I think Austin Trout would give Mayweather Hell!

I was watching Canelo vs Trout again, as I normally like to study fighters when a big fight is announced, and I am actually more certain that Trout would give Floyd problems then Canelo. I am not saying I don't think Canelo will do well, but I am not certain he will. With Trout, I think that southpaw jab, the skills, the speed would make for a very technical and complicated fight for Floyd, it may be boring but it would be highly competitive and a fight where Floyd might struggle to overcome Trout's size and jab. I would like to see this fight, I think Trout should try and get himself in with another name fighter, maybe one of the other champions, or a Mosley and get himself back in position to fight the winner. He hardly disgraced himself against Canelo, it was a close fight and hard to score. I also thought Trout's win over Cotto was just as impressive as Mayweather's.

Comments (20)

Ray

He would definitely do better than Canelo IMHO.

13y ago

jackson8

The Catchweight King wouldn't fight Trout at the 154 limit. Would have Trout dropped down to 150 to fight Mayweather? Probably not.

13y ago

HeroBando

Catchweight king? :nono: this isn't a Pac related question, this is about Floyd & Trout, aprende a leer bien vato. He's contesting for 4 belts at 152, including the lineal one. That's more bigger CW belts than Pac for his whole career, in one huge CW extravaganza, fit for a CW King

13y ago

cantor5150

The Catchweight King wouldn't fight Trout at the 154 limit. Catchweight king? :nono: this isn't a Pac related question, this is about Floyd & Trout, aprende a leer bien vato.

13y ago

forget

Even though Canelo beat Trout, Trout stylisticlly presents Mayweather with more problems. He's a southpaw counter puncher. Not saying he could beat Mayweather, just that Mayweather wouldn't of fought him if he won against Canelo.

13y ago

letsgobrady

i agree that lara would give floyd an even tougher fight than trout. trout has no pop in his punches. i doubt he could beat floyd. i agree with this

13y ago

Outwest_Exp_355

Winky, Pernell Whitaker, Marvin Hagler, but it is a rarity so you are right. Im with u on Winky but when I think great jab I think Hearns, Vernon Forrest, and Cotto.

13y ago

r__mutt

Yeah but you have to remember that Trout wasn't expecting that kind of a fight from Alvarez (he even said it post fight). He was expecting Alvarez to come right at him and try to bang the body, he was caught off guard. With Floyd, there is no question that you are going to have a moving target. Well that's the difference between Trout and Mayweather; even if Mayweather came in with a particular game plan, he'd quickly adjust once he realized it wouldn't work. Most recent successes against FMJ have been early in the fight (Judah, Hatton, Mosley). Cotto had more consistent-yet-marginal successes throughout the fight. Of course, you could pull some triangle theories on Cotto-Trout-(Alvarez), but I'm not convinced. The only guarantee is that Trout v. FMJ would be considered a snoozefest and casual fans would boycott the fight.

13y ago

Zano24

Is it me or does Trout punches seem like they don't have confidence behind them?

13y ago

Kagami_Taiga

Winky, Pernell Whitaker, Marvin Hagler, but it is a rarity so you are right. miguel cotto. the best southpaw jab out surprised u forgot. EDIT: nevermind. cotto usually fights ortho but his ortho jab is great. smh long night for me

13y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

That great southpaw jab that landed about 15% against Canelo. You cant say great jab and southpaw in the same sentence. Beside Micheal Moore how many southpaws have a great jab? Not many. Winky, Pernell Whitaker, Marvin Hagler, but it is a rarity so you are right.

13y ago

Outwest_Exp_355

That great southpaw jab that landed about 15% against Canelo. You cant say great jab and southpaw in the same sentence. Beside Micheal Moore how many southpaws have a great jab? Not many.

13y ago

FrenchDeLaHoya

his jab is junk he lands it in the teens stop it slime. lol

13y ago

Evil_Abed

Trout has a horrible jab. Just awful.

13y ago

dodgerjess

Trout is a match up nightmare for Floyd. Trout can just use his length and reach advantage to jab Floyd all night long. It would make for a boring fight but Trout can realistically pull it off.

13y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

Even though I can't stand Trout's style, I do admit that he'd be troubling against anyone at 154, not Floyd though and I doubt the outcome would change against Canelo as well.

13y ago

Kagami_Taiga

with his 15% connect percentage? no way in hell

13y ago

Russian_Crushin

Haha no. Trout landed like 1 good punch on Canelo, but would land none on Floyd

13y ago

Big_L

i agree that lara would give floyd an even tougher fight than trout. trout has no pop in his punches. i doubt he could beat floyd.

13y ago

mathed

if alvarez can sit on the ropes and make trout miss every punch, im not so sure Yeah but you have to remember that Trout wasn't expecting that kind of a fight from Alvarez (he even said it post fight). He was expecting Alvarez to come right at him and try to bang the body, he was caught off guard. With Floyd, there is no question that you are going to have a moving target.

13y ago