Article: "Mayweather admits subtle signs of slipping, and his dad sees signs too"

[Cash Cow]

JMM landed shots on him. I watched the fight again a couple of days ago, and when Floyd goes to the corner after round 7 or 8 I think, you can see that he is not happy. JMM lands a combination of 2-3 punches on Floyd, and even his trainer says "Don't worry about it, you are winning every round anyway". I can't remember when anybody has ever landed a combination that clean on the face of Mayweather.
JMM is a good fighter, but not as fast as Shane. It's gonna be problematic for Floyd to gain the momentum that he usually has if he isn't able to hurt Mosley. But hey, then again, it was his come-back fight, so it might be rust he is able to train off.

JMM landed 12% of his punched compared to Mayweathers 58%.....


People call that slipping?...lol

[Cash Cow]

All fighters slip some. Thats why what Manny Pacquiao is doing is impossible. No fighter in the history of the sport got faster, stronger, chin got better, condition got better, head got bigger, refused to take random........ oh my bad I got off track a little bit.

classic!!!

[Ravishing]

I think Mayweather, like B-Hop can go late into his career on skill.

Depends on the competition at the time as well. Hopkins has beaten names like Winky, Tarver, Pavlik (at 170lbs) in his last fights who except for Pavlik were well beyond their time and it being Pavlik's 1st fight at 170lbs.

Floyd could potentially have these names win or lose on his resume in the next 2-3 yrs:

Pacquiao
P. Williams
Cotto
Berto
Bradley
Khan

I think with this stock of fighters at 140-147 (154?) I see Floyd retiring well before he reaches 40, and fighting a good amount of those names will give him much more of a fight than I believe Hopkins went through as of late. It'll be interesting to see.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Hes a 33 year old guy whos been overtaining his whole life he should be slipping.

[Grand Champ]

Based on his fight with JMM?? Hell no.

[Ravishing]

Hes a 33 year old guy whos been overtaining his whole life he should be slipping.

How would you assume he overtrains if you've never been in the gym with him?

[Gutz]

Depends on the competition at the time as well. Hopkins has beaten names like Winky, Tarver, Pavlik (at 170lbs) in his last fights who except for Pavlik were well beyond their time and it being Pavlik's 1st fight at 170lbs.

Floyd could potentially have these names win or lose on his resume in the next 2-3 yrs:

Pacquiao
P. Williams
Cotto
Berto
Bradley
Khan

I think with this stock of fighters at 140-147 (154?) I see Floyd retiring well before he reaches 40, and fighting a good amount of those names will give him much more of a fight than I believe Hopkins went through as of late. It'll be interesting to see.

If floyd beats all those fighters you listed.. I will take back every bad thing I said about Floyd.. and become a bigger fan then Larry X and Burner combined.. I will even smoke some crack with Sr..

[AllEyesOpen]

Depends on the competition at the time as well. Hopkins has beaten names like Winky, Tarver, Pavlik (at 170lbs) in his last fights who except for Pavlik were well beyond their time and it being Pavlik's 1st fight at 170lbs.

Floyd could potentially have these names win or lose on his resume in the next 2-3 yrs:

Pacquiao
P. Williams
Cotto
Berto
Bradley
Khan

I think with this stock of fighters at 140-147 (154?) I see Floyd retiring well before he reaches 40, and fighting a good amount of those names will give him much more of a fight than I believe Hopkins went through as of late. It'll be interesting to see.

It would be interested I wasn't saying he would continue to fight past 40, or that he would without getting beat at some point, but he could if he wanted. Mind you i think he has at least 5 more years in his prime based on his defensive skills, he doesn't take too many hard shots to the chin, to keep winning.

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Sutble signs of slipping, but nothing that can't be fixed by adapting with age.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

"The intelligence doesn't change from 21 -- the age at which Mayweather won his first championship -- to now.

The ability to react upon it can.

Mayweather acknowledges there are subtle signs that he has slipped some, knows what they are and coyly refuses to discuss them. His father, Floyd Sr., said he has seen some tell-tale signs, too."

http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...weather_s.html

Any man is quicker at age 21 compared to after he hits 30 years old. That doesn't matter though. Floyd has much more experience now. Its like this with all fighters.