What's the proper way to defend against Floyd's right hand lead?

[Juof]

When he throws that straight right he usually smothers you so you have no space to react to it

[HughJass]

When he throws that straight right he usually smothers you so you have no space to react to it

if you create to much space there will be no counter imo he moves his feet away to quick i swear you have to step into it but no1 aint good enough to be successful with it give floyd to me lol

[FightFit]

It seems that floyd lets his right hand go when hes positioned correctly or when his opponents are stepping slightly to there left! it becomes almost a powerful straight jab so to speak if your moving left and he doestnt or floyd moves slightly left and you dont hes lining his back foot up with his opponents back foot meaning his right foot is coming in line with your right foot,it creates an opportunity to throw it perfectly straight down the pipe and at the same time your moving out of immediate danger,its a great point scoring punch for all to see,i think knowing your body position while close to floyd is a good starting point to defend against his right hand,Roy jones jnr had a fan favourite straight right hand down the pipe,again when it went he was always moving off to the left.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Actually the reason why Floyd lands the right hand is for 3 reasons.

#1 - He throws it as a counter with the shoulder roll. He waits for his opponents to throw their own right, he rolls it and counter with the right hand. It's very effective because he "hides" the right hand in that roll.

#2 - He's very fast. Sounds simple but he is and it helps a lot.

#3 - His timing is great. Again, sounds simple but he can time you coming in, going out or counter you after your own right hand.

The only way I see to avoid it is to not lean, reach or step too much inside when attacking him. Obviously always move to your right as well and use what Cotto used and that's a great left hand jab as an orthodox fighter to force Mayweather on the defense. Cotto was able to land that jab to the face of Mayweather, keeping him off balance and forcing him to the ropes where he can follow with that right hook to the body.

The punch you don't want to throw against Mayweather from the outside is the lead right hand and from the inside is the left hook or left uppercut. You will be wide open for the counter right.

[Chris T Byrd]

best way to dodge his right hand is not putting your signature on the contract

[V.WEBB]

Id say slip it. But that is much easier said than done. He does not really have a rhythm when he throws, so that is obviously difficult to know or estimate when he will throw it.

[V.WEBB]

Come back with your own right hand. That'd make him more hesitant to throw it.

Thing is, he usually smothers his opponent after throwing that shot.