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Now I know how ludicrous the title sounds but when you take a look at things in a not so fickle way you'll notice that in each fighters last 4 fights (excludng the C grade fighter Guerrero) Mayweather has looked less ''there'' in terms of his physical attributes. He's still got the handspeed, but his footwork and mobility has declined a lot in comparison to his peak years. Now I know the first thing people will point to after reading this is the Guerrero fight, but Guerrero was a very sloppy, average C+ fighter in my opinion. Before that fight the Floyd groupies all talked him up to be such a credible beast that could end Floyd's unbeaten run, when in reality anyone who watched tape on the dude could see he wasn't elite class and had nothing that could threaten Floyd. Plus he had only two previous bouts at Welterweight... Seeing the reaction after that fight was hilarious, everyone calling him the GOAT after beating the beast that is Guerrero.
Now this brings me to the Mosley, Cotto and Ortiz fights. Against Mosley Floyd showed tremendous grit and determination to stand his ground after those brutal blows that he got caught with. But Mosley was 37 going on 38 and Floyd was 33. Floyd got caught badly in that fight by a guy 5 years his senior and looked very flatfooted.
Against a shot Cotto he was getting outmuscled and tagged like he's not used to being. His stamina was great but again he was getting into situations that are unusual for a guy like Floyd, there was one round against him that was the most dominant i've seen against Floyd and again he didn't look fleet footed at all.
Against Ortiz he looked the worst of the three I've mentioned in my opinion. Ortiz was doing pretty damn well before he blew a fuse and broke down mentally. Ortiz was tagging him with the straight left, outmuscleing him, and walking through his shots. Mayweather looked again flat footed and a lot less mobile and light on his feet than Ortiz. Floyd felt threatened in that fight which I believe played a part in him dishing out that cheap shot.. justifiable or not.
Pacquiao recently lost his last two fights. The first was a clear as day robbery and the second was against a roided up Marquez. Despite the fact that he lost these fights he still showed that he has ''it''. His physical attributes are still there, before the Marquez KO we could see that the speed, power, footwork and explosiveness is still there, maybe not 2009 levels but it's still there regardless.
Now this brings me to the Mosley, Cotto and Ortiz fights. Against Mosley Floyd showed tremendous grit and determination to stand his ground after those brutal blows that he got caught with. But Mosley was 37 going on 38 and Floyd was 33. Floyd got caught badly in that fight by a guy 5 years his senior and looked very flatfooted.
Against a shot Cotto he was getting outmuscled and tagged like he's not used to being. His stamina was great but again he was getting into situations that are unusual for a guy like Floyd, there was one round against him that was the most dominant i've seen against Floyd and again he didn't look fleet footed at all.
Against Ortiz he looked the worst of the three I've mentioned in my opinion. Ortiz was doing pretty damn well before he blew a fuse and broke down mentally. Ortiz was tagging him with the straight left, outmuscleing him, and walking through his shots. Mayweather looked again flat footed and a lot less mobile and light on his feet than Ortiz. Floyd felt threatened in that fight which I believe played a part in him dishing out that cheap shot.. justifiable or not.
Pacquiao recently lost his last two fights. The first was a clear as day robbery and the second was against a roided up Marquez. Despite the fact that he lost these fights he still showed that he has ''it''. His physical attributes are still there, before the Marquez KO we could see that the speed, power, footwork and explosiveness is still there, maybe not 2009 levels but it's still there regardless.
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