How Do You Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Lets Say Your The Trainer)

[rsl]

Iceman I'd like your input on this topic.

Man y'all gotta chill with the "Iceman" questions
the guy is a one-man army.... So y'all gotta back off

Okay so Scully how would you go about beating Floyd?

Also does plyometrics really make a difference in one's
performance in the ring, compared to not doing it at all?

Oh and one more thing, I swear this the last one
what did Santa get you for Christmas?

[big-lynch]

Mayweather is surely one of the five most skilled fighters ever, right up there with Joe Gans, Benny Leonard and Willie Pep. Floyd is more skilled than Sugar Ray Robinson, I think Mayweather may have the most skillful defence ever.

How do you beat him? Castillo beat him. Ricky Hatton is bigger, stronger, fitter and faster than Castillo, and Hatton is the only guy in boxing today who can get close to the skill level of Mayweather.. and he just happens to be around the same weight. So go get Ricky Hatton, tell Ricky to pressure Mayweather but not make the mistakes that Castillo made (Castillo was punching to the arms and elbows which a pressure fighter should never do), and get Mayweather on the backfoot. If Mayweather fights on the ropes against Hatton he'll get battered, Ricky will tee off on him from angles switching right or left and head or body. So if Ricky can back him up, I think Ricky can beat him.

Zab Judah could beat Mayweather too because he's naturally bigger, stronger, and he's much faster than anything Mayweather has come up against.

But, I just think at super-featherweight and lightweight Mayweather cannot be out-boxed by anybody since the days of the Gans', Leonard's and Peps.

cosign that statement ^^^^^^

[J-Lop]

PBF is now fighting bigger guys, so you have to use those advantages. First, you have to fight as a taller man. Second, apply foot work like Antonio Tarver did against Roy Jones, laying back to see the punches coming. Use a long jab and shut with power every time he is coming in range. The uppercut is a very important punch against smaller fighters. Tide PBF every time you can and put all your body weight over him like Lewis did against Tyson, to tire up his legs and take some of the movement away from him. PBF loves to counter punch, so is very important to hit and move out of his way. Don’t try to knock him out with every punch, instead use a large volume of punches against him. It is very important to punch at his chest and body and don’t give any inch of time for him to think too much in the ring.

[Floydmayweather]

I think Hatton has the sytle but well be stopped on cuts. Zab has speed and power but he is wide open for shots down the pipe, and Floyd is gonna expose that and Ko Judah. Watch any fight and at some point Judah leaps in or get wild, that well be his downfall in this fight. Also the level of competition each has faced well come into play. Judah's best win is against spinks. Mayweather has beaten Castillo, Corrales, and Hernadez just to name a few.

[ricecrispi]

Judah is gonna be KOed. That guy had trouble in lazy fight with Spinks and PBF is much more dangerous.

DLH, Wright, and Vernon Forrest can beat Mayweather easily.
Mosley is prime example and comparable to PBF. Mosley also is bigger, stronger, and has a better chin. PBF is faster at 147 though(still to be seen) and more slick counter puncher than boxer like Mosley.

Winky wright or vernon forrest are prime examples.
1)Just too much reach and too strong.
2)All have good jabs and the reach to neutralize mayweather's hand speed.
3)enough power and hand speed to land one punch that can hurt PBF.
4) Mayweather doesn't have power to hurt these guys


Mayweather can be outboxed. If you can't outbox him then you try the Castillo method but I would really wrestle with him and make it a dirty fight.

Hatton likes to grabs and traps the arms alot to make space. That won't work with Mayweather who uses the shoulder and counters with a fast and short right. Plus Hatton gives up angles on wide punchs. I think PBF could exploit that all day long just standing there. Hatton has never experienced any fighter like mayweather. PBF faced hundreds of guys like Hatton.

[Zab Super Judah]

Lets say your the trainer of the an opponent of Floyd Mayweather Jr., how do you tell your fighter to fight him? What do you think the keys to beating Floyd are?

you have to swarm him just like castillo. You have to fight a fight like the way hatton/castillo fight and never let Floyd rest. Make floyd fight all 3 minutes of the round.

[Zab Super Judah]

Or you could do like Judah will and surprise Mayweather with your speed, before landing a killer shot. Floyd's never taken a truly good shot the likes of which Judah can hit him with.

were you a FAN of Judah in December

[Not Monty]

Beat Floyd? Jump in a time machine and go about four or five years in the future where his speed and reflexes have diminished enough to make him vulnerable.

I agree with the majority. There is no current fighter that is going to outbox him. Only a power/pressure boxer like Hatton or Margarito stands a chance, especially those two because they will attack at varying angles, not just straight up. If you mix up the attempted wear-down punches (which Castillo didnt do enough of) it might add that extra dimension needed to beat Floyd.

As for the others: Judah is so damn hot and cold, and easy to catch, unless he somehow doesnt let Floyd find his rythm (hurting him early, maybe?), I doubt he'll give Floyd too much trouble.- Tszyu is too one-dimensional, take away his range and he's toast.- Someone said Kassim Ouma. Again, Ouma's best when rangey and doesnt seem to have the same strategic sense of a guy like Mayweather.

[hollister]

Take a page out of Sonny Liston's book and rub Icy Hot on your gloves.

Note: It will only work if you can catch him without getting KO'd lol

[DUPLICITY]

Mayweather is surely one of the five most skilled fighters ever, right up there with Joe Gans, Benny Leonard and Willie Pep. Floyd is more skilled than Sugar Ray Robinson, I think Mayweather may have the most skillful defence ever.

How do you beat him? Castillo beat him. .

OK, even if you think Castillo won the first fight as Mayweather was moving up in weight:

Mayweather rematched him immediately, and proved who the better man is.

Now, don't you think Floyd is a smarter and stronger fighter than he was when he fought Castillo YEARS ago?