People are putting too much into Floyd's "legs being gone."

[KingTito]

They're not "gone." Granted, he may not be at his absolute physical peak, but he's 34 years old. It's not like his skills and reflexes have eroded. Dude still has the most talent in boxing. Has it occurred to anyone that maybe Floyd is just preferring to stand in the pocket more? People over analyze **** too much.

[GrandpaBernard]

They're not "gone." Granted, he may not be at his absolute physical peak, but he's 34 years old. It's not like his skills and reflexes have eroded. Dude still has the most talent in boxing. Has it occurred to anyone that maybe Floyd is just preferring to stand in the pocket more? People over analyze **** too much.

People believing his legs are gone have nothing to do with analyzing. They're just idiots following whatever roach tells them. He has no idea on how to deal with Mayweather and will just blurt out anything.

[Medved]

Fo sho, Floyd underrated. Ppl dont understand that dude just jokes with ppl. He can actually KO anyone at anytime, but he prefer to show his swagga, he dont need to impress anyone or make it an exciting fight. Thats why he fight only once every 2 years and we should be thankfull, thats why he dont KO everyone in da first round, cuz he know he wont be fighting for a long time, so he give the fans the most exciting 12 rounds in sports.

I find it amazing that there are ppl out der that hate on Floyd Money Skills Pay Dem Bills Mayweather, if they actually knew how much talent and power he posses they would be blind!

He is ATG #1 fighter ever in history of Boxing, he could even fight a Klitschko right now and KO his ass in the first round if he wanted ,but he dont, he a kind man, he letting everyone eat, know im saying? He just chilling on vacation and letting everyone else eat a little know im saying?

What fun would it be for floyd to fight 3 times a year? He would clean up Boxing from his division to the HW division, it aint even no competition.

[bojangles1987]

I think Floyd's athleticism and reflexes have declined, you can see the signs against both Marquez and Mosley. Mayweather would know that better than anyone, and I think is smartly adjusting to when his legs will be gone.

He probably can still use his legs if he has to, but he didn't have to against Mosley and he likely won't have to against Ortiz.

[joseph5620]

I think Floyd's athleticism and reflexes have declined, you can see the signs against both Marquez and Mosley. Mayweather would know that better than anyone, and I think is smartly adjusting to when his legs will be gone.

He probably can still use his legs if he has to, but he didn't have to against Mosley and he likely won't have to against Ortiz.

Just curious...what were the signs that you saw?

[MRBOOMER]

Has you seen the session you would know they weren't it was a lighter spar compared to the first guy Floyd took it easy and it only went 1 round the one before it was much better he was going with a hard puncher who he out boxed slipped moved on and stayed in the pocket with everything with him is fine.

This was him cooling down

[THE REED]

Like I said...

People goto far with things..

Either you're prime or you're shot.

Either you have no legs, or you have fresh legs.

There is no middle ground with people.

You can be slightly past prime, without being shot....

You can have some wear on the legs without them being completely gone.

I would say Floyd is not as fresh as he was when he was 30... but his legs aren't gone and he's not shot... he's just not at the peak.

[bojangles1987]

Just curious...what were the signs that you saw?

He just looked slower and less athletic. It's not really something that's incredibly obvious because he was still so good against both, but there is a drop off with Floyd from those two fights compared to the Floyd from before he took his break.

Not a big one, but you can see he's beginning to slow down.

[The Big Dunn]

Like I said...

People goto far with things..

Either you're prime or you're shot.

Either you have no legs, or you have fresh legs.

There is no middle ground with people.

You can be slightly past prime, without being shot....

You can have some wear on the legs without them being completely gone.

I would say Floyd is not as fresh as he was when he was 30... but his legs aren't gone and he's not shot... he's just not at the peak.

Agree. Particularly with floyd. There is no middle just extremes.

[Carpe Diem]

He just changes his momentum depending on how his opponents approaches him in rounds in and out. He can't move as great as he used to, but he can still side stepping and fighting in distance.