Mayweathers Power

[Ray Corso]

Seems that Cotto got stopped by a blown up feather! If Mayweather could punch hard Cotto would have been stopped!! Cotto has courage and a good chin but Mayweather is NOT a puncher, he works in combination but if he moved forward more often and backed his opponents up he'd find some extra pop by making his opponents step backwards. But he rarely does! Ray

[65thminerva]

Seems that Cotto got stopped by a blown up feather! If Mayweather could punch hard Cotto would have been stopped!! Cotto has courage and a good chin but Mayweather is NOT a puncher, he works in combination but if he moved forward more often and backed his opponents up he'd find some extra pop by making his opponents step backwards. But he rarely does! Ray

8 oz gloves vs 10 oz gloves is a big deal

[sicko]

I think he hits harder then some people want to give him credit for, just because he chooses to box instead of just going out looking for a Quick KO doesn't not mean he doesn't have Power...he just don't DEPEND ON IT!

[Pacquiao'd]

seems that some are forget Floyd had on 10oz gloves and look at what he was doing to Cotto. He would have stopped Cotto with 8ozs

[Oh you out son]

uve been smoking something really strong lately

thats what i think

ya, agreed. what i think is that the TS is a massive mayweather ****rider that doesnt know anything.

unbiased observers in this fight, for the majority, had mayweather by scores of 115-113 or 116-112. cotto is not a sore loser and after the fight he walked off as if he was disgusted with the scores, his trainer told cotto in the 11th round that the fight was even (i would agree, had mayweather up one round at the time).

heres a tip: get mayweather's **** out of your mouth. he is an amazing defensive fighter, but this was farrrrrr from his best defensive showing. he was being hit more in this fight than almost all of his fights.

also, he doesn't have good power at all. his power i would say is average at 147 and below average at 154.

[straightleft]

Floyd has average power to keep average opponent honest. Against someone above average who can take his shot like nothing and can unleash explosive power on his ass . He will avoid him at all cost.

[fight_professor]

Money can punch. /

End thread.

[edgarg]

Another thing I'd like to note, Cotto can take shots very well around the temple area, Mosley repeatedly hit him with overhand rights in their fight and Cotto hardly budged and we all know Mosley has freakish type power.

Mosley had great KO power as a lightweight, he used to overwhelm his opponents with blizzards of punches. But, when he became a welter, including from beginning with 3 KO's against poor opposition before Oscar, he's only had another 6 KO's out of over 20 fights.

So as a welterweight and up, his KO record is very average.

[SonnyDempsey]

Floyd actually is a natural puncher.

But, in order to be a puncher, you have to commit to your shots. Floyd doesn't commit to his shots, because he doesn't take unnecessary risks. If he can win without exposing his chin, he's going to do that. Why risk his spotless record just for the intangible benefit of getting a knockout?

He also has hand problems, which should be another obvious reason why he's not knocking guys out with single shots. Make no mistake, Floyd has punching power. Just look at his earlier fights.

[edgarg]

Spot on. Mayweather is a freak of nature. He hits hard, he has insane reactions, doesn't get hit, he can easily outbox his opponent or he can go toe to toe and still win with style. Complete boxer.

Don't forget to add that he's good to his parents, his "wife" and children, and is a financial genius on the side. And a great philantropist and reformer.

Isn't he dedicating the next 3 months to visiting prisoners behind bars??