So boxing experts, how was mosley able to hurt floyd in the 2nd round?

That was the main gameplan of Shane/Nazzim. Floyd at that time had a tendency to drop both his hands to block the jab to the body when in the shell defense. Leaving his head wide open. Jab to the body and then overhand right up top right away was the plan. Richardson said Shane gotta knock Floyd out when this opportunity presents itself. And that this window of opportunity will close as quickly as it opened -- because Richardson is well aware that Floyd has a super high boxing I.Q. and would see this plan and adjust right away. Roger Mayweather didn't even catch it, only Floyd did. If you look at Round 3, Shane tries the jab to the body again to try and repeat Round 2. But this time, as soon as Floyd sees Shane trying to jab to the body, he launches a fast three punch combination with no hesitation! While in the corner after Round 2, everyone was fixated with Floyd being 'embarrassed', meanwhile he was sitting there dissecting what just happened, came up with a solution, and the rest is history. Shane later on in Round 3, tries one more time, and sees Floyd returning fire as soon as the jab to the body is coming, forcing him to back away in retreat and abandon the jab to the body. This is why at the end of the fight, Shane says FLOYD ADJUSTED. Floyd took away his one trick game plan, and after that he had to fight Floyd skill for skill, and got beat up. Watch Rounds 2 and 3 in slow motion, and it's a lot easier to see. good post...

Also watch Round 1, and you'll see Shane trying the jab to the body setup. There was a moment where he nearly caught Floyd with it in that round, but he missed.

he knew he was fast enough to sneak in a lightning fast right into floyd's guard. So he waited and when he got his opportunity he set it up well. i just like how after floyd got hit he drops that shell and goes back to the basics.

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I think it is because of Shane's earlier work. If you watch the first round there are a few times Shane jabs to the body with nothing behind it. So early in the second round he feints a jab to the body and this time there is a solid right behind it, and it lands at a time Floyd is flat footed...Great shot ^^^^He trapped him with the low jab, and followed with a fast right upstairs. The fact that Mayweather would use his left to push the jab down and usually leaves his left really low gave Shane that opportunity. Note well, after that, Mayweather started using the high guard. That was the main gameplan of Shane/Nazzim. Floyd at that time had a tendency to drop both his hands to block the jab to the body when in the shell defense. Leaving his head wide open. Jab to the body and then overhand right up top right away was the plan. Richardson said Shane gotta knock Floyd out when this opportunity presents itself. And that this window of opportunity will close as quickly as it opened -- because Richardson is well aware that Floyd has a super high boxing I.Q. and would see this plan and adjust right away. Roger Mayweather didn't even catch it, only Floyd did. If you look at Round 3, Shane tries the jab to the body again to try and repeat Round 2. But this time, as soon as Floyd sees Shane trying to jab to the body, he launches a fast three punch combination with no hesitation! While in the corner after Round 2, everyone was fixated with Floyd being 'embarrassed', meanwhile he was sitting there dissecting what just happened, came up with a solution, and the rest is history. Shane later on in Round 3, tries one more time, and sees Floyd returning fire as soon as the jab to the body is coming, forcing him to back away in retreat and abandon the jab to the body. This is why at the end of the fight, Shane says FLOYD ADJUSTED. Floyd took away his one trick game plan, and after that he had to fight Floyd skill for skill, and got beat up. Watch Rounds 2 and 3 in slow motion, and it's a lot easier to see.

Shane gassed. Jim Watt noted at the start of the third round that Mosley had begun to breathe with his mouth open at the end of the second round, he had nothing left. Lead commentator Adam Smith was saying how he looked tired at the start of the third and he was grabbing hold. I think the lay-off was too long for an older fighter. He was breathing out of his mouth, but he didnt fight like a gassed fighter. He still tried, but Floyd kept hypnotizing him with feints. That made Mosley gun shy, and Floyd started to counter, and after that your dragged into a thinking man's game. Floyd made Mosley look like Juan, Ortiz, Ghost, Canelo. All of them didnt gas after 2 rounds, yet they all looked the same.

Preoccupied with the jab to the chest, goes to parry and slips in a sneaky fast right hand over the guard

maybe because boxers all fighters are human .... they are not machines smh

Floyd is not impossible to hit and that was still in the feeling out stage and Mosley to his credit got Floyd to bite then followed up and then followed up again really. Mosley is about the same size as Floyd and equally as rangy so Floyd thought he was safe but Mosley was able to come around and clip him, it is the same reason Judah was able to catch him he thought he was out but was still in range. Having greater or equal ranginess to Floyd is a key to catch him, a good jab also is needed because that would make him react. Mosley was only able to make it happen once because he has a piss poor jab that can be disregarded. That may or may not win a fight against Floyd though because he is tricky, but it is a very good place to start.

Simple, he didn't. "Hurt" is an exaggeration by haters to desperately display some sort of mortality of Floyd, but it's just insecurity, he isn't invincible, he's just that much better than everyone else. Mosely got him with a good shot but "hurt" is over the top. He was never in danger of losing or being stopped, that's what "hurt" is. Hurt is Tapia getting pummeled by Kirkland. Floyd recieves blows like the one Mosley gave him probably every other sparring session. /thread Holy crap, how big of a Floyd groupie are you? OP asked a simple question, and that's your response?

I still think Mosley 10 years ago would've gotten the job done...that was a great moment in boxing. lol Ten years ago Floyd would've been younger too. Mosley might not have landed that punch.

What did he do to hit mayweather so cleanly that others haven't(besides castillo, and judah for the first 4 rounds)? I still think Mosley 10 years ago would've gotten the job done...that was a great moment in boxing. lol

Simple, he didn't. "Hurt" is an exaggeration by haters to desperately display some sort of mortality of Floyd, but it's just insecurity, he isn't invincible, he's just taht much better than everyone else. Mosely got him with a good shot but "hurt" is over the top. He was never in danger of losing or being stopped, that's what "hurt" is. Hurt is Tapia getting pummeled by Kirkland. Floyd recieves blows like the one Mosley game him probably every other sparring session. /thread You can still be hurt and not be close to getting stopped though. Floyd was most definitely hurt there momentarily, he wasn't close to getting stopped obviously but he was definitely rocked. Just like the Corley fight, he was rocked but not close to being stopped.

What did he do to hit mayweather so cleanly that others haven't(besides castillo, and judah for the first 4 rounds)? Simple, he didn't. "Hurt" is an exaggeration by haters to desperately display some sort of mortality of Floyd, but it's just insecurity, he isn't invincible, he's just that much better than everyone else. Mosely got him with a good shot but "hurt" is over the top. He was never in danger of losing or being stopped, that's what "hurt" is. Hurt is Tapia getting pummeled by Kirkland. Floyd recieves blows like the one Mosley gave him probably every other sparring session. /thread

Mosley just caught him with a huge shot he didn't see. The one's you don't see are the one's that hurt. He threw a lead left hook and left himself open to that big looping shot Mosley throws. Was a great shot, a lot of guys would have gone over from that.

Mosley set a nice trap and Floyd was a little too careless. Shane kept throwing the jab to the body. Floyd's response was to parry the jab. That sequence happened a few times and then Mosley threw the same jab to the body but immediately followed it up with a missile right hand. It was a good set up by Mosley and Floyd was lucky he didn't pay dearly for that mistake. It also showed me that despite not being in trouble often, Floyd has great survival instincts. He held on to Mosley immediately after getting hit. A lot of fighters have lost fights because they were unable (or unwilling) to clinch to survive. Yes, in and out of the ring.

This thread isn't complete without Barry Robinson. We need you Barry!!!

Mosley set a nice trap and Floyd was a little too careless. Shane kept throwing the jab to the body. Floyd's response was to parry the jab. That sequence happened a few times and then Mosley threw the same jab to the body but immediately followed it up with a missile right hand. It was a good set up by Mosley and Floyd was lucky he didn't pay dearly for that mistake. It also showed me that despite not being in trouble often, Floyd has great survival instincts. He held on to Mosley immediately after getting hit. A lot of fighters have lost fights because they were unable (or unwilling) to clinch to survive.

Was a great shot by Mosley, well set up and everything aligned perfectly. It was funny seeing how embarrassed Floyd looked watching the replay on the big screen after the round

And... in all fairness, Mosley threw a great faint to the body and shot an overhand.

That has to be the most epic punch that didnt knock someone down lol. That punch gets talked about more than some kos