What are Floyd Mayweather Jr. weekness? or Why I think he dose very well H2H.

Low output, lack of offensive variety, vulnerability to getting trapped on the ropes, crude defence, little power, unwillingness to engage...

 

He fights too scared, the bare minimum of offence to get by, always in his defensive shell.

 

And, of course, matchmaking. He's hardly a guy willing to go into the lions den for fights.

 

Pressure high volume punching is what is key to beating Floyd. Especially in his older years. Call me stupid but I think Margerito is one with a chance against him.

It counters his low output, unwillingness to engage, little power(although it is underrated) and getting caught in the ropes. Floyd ducks low a lot and i think Antonio has the ugly brutal style to seize that flaw in his style.

 

He's very great technically, but ripcity overrates him a bit, must be said. Mayweather's defence from a technical standpoint is brilliant, and he can adapt during a fight, which is a tremendous attribute. Fighters like Zab Judah though who had great handspeed were able to do well against him, and Judah was not a fighter who adapted well when a game plan was not going to plan. That's why i'd favour Whitaker, Whitaker has even more variation to his game than Floyd and would possibly be able to trump his man for that reason. The more technically sound guys have been able to fare better against Mayweather, such as Castillo and even Oscar, who is a technician but in the grand scheme of technical prowess on a greatness level, falls short. Mayweather is a true level elite fighter for me, so i'm not at all detracting from him, but i don't want to really hear about this unbeatable stuff, not when we're pitting him against every man in history anyway.

 

I think he approached the Judah fight a little differently because of a few things Judah was able to get Floyd to do early. He uncharacteristically stood his ground in the Judah and also the Corley fight and got caught a little. Those guys made him lead a little more than he wanted to, and in my opinion thats the way to get to Floyd. Make him lead and come forward and then start counterpunching him.
I think what people are saying that hes vulnerable to pressure and getting trapped on the ropes is a little overated, because even when he does do that he doesnt lose rounds that much, so its really more him allowing his opponent to get close.
The few times you saw him get nailed was when he was forced to come forward and not work off his backfoot and shoulder which is the way he likes to fight.
The way to beat a counterpuncher and potshotter is to make him come forward and then unload on him with combinations and then back off again.

 

He ccould really be doing with a better jab.It's not that it's particularly bad when he does throw it, but he isnt as educated with his left-hand work as a lot of other high-end pure boxers and stylists.relies a bit much on going into a shell defensively, when it would be better to jab and step off to the side.

More napoles-esque slips and pivots while controlling the mid-distance exchanges with said jab would help his style in fights with other excellent/great fighters, where playing D is only going to get you outworked, even if you slip/block 4 punches for eveyr 1 that is getting through.

 

Funny how many weaknesses Floyd has. It must be his weak competition that lets him get away with so many mistakes. The guy is undefeated over 12-14 years of professional fighting, won a title in his 17th or 18th fight, yet hes so flawed. Its got to be the most amazing run since maybe Brian Nielson at heavyweight....

 

Point out which of the mentioned ones aren't there if you disagree. And yeah, his opposition isn't great historically spoken.

 

said opposition means he doesn't have to make too many mistakes IMO.

 

For once, you've hit the nail on the head. His comp has been weak. If Floyd was at 147 10 years earlier, he wouldn't be keeping that zero in a division including Whitaker, Oscar, Tito, Ike, and then Mosley. Then again, he probably would because he wouldn't fight any of them.

 

And to think Floyd won a poll against Ike Williams.

 

This and this pretty much sum it up. A very good fighter, but like everyone else he has flaws.

 

Its not so bad that he wouldnt have losses on his record if he was making so many mistakes either. Hes been fighting and moving up weight divisions his entire career. Hes not a particularly big strong guy either, and yes fighting on the championship level against his caliber of opposition would expose those deficiencies if they were there in a more convincing manner.
Bottom line is hes undefeated, and until he gets exposed for the shortcomings so many of you point out, I say hes allowing certain things to happen more than his opponents are making it happen. I understand the hate for this guy, hes a total dip****, but hes a very talented fighter thats beaten a wide variety of styles, usually of which one or two or three matches up favorably over the course to expose a fighters shortcomings. Floyd for the most part has been dominant over all of them.
No fighter is perfect, and there is a way to beat everyone, but so far Floyd has proven to be a very hard puzzle to crack.