What are some weaknesses of the Mayweather jr style?

[Larry the boss]

So basically a Paul Williams that fights tall

no Tommy Hearns

[New England]

no Tommy Hearns

tommy hearns would knock floyd mayweather out.

[-PBP-]

no Tommy Hearns

That would be my answer if I had to pick one. He said southpaw though.

[Larry the boss]

tommy hearns would knock floyd mayweather out.

Not sure bout that cause Floyd does have great defense and i'd never count him out

[Larry the boss]

That would be my answer if I had to pick one. He said southpaw though.

Not sure why people keep saying southpaws...his toughest fights have been against Orthadox fighters

[ADP02]

So basically a Paul Williams that fights tall

P. Williams could have done it .... I always thought he needed to fix a few things but he had the attributes.

He was tall and had a work-rate that was very high. He also had a solid chin and let nothing slow him down .... and at WW it would have been very hard to find someone with the power to knock him out. If you can't knockout Williams then you need to finesse your way to a win and have good movement. Floyd has that but he uses it less at WW and his work-rate is usually not high and that can be a problem.

I doubt that Floyd could have won the fight with that style alone. Floyd would have to come out and be more on the offense because I can see Williams taking the early lead due to his work-rate.

The thing about Floyd's opponents is that they tend to get tired and fade in the 2nd half and that is when Floyd would take over .... but Williams kept his work-rate high throughout his fights.

Again, I'm aware of Williams boxing skills issues and he needed to fix them but at WW, it may not have been as detrimental ..... It would have been an interesting fight.

[OlympicGlory]

His lost to Castillo in the first, which shows you need legs to have that style.

[-PBP-]

Not sure why people keep saying southpaws...his toughest fights have been against Orthadox fighters

They bring up the 1 round with Corley and the 4 rounds with Judah. But ignore what happened in the other 11 rounds against Chop and the last 8 against Zab.

Floyd is one of the GOATs when it comes to in fight adjustments.

[ADP02]

Not sure why people keep saying southpaws...his toughest fights have been against Orthadox fighters

The thing is that most of those Southpaws lacked in other areas so it didn't matter that they were southpaws .... but nobody said that righties can't take advantage as there are other weaknesses.

[KnockUTheFukOut]

Some weaknesses of the style:
- Southpaw can take advantage of that style.
- Quick jabs.
- body punches to the exposed areas.
- taller fighter with a long reach can still find openings that a shorter fighter can't.
- If in that full shell position, you may not be able to get as much power in your shots.


The thing is that you need to find someone that has the right attributes and who is aware of how to take advantage of the weaknesses of that style.

^Yeah...Good Luck with that Search! Well actually it is some FIGHTERS with those attributes but the Casual or Regular Fans don't want to see them against Mayweather, they want to see Pacquiao or Canelo beat Mayweather first and IMO that is NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! Not with the Flaws they have!