The reason he doesnt engage is because he has the skills to out box his opponents and the reflexs to make them look silly.
It has obviously worked for him. The best way to break down an opponents energy and enthusiasm is to make them miss. If they chase u and throw everything at u but cant hit u, it drains them, frustrates them, and plus they are getting tagged with crisp shots, they cannot win.
I was watching Mosley - Cotto for the third time tonight on HBO, and something dawned on me.
Mayweather is hiding a glass chin. Alot like Roy Jones did with his crappy style when he moved up to 175.
How he can fight the way he does and call himself 'exciting' is beyond me. If it wasn't for the undefeated record (american's love undefeated records) he wouldn't be making any money. He owes alot of his career to the judges when he fought Castillo the 1st time.
We saw Mosley **** and box. He wasn't fighting in spurts like Mayweather. Mayweather is always purely on the defensive. Not always on his bike but always defensive. A true counterpuncher.
No way he would ever stand and trade with a fighter like Mosley. He's hiding a chin. It must be a monster handicap.
Sure he is thats why hes never been knocked down by a punch before!
You Mayweather haters always seem to forget that the goal of any and every boxer is to hit your opponent while avoiding being hit, just as he goal of a football team is to score points while not allowing your opponent to score. Fans consider a 51-50 game to be exciting, but the teams playing will tell you they would rather win a blowout than a 51-50 game. No one blows their opponent out better than Floyd Mayweather and that is why he made $25 million for beating up De La Hoya while Mosley only made $8 in two fights against Oscar which were arguably "more exciting".
No one knows what kind of chin Mayweather has because no one has ever hit him on his chin. If Mosley had allowed Cotto to hit him less often, he woudl have defeated Cotto, so how the hell can you praise him for letting himself get hit 236 times in a fight?. That makes no sense to me. The fact is that Mosley has lost five times while Mayweather is undefeated. Also, Mayweather made about $10 million against Baldomir, he made $25 million against De La Hoya and will make at least $15 million against Hatton. That is more money in three fights that Mosley, Cotto, Hatton and Joe Calzaghe will make in their entire careers. A fighter doesn't make that much money unless he is doing something right.
What a sad state of being, when money defines the substance of greatness in a man. Pathetic.
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