Mayweather is incredible.

StreetsOfGold · May 2, 2010

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Oh, we're playing this game?

A Cotto with still-shaky confidence and a Clottey who was just happy to be there? Better than Mosley? You can harp all you want on his age and the layoff, but he's a better welterweight win than Pacquiao has at this point.

Not to mention - what's Pacquiao's best trophy, when we get down to it? Marquez. Yes, Floyd beat a too-bulky version of him, but even if JMM had weighed in at something comfortable like 135 he would have still been beaten soundly by the bigger, stronger, faster, and slicker man. That version of JMM was only sixteen months older than the version Pacquiao got what plenty consider a gift SD over. That isn't a very long time.
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come on man cotto beat mosley and pac utterly brutalised and dominated cotto it was a serious ass whooping

let us compare cottos face after the pac fight to mosleys after the floyd fight

floyd has no power this is why pac will beat him

Daft P · May 2, 2010

Lot of respect for Floyd, but I would bet some money on Clottey against Mosley now.

IntentionalButt · May 2, 2010

:respect

After sleeping on it, I stand firmly by this thread.

The #1 at 147 just showed how far ahead of the field he is in dominating #2.

#3...come out and play.

CarlesX7 · May 2, 2010

Good post.

Imo Pacquiao and Paul Williams (assuming he can still make 147) are the only fighters that have the potential to be competitive vs Mayweather. I'm not as sure as you are that Mayweather would 'slice up' Pac, but I favoured Mayweather over Pac before the Mosley fight, so my view is enhanced by what I saw in the ring.

KERRIGAN · May 2, 2010

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Mosley didn't just suddenly age in the last year; it isn't even about that. He certainly didn't look his age against Margarito, and he hasn't become shot since then.
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Whilst Floyd did impress me greatly in the fight, I do want to address this point.

If there had been no Margarito fight, and Mosley and Floyd had fought sometime after Mosley's win against Mayorga, would the outcome of the fight we saw yesterday have surprised anyone?

Mosley hardly looked impressive against Mayorga and he looked even worse against Mayweather.

So what about the Margarito fight?

Well what kind of state of mind would Margarito have been in when he knew he had been busted for his wraps? He must have known that not only was he facing some kind of suspension, but possibly the end of his career.

That must surely have had a terrible effect on his state of mind and ability to focus on the fight, so perhaps Shane destroying him then doesn't mean as much as some may have originally thought?

Perhaps the "****ed in the head by wraps controversy" Margarito helped hide Shane's state of being old and shot.

Uncle Oden · May 2, 2010

Betty Swollocks said: ↑

get real man, Mosley was worn out a long time ago. The only evidence to the contrary was the Margo fight, which was very much the exception, and we all know the farce that went on around that fight.

Mosley got handliy outboxed in his fights with Forrest, twice. Twice by Winky too.
And more recently by Ricardo Mayorga for ****s sake, until he pulled out a late KO.

Only by fighting Pacman, and soon, will he earn the respect of the boxing hardcore.
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you are a dumb person. Have a nice day.

Jeff Young · May 4, 2010

IntentionalButt said: ↑

:respect

After sleeping on it, I stand firmly by this thread.

The #1 at 147 just showed how far ahead of the field he is in dominating #2.

#3...come out and play.
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Thread of the week IB...:good

tdubb · May 4, 2010

IntentionalButt said: ↑

That's two of my favorites in a row that he's dispatched (and more or less humiliated in so doing), so there's every reason to hate him.

My hat goes off, however.

Marquez was too little, too slow, and too used up. None of those are or were true of Shane.

Mosley didn't just suddenly age in the last year; it isn't even about that. He certainly didn't look his age against Margarito, and he hasn't become shot since then. The inactivity isn't an excuse either; he'd been up for a big event and training for months. He was in good shape, and motivated, and had one of the best corners you could ask for.

Mayweather just "beat the Dickens out of the happy warrior".

There is very little doubt in my mind that Mayweather beats Pacquiao. After that, his only challenges will be at 154 - and even there, nobody short of a Maravilla is going to even hang with him.

Great fighters respond to adversity with cool, professional calm and make whatever corrections they need to make. Floyd had been criticized for not having to do this enough (particularly at welterweight). After those first two rounds, and then what he did in the following ten - those criticisms are rendered obsolete.

Mayweather's offensive execution is sublime. The only shame is that he doesn't string more of it together to really become the kind of once-in-a-lifetime attraction he sells himself as (and has become to an extent, albeit largely more due to talk than action). Being economical is why and how he guarantees himself success in every situation, though - so don't look for it to change any time soon.

If he didn't get drawn into a brawl with Mosley, he's not getting drawn into one with Pacquiao. He just has too many lines of defense to get into serious trouble (the athleticism to quickly vanish from a given spot, the patently evident peerless effort that he puts into keeping himself in supreme condition to be able to hustle for whatever duration he needs to, the experience, instincts, and awareness to be able to pick off whatever he can't dodge or to effectively clinch when absolutely necessary). And then when he lets his hands go. Oh Lordy. Most of his punches are thrown 0% wrong (the way he follows through on his right cross, putting his shoulderblades into it and pushing from his knees, is poetry...and that isn't even his "money punch"!!). His selection is brilliant. As a result, his accuracy is just sickening to digest if you're any other welterweight.

Manny is going to get sliced up, and probably stopped.

After that? What is there? Cotto? Nah...same old story.

Next time Floyd retires, there shouldn't be any sputtering protests about "should have this" or "didn't do that". He's just that much better than everybody.

Future generations not privy to any of the bull**** that either inspired or serves as ammo for present haters will recognize only the incredible talent of one of the best of the filmed era.
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yup b/c we all know Mosley fights like Pacquaio! Same style same age, same everything :roll:

Jeff Young · May 4, 2010

StreetsOfGold said: ↑

come on man cotto beat mosley and pac utterly brutalised and dominated cotto it was a serious ass whooping

let us compare cottos face after the pac fight to mosleys after the floyd fight

floyd has no power this is why pac will beat him
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and mosley beat the man that destroyed cotto...this is an endless debate on your post...and floyd is NOT featherfisted...Yes, he is no mini-tyson, but he is certainly not featherfisted, and actually has sneaky power...

Super Hans · May 20, 2013

IntentionalButt said: ↑

That's two of my favorites in a row that he's dispatched (and more or less humiliated in so doing), so there's every reason to hate him.

My hat goes off, however.

Marquez was too little, too slow, and too used up. None of those are or were true of Shane.

Mosley didn't just suddenly age in the last year; it isn't even about that. He certainly didn't look his age against Margarito, and he hasn't become shot since then. The inactivity isn't an excuse either; he'd been up for a big event and training for months. He was in good shape, and motivated, and had one of the best corners you could ask for.

Mayweather just "beat the Dickens out of the happy warrior".

There is very little doubt in my mind that Mayweather beats Pacquiao. After that, his only challenges will be at 154 - and even there, nobody short of a Maravilla is going to even hang with him.

Great fighters respond to adversity with cool, professional calm and make whatever corrections they need to make. Floyd had been criticized for not having to do this enough (particularly at welterweight). After those first two rounds, and then what he did in the following ten - those criticisms are rendered obsolete.

Mayweather's offensive execution is sublime. The only shame is that he doesn't string more of it together to really become the kind of once-in-a-lifetime attraction he sells himself as (and has become to an extent, albeit largely more due to talk than action). Being economical is why and how he guarantees himself success in every situation, though - so don't look for it to change any time soon.

If he didn't get drawn into a brawl with Mosley, he's not getting drawn into one with Pacquiao. He just has too many lines of defense to get into serious trouble (the athleticism to quickly vanish from a given spot, the patently evident peerless effort that he puts into keeping himself in supreme condition to be able to hustle for whatever duration he needs to, the experience, instincts, and awareness to be able to pick off whatever he can't dodge or to effectively clinch when absolutely necessary). And then when he lets his hands go. Oh Lordy. Most of his punches are thrown 0% wrong (the way he follows through on his right cross, putting his shoulderblades into it and pushing from his knees, is poetry...and that isn't even his "money punch"!!). His selection is brilliant. As a result, his accuracy is just sickening to digest if you're any other welterweight.

Manny is going to get sliced up, and probably stopped.

After that? What is there? Cotto? Nah...same old story.

Next time Floyd retires, there shouldn't be any sputtering protests about "should have this" or "didn't do that". He's just that much better than everybody.

Future generations not privy to any of the bull**** that either inspired or serves as ammo for present haters will recognize only the incredible talent of one of the best of the filmed era.
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With the benefit of 3 years hindsight the underlined was probably the only thing you was wrong about. Mosley was more used up than Marquez.

PityTheFool · May 20, 2013

Super Hans said: ↑

With the benefit of 3 years hindsight the underlined was probably the only thing you was wrong about. Mosley was more used up than Marquez.
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Remember how Juanma looked at the Floyd fight.
Bloated and outclassed(even hurts to type that)

And he made hard work of Diaz,so I kinda see where IB was coming from.
Nice bump though:good

Super Hans · May 20, 2013

PityTheFool said: ↑

Remember how Juanma looked at the Floyd fight.
Bloated and outclassed(even hurts to type that)

And he made hard work of Diaz,so I kinda see where IB was coming from.
Nice bump though:good
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That's a good point. Made harder work of Katisidis too then you would've thought.

IntentionalButt · May 22, 2018

Eight years and three weeks since I dropped this pipe bomb full of sweet unvarnished truth.

Come on then, whiny little *****-ass haters, "@ me" already.

Pimp C · May 22, 2018

IntentionalButt said: ↑

Eight years and three weeks since I dropped this pipe bomb full of sweet unvarnished truth.

Come on then, whiny little *****-ass haters, "@ me" already.
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Great bump!

TheyDontBoxNoMore7 · May 22, 2018

Floyd undoubtably is a winner. Wouldn’t even let Shane get a KD. That was next level stuff there. Even Jim delivered a Charlton Heston line that was on par with “you truly are the king of kings” Ben Hur esque closing statement after that fight. Emmanuel also said Manny is too small. And Shane was p4p # 3 at the time.

Can not deny true greatness when it’s there right in front of your face people. No fancy acrobatics. Just 1,2,3 win, get no credit, go home and call it a 40 million dollar guaranteed payday. Let the haters hate type deals.

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