Why is Mayweather so damn hard to hit

Floyd fights a safety first defensive style. But most of his defense is because he has an insanely long reach. Plus no real desire to give an all action fight (which is his right).

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I never liked Mayweather but this man is an artist

 

His defense, his hand speed, and his ability to deliver a straight counter left keep people from landing.

He can make you miss.

He is going to land first due to his speed if both fire at the same time.

If you miss he'll counter.

Plus he's a south paw. Combine the above and he's a tough man to hit cleanly

 

South paw???

 

There are a lot of film studies of him on youtube. Look em up:

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You forgot about the two most important things that gives him success:

His insane reach and his willingness to stink out fights.

And when did Floyd become a southpaw?

 

Great vision punch anticipation Cat like reflexes and his ability to seem to be in range to hit but wasn't. Combine that with him mastering the shoulder roll and his countering ability it made him hard to hit.

 

He's without a doubt one of the best defensive fighters of all time, perhaps even the best, though I think you can make an argument that Whitaker was better.

He clearly has great awareness of what is happening in the ring, he doesn't take his eyes off his opponent, even when slipping or ducking shots, he still has his eyes fixed on his opponent so he knows what's coming next.

He's great at reading fighters so he can anticipate what they will do so he's usually one step ahead.

He's mastered the shoulder roll which is a great defensive technique if you can become adept at it.

While he has a great jab he doesn't need to rely on it and often uses his lead hand to take away an opponents jab meaning lesser fighters that have to rely on it to gauge range never find Mayweather's range because they can't establish the jab.

Combine all that with a big reach and great movement and you have a fighter that is awfully hard to hit cleanly.

 

its more easy to avoid being hit and running then trying to get the knockout and putting yourself in the fire

 

He had incredible reflexes on top of his shoulder roll defense. Almost cat like.

 

That is true but that simply makes his style a smart one.

 

don't try to head hunt that's why i Believe with Canelo.