Who R U Picking?

I agree with Nay_Sayer in that he will have to make it a dogfight. I also agree with you in that the lack of head movement and straight up stance will be like feeding candy to a baby against Floyd. I also agree that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, meaning if his head is up when he jabs now, it will be up in the late rounds of the fight. That is why it's Nazim's job to find what Shane NATURALLY does that will trouble Floyd and have him exclusively do those things.

If I was Shane's trainer, here's what I would do:

RULES:

1. Forget the jab as a weapon, and only jab to exit or to set up a lead right.

2. Shane is usually totally protected when he leads with his looping right hand, if I recall he hides his head well on that punch. So this will be his primary weapon...it is in every fight, but this will be even more important in this fight (will explain later)

3. NEVER throw body shots from the outside, because he is straight up when he throws those as well.

STRATEGY:

1. Don't make the mistake of TRYING to force Floyd to fight every second of every round. A.) Most of what you will end up doing will be ineffective and the judges will know this... B.) Floyd is the better conditioned athlete...and C.) That is not Shane's style. Shane is great at doing what he has always done. Make him fight a different style and he might not be great at that.
So I would have Shane actually fight at Floyd's pace. If Floyd wants to throw 20 punches a round, fine. Paw with the jab from the outside, where you know he can't counter it.

2. Shane is fast, still very fast. He should use this speed to get off first. If he plays the waiting game, Floyd doesn't know when he is going to strike. Obviously he has to mix it up a bit, Floyd's too good to do the same exact thing against all fight. But for the most part I'd have him lead with his Right hand. Land it on the head/Gloves/Shoulder...and fall into Floyd and wrap him up and walk him backwards....EVERY TIME. He has to play to his strengths and he cannot use his physical strength by punching air all night, he needs to impose his strength in the clinches and wear Floyd down. Another one of Shanes strenghts are his chin, so any short counters he takes coming in he should be able to handle.

3. When your inside, bang on him. left hooks, uppercuts, body shots, hit his arms.....anything. "Ricky Hatton" him until the ref pulls you off, or until you see an opportunity and back the eff up fast throwing your jab.

4. Repeat


This will force Floyd, if it works, to adjust and become more aggressive (which is the fight you wantedd in the first place) or to maybe think he is actually winning and not make any adjustments. It will be an ugly fight but will be a close one either way it's judged :deal

 

I don't think the fight will go that way dude, I don't know IF Shane will be able to do all of that. That is just what I think his best chance will be :good

 

Shane isn't Hatton dude.

Hattons got little arms, has a average lead right and throws it square while he's bouncing back n forth on his toes like a damn rabbit on crack. When Shane throws it he is in much better position.

 

It is for real, press conference was yesterday :good