He doesn't have that one punch knockout power, but it seems like he'll bleed your brain severely for 12 rounds and you're never quite the same fighter afterwards. I can't think of one man he's got in the ring who's been the same especially after going a full 12 with him. Those grant gloves have deadly side effects!
Corrales did have a pretty amazing 3 fight run near the end of his career when he beat Casamayor, Freitas and Castillo. But after the Mayweather fight he was never quite the same.
I think their heads going backwards all the time comes from them being hit flush on the face more often than they are used to in the past and the fact that floyd is so accurate he really doesn't need to put that much power behind his punches as they would most time be right on the money because his opponents most times won't see or be able to see the punches.
Let it put this way, Mayweather ruins fighters, but not all fighters!
Against Mosley Mayweather fought more, better and harder than ive seen before.
Only because Mosleys great chin he survived 12 rounds. Mosley has never been knocked out. But i believe he would have stopped any fighter with a lesser chin that night. If he fought like that against Maqrquez he would have stopped him. Of course Marquez has a great chin also but hes to small and Mayweather would also knock out a guy like Cotto, even before Cotto lost to Margarito. Mayweather said to Mosley Forrest ****ed you up, Wright ****ed you up and i will **** you up some more and he was right! He ****ed him up so bad that hes retireing.
You can say what you want about Mayweather but he is a great boxer!
So does Calzaghe. They both hit hard enough to hurt their opponents, they just don't have knockout power. And beating an opponents ass for 12 rounds is more damaging then KO'ing them early.
Totally agree..Especially when you're snapping your opponent head back and forth several times for 12 rounds..
Look what Floyd did to Hatton, Mosley, and Gatti though. I bet you he ****ed all 3 of those fighters confidence up. In Hattons fight after Mayweather Jr. his opponent shook him up in the same round Mayweather Jr. had!
Hatton then wehtn on to beat a top 10 JWW.
I am pretty sure all the other Gatti wars didn't have to do with his downfall.
And, the jury is still out on Mosley.
And, Natas gave you three perfect examples of fighters that did good after Floyd. Some became elite fighters after Floyd (Corrales and Castillo)
Chavez and Carlos Harnandez had success after Floyd too.
Look what Floyd did to Hatton, Mosley, and Gatti though. I bet you he ****ed all 3 of those fighters confidence up. In Hattons fight after Mayweather Jr. his opponent shook him up in the same round Mayweather Jr. had!
Mosley got beaten up, but ruined? He is already old and past it. Gatti already had some incredible wars before fighting Floyd. Hatton you can make a case for although he did beat up Paulie M.
pfffft.
Diego Corrales went on two have fantastic fights after he lost, including the best fight of all time. He wasn't ruined by floyd, just badly exploited.
Castillo certainly wasn't ruined by floyd, he too went on and won many more fights.
Henry Bruseles didn't lose for 5 years after floyd.
etc.
but this doesnt go along with the extreme ball sucking theories of floyd. youre just a floyd hater
pfffft.
Diego Corrales went on two have fantastic fights after he lost, including the best fight of all time. He wasn't ruined by floyd, just badly exploited.
Castillo certainly wasn't ruined by floyd, he too went on and won many more fights.
Henry Bruseles didn't lose for 5 years after floyd.
etc.
Look what Floyd did to Hatton, Mosley, and Gatti though. I bet you he ****ed all 3 of those fighters confidence up. In Hattons fight after Mayweather Jr. his opponent shook him up in the same round Mayweather Jr. had!
Nothing to do with the gloves.
Mayweather does ruin fighters though. Mentally not physically. He breaks them down and makes them utterly hopeless. Everything they do doesn't work, so they get down on themselves mentally. They all show it, even Ricky Hatton showed it. Except Ricky said screw it and just went out on his shield, instead of staying alive.
After people fight Mayweather they get the Yips and they are never the same again.
I think he ruins them physically. Sh!t. I didn't even know he brain damaged N'dou!
So does Calzaghe. They both hit hard enough to hurt their opponents, they just don't have knockout power. And beating an opponents ass for 12 rounds is more damaging then KO'ing them early.
Nothing to do with the gloves.
Mayweather does ruin fighters though. Mentally not physically. He breaks them down and makes them utterly hopeless. Everything they do doesn't work, so they get down on themselves mentally. They all show it, even Ricky Hatton showed it. Except Ricky said screw it and just went out on his shield, instead of staying alive.
After people fight Mayweather they get the Yips and they are never the same again.
Sometimes having a granite chin can be a bad thing. Shane, for example, took a LOT of punishment. The kind of punishment that has a long lasting effect on you.