Why Do People Keep Saying Floyd Dont Like Southpaws?

[Walt Liquor]

No slick is not whatever you say it is dumbass.

Judah is not slick, Pac is just as slick as Judah.

JMM is not slick either. He's a technician, a great counterpuncher. But, not slick.

You're an F'ing moron.

spaddy was a slicker southpaw than all 3 of them (chop chop, zab, sharmba)


lulz at dude saying "of all time"

[Doctor_Tenma]

he has to be more aggressive when he fights southpaws because he can't rely on defense to win him fights and setup counters. obviously this is why he will never fight pac because an aggressive mayweather would be destroyed.

An aggressive Mayweather would be the best fighter Pacquiao has ever been in against.

[Canelo Phresh]

sugar ray leonard was slick

[Code Red]

Floyd has no trouble vs southpaws, he will have no problem with Pac, find a better achilles heal, cause it aint the southpaw stance.

[studentofthegam]

floyd is willing to fight a 48-0 southpaw. he aint scared!

He's gonna beat the **** out of a southpaw with 3 losses too.

Who actually likes southpaws?

Thank you for common sense. Lefties are rare.

yep, wifebeater sr said it himself.

You mean SRR's dad.

No just cuz' you think black fighters are automatically slick. Doesn't mean they're slick, you fucking dumbass racist...

Pacquiao is just as F'ing slick as Zab Judah.

And, nobody calls Pacquiao slick because, he's not. Just like Judah is not. Just like that version of a shot to shit Sharmbe Mitchell was not. Corely eh? I would say out of all the 3. He's the closest of being "slick". But, JMM was just as slick as Corley...And, nobody ever called JMM slick.

All three of those guys are slick. And Pac has shown signs of slickness as a necessity since he moved up.

I wouldnt necessarily say Mayweather is 'weak' against southpaws, he did a number on a shot Sharmba Mitchell for example(one of my favorite performances by him, actually).

but overall I would say yes, out of his 3 relevant fights against southpaws he has had more trouble than usual against 2 of them.

We can pick small moments out of fights and say he had trouble with righties too. Hatton. DLH. Its boxing, sometimes you get hit. There are greats that never fought a southpaw. Is it because they are fearful or because they're the minority in boxing?

[BuckToothed]

U ******s are seriously the lowest level of fan I've ever seen, when thee "fight" happens and Pac gets his azz kicked, I will be very happy to see all the ******s disappear.

Yeah sure, because asking 100mill and fighting Spadafora as a tuneup, just exudes confidence from Floyd to fight Manny.

They should call that fight "Who U Kidding?"

[studentofthegam]

All boxers have an achilles heal.

Floyd and recently Pac, are basically cherry picking.

Hatton, jMM and Mosely were fights that he was the far favourite.

Same with Pac now.

The guys they are facing are expected to lose.

Now, Floyd's weakness is that he has always been physically more athletic than his opponents, like Pac.

Both are usually a lot fitter, have more speed, and have skills compared to others.

When Floyd loses the advantage of athletic ability, with Pac matching him in many areas, then he will struggle. Pac has a style that will be on Floyd's ass for 12.

In some respects, Hatton did that until he got KO'd. Hiwever Hatton use to hug and lose that advantage because he would throw one and hold, or try that wild left hook and hold, but he would get tagged. He also did not have that inside game whole that close.

Pac darts in and out, can lead with either and throw it fast. He will usually throw a lot of punches after too.

Mayweather will need to have his best to bewt Pac, and vice versa. People may think Floyd can outbox Pac easily, but Pac has a style that can make it hell for Floyd who likes to be able to counter, and while he can counter Pac, I know Pac will persue with more than one or two punches, he comes in with 4+

Who has Pac fought with a stiff jab and hand speed? You can only name the guys that beat him or gave him trouble. In this case you have a naturally bigger man with elite handspeed and a good jab. Thats all it takes.

[Steak]

We can pick small moments out of fights and say he had trouble with righties too. Hatton. DLH. Its boxing, sometimes you get hit. There are greats that never fought a southpaw. Is it because they are fearful or because they're the minority in boxing?

so am I supposed to ignore the fact he got rocked against Corley and had trouble against Judah? I mean, he fought better fighters than those two and did much better against them.

does it matter if theyre the minority? fact is, Mayweather has had more trouble than usual against southpaws. theres not too many top southpaws out there, but if Mayweather faces a tough one, it seems pretty logical that he would have trouble against them.

[studentofthegam]

so am I supposed to ignore the fact he got rocked against Corley and had trouble against Judah? I mean, he fought better fighters than those two and did much better against them.

does it matter if theyre the minority? fact is, Mayweather has had more trouble than usual against southpaws. theres not too many top southpaws out there, but if Mayweather faces a tough one, it seems pretty logical that he would have trouble against them.

My thing is you say he has problems but he won all the fights in cushy fashion. He was in most danger of actually losing from orthodox fighters so there is not a leg to stand on with your arguement.

[Steak]

My thing is you say he has problems but he won all the fights in cushy fashion. He was in most danger of actually losing from orthodox fighters so there is not a leg to stand on with your arguement.

cushy? he almost got knocked out in one instance(although recovered well), and only won the Judah fight about 115-112 on my card. fairly close fight there. and theyre not exactly the best southpaws ever. this suggests that southpaws are a bit more difficult for him than an orthodox fighter of the same quality.

example: Kostya Tyszu. early in his career he had trouble against a pressure fighter named Hector Lopez. although he won pretty wide on the scorecards, he stylistically had more trouble than he should have against Lopez, suggesting he had trouble against good pressure fighters in general. this was exposed again later in his career against Hatton and Vince Phillips.