What has caused Floyd's decline?

Age.

 

Oh my god I'm tired of hearing this.. How many fighters are doing what Hopkins is doing now? Nobody.. What he's doing at his age is not the new standard, it's a great accomplishment.. That's like saying since Pac went up 8 divisions, everyone can go up 8 divisions.. Michael Jordan played until he was +40 so everyone should be able to do it.. That sounds stupid...

 

Age it always gets u in the end. I think floys needs to be careful who he picks for his last two fights.

 

Age.

Some boxers can go on 'till deep in their 40's and others, mostly the ones that heavily rely on athletisim or were in a lot of wars, look completely spent in their mid to late 30's.

If you saw Ali ringside calling out Holmes at 38 he looked more like some 50+ old geezer, and ended up Holmes' puchbag. And RJJ became a puchbag for the stars as soon as his athletisism and reflexes declined.

Floyd is a weird case though.
He was very inactive the last couple of years before the showtime deal and mostly relies on a couple of features -distance management, timing, broad shoulders, huge reach- that don't decline at a big pace or not at all.

 

I don't think he's declined at all.

 

Canelo ruined him

 

It's age nothing more he's 3 yrs away from 40 so is fighting the same way at 37 than when they were at 27 ?

 

Is age man. No one stops father time. You look at PBF to Money Floyd and you see PBF moves much faster and much more aggressive.

 

I think it's age. He's adapting to it well. Everyone's body is different.

 

Let me take a wild guess....You're under 30?

 

Nothing, no decline. People seem to forget him destroying Canelo two fights ago.

Prior to both Maidana fights he has been hit by stress and legal issues. Those are major pressures that, if anything, would factor on someone being less than one hundred percent focused.

 

Since 2005 Hopkins is mediocre. 9-4-1 with one No Contest.

 

Multiple 30+ million dollar purses, women, maintaining the TV act, inferior competition.

All these things combine to make Mayweather fall out of love with the sport.