VIDEO: Floyd Mayweather: Techniques vs Southpaw

[viperz007]

none of all the southpaw fighters floyd fought has the same caliber like pac

that is the same reason why in all floyds opponent, pac is the first opponent that made floyd think about OST LOL,

pac scares the heck out of him

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[lacson]

Getting hit with two good hard punches doesnt mean he almost got knocked out..he didnt even get knocked down. He shook it off and it was a 10 9 rd.

I just answered the guy's question. He asked to name a round that Mayweather clearly lost. And I gave him the round that I thought he clearly lost.

[SincereDaGreat]

This video shows how quickly he is able to adapt and control a southpaw fighter....Pacquiao will suffer pretty much the same fate....anything Manny comes with Mayweather will adapt and counter...I dont believe Manny is a smarter fighter than Mayweather which will be his downfall...speed & power will not be the key factor in the fight IMO........Smarts, adjustment & adaptation will be!

Nice video...Floyd may seem ****** outside of the ring with some of the decisions he makes, but in the ring he's clearly miles ahead of everyone else. Between that interview and that Corley fight, he showed about 5 different ways to approach lefties or righties!!

[The Big Dunn]

You both make a good point. I would counter that Floyd has fought far better fighters than Corley without copping the kind of shots he took against Corley. I am in a way paying Floyd a compliment.

How many times in Floyd's career have you seen him take as many hard, damaging shots as he took against Corley? What do you want to chalk that up to? I'm saying watch those exchanges and you will see Corley got there because 1- he was punching with Floyd and 2- because his southpaw angles.

This is significant to me because both Ortiz and Pacquaio present southpaw angles, both are excellent pressure fighters with good speed and power. Both are also far superior to Corley, even in the categories in which Corley had some ability.

I give Floyd a lot of credit for fighting Ortiz, I think that is a dangerous fight. If Floyd has an easy time, I will never mention Floyd being weak to southies again.

In about 50 professional rounds against southpaws floyd has won 80-85% of the rounds (+/- 4%). Why do so many people suggest he is weak against southpaws?

[sweetscience18]

I just answered the guy's question. He asked to name a round that Mayweather clearly lost. And I gave him the round that I thought he clearly lost.

Youre right..and he did lose tht round. But its a stretch to say he almost got knocked out.

[SincereDaGreat]

That you can remember the specific rounds that floyd lost says more about his greatness than anything else.

Mosley drops damn near every 147-154lb fighter with those shots he hit Floyd with...what does Floyd do??...stay calm, composed and finishes the round stronger than Mosley!!!

[champ_kw]

compubox numbers don't tell how a fight played out stylistically not to mention they can be wildly inaccurate but if you were taking them seriously corley landing 150 punches on floyd is not very good and remember judah barely threw any punches the last 7 rounds.

Let's put this in perspective since you want to throw the "compubox numbers don't tell how a fight played out stylistically not to mention they can be wildly inaccurate" card into play. I wouldn't say Pac struggled against Clottey....yet oddly enough, Judah landed at a higher connect % on Clottey than Pac did. Hell, Pac only landed 129 more total punches despite throwing 812 more punches! And since getting hit 150 times is considered "struggling" to you...Pac getting hit 108 times by a guy that threw less than 20 punches in a round in 8 outta 12 rounds must be terrible to you??? See what I did there? Floyd is handily beating these guys and you nitpick by saying "oh well Zab barely threw punches in the last 7 rounds". What's the explanation for a guy who barely threw punches, ala Pac v Clottey, all night?!?! The original poster premise is that while southpaws are a puzzle at first, not just to Floyd but to most fighters, he quickly adjusts and figure them out and the fights play out as most of his fights do (KO or UD...his lone lost card since the damn '90's was in the De la Hoya fight which was questionable). He never said Floyd was invincible or that he goes thru fights getting hit only one time. You're nitpicking and coming up with the crap you do, exposes you as a hater. Even the most staunch Floyd hater (Roach and whoever else has to train their guy to defeat him) will at least admit that Floyd is a hard puzzle to figure out. Hate on his choice of opponents, his lifestyle, etc...but hating on his ring intelligence and adjustment ability makes you sound

[lacson]

When the test were first brought up pacs camp agreed to it..then after floyd agreed to all their demands they turn around and say they need cutoff dates. So floyd gives them their cutoff dates and they fight clottey instead. If you still cant comprehend that the extra testing is for the better of the sport than u have problems. And it is a fact that it was manny, not floyd, who walked away from negotiations. Floyd is still calling manny out and they will fight and youll create a new BS account after manny is takin ti school.

Yes Mayweather is good at calling him out then running and hiding behind additional blood tests. He goes, sure I'll fight but let us get someone to stab you in the arm with no cutoff date, be open to get tested everyday up to the day of the fight, it's ok Manny, I'll do the same thing (wink, wink) common manny if you don't agree it means your ducking.

That's why it's all nonsense, just a big excuse. I say, Floyd just do what all fighters do, grow some decent nuts and fight, it's the profession you decided on, you're making decent money, satisfy your fans who thinks you can beat pacquiao anyway. Just do it.

[The Big Dunn]

Mosley drops damn near every 147-154lb fighter with those shots he hit Floyd with...what does Floyd do??...stay calm, composed and finishes the round stronger than Mosley!!!

Floyd grabbing the arm to stay up was the highlight for me. I mean other than BHop is there any other fighter currently fighting who has the sense and knowledge to do that?

[fcastro1]

too bad pac does not fight like corley. pac is unorthodox and comes from different angles with combos. lets see floyd defend 5 punches he cant see coming. pac wont stand in front of floyd like corley. he will be here there everywhere.

lets see what happens.