The more I look at Floyd Mayweather doing padwork...

Err... when Ricky tries his jiujitsu grappling in the ring?

 

Floyd clinches when someone is in real close.

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Floyd like skills!She even looks away just like Lil' Sinclair.

 

oh yeah, like against jesus chavez.

seriously, he does clinch, but not all the ****ing time like ricky... floyd's got a great inside game, reminiscent of james toney

 

i would say the pad work is good for his reflexes, speed, hand eye cordorination, accuracy !

 

Great reflexes would be if he hit those pads in random places not a rehearsed routine.

Speed i could agree.Accuracy to an extent.

Hand eye coordination again it is a rehearsed routine and he can do it without looking at what he is hitting.

 

It's great for reflexes too, you see I think it's not about Floyd hitting the pads. It's all about the defensive posture he does after each punch... a duck, weave or a block.... and he's doing it over and over again so when it's fight time, it's almost automatic.

 

Yes but when you actually throw a punch(and follow through with it)your body is in a completly different position.He is touching the mitts while Roger is the one actually doing the throwing.

Again if he is going on a set pattern how can this possibly help his reflexes when he knows exactly what to react to.In a real fight you dont know what your opponent will do next.

Dont get me wrong as much as i hate Floyd i would be an idiot to **** all over his skill and what he has done but that particular routine is useless.What Floyd does reflex wise is pure natural talent.

 

Spot on mate but don't for one second think that Hatton doesn't allready know this.

 

Its a real training exercise because he's been shown doing it is whole career. It builds arm strength, hand eye coordination and reflexes. Thats why when De La Hoya had him up against the ropes he hit nothing but air and shoulders.

 

What do Mayweather's shoulders have to with anything? Hatton will not be head-hunting. He'll be going almost exclusively to the body, so most of what he throws will hit. It's another matter entirely if it's anything sensitive. Mayweather's elbows & arms will be deflecting most of the shots. I wonder how this affect his ability to throw punches later on?

 

Thats the point of the drill. Mayweathers defensive training is predecated on his shoulders and arms taking the majority of the punishment, ala Oscar De La Hoya. If you notice he deeps to absorb the body shots against the upper region of his arms. Oscar was punching Floyd in his arms the entire fight, and Floyd was basically unphased. If you say the 3rd ep of 24/7, Floyd jokes about Hattons wild swinging, and has roger throw a hook to the body, which he blocks with his arm, thus displaying what hatton must go through to reach his body.

 

He doesn't use the mitts to work on combinations and actual punches, but rather to sharpen up his reflexes and timing.

 

Its all rhythm just like hitting a double end bag.

 

Repetition, repetition, develops memory. Musicians practice scales and more scales, and they sound very unlike the piece they are about to play. That's all I see it as. As the great guitarist Andres Segovia simply told younger guitarists, "Practice". And as the not so great guitarist Ted Nugent said, "Practice, practice till you get welts on your chest from your guitar, and then practice some more."