What Was Naazim Richardson's Plan Against Mayweather?

Jab to the body, overhand right.

Mayweather adjusted, Mosley folded and got his ass whooped.

That's all she wrote.

 

He mentioned changing your level when Shane was getting his ass kicked.

Naz wanted Shane to switch up the altitude of his head to continue feinting.

Unfortunately, the only feinting Shane did once Floyd figred him out was extreme jittering

 

:yep

 

I think gameplan was what we saw. Hit mayweather big and try to get him out of there early. I remember Richardson saying something about there being only a small window of opportunity with Mayweather and it's open in the begging rounds only.

 

He knew Shane didn't stand a chance.

 

mosley was old...thats what is

 

young moesly beats him

 

He mentioned leading up to the fight with all that dragon talk. "Shane's gonna land one of his bombs, then Mayweather's gonna turn into a dragon. We got to step on his tale and sidestep those fireballs."

Setting up the right hand early seemed to be their part 1. Feint low, shoot high. Then, throw with Floyd as he tries to counter. The jab triggered the left hook, Shane rolled with it and let go an overhand right. "We knew that was gonna happen", Richardson said in the corner. Then if I remember right his instructions were to start moving.

Part 2 was supposed to be to offset Floyd's agression by side-stepping and getting angles on him as he came forward, but Mosley was visibly winded and was too tentative after getting clocked clean for a few rounds. Naazim' instructions were continuously to step over and turn into the right hand, but Shane couldn't deliver.

I found it impressive that Richardson was so confident Floyd would come forward, something he hadn't done since the Judah fight and the complete opposite of what he had just done against JMM.

 

come out and hit floyd in the mouth so he grows wings and turns into a dragon

 

He was waiting for him to turn into puff the magic dragon apparently.

 

Richardson is the most overrated trainer ever. He needs to stick to checking handwraps. He success of late has been on par with Buddy McGirt.

 

That Naz quote was amazing, floyd indeed turned into a dragon and mosley got burnt in the process.:deal

 

:good:good:good

The key being that when Mayweather did turn into that Dragon, Mosley had no answer.

That was Shane's major down-fall in his career. If he was ever out gunned then he shelled up. He should of pulled his socks up, reminded himself of who he was (A tactic Richardson often tried in camps and in the corner) and went tooth and nail to knock the other son of a ***** out.

People often use Mosley vs Forrest as a barometer for a Vernon victory over Mayweather, but let's be clear, Mayweather is made of much stronger stuff upstairs, than Shane ever was.