even as a fan of floyd i wish..

He would've survived. Mayweather was in excellent shape and that helped him recover whenever he was hurt. Ward and Hopkins had the same kind recovery. In the second fight he was definitely rocked but because it was the end of round, his body probably relaxed making the effect look more devastating.

Floyd also has said that Maidana punches as hard as a MFer.

I'm not a Floyd fan but I suspect he would have survived. Similar to how he survived getting clocked by Mosley in the first round of their fight. Against Mosley he held tightly and did not let go till his head was clearer. round 2 actually...

If you notice Floyd was trying to do his pull counter when he got rocked. Robert Garcia and Big G scouted him out pretty well and came up with some good strategies to try to nullify his tendencies. But of course Floyd being the boxing genius that he is adjusted and went on to win pretty handily. Maidana is the only guy I've seen catch Floyd while he's doing the pull counter. He actually caught him the first fight also in the 10th round I believe. In the epilogue to this fight Floyd admitted to being hurt.

Maidana had some success in the first fight with this same strategy. Round 11 for example but he just missed. Yep. I give a lot of credit to the Garcias for guiding Maidana to the point where he could give Floyd trouble. Which bodes well for Mikey tomorrow night. Even though I wouldn't bet against Errol Spence.

Floyd would have been fine. He was rocked way harder by Mosley and he was ok. Floyd’s granite chin was a huge factor in him going that far.

If you notice Floyd was trying to do his pull counter when he got rocked. Robert Garcia and Big G scouted him out pretty well and came up with some good strategies to try to nullify his tendencies. But of course Floyd being the boxing genius that he is adjusted and went on to win pretty handily. Maidana had some success in the first fight with this same strategy. Round 11 for example but he just missed.

I agree. Would have been very interesting. Floyd was still very hurt throughout round 5.

If you notice Floyd was trying to do his pull counter when he got rocked. Robert Garcia and Big G scouted him out pretty well and came up with some good strategies to try to nullify his tendencies. But of course Floyd being the boxing genius that he is adjusted and went on to win pretty handily.

Floyd has a great chin, it has to be said. Not many welterweights would've been still on their feet after that shot.