"Pretty Boy" says he's leaning toward taking 2008 off from Boxing, which begs two questions: Does he mean it? And if he does mean it, is he going to vacate the welterweight title? Tough questions to answer, but we know this much: If he does defend in 08', it's going to be hard to get away with picking an opponent other than Miguel Cotto. And that's a fight Mayweather could definately lose. So one way or the other, either by Cotto or no-go, we're predicting Mayweather doesn't have his title at year's end.
The Ring, April 2008
It's funny how all these fighters can't seem to follow their game plan for a full 12 rounds once they step in the ring with Floyd.
I'm sure it has had nothing to do with what Floyd was doing. Nahhhhh, couldn't be.
What a dipshit.
hey retard floyd just backs up and wait until they attack him he don't make any changes except more running u don't know shit u can't make no good posts that's why u got the red karma going around BITCH!!!
jezz u make HORUS looks like an Saint knowledgeable wanabe floydfan
I think Williams has the best chance of anyone at WW of beating Floyd right now though that fight will never happen because no one wants to fight him and so he won't be a big enough name before Floyd retires for good. Cotto has a decent chance especially if Floyd only fights once this year which is what it's looking like. Cotto will be somewhere between a 2 and 3 to one dog, which will be about right.
Could and definitely don't belong next to each other in a sentence, I don't think.
Cotto has the best chance of knocking floyd out and really hurting him.. but if it comes down to a decison... NO ONE can win more rounds then pretty boy.
watch the de la hoya fight and the first round of the hatton fight the problem is they were both dumbasses and couldn't follow their gameplan.
watch especially the de la hoya fight those jabs were getting in like crazy.
It's funny how all these fighters can't seem to follow their game plan for a full 12 rounds once they step in the ring with Floyd.
I'm sure it has had nothing to do with what Floyd was doing. Nahhhhh, couldn't be.
What a dipshit.
Maybe not completely, but he showed a lot of it against Judah, and then almost primarily operated in a jab-first style against Mosley. He did mix it up some, but for the most part, he fought a very controlled style in the fight against Mosley.
This definately isn't the same dude who fought Ricardo Torres.
Mosley is NO Richardo Torres. You can't look as good in every fight. It's not Cotto, it's the level of the competition he has fought. It was close fight against Mosley BUT I was suprised how many times he caught Mosley with clean punches. Sure it has alot to do with Mosley slowing down but STILL.
I picked Mosley and I was wrong.
Idk, Mayweather did put the stipulation of "if the money is right" for his little vacation thing. The money doesn't get any righter than Oscar a second time.
I'm waiting to see what happens after the 2nd De La Hoya fight to see if he is ducking him or not.
Did he say that this time? I can't remember anymore..
Mayweather has a couple of things to worry about when it comes to Miguel Cotto.
I can't think of anyone that Floyd has fought (with the exception of Zab "4 rounds" Judah) that is as deadly accurate as Miguel Cotto is. That coupled with Cotto's power could be something that breaks and wears Floyd down slowly but surely.
Cotto's body shot really could take Floyd out. I know Floyd hasn't had a problem with body shots in the past, but I don't think he has faced a body puncher with near as heavy of hands as Miguel Cotto.
I think Floyd's dealt with body punchers a lot and so I think he's adapted to it better. De La Hoya, Chavez, Castillo, and even Hatton to somewhat degree are all body punchers and he got used to defending there. Even against De La Hoya he blocked a lot of his body shots.
I think if Cotto could use the speed he showed at the begining of the Mosley fight, it could give him problems. Though, Cotto is a sucker for the right hand and the uppercut. When Mosley was boxing, he was winning. I think Floyd could catch him with the uppercut or the right hand coming in.
The thing he needs to work on, which he probably will since he's fighting De La Hoya, is not letting the jab effect him and not getting bullied into the ropes. He needs to throw 4-5 punch combinations and get in and out. He can't potshot it. The left hook-right hand combo he usually does might work to somewhat degree, but he needs to put more combos. The combos he did against Hatton were brilliant. At the same time, he can't always do that since Cotto is the bigger man.
I see Floyd winning a comfrotable UD because he was used to it do to the second Castillo fight.
I PROMISE you that Mayweather will not "kill" Cotto. Cotto is too good and can adapt too well to get completely shut out.
Trust me, this isn't going to be Wright-Trinidad or something like that. Cotto will win a few rounds in the worst case scenario for him.
Cotto will win 4 rounds at most, bank on that. I can't wait for this fight, I am going to double up in a big way.
I am sure they are best firends who go clubbin together all the time.
I will take that as an admission that you know very little about their relationship and were merely speculating.
Oscar wanted Hatton to win so that he could fight and beat Hatton in his next fight. I don't know anything about the relationship between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather but I don't think you know anything about it either.
I am sure they are best firends who go clubbin together all the time.
although i find your great english skills impressive... its not gonna make cotto have better overall "attributes" than floyd... styl;es make fights... pbfs style kills cotto... my opinion... it cant be proven til they fight... find me when the fight gets made and go all IN
I PROMISE you that Mayweather will not "kill" Cotto. Cotto is too good and can adapt too well to get completely shut out.
Trust me, this isn't going to be Wright-Trinidad or something like that. Cotto will win a few rounds in the worst case scenario for him.
although i find your great english skills impressive... its not gonna make cotto have better overall "attributes" than floyd... styl;es make fights... pbfs style kills cotto... my opinion... it cant be proven til they fight... find me when the fight gets made and go all IN
THis is very true. Its a high probability that Cotto will find Mayweather more often than anyone has been able to find him, and it will be interesting to see how he handles that.
I know Cotto is quicker than given credit for, but I'm not sure if he is going to do better than Castillo. I think Castillo had the right blend of jab + pressure for the first fight, but I think that Mayweather figured it out enough to clearly win the rematch.
It really might be that Castillo fucked Cotto's chance up to beat Mayweather.
Oscar was dying to see Floyd lose against Hatton, and he made that pretty clear. Floyd Sr. tells Oscar all those stories about how Floyd is a bad son and this and that and Oscar believes him. How can you think Oscar actually likes Floyd?
Oscar wanted Hatton to win so that he could fight and beat Hatton in his next fight. I don't know anything about the relationship between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather but I don't think you know anything about it either.