Mayweather is not in his prime anymore.

[luckykb8]

to put it simple i say today`s floyd (the boxer floyd is now) beats all of the yesteryear floyds( the fighter floyd was before) and i`m sure a lot of u will agree, so with that in mind i say floyd is at his pick right now

[keepthemhandsup]

seein the sum post in this thread this sounds like an excuse more then fact....

[keepthemhandsup]

but anyway, i think his prime is dimishing just a bit....not a whole lot to the point where if he loses a fight that the reason why...but really we haven't seen him get really tested at 147 so we can't say he's going out of prime

[Baracka Flocka]

The reason why I say Floyd Isn't in his prime as of currently is the lack of offensive explosiveness and combo punching.

Floyd is still a GREAT fighter, and still the best boxer out right now.
He just isn't as fast. To me he isn't much faster than Mosley and isn't as fast a Pacquiao.

I think Floyd's prime was probably pre-Judah fight. Eventhough he defeated a human punching bag in Gatti (RIP) that night, I believe thats when Floyd was in his physical peak and his hungriest.

I believe Floyd is going to have some type of comeback performance for the fact that i think Shane Mosley is trying to knock out Floyd and when that DOESN'T happen, floyd will make Shane look silly.

[Siggy]

The reason why I say Floyd Isn't in his prime as of currently is the lack of offensive explosiveness and combo punching.

he chooses to fight that way. it aint like he's incapable of pulling the trigger. thats just not his style.

[keepthemhandsup]

if anything moving up to 147 is when he started acting like he don't wanna fight...

[El Castigador]

if anything moving up to 147 is when he started acting like he don't wanna fight...

Why would he trade with bigger fighters?

[keepthemhandsup]

Why would he trade with bigger fighters?

he don't have to trade but when he know he's got his man he don't go for it like he did when was 130-140

plus he's a WW...if anything he's the bigger man in 75% if his fights at 147 only people probaly bigger then him were baldimor and soon to be mosely

and i guess de la hoya if you wanna count 154...

[IMDAZED]

wow... when i first said that **** on here after the marquez fight everyone jumped on my case....

i dont think hes prime anymore either.. but believe that hes still the best boxer in boxing today

Yeah, it was quite obvious in the Marquez fight although I first noticed it against De La Hoya. Two things show when an athletic fighter like Mayweather has begun to descend - his legs begin to slow down and the amount of combinations he throws greatly decrease. Both were obvious against Marquez, especially when you watch those highlight videos that run through the years.

[Classic Rock]

Yeah, it was quite obvious in the Marquez fight although I first noticed it against De La Hoya. Two things show when an athletic fighter like Mayweather has begun to descend - his legs begin to slow down and the amount of combinations he throws greatly decrease. Both were obvious against Marquez, especially when you watch those highlight videos that run through the years.

I'm not convinced by that argument. You need to factor in the added weight.