More Anecdotal Evidence Shane will be using Lateral Movement against PBF....

so Shane is going to not use his strength and fight completely out of character and excepts to beat the best fighter in the world

LOL

 

Solid post....

It makes a hell of a lot of sense..Question is, can Shane pull it off?

 

didn't know shane was fighting Pacman

 

I also remember Nazim being asked: how did they plan on cutting off the ring against pbf? In response, Nazim stated something to effect of,they didn't get the documentation that stated they needed to cut the ring off against floyd.

I think shane is going to shock many people. He's going to pull a rabbit out of the mutha f*ckin hat.

 

No, but he will probably beat mayweather.

 

I've been sayin he's gonna box too. I believe this.

He's stated it before as well.

 

Off Rhythm at varying paces would be hard for Floyd as it would ruin his timing. Thats what Floyd does best he figures your timing out....I agree great post

 

All that "off rhythm" stuff works if the other guy isn't that fast or gifted with reflexes.

This will be interesting.

 

Solid post. I thought it was given he needed lateral movement as Mayweather is dominant in the middle of the ring but certainly vulnerable on the ropes. I also think being unpredictable, or "Off rhythm" as the OP says is method needed to disturb a counter-puncher with Mayweather's kind of timing.

I have a hunch that though that at some point of the fight toward the end when Mosley is either tired or possibly trailing that he needs to just try overwhelming and going after Floyd. There has to be a Plan A and than a plan b. Notice plan b is not capitalized. Something has to budge.

 

Roy Jones Jr has done this throughout his career. Patterns are really bad because then you telegraph your punches much like Hopkins did in Jones Hopkins 2 where he would throw two jabs, a headbutt and then hold.

Eventually the other fighter knows that you'll hold after throwing 3 punches, they even figure out that after throwing 2 jabs you'll throw your most powerful punch. Thats when the smart fighter counters with an uppercut, it's the punch Jones should have used more and it's the punch that will make or break Mosley because Mayweathers check hooks leave him open to uppercuts if you time it right. This counter will force Mayweather to fight behind the jab. Mayweather is also weak to feints, so the feint of the jab or of the hook will disrupt his rhythm.


If you want to see who was a master at this, watch a prime Roy Jones Jr in his tactical fights. In specific watch some of the fights with is dad in his corner, this was one of his primary tactics. His movements were some of the most deceptive movements I've seen in boxing, he would pose to confuse the opponent for a split second and this would open the opponent up to counters. He would deliberately create random movements so that his patterns would be harder to read by the opponent, he would feint better than just about anyone, and his showboating while amusing to the crowd was mainly used for reasons such as hiding the fact that he was hurt, or used to make the enemy commit to throwing punches which would be telegraphed.

I believe P4P Prime Roy Jones Jr would have beaten Mayweather specifically because Prime Roy Jones Jr was a completely unpredictable fighter. Nobody knew if he would throw a jab, a hook, a leaping uppercut, or a bodyshot, and he would take his opponent out by using the movement of a hook and turning it into an uppercut as he did against Griffin. There is no defense against that kind of stuff because it's completely untelegraphed.

Watch Bruce Lee and his movements were untelegraphed and seemed random. This is one of the reasons fighters like Tyson never could beat certain fighters. The elite boxers never telegraph their punches and if you watch Mayweather he never telegraphs his punches either. Mosley telegraphs his punches when he gets tired, so the key for him is to win the early rounds and he will have to be in great shape to win the fight.

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dkv_x1aifo[/ame] non telegraphed punching, and lateral movement

Shane may not be as fast as Roy Jones but if he still has his legs and he can mix up his punches as well as Roy is doing in his 3rd professional fight, he will have a chance. He also has to throw significantly more punches than Floyd.

The winner will be the fighter who throws the most punches and who lands them at the highest percentage.

 

Shane needs to make Mayweather come forward. If he tries to lead and pressure aimlessly hes in for a serious beating.
I just dont think Shane has enough skills with his jab to really be effective in that style.