MAYWEATHER-MOSLEY Second Round....What REALLY Happened?

[ИATAS]

Paul Williams got hit with the same punch about four times.

The fifth time, it put him into REM-3 sleep.

exactly. you wont see floyd make the same mistake twice in a fight very often.

[Luilun]

I have read many people saying different things. The fight was fixed. Mosley gassed out. Mosley is only a 2-3 round fighter now. Just today, I saw Bernard Hopkins say that Mosley "surrendered" once Floyd weathered the storm.

Let me preface by saying that Bernard Hopkins has more boxing knowledge in the gap between his teeth than I have in my whole body. But in this instance, I respectfully disagree. Hell, I disrespectfully disagree. Shane has never been more motivated for a fight in his life than he was for the Mayweather fight. Anyone you talk to would tell you he wanted it so bad. Maybe even TOO much.

Here is what I saw, and what I think happened:

Naazim Richardson had a plan to open up Floyd's guard. Remember, Floyd fights out of a modified Philly Shell, and Brother Naaz is a Philly trainer. The shell ain't no mystery to him. He has seen it plenty. BUT (and big "but") Naazim told Shane, 24/7 viewers and the world that those openings would close up quickly.

...and that is exactly what happened.

So, SPECIFICALLY, Shane would throw to Floyd's body, knowing that Floyd (and most shell fighters) react to every punch thrown. Floyd's intent is to get hit by ZERO punches. He is defensively-oriented that way. So when Shane throws the bodyshot, Floyd reacts and Shane IMMEDIATELY fires the follow-up right hand bomb up top. Not even a one-two. More like a one- one point five!! Shane tried it in round 1 (0.40 of the video below) and swung and missed so hard that he fell off balance. He then did it again in round 2 (1:40) and LANDED it. Shane even tried it AGAIN (at 2:55) but Floyd had D'd up.

Floyd got rocked by a hard, clean shot from one of the hardest p4p punchers of this generation. How hard does Shane hit? Shane knocked out Margarito with FAR fewer punches than Pacquiao (a great puncher) landed.

So Floyd made TWO adjustments:
1: picked up his left hand, and carried it near his head
2: ignored the weak jab to his body

After Floyd got past that rough patch, Shane AGAIN tried to throw that jab to the body. Floyd countered it with a hard two-piece upstairs.

If you listen to every interview Shane gave after the fight, he tells you: Floyd made great adjustments. Neither Shane (nor Naaz) saw any other openings. In fact, if you listen to what Brother Naazim told Shane in the corner in the middle rounds, "Shane, you keep looking for that perfect shot. There is none".

Here is round two.

Shane didn't surrender. He merely couldn't RE-adjust after Floyd made his adjustments.

@ 5:20, Shane explains that Floyd didn't "make the same mistake again"

Thanks in advance for the discussion.

I'll tell you what I think happen and this is common sence Shane had no EPO so the Turbo Charger was non exsistence. and tha gas tneedle him empty in round 3

[MindBat]

They essentially practiced for that one Hail Mary shot cause they knew the opportunity was going to present itself for only a split second.

Floyd also went on the offensive when Shane was busy trying to figure out his next move. I think any other fighter would have waited around in counter-punch mode after receiving a shot like that and would've been unsuccessful.

[Killa Killa]

Trill recognize Trill in this thread...good stuff...

[Bushbaby]

Shane gassed.I really don't see Floyd making the adjustments that people say he makes.What I see is the Floyd starts slowly,but his stamina is so superb that when people start to slow,he's already in cruise control just fighting round 10 like it was round 2.I've seen him do it with Judah,Judah won the 1st 4 easily.The Hatton fight was close early.I just see Floyd's stamina as the great equalizer.

[FloydTBE]

floyd made good adjustmenst, shane didnt know what to do

[pbftxrs316]

It has to be noted that Mosley had back to back camps for this fight and that can't be overlooked.

Once you establish that, here's what happened:

Mosley hurt Mayweather badly and almost khtfo, but because Mosley's always been a low iq fighter, he let Mayweather survive by smothering his punches and not throwing to the body.

If that was someone like JMM, Mayweather would've been k.o'd because JMM always gives himself distance to punch and goes to the body when he has someone hurt.

Mosley just headhunted, smothered himself and let Mayweather hold him for the rest of the round.

After that, Mosley was totally gassed and was ineffectual the rest of the fight.

what are you talking about?lol

somebody post round 2 please--floyd only held mosley after the 1st punch landed--he was never close to being knocked out--stop exaggerating man--floyd clinched some after the first shot and shane was the one holding floyd-floyd used his elbow to smother shane--he started landing shots on shane after the 2nd shot and he won the rest of the round doing this--floyd was just stunned--not hurt to the point where he was about to get knocked out, let alone knocked down--shane got nervous when floyd started walking him down after the 2nd hit--it was no different from zab and corley--floyd got caught with great shots from those guys and ended up adjusting to them the same round--

and there's no such thing as being overtrained--floyd and b hop train all year round--it keeps you sharp if you do it right--mosley gassed out because of his nerves racing, thinking he was about to do something that he really wasn't--he was in no way close to knocking floyd down or out-lol

floyd shook it off fast as ****--which imo made shane tense because floyd took his shots well and pressured shane--this is why the 3rd round was won so easily by floyd--shane gassed out because floyd gassed him out--it's as simple as that man--

i don't know why you and other people think that floyd was about to be stopped because he damn sure wasn't--he took shane's confidence from him when he started landing on him in the latter minutes of round 2--

why can't people see this?

and you must be crazy to think that had jmm landed those shots on floyd, he would have been stopped--you're losing it kid-lol

floyd made adjustments in his fight with jmm and took that distance away from him--you have to come a little better than this post next time--

and floyd protects his body very well--and counters off of the block--floyd was never in serious trouble at all--you're fooled by this round--just watch the round again and again--floyd set shane's pace for him in that round--he dictated shane's aggression which is why shane got so jittery like he tends to get--shane threw hard shots and and floyd took his strength from him by smothering shane, but not by holding on--he created distance because of this--and shane got confused because he felt those shots he landed would get the job done, and he got overzellus--and floyd took away the space neeed to get the job done--he adjusted right away--which is why he was never truly in trouble--he knows how to fight like this--he's too well schooled--

[Pullcounter]

mosley is old and he gassed.

[pbftxrs316]

basically, floyd adjusted right away--shane couldn't time him anymore--because floyd timed shane's timing--just look at how floyd started feinting while walking shane down--he fought shane flat footed and used his upperbody movement to offset shane's aggression--floyd came in as a pressure fighter, but boxed--that's it--that's all he had to do--he wanted to walk shane down earlier in the fight--he felt him out--shane caught him and floyd tweaked his movements just a smidge and shane panicked, basically just started to try and survive the following rounds--hell, in round 2, shane started fighting jittery after floyd smothered him and took away his distance--just enough to keep shane guessing and then shane started fighting nervous--floyd dictated this fight, even after he got hit good--that's a rare skill--he had all basis covered--even when he was wobbled some--

[studentofthegam]

And even with Shane RIPE for the taking Floyd still couldn’t KO Shane….

Those last ten rounds were an example of what I call beautiful punishment.

My observation:

1. Floyd relaxed and he normally doesnt do that til he's got a man beat.
2. Floyd has great defense but I think his greatest skill is his ability to control punching distance. Many times when he landed Mosley just didnt think he could reach him.
3. He simply started makin Mosley pay for loading up and Like Bhop said "He surrendered". He wont be the last either.