Did Mayweather steal the shoulder roll from James Toney?

[r1e2y4]

No, but I do believe his style resembles Nicolino Locche.

[ELPacman]

Well I don't think he said invented it. Looking for the interview to see exactly what he was talking about...

[ELPacman]

Oh, I'm sorry, he was claiming that Floyd is just trying to copy him, lol.

http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content5955.html

[flyest1]

No, but I do believe his style resembles Nicolino Locche.

You might be right with the Locche. Also Floyd Sr was using the shoulder roll against Leonard in the 70's. So of course Sr is going to teach Jr that

[Check]

It's a Michigan thang, baby. Don't you remember when Joe Louis and Stanley Ketchel were busting that bad boy out?

[Benncollinsaad]

Floyd Sr. and Roger were using the shoulder roll defense years before Toney ever even thought about boxing. They obviously passed the technique to Floyd Jr.

So they invented it??

[Bhopreign]

So they invented it??

No, boxing's been around for a long time, surely someone would have came up with the idea that rolling a shoulder could be good against a right hand. Ive seen Willie Pep and Locche do this.

[AntonTheMeh]

No, but I do believe his style resembles Nicolino Locche.

yep.someone else who I saw use it a bit vs lamotta was......sugar ray robinson.

[djsygo]

1 word....michigan.

[TheGreatA]

So they invented it??

No, it was Jake LaMotta:



In truth the technique is probably as old as boxing itself.