How tough is Mayweather

In first Castillo fight Floyd started to trade in the last 4 rounds, going to the head while Castillo was going to the body. Those bodypunvhes looked hard, but Floyd contined to make effort with his own punches. Gosh, that was tough.

Contrary to popular belief, toughness does not equal in-ring retardedness. One does not need to be lured into a streetfight in order to be considered tough. In my book, you are tough when you deal with adversity and pain without resorting to anything out of character and without backing away from your gameplan. Floyd has shown time and again that he won't bother himself with controversy and rough times in the ring, he just keeps going no matter what. Getting caught, bullied, rabbit punched, low blowed etc.. it doesn't matter, he'll continue doing exactly what he should be doing; winning. And winning on his terms. That is toughness. you just made 2 very good posts, i totally agree.

He's never been seriously hurt or had to dig deep to pull out a win, so there's no way of telling.

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He has seemed pretty tough so far. Fighting injured, coming back from being hurt, fighting a guy much bigger than him and winning, KOing a guy with fans baying for you to lose. I'd like to see him win from being badly hurt, but he's been too good and too cautious to need to do that thus far.

tough and mayweather in the same sentence ummhhhhhhhhh........... lamotta,duran,dempsey etc would be aptly described as tough, mayweather is just a great boxer he wont ever be in a war,his style doesnt allow it Another limited mind showing no signs of advanced thought processing.

That will NEVER happen because Floyd isnt a dumb as fighter. Hes smart. Boxing= sweet science= hit and not get hit. What kind of question is this??? If Mayweather slowed down a bit?? Do you understand how fucking fast and explosive Mayweather is at 140. Hes faster and has more power..he would absolutely beat the shit out of Hstton worse then he did at 147. Okay Burner, no need to get excited.

tough and mayweather in the same sentence ummhhhhhhhhh........... lamotta,duran,dempsey etc would be aptly described as tough, mayweather is just a great boxer he wont ever be in a war,his style doesnt allow it

Contrary to popular belief, toughness does not equal in-ring retardedness. One does not need to be lured into a streetfight in order to be considered tough. In my book, you are tough when you deal with adversity and pain without resorting to anything out of character and without backing away from your gameplan. Floyd has shown time and again that he won't bother himself with controversy and rough times in the ring, he just keeps going no matter what. Getting caught, bullied, rabbit punched, low blowed etc.. it doesn't matter, he'll continue doing exactly what he should be doing; winning. And winning on his terms. That is toughness. Agreed. Especially when the result is that the man never loses.

Contrary to popular belief, toughness does not equal in-ring retardedness. One does not need to be lured into a streetfight in order to be considered tough. In my book, you are tough when you deal with adversity and pain without resorting to anything out of character and without backing away from your gameplan. Floyd has shown time and again that he won't bother himself with controversy and rough times in the ring, he just keeps going no matter what. Getting caught, bullied, rabbit punched, low blowed etc.. it doesn't matter, he'll continue doing exactly what he should be doing; winning. And winning on his terms. That is toughness.

The whole point of boxing is not to take punishment, but floyd does have a chin, he took a bomb in round 11/12 against de la hoya and kept trading, plus he had no arm in castillo 1 and spent the rest of the fight turning southpaw, and still won (fuck what people think they saw, he won the fight) so maybe. To be honest, i hope we dont have to find out, mayweather isnt that kind of fighter.

every fighter knows how to deal with pain in the ring we cant tell whether floyd can deal with being hurt, but he'll never risk putting himself in that situation i hope cotto breaks his fucking face As I said, it's hard to say how he would react. He did OK when he was stunned against Corley though.

Hard to say, every person reacts differently. Mayweather does know how to deal with pain during a fight though. every fighter knows how to deal with pain in the ring we cant tell whether floyd can deal with being hurt, but he'll never risk putting himself in that situation i hope cotto breaks his fucking face

How tough is he? Given his skills and boxing ability...tough enough. Maybe later in his career his abilities will degenerate enough to reveal how stout his chin is..or how much of a beating he is willing to take. But then he wouldn't really be the "pretty boy", now would he. He should retire long before we find out how tough he is....that's not his game.

he's not tough he hasnt shown that he's tough being skillful and tough are 2 different things and taking a punishment doesnt not qualify you for being tough

Hard to say, every person reacts differently. Mayweather does know how to deal with pain during a fight though.

Absolutely. It's foolish to suggest a fighter will get to the top without having the tools and intangibles to match. You only need to look at his face during incoming fire; he's so calm and calculated it's scary. People tend to overlook the fact that Mayweather has a very physical type of defense. He blocks and takes glacing shots all the time, without ever looking uncomfortable. He is tough, no doubt about it. Ask Hatton.

I think he's pretty tough, he has fought with broken hands and once with a torn rotator cuff. And I really don't see a way Hatton can beat him.

Floyd ain't the kinda fighter that's built for takin punishment. As P4P king he gets compared to Roy a lot, and when RJ was the man he was literally untouchable. When he got older, he lost his elusiveness, and his chin was there for the takin. Floyd needs his defense just as much as his offense to win his fights. Speed keeps him winnin, not a good chin. If he ever got into a brawl wit a slugger he'd likely get KO'd.