Mayweather is surely one of the five most skilled fighters ever, right up there with Joe Gans, Benny Leonard and Willie Pep. Floyd is more skilled than Sugar Ray Robinson, I think Mayweather may have the most skillful defence ever.
How do you beat him? Castillo beat him. Ricky Hatton is bigger, stronger, fitter and faster than Castillo, and Hatton is the only guy in boxing today who can get close to the skill level of Mayweather.. and he just happens to be around the same weight. So go get Ricky Hatton, tell Ricky to pressure Mayweather but not make the mistakes that Castillo made (Castillo was punching to the arms and elbows which a pressure fighter should never do), and get Mayweather on the backfoot. If Mayweather fights on the ropes against Hatton he'll get battered, Ricky will tee off on him from angles switching right or left and head or body. So if Ricky can back him up, I think Ricky can beat him.
Zab Judah could beat Mayweather too because he's naturally bigger, stronger, and he's much faster than anything Mayweather has come up against.
But, I just think at super-featherweight and lightweight Mayweather cannot be out-boxed by anybody since the days of the Gans', Leonard's and Peps.
Sounds funny reading that post now lol.
given the age and status of the fight 25million is a TON of money.
its NOT going to be a megafight...just a personal vendetta fight for vitali.
Lewis says he's staying retired and i admire he sticks to his word but i wouldnt hold it against him to comeback for a $25 million dollar payday.
btw its $50m USD...£25m GBP..
Payback is a bitch.. you didn't want yours boo'd you shouldn't have boo'd ours. New York didn't forget.
We will see this happening for the next 30 years if everyone else has the same mentality of you.
If only Haye was the #1 p4p fighter on the planet, the same height and only 4 lbs lighter, you'd have a point.
:( I guess so..it'll be a good fight nonetheless, a style Wlad hasn't seen before i'm sure.?
so your telling me that you should only join boxing for money, nothing else. Your telling me you shouldn't do boxing to get loving fans and respect, cause those two things are 10X better than money.
Boxing starts out as a hobby, ends up as a job.
Tyson used to cry before he fought matches..
There was clips in another documentary. Teddy Atlas had to calm him down before he got into the ring.
His first amateur match?