as well.

 

Errrrmmmmm he visibly changes his stance, when he wants to throw his right hand.

The problem is, its so fast most of the monged out opponents cannot avoid it.

Floyd Mayweather is a text book type of fighter, he does not do things..? outside of the text book, like Roy Jones.

Its all computerised type boxing.

Floyd Mayweather has very fast one punch speed, his combination speed is not that immense but 1 punch speed is immense.

If somebody neutralised Mayweather's straight right, and then take away his jab..? even though his jab is not anything special.

He would be ****ed.

But..? there is nobody! nobody around today who could do this! None.

 

He's had a tell from the start. As soon as he enters the ring, the W signal goes up. Never fails.

 

Definitely, there is a word I'm looking for that's escaped me to describe what I was trying to say in that last post. Oh well :conf

 

Im sure boxers realize this as well as their trainers

 

One thing I notice about Floyd as he ages is that he's alot more tense before fights; nervous, even. He chews gum during weigh-ins. He never stares at an opponent during pre-fight instructions and bounces around like someone who is not operating with full confidence. He looks way off rhythm during the first two rounds of most of his fights.

I would say that all of this is exploitable if you can have big success against him early and not allow him to relax, but Shane rocked him pretty good and we all know what happened after that.

Grasping at straws, I know.

 

Excellent point. Even Marquez failed in getting his timing down which speaks volumes.

 

I disagree. I think he's very confident. Him being off in the 1st couple of rounds has to do with 2 things. One is that he's either fighting a Southpaw which takes longer to figure out anyways but 2 is that he's usually coming off of long layoffs so it takes you awhile to get going. That Mosley punch doesnt land on an active Floyd. The same with the one or 2 punches that JMM landed early.

I saw Floyd his llast night of sparring and he was ready to go. I actually think what you are seeing from Floyd now before the fight is the exact opposite of what you are thinking. I think he feels he's older, been there & done that. He's just about business now. He doesnt need to do any of that young stuff anymore. He's supremely confident

 

I wouldn't say you're grasping at straws, but alot of the greatest athletes are like that. Its sort of like in the NFL alot of the players need that first bit of contact to get their juices on track.

Apart of not looking at an opponent during pre-fight instructions might be to the throw the opponent off though.