My thoughts on how to beat Floyd Mayweather

[al-Xander]

If I were Marquez and were given the chance for a rematch against Floyd, I'd just stay in one spot in the ring and let him come to me. Let the audience boo him as I know it's not me they're pissed at. I won't let myself be a tool for Floyd's exhibition matches.

[Trophyboy23]

Castillo DID beat him. And he did it with a lot of pressure and rights to the body. I know, Floyd was injured, but that doesn't justify JLC not getting the decision. What a beast Castillo was.

I agree 100 % with this statement. I dont have anything against Floyd, but he defiantly DID loose the first fight to Castillo

[joesaiditstrue]

I agree 100 % with this statement. I dont have anything against Floyd, but he defiantly DID loose the first fight to Castillo

A lot of people would agree with you.









A lot of people like myself would disagree with you as well.

[joesaiditstrue]

To beat Floyd, and I'm going to generalize here because I'm not a trainer and I'm not gonna pretend to be one like some of the other posters in this thread, you need to have arm length that negates his reach advantage for his weight class, and you need an A+ Jab, as well as the ability to cut off the ring, you also need some speed and accurate punching ability

I sort of agree w/ the guy about Margarito, but Floyd outpoints him unanimously. You need effective aggressiveness plus the points I stated above to beat Floyd or just hang in there with a close decision. Don't look at the DLH fight please, that fight really wasn't close

[ßringer]

Two guys I always thought were capable of giving Floyd hell : Winky Wright, and Vernon Forrest.

Wright for his tight defense, excellent jab, and slick boxing IQ.

And Forrest for his height/reach advantages, slashing jab, and sick speed/power combination.

[bojangles1987]

the 2nd fight with castillo wasn't a tough fight at all........the augustus fight was much tougher then the 2nd castillo fight. speaking of sparring, a teenage mayweather would take it easy on Frankie Randall in sparring (the same frankie who gave chavez HELL)

i think chavez would get pot shotted, outboxed, & picked apart to a mayweather decision. you think the pressure would be too much. we will DEFINITELY agree to disagree with that one.

You're kidding yourself if you don't think the second Castillo fight was tough on Floyd. He did win clearly, but up until the 9th or 10th it went exactly the same way as the first fight, where Floyd won most the early rounds and Castillo charged back in the middle rounds.

[Steak]

no. castillo & chavez didn't fight alike.........the only similarity to me is their stance & pressure. prime castillo could double up his punches MUCH better then chavez (on the inside & off the clinch) chavez was a better fighter then castillo but not in that regard........castillo would throw 5 6 punches while being clinched.

to me La Porte gave a prime chavez hell by movement & countering. but the gift was of course given to chavez..............when ever la porta would sit there & try to **** with chavez he'd get tagged. VOLUME PUNCHING IS THE OPPOSITE OF CHAVEZ'S WORRIES. volume punching did not trouble chavez.......volume punchers usually tired themselves out & got a beating. chavez's stamina was too good for most volume punchers because they'd just tire themselves out & he would then jump on them.

sweet p DID NOT BEAT CHAVEZ BY INSIDE FIGHTING. he beat chavez by standing in the center of the ring (moving) & making him miss..........whenever chavez missed he would just sock him & make him pay. sweet p also was consistently flickering that jab in julios face..........he did good inside work but thats not what won him the fight. his jab, movement, & countering won him the fight.








again. i see it as a clear decision for mayweather........

Chavez was far superior to Castillo in terms of being able to put together punches. In fact, hes one of the best of all time when it comes to putting together punches at clinch range. Never would I have thought that someone would put Castillo ahead of Chavez in that respect....

Chavez wasnt prime against LaPorte, he was prime when he got to lightweight, and a little beyond there. And moving and counter punching was never an issue with Chavez, because he completely dominated Camacho, Lonnie Smith and Duplessis when they tried to fifght like that. Watch how Chavez easily cut off the ring and manhandled Camacho, who is arguably the fastest fighter of all time.
And stylistically Chavez did have more problems with people that constantly attacked with volume...not from a damage standpoint, but from a points standpoint.

and you have no idea what youre saying if you dont believe Whitaker beat Chavez with inside fighting. He stole the play away from him at close range by hooking one arm and muffling Chavez's offense, which neutralized his style and offense. If Whitaker did not have such outstanding infighting ability, he wouldnt have won that fight, since Chavez would have been able to begin his attack after getting the fight to close range. Not to say Whitaker didnt get some good work done on the outside, but it wasnt the deciding factor in the fight.

Watch some more Chavez before you pretend you know what youre talking about.