Meldrick Taylor vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[The Gambler1981]

"Chavez was a pressure fighter that lives on the inside. Mayweather is a pure boxer that wants to keep the fight on the outside and control the tempo. Two completely different fighters. Chavez also punches harder than Mayweather. He has those brutal pin point accurate shots that wears you down over the course of the fight."


If your eatting clean shots your eatting clean shots. PBF is not a ***** he can hit decently. Mayweather is not a pure boxer either atleast on the outside he likes to fight on the inside alot especially before 147 and he will get grimey if he has to. PBF and JCC have different power also sharp vs. thud, as to which one hits harder who is to say people react differently.

[pbftxrs316]

Explain, because i couldn't see anyone in history that could beat Taylor easily. He was faster than Mayweather, buiser, naturally bigger, more fluent, had better footspeed and a more diverse arsenal.

faster? what the **** are you on boy? let's have them both fight at 140, compare them both at this weight class, floyd was faster than taylor overall, period, he had a much better left hook, he was more fluent thna taylor was on defense for sure, and a better counterpuncher with his left hook and right hand, period. taylor had immense skill, and he moved very well, that's the only thing i think he comes close to floyd in, but floyd's upperbody movement ****s on meldrick's for sure. a more diverse arsenal than floyd at 140? get the **** out of here boy. at 140, floyd threw punches that just looked perfectly thrown and perfectly placed, and in round 8 of the corley fight, floyd threw this 3 punch combo that even taylor would have been like holy **** to. they were on the inside, something floyd does better than taylor, as well as fighting off of the ropes with counters and blocking, anyway, they were on the insde, and floyd threw a few bodyshots before throwing a right hook upstairs, right uppercut, and a left hook, and it looked perfectly thrown. taylor has never had an arsenal like floyd had at 140, never. floyd takes this one, taylor is an all time great, no doubt in my mind and one of the most technically gifted fighters i've seen ever, but he would lose for sure to floyd mayweather especially at 140, floyd was just too brilliant at this weightclass, and there's nothing wrong with that. taylor would not beta floyd.

ps, floyd's could also move while countering off of the ropes like he did against corley, meaning he landed a right hand on corley and moved away from his returning punch. he moved very fluently against brusseles off of the ropes on defense also, something that taylor had trouble with. taylor's style reminded me of a terry norris style some, anyway, the floyd who demolished gatti would have ****ted on taylor and taylor is no slouch, he was a gifted fighter, but floyd was just special at this weight.

[Xplosivo]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's you're. Eat my ****, *****.



Great post. Chavez hit like a sledgehammer, I don't even know how Meldrick took those shots as long as he did. A normal man would've been out of there long before Taylor was. That's why anybody who says Mayweathe rby KO/TKO must be insane.

floyd would beat the **** out of taylor he wud be pissing blood again.

[ßringer]

floyd would beat the **** out of taylor he wud be pissing blood again.

Meldrick has more balls than you ever will. How does it feel to know that you don't stack up to a man with brain damage?

[The Gambler1981]

I don't think it impossible for PBF to KO Taylor. It is an unlikely scenario, but if PBF knew he was losing and threw caution to the wind who knows what would happean. That said it is highly unlikely this fight ends in KO on either side.

[slicksouthpaw16]

faster? what the **** are you on boy?.

He was actually a lot faster to be honest. Look at his combination punching, handpeed, footspeed and better choice of punches. You are one of the few that would say that Mayweather is faster.

[Xplosivo]

Meldrick has more balls than you ever will. How does it feel to know that you don't stack up to a man with brain damage?

thtz probably da only reason ur picking him. da man has brain damage n u feel sorry for him

[Scott9945]

How? Mayweather is a defensive fighter, Meldrick's style would've caused him serious problems. Because Meldrick was aggressive, fast, had a high workrate, could box as well as Floyd, and had some serious pop in his shots.

I don't mind the input but be a little more specific.

Taylor had terrific hand speed and a great workrate, but he was one dimensional with no versatility. He wasn't nearly as good defensively as Mayweather and IMO, had very little punching power. I just think Floyd would just picked him apart.

[KingTito]

This is a tough on to call. Taylor seemed to leave himself open a bit, and Floyd could counter him, but Taylor handspeed, footwork, and boxing skills could be a good style to offset Floyd. I really don't know who to pick.

[ßringer]

Taylor had terrific hand speed and a great workrate, but he was one dimensional with no versatility. He wasn't nearly as good defensively as Mayweather and IMO, had very little punching power. I just think Floyd would just picked him apart.

I don't agree with the versatility comment. In my estimation (and a lot of other's) Taylor was about as well rounded as a fighter can be. He had a high workrate, the fastest hands I think anyone has ever seen, great reflexes, and great boxing ability (though it never got displayed for too long at a time, with the Philadelphia fight mentality). I think he could adapt well and respond quickly.

What he lacked I think was consistent head movement and lateral movement. He had it, he just, opted not to use it that often and that could cost him.

His punching power was something that was accumulative. Due to his amazing speed, quick snap and high output of flurries, he just broke you down. He certainly didn't have one punch KO power. But the majority of his KO wins are TKOs that were stopped because of accumulated damage.