How To Beat Floyd Mayweather

I'll tell you str8 up......whoever beats Floyd will KO him......NOONE can out point Floyd.......it will have to be like when Tarver caught Roy!!......it will be tough for a dude who boxes in the conventional stance......but a southpaw could sneak one in on him IMO

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you cat change the facts.... cotto and his camp were scared to face floyd, not the other way around The fact is Floyd said he would fight Mosley if he beat Cotto. Cotto won and Floyd retired. But he's back now, to face a 36 year old that was fighting at SFW last year.

Gotta outwork him. Don't try to outbox him or outpunch him. Stay in his chest and swarm him. Don't load up, just sustain a flow of combinations. Fukk headhuntin. Get to the man's body every flurry, and gradually raise the target. No powerpunch leads at center ring. Everything gotta work off a jab whether it lands or not. And in chest to chest exchanges, head movement is needed cuz Mr boat buyer is almost always set to counter, even on the ropes. Never load up punches tryin to force a KO either. Just keep your punches comin in bunches and make contact whenever you can. Best to press him to ring perimeter, where you only have to deal wit the speed of his counters and not his movement.

watch the first fight of mayweather vs. castillo <<< thats how the 2nd and 3rd fight for sure mayweather won but 1st ..... dont think so There's always been a disagreement over this fight mostly by those who favored Castillo to win it before the fight even started. It was a close fight that could've gone either way according to many, and which the judges saw in favor of Mayweather. I don't recall there being a protest on behalf of Castillo, calling for a Boxing Commission investigation. Instead, he chose to re-match Floyd, confident he could beat him the second time.

watch the first fight of mayweather vs. castillo <<< thats how the 2nd and 3rd fight for sure mayweather won but 1st ..... dont think so

cotto and hiscamp dodged floyd twice...floyd never dodge cotto even when he decided to go into retirement delusional So Cotto fought every other top WW out there...but dodged Floyd when it was Floyd who said he wasnt calling out no WW's then retired? LMAO.. YES, you are delusional......btw Floyds unretired and fighting a light weight lol

it sounds easy on paper doesnt it. on paper i can beat pac but it doesn't work like that in real life That's pretty much what Floyd's last 39 opponents and trainers found out. Case in point, DLH, Hopkins, and reluctantly, Mosley stating that Floyd was the best after the Ricky Hatton fight. Now, many forget that Floyd fought Castillo with a bum shoulder in the first fight, and to prove it wasn't a fluke, he immediately re-matched Castillo and... well everyone knows how that ended. One would think that having come close to figuring out the Mayweather style in the first fight, Team Castillo would have a strategy in the 2nd fight to, lo and behold, beat Floyd convincingly the 2nd time around if not knock him out cleanly. Floyd afforded JLC another opportunity to prove the fans he had the "formula of defeat" and Castillo still came up short by Unanimous Decision. Why? One would also think that Oscar, having hired and trained with Floyd's daddy, and likely picking up a few pointers on how Floyd could possibly be defeated, AAAAAnd putting Floyd at a disadvantage by negotiating ring size, glove size, and weight division in favor of Oscar for their Mega Fight, Oscar should have also held the key to certain victory by a long shot. The result, a Floyd win by Unanimous Decision. Why? Now, it would be foolish to think Floyd could not possibly be defeated since he is just a flesh and blood human being like the rest of us. And perhaps as Floyd ages, their might indeed be someone who has the perfect plan to foil the Mayweather Express. But, if we're to believe Floyd's claim that he does not watch any of his opponents' fights as part of his training curriculum -- that should clue us in that in the ring, while his opponents and trainers are trying to strategize a way to pick apart Floyd's weaknesses, Floyd is busy capitalizing on HIS opponents' weaknesses and making the proper adjustments that have allowed him to beat everyone he's faced so far. So, can he be beat? It is possible. But no one has been able to do it.

Floyd's right when he says they all had the same gameplan and they all failed. He can beaten like everyone else, but the right formula for it has not been found. I think if any fighter he has fought so far can find it, it's Juan Manuel Marquez.

again fools. Cotto and his camp dodged floyd and they did it b/c they know cotto would get picked apart by floyd give it up already everyone keeps wanting to say the Jab. well Oscar didnt stop throwing the job b/c he wanted to. DLH stopped throwing it B/C FLOYD MADE HIM STOP lol...Floyd retired ..he wanted none of Cotto. or any WW for that matter...STAN

Mayweather is going to have his hands full with Marquize. This is how I see the feight going...Marquize is a slow started Mayweather will take first 4-5 rounds, Marquize won't be able to keep him in the center of the ring, Mayweather after 4-5 round will be on the rops, countering Marquize, he'll have to put allot of presure on Mayweather, until Mayweather catchs him and knocks him out. Mayweather is just to fast from Marquize. Lights out mark my words. Big pay day between him and Pac Man.

You beat floyd with quick lead rights and a good jab to change it up. Not backwards. 1-2's are way too elementary. On that note it really is kind of sad that Floyd has fought nobody since castillo really. Does Marquez have the tools? Yes he does.... But is he too small? we will see on fight night.

Yep. One of the biggest letdowns in recent boxing history. That fight should have happened. How do you fight an aging semi retired Dela at 154 and then Ricky Hatton at 147 who has no business there.... but dont fight an undefeated Miguel Cotto who just beat SSM and has 3 top ten WW's under his belt AND you are the WW champion? How do you claim to be the best ever or even the best now and state after beating a jww that you arent calling out no WW's...and the sad thing his STANS (not to be mistaken for real boxing fans) defend this..... ?

Miguel Cotto would and could beat Floyd....it was the natural fight to be made and Floyd retired....... Yep. One of the biggest letdowns in recent boxing history. That fight should have happened.

Without a doubt, this has been the hardest problem to solve for pro boxinghttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/3446_magglass.gif trainers since the emergence of the Pretty Boy on the fight scene. Quantum physics problems may seem easier to overcome. Dozens of trainers had a crack at the problem. Yet no one had really succeeded so far… First of all, all fight fans, regardless of who they support, should acknowledge how Floyd Mayweatherhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/3446_magglass.gif made himself to be one of the greatest defensive fighters in the history of boxing. He is a true genius when it comes to the sweet science. However, as with every fighter, a way to prevail over him must be hidden somewhere. It just needs to be found and discovered. “How could one beat Floyd Mayweather?” When asked this question, everyone with common sense rightfully points to the first Castillo fight. Out of 39 professional fights Mayweather had, the first Castillo fight was inarguably the most competitive one, and most fight fans gave Castillo the nod even though the judges did not. But we are not here to talk about judging in boxing. We are seeking an answer to the elusive question we brought up: How could one beat Floyd? It is clear that parts of the answer can be found in the Castillo fight. So, what did Castillo do? 1. Occupying the center. Castillo decided to set his stakes in the ring center, forcing Mayweather to circle. Castillo boxed effectively in the center of the ring to not to lose that valuable ground to Floyd. A fighter can occupy the center of the ring by two means. One, the fighter must have high a workrate and a good overall skills, e.g. Marvin Hagler. Two, the fighter must be highly effective at jabbing, e.g. Larry Holmes. Castillo chose the first method. When the center is occupied, the opponent is forced to circle, expending much more energy. This precisely was the reason why Ali could not box Foreman, resorting to the rope-a-dope, as Foreman was extremely effective in occupying the center, forcing Ali to move twice as much as he did. No fighter can dance for all three minutes in a round. Excessive movement by a fighter will eventually halt him and find him on the ropes. That was exactly the case during the first Castillo-Mayweather fight. Mayweather lost the control of the center and found himself repeatedly on the ropes after excessive circling. Most of Mayweather’s opponents chased him head on, expending as much energy as the backpedaling Mayweather, and thus not gaining any advantage. When being chased head on, Mayweather is extremely effective. Matter of fact, he wants to be chased as such. He would sting with the lead right hand all night long from the elusive shoulder roll. Hence, the best thing to do after gaining the center of the ring is to follow Mayweather laterally, cutting the ring off, eventually finding him in corners and on the ropes. 2. Stance and style High workrate from a classical, squared, high guard stance with good upper body movements is required to neutralize Mayweather’s quick countering style from the shoulder roll. Having the sideways stance, like Judah and Gatti did, or having poor upper body movements like Corrales and Hatton did, can be picked apart by Floyd’s counters. Castillo’s stance and style nicely matched Floyd’s as he had the aforementioned requirements. He thus was not countered and frustrated as much as the other Floyd opponents. The fighters with this stance and style are never stingy when it comes to delivering uppercuts and body shots. Uppercuts and body shots can be a lethal arsenal in the center of the ring against Floyd’s style. Whenever Floyd pushed forward to regain the center of the ring, Castillo fired back with uppercuts and body shots, discouraging him. 3. Point of attack on the Shoulder Roll defense It is absolutely foolish to try to land looping hooks and crosses on Floyd, as that would put the fighter on the crosshairs directly. Also, it is unwise to directly attack Floyd’s head. Nor is it clever to try to attack Floyd’s body facing him head-on. Carlos Baldomir tried to attack Floyd’s body without shifting and pivoting, and found it absolutely ineffective. Castillo, on the other hand, constantly pivoted and shifted to Floyd’s left, there finding his exposed front with his left hooks, following with vicious rights to the body. Indeed, that is exactly where the Shoulder Roll is the weakest. A fighter with the Shoulder Roll defense cannot allow his opponent to position himself on his left side, because from that angle his front is totally exposed, not guarded by the left shoulder and the right hand. (vice versa for southpaws) Mayweather is usually too quick to let a fighter gain an angle like that, but Castillo frequently found him in that position because of the way he was cutting him off and limiting his roaming areas. So ANGLES is the key. Direct punches can be fully nullified by the skilled fighter using the Shoulder Roll. No direct pressure, but angular pressure. 4. Composure and attitude Some fighters just don’t believe that they can beat the best boxer in the world. They doubt. Others get distracted by the media attention and by the taunting opponent. There are some fighters who come to fight just to get paid. All those fighters would lose when facing a fighter of Mayweather’s caliber. It takes a certain, fearless, persistent, and focused fighter with a short memory to be effective against the most skilled fighter in the world. In the first fight, Castillo brought the right attitude and composure to the fight. 5. What Castillo did not do? He did not jab effectively. The same goes for most of Floyd’s opponents. They are always fearful of the quick lead right hand counter that they hesitate to jab. Jabs combined with the aforementioned factors can very well be the solution to the “Mayweather Problem” In the second fight, Castillo gave up the center of the ring in the late rounds, initiated by Floyd’s lead right hands. Also, when Floyd tried to in-fight, he hesitated. Had he not hesitated such and let his workrate flow like in the first fight, he could have won the second fight. Though he fell short, his successes in those two fights show us the blueprint in fighting a great boxer with tremendous speed and intelligence working out of the Shoulder Roll. In closing, I must state the obvious: If the fighter is not a top tier skilled fighter with decent speed, he should not even bother fighting Floyd in the first place. If a highly skilled fighter with great recovery and composure fights with the right tactics and strategy, he can prevail over Floyd “Money” Mayweather. I personally believe that Juan Manuel Marquez possesses many of the attributes to be successful against Floyd Mayweather. He is used to seeing blinding speed, he proved that he can recover from losing momentum, and he does carry the right composure. Marquez’s style fits the aforementioned stance and style that can be effective against high skilled boxers employing the Shoulder Roll. Marquez certainly fights for ring generalship and has a high workrate. Marquez does use his jabs very effectively, and has extremely underrated hand speed. That being said, yes…I am putting my money on Juan Manuel Marquez this time, only the second time I am betting against Floyd Joy “Money” Mayweather. Miguel Cotto would and could beat Floyd....it was the natural fight to be made and Floyd retired.......