Mayweather Admits His Body Began to Break Down After the Gatti Fight

[Mr. Objectivity]

he ducked a prime welterweight division. floyds ducking and cherry picking is well documented

[Dr Rumack]

He started choosing his cherrypicks with more intelligence

"They said I was ducking Antonio Margarito, but uh, he was cheatin'"

Either Floyd is saying he could see into the future, or he admitted he was ducking him.

[Motorcity Cobra]

imo margarito was tailor made for floyd...front foot heavy...no head movement, fought one way....no serious speed, a great jab always troubled floyd...he didnt have one....just never understood why people thought he was a threat....well besides Arum talking "most feared welterweight" and his size....all he really had on the elite level was chin, and stamina...he lacked a lot and lost to every elite fighter he faced....cotto, mosley, manny. Mayweather is a level over all 3 of those guys, respectfully.

Thank You! Been saying that for years. Margarito v. Floyd would've been similar to Gatti vs. Floyd.

[Motorcity Cobra]

This is one of the reasons he became one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time.

He was smart to retire in 2007 when the welterweight division was loaded. I think he'd have an L or two on his record if he would've stuck around back then.

Yep. Just like when Jordan body began to break down he switched to a post up fade away for his signature shot. No more flying down the lane dunking on everybody.

[TOBYLEE1]

besides being mexican, great chins a size advantage...what they have in common stops there


Castillo is more talented, and more accomplished

Castillo used educated pressure, actually had a good jab and counter jab, knew how to cut off the ring, margo followed you around, didnt step over or use his front foot to control the center line....Also castillo had more punch variety, better defense, quicker of hand and foot could counter going forward or back and was just flat out better

most people really dont know much about the nuances and styles of boxing

If castillo fought like Margo, the fights with floyd would have been blowout losses on his part.

You know that but most fans don't see it that way. They just see a mexican pressure fighter

[Johnwoo8686]

Hey i dont know his body but i know when Floyd speaks and speaks in a public forum he only says things that fluffs himself up and says things that make himself look better than is precieved. You've never heard Floyd be candid about his boxing career. When he speaks about his career its all about how great he is. And saying his body was breaking down after the Gatti fight and that he had to rely on IQ to win fights is his way of fluffing his career and an excuse on why he was so defensive against big and more powerful guys. If you believe that then more power to you. But IMO once he moved up to welterweight and didnt have the advantages anymore in power and size he knew the only way to last was to be defensive and pot shot his way to victory. Otherwise he wouldnt have lasted as long as he did.

Comparing floyd to Morales or Barrera dont makes sense because their careers went way different than floyds and they were in wars every time out. Even though Floyd was a good offensive fighter at the lower weight he was still very defensive so he rarely took punishment.

Yes, because you know Floyd personally? Floyd is no longer fighting so he no longer has to promote himself. He moved up to welterweight the very next fight after Gatti and got a KO. But then struggled against Judah and hurt his hand against Baldomir. Floyd basically started to decline at 29.

And you should know that injuries are commonly sustained in training camp. Fighters get injured in sparring, doing the word work, etc. Since you weren't with Floyd during his training camps, which are notoriously intense, you don't know how much punishment he REALLY took.

[b00g13man]

Unsurprised to see certain people crying in here...

[stuff jones]

Floyd at 130-140 beats any other fighter from 130-140, it's clear that he isn't a welterweight but he still fought there and moved up and beat two light middleweight champs

Dude has a well above average WW reach. Not sure why he's not a natural WW.

[Mr. Objectivity]

Trying to save his coward;s legacy. it wont work fraud. only low information boxing fanboys will fall for that lie. LOL

[pasawayako]

Too much use of PEDS will surely break your body.