I think he means stopping Mayweather's "exit maneuvers", Money usually engages for a little bit, quick in and out, and then floats around the ring. He never fights outside of his comfort zone. If Mosley can pressure Floyd and give him no space, and cut that ring off intelligently he (Mosley) can capitalize and punish Mayweather.
YO!! I thought I was just weird for feeling that way myself, I even contemplated not ordering the fight because of my nerves. I'm a Floyd fan for life, but I like Shane also. When I saw him(Floyd) get hit in the 2nd my heart was out of my chest and on the floor. And of course my 8 month old daughter wakes up out of sleep in the middle of it, so I had to DVR the thing and wait until she went back to bed. What an ordeal that was!!!!! I wonder how these boxers fell, their in the ring LOL!!!! I honestly think some fighters do kinda get nervous, I think Floyd does sometimes, that's why he doesn't let off in the first few rounds....just a theory!
dirrell cant fight on the inside.
ward smothers him over 12 unless dirrell catches him with an uppercut coming in.
My man I answered you right in the beginning of the thread. He will eat straight punches when ward tries that smothering crap!!! Not to discredit Ward he fought hard tonight and I give him credit. But he knows he can't do that with Dirrell, he's too quick. Ward caught some punches with his face tonight by the "gun-shy" Green. Dirrell will throw punches and some of them will not be seen. Also from many different angles. I even think he can be stopped.
I mean Floyd doesn't chose to box on the inside, he choses to spoil, he does get some short punches in but all in all he chose to spoil, choke with the forearm. Floyd fights at mid range and when an opponent gets too close he will tie them up use his dirty tactics and wait for the ref to break them.
Maybe he used the inside game at superfeather, but after Castillo outclassed him on the inside in there first fight, he has decided to never go there again.
AFTER CASTILLO?? Have you you seen the Ndou fight? The Corley fight?
I see it very different a pure boxer, does not need to break the rules and relies on his striking ability and the skill he employs to avoid punches, be that be slipping punches, head movement footwork or guard.
Granted Floyd has the defence part down but he has decent striking ability, good accuracy and speed but lack variety and combos.
But Floyd also relies on the dirty part of the game.
Floyd inside game is bad, and thats why he needs these dirty spoiling tactics, which the ref should be having words with him about.
I want to watch boxing not someone ramming there forearm in there opponents face and punch and hold.
DUDE you are killing me with the Floyd's inside game is bad. How many Floyd fights have you seen?? I ask that you watch some of his fights and then make a critique that goes beyond his last 3 fights. I agree about that the elbows can be excessive, but Floyd's inside fighting is ridiculous!!! FIX THAT!
Someone please get this clown off of here:boxing:
I was going to say the same thing but I decided to ignore it. I swear this forum has more drama *****es sometimes than boxing fans. You know dudes that DVR/TIVO American Idol episodes..lol
I only got half way through the Floyd one, what happened? I fell asleep.
Must have been quite close for me to fall asleep.
HuH? "quite close"...what is that suppose to mean?
Yeah look at the power he puts into those punches, I think them ****s could take a middle weights skull clean off. He's definitly a problem (in a good way)
I will pay somebody for a GIF of that walk Gamboa did in the 6th when he landed a punch, walked away and Ponce De Leon just stared at him as he walked.
I think you don't know shit about boxing! That fight was at 140, a weight that Cotto had to kill himself to make, infact that was his last fight at 140 I believe. His chin sucked at 140, at 47 he's taken some big shots without going down, he's been rocked bt I think every fighter will get rocked at some point, Torres and Pacman are two completely diffeent fighters, styles make fights!!
Not once did I say trade in my statement, why don't you read through then respond!!!! I said counterpunching and falling back read it over my friend. And you have seen Pac do different things in his fights from all out wars to boxing intelligently. I'd be damned if Pac ever stood and traded with Cotto. Ricardo Torres didn't do that untill he knew Cotto was buzzed!! Try not to be such a smart ass....DAMN!! I swear there are more females here than men!!!
COUNTERPUNCHING!!!!!!
man you cant actually take none of them bitches serious. just look at what they say.
if you ask a simple question you never get a simple reply, they come wit that " flomo ,gayfeather, runner ,ducking.......so on" they remind me of larry merchant.
i remember when floyd koed hatton ,one of these bitches said" if you really look close it wasnt a punch that caused the damage , it was rickys head hitting the ring post"!!! lol.. as if that hook had nothing to do with it........ he just head butted the post and was koed
Yeah I agree with you man. People are so annoying and child like with these unclever names for boxer fans and boxers. C'mon man "flomos"? ,"Pactards"?, "Gayweather"? stop being so corny and juvenile and speak about boxing. I even saw "Anbutt Ward" after the Kessler Ward fight....:sleeping: Some of these dudes are up all night thinking of the next stupid name they can come up with
i have one..but when it comes to the guy you doods go overboard to the point where it is not funny any more...:blackeye:
My man you should probably lighten up a bit, like I said I think Floyd is the man, but that crap was funny. We're not related to Floyd so its okay to treat things light-heartedly. Your blood pressure must be sky-rocketing, especially since your on this forum and you are a Floyd fan that takes things too seriously. Have fun!
I just was kinda referring to all his advantages...i.e(82" reach) he gets hit a lot especially seeing that Verno is 12 years older than him. There will be another person out there that will have the power, defense and counter punching that will absolutely put him on his ass.
I have never seen a fight in my life that lasted beyond 20 seconds.. where BOTH fighters didn't get hit.. :wtf:
I love how people get so defensive like they have prime stock in a fighter.....or at least getting porked by him. I just put out a comment just to see what people's opinions were not to get on like this was another episode of "THE VIEW". Anyways I will leave you to your KAT like comments so you can reach your 17,000 post quota.
LOL.............good call.
It always reminds me of that movie "A Bronx Tale" when Sonny makes "C" realize the b.s. for carrying about Pro ball players.
Some people do it for fun, and boredom.
Mos Def hilarious
Zab would do well with Freddie Roach because Froach tells exactly what a fighter needs to do win a fight.
I was thinking the same exact thing Freddie would do well with a fighter like Zab "Fast southpaw????" sound familiar(hahaha). Freddie would have an empty canvas to paint.
Zab would do well with Freddie Roach because Froach tells exactly what a fighter needs to do win a fight.
I was thinking the same thing Freddie would bring out Zabs potential..."fast southpaw" sound familiar????? HAHAHa Freddie would have an empty canvas to creat a masterpiece
dirrell by ko
You really think soo??? I think it would be a chess match. I think Ward is really smart. Not saying he would win but he would make it a problem for Dirrell.
hell yeah... penalosa has a Kevlar chin!!! but in all honesty Izzy Vazquez or Rafa Marquez would beat him... maybe Rafa vs JuanMa is close but Izzy would punish him write it down!!
NO WAY, JUANMA IS TOO WELL SCHOOLED. I think he took a lot more risks because he knew Penalosa could not hurt him. He is well conditioned and his chin is ridiculous!! No Not happening!
I'm impressed with his workrate and the fact that he throws a good assortment of punches. But if he was in there with a strong Middleweight like Pavlik, he wont be winning.
My point exactly!!! He's good but not special, he will meet another Quintana!!!