Why is MAYWEATHER so tense in recent fights?

I remember in the CHAVEZ fight, he would just lean back on the ropes, completely relaxed and focused, and would just showoff these amazing defensive skills. But in the DLH, JUDAH, and even the BALDOMIR fight, he was so jittery and nervous against the ropes. I think personally, he lost some confidence in his skills against the ropes somewhere along the way. Any idea where though? I mean, even now he's basically as good as you can possibly get against the ropes... EDIT: On a sidenote, im watching CHAVEZ-MAYWEATHER right now, and what fuckin fight is LEDERMAN watching? this is the most laughable scorecard ive ever seen... through six i think he has Chavez winning...

Comments (7)

Nostromo

Response? Yeah, I've got a response - :gives:

18y ago

Easton_Assassin

its called being focused It's called knowing you could get KTFO. Floyd has yet to face a real threat. When he does that cautious style is gonna cost him dearly. Style wise he hasn't fought a real pressure guy yet. Baldy tried but he lacked the kind of skill needed to connect consistently. Look what Judah and DLH did early before they gased and neither is known for their pressure . Hatton will come all night. Floyd better be ready to go in the trenches cause Hatton and 12billion other people know thats what it's gonna take, otherwise Floyd potshots to another boring ass dec. Hattons takes him by tko late!

18y ago

elhijoprodigo

Floyd has been known to discredit everyone, but let's be truthful; If we were in his shoes, would we be giving props to our future opponents? Hell no, I;d bad mouth them, in order to sell more PPV'S, it's all about money baby! PBF, (by the way, I can't stand this cat) has done charity work, and I never think those are fake

18y ago

Fox_McCloud

His confidence might have diminished some because of the first Jose Luis Castillo fight... he wasn't able to slip the punches when he was on the ropes nearly as well as he has in any fight previous to that one.

18y ago

QueenCity

He just doesn't want to get hit as much anymore against the bigger guys, the last time he really came to be in a real give and take fight was against Chop Chop Corley.

18y ago

rambov

I totally saw that. He is very concerned about catching the big ones at light middle. I don't think he is as tense after he gets hit. I think there is always the " what would my opponent's best shot feel like" feeling

18y ago

gattifan24

Yeah I really feel Floyd's best weight is 140 so I do think he's more conscious then ever about getting clocked. Plus he's realistically past his speed and reflex prime (not much past it) but after turning 30 he clearly needs to and has become a little less risky. BIgger punchers he's fighting is the obvious and pretty spot on answer though. He might look pretty relazed against Hatton although we might see more of the potshot style from the Baldomir fight as well

18y ago