Who could beat Mayweather

I agree. If Mayweather comes in with his A game vs another fighter with his A game, Mayweather wins. I think at WW Paul Williams, Clottey and Cotto would be his biggest challenges.

 

Margarito, Cotto and Williams have very good chance of beating Mayweather.

Cotto - a good boxer, good power, good body work, picks his punches/accurate, lots of heart. when he comes in he comes in hard and accurate and he can be very patient.
Margarito - would completely out-muscle Mayweather. too tough to bring down, too big to slip effectively, doesn't need to set himself to punch, accurate with hooks, doesn't need to land flush to hurt. if DLH and Hatton had Mayweather in the corner then Margarito will have a field day. unfortunately he gives away early rounds.
Williams - won't have another fight like Quintana I. Solid chin, stamina, toughness. too tough to keep off, throws volume of punches for 12 rounds. if nothing else he will outwork Mayweather from round 1-12. his drawback is that he's still a year from his peak.


Mayweather would earn credit for beating any one of these guys.

 

Of course Hatton was competitive, he was losing but he was competitive until the momentum completely shifted towards the end of the middle rounds and got knocked out like I though he would. Look, there are two things I really try not to do. 1 is create excuses for fighters and 2 is defend them until the end of the world. But the facts you are saying ( I have to give you that) don't tell the whole story, why bring back the Corely and Torres fight when we all know Cotto was having problems making the weight and is not the same fighter he is now. Shane was the one backing away from Cotto in the middle rounds of their fight, I think stamina combined with a body shot from Mosely was what made Cotto move, he still won the last rounds! And yes, he was brutalized by Margarito, but mainly in the final two or three round of the fight, before that the fight was very close and very competitive, so my point is that although Cotto does have flaws and Floyd is a master at exploiting flaws, I think Cotto is smart enough to make the adjustments necessary during his training camp to improve his weaknesses and also exploit Mayweather's. I just don't think Floyd will land at will against Cotto like I thought he was going to with Hatton (and like many people seem to believe), and much less hurt him.

 

Mayweather would land easier on Cotto than Hatton because Cotto is not a brawler. Hatton didn't really allow Mayweather to box much in the early rounds. Hatton attack repeatedly allowing the fight to be fought on the inside. That's not Cotto style. This will be more of an boxing match, which Mayweather win win.

 

I disagree completely, I think Hatton is way more open than Cotto and I think Mayweather really exploited that.

 

If u think Margo would do that to Mayweather, u are sadly mistaking. As people say, Mayweather will be on his bike. Much like the Baldomir fight. Mayweather won't allow Margo to unload on him.

 

Yes HAtton is, but this is Mayweather we are taking about. Look at Zoo and Paulie, they didn't land hardly any power shot or just clean shots on Hatton like Mayweather. Not to many fighters done to Hatton what Mayweather have done.

 

What weight? The old 130 lb PBF against the 130 lb Pacman would be a great matchup. They are different size fighters now. Forget about this silly fight tomorrow night. The real test would be a "time machine" fight at 130. That would be a good matchup, if PBF doesn't stink up the joint.

Calzaghe would beat PBF, as would Abraham. Maybe Williams, but he seems to cut pretty easy.

PBF won't fight the tough guys at Welter, like Cotto and Margarito, even though he would have a very good chance to win. He just doesn't want a battle where he might lose some rounds or be pressured.

 

he let oscar do it, he let hatton(he let hatton wobble him)..
margarito is also not baldomir... he's taller, longer reach, doesn't need to set to throw, can't be held back by anything mayweather can throw, knows how to corner a guy, doesn't need to land clean to hurt a guy, does not get tired.

mayweather can not avoid margarito for all twelve rounds, he can't slow down margarito, he can't hurt margarito.. same can be said for PW.
i like mayweather because he has the mental toughness to stick to a game plan for 12 rounds and the stamina to carry it out...but it will be hard, very very hard!

 

Hey Zaryu, don't think I'm saying Cotto is a easier person to hit than Hatton, because he's not. What I'm saying is, Mayweather will be able to land easier on Cotto because Cotto will box more than Hatton did. Hatton smothered Mayweather to a point he had to readjust his game plan and fight him on the inside most of the fight. He later open Hatton up with the lead right hand., which was his best power punches that night.

 

I'm currently busy working on a final college project, but like I said I don't agree with and you don't have to agree with me, but mentioning names like Zoo or Malignaggi doesn't really prove your point, I mean I could easily point out how Lazcano and Urango (to the body) hurt him and how they are not even close to Floyds league, but I understand that name throwing doesn't tell the whole story and frankly right now I can't really get involved in trying to explain why.

 

It's no prob really but I think Mayweather would have a harder time landing cleanly on Cotto than Hatton, and a lot of that has to do with how Cotto would fight back and counter punch.

EDIT: but I think I get your point :good

 

He let DLH and Hatton do it because they both have stamina issues. That was the game plan against those two guys to let them wear themselves done by throwing a lot of punches. Plus he knew after a while they couldn't hurt him. The game plan won't be the same for Margo, trust me on that.

 

It wouldn't be fun if everybody agreed

 

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