What will Roache's gameplan be for Pac to beat Floyd?

cilldara11 · Nov 16, 2009

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Hard to say...prepping for someone like Mayweather is ridiculously difficult. I suppose you have to start with very basic questions: What are Floyd's strengths?

(Very fast with both hands and feet, lovely straight-right and left-hook, great stamina, ability to adapt mid-fight, the best defence in the sport today, very accurate, excellent timing, counter specialist.)

Then you say: What are his weaknesses?

(Criminally underuses his jab, can lose rounds due to poor workrate, has a habit of dropping his guard and just ducking under shots, not as good on the front foot as he is on the back foot, has never been seriously hurt and floored and so doesn't have this experience to fall back on if it ever does occur, brittle hands, not particularly powerful, sometimes simply darts back in a straight line rather than sidestepping, has a habit of laying back on the ropes to counter, which could potentially backfire against a clever/quick guy.)

And then: How do we minimize his strengths and maximise his weaknesses?

Maybe:

- Make him fight coming forward (notice that when Judah was having his success, it was when Mayweather was coming forward with a high guard and getting countered). If you have to turn on the heat, make it intelligent pressure.

- Train to punch more than ever before, so you can win rounds on workrate if nothing else. Pac actually does this naturally, without needing to be taught.

- Take advantage of the times when he sits back on the ropes looking to counter. Don't play into his game -- don't use hooks, as he'll roll with them and fire back. Go for straight punches down the pipe, to body and head. Always be ready to slip his counters.

- Try and exploit his habit of dropping his guard and ducking under shots. Maybe throw a jab or fient, wait for him to duck low, and then fire the uppercut. Pac caught Cotto with a killer uppercut at one point, it would do nicely.

- Exploit his habit of darting back in a straight line by coming in with jabs, and then firing that long, powerful left-hand. Judah did this perfectly with a 1-1-1-2 combination, if I remember right, and it snapped Mayweather's head right back and put him into a shell. Probably Zab's biggest shot of the night.

I dunno though, maybe Pac DOES have to fight Mayweather in a pressure/swarming style, as is natural for him. Really hard to say, because I have no idea how well Mayweather can cope with it in this context -- normally he LOVES it, as with Hatton/Corrales, because he can just pick them off coming in like a sniper. With Pac, however, there's that speed and southpaw stance to deal with...not sure, very tricky to predict.
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Quality stuff.

WAYKURAT · Nov 16, 2009

just show up for pac and land one perfect big left hand that floyd never experienced in his whole career.

8count · Nov 16, 2009

Outboxer said: ↑

Hard to say...prepping for someone like Mayweather is ridiculously difficult. I suppose you have to start with very basic questions: What are Floyd's strengths?

(Very fast with both hands and feet, lovely straight-right and left-hook, great stamina, ability to adapt mid-fight, the best defence in the sport today, very accurate, excellent timing, counter specialist.)

Then you say: What are his weaknesses?

(Criminally underuses his jab, can lose rounds due to poor workrate, has a habit of dropping his guard and just ducking under shots, not as good on the front foot as he is on the back foot, has never been seriously hurt and floored and so doesn't have this experience to fall back on if it ever does occur, brittle hands, not particularly powerful, sometimes simply darts back in a straight line rather than sidestepping, has a habit of laying back on the ropes to c.....cky to predict.
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Good read. Now I want to see it.:bbb

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