Ruslan Provodnikov is the only fighter Mayweather can't bully on the inside

[richardt]

Think about Mauricio Herrera....now do you see Prov beating Floyd? Hell no.

[El Angel]

Oh, and Ruslan would be a good fight to see against Mayweather, just because of the styles.

Ruslan is the type of guy that will go for broke, a la castillo. You need that against Mayweather. All these other guys... Robert, Cotto, Mosley, Canelo... tried to box him. laughable.

That makes no sense at all, trying to break someone at their strongest point. You should try to exploit weakness not play into your opponent's strengths.

Having said all that, Provodnikov brings the best out of May, and unless May ages overnight, May still wins by dec.

Great fight though

Cotto clearly won more rounds than the other 3 put together. Those fights aren't comparable.

[Godsfly]

Think about Mauricio Herrera....now do you see Prov beating Floyd? Hell no.

yea, people need to go and actually watch the Mauricio Herrera fight..........their opinion will change within seconds.........

[MAUSEBURG]

Ruslan be that Hard Motherfucka NO ****


Scary ass might Get em on cutz but be one of those situation where the peepz thought Ruslan was winning so May will get booed when his duck looking ass getz put up on the jumbotron.

[brick wall]

a bully?

floyd is good at deflecting his opponent's aggression when fighting inside with his counters and shoulder roll but he's not a bully. a bully brings the fight to his opponent until he finds his way inside...floyd is simply not that kind of a fighter.

[Syf]

Floyd would pick Ruslan apart

Undoubtedly... But Ruslan's ability to walk through punches and go for broke will make the fight more interesting.

Cotto clearly won more rounds than the other 3 put together. Those fights aren't comparable.

Cotto did his thing but he's not the most durable of fighters. I named those fighters because none of their gameplans consisted of constant pressure.. And if it did they didn't have the chin to walk through shots...they lowered their workrate, threw less, got cautious ect.. Now look at the Chavez and Castillo fights. They were not deterred by punches. In fact, if I remember correctly, Floyd even broke his hand on Chavez, and Chavez kept coming. It will take that kind of fighter, only bigger and stronger, to beat Floyd.

[IronDanHamza]

Floyd isn't really a "bullier" in the inside.

He's quite strong but his strength is overrated since the Mosley fight.

He was getting completely outmuscled by Cotto when it went to the inside.

[J The UnBiased]

Floyd isn't really a "bullier" in the inside.

He's quite strong but his strength is overrated since the Mosley fight.

He was getting completely outmuscled by Cotto when it went to the inside.

I think when most talk about Floyd's physical strength, they have in mind what he's able to do at 147. I think he'll always be at a strength disadvantage at 154.

[Calm down mate]

Cotto clearly won more rounds than the other 3 put together. Those fights aren't comparable.

Cotto was more impressive, but he only won the rounds more convincingly. Your statement is incorrect.

And Ortiz was more impressive than Cotto, Canelo or Guerrero combined...

Mayweather don't want that rematch, Ortiz was walking him down.

[Pacquiao'd]

Mayweather couldn't bully Robert on the inside either. He just nullified the guy by tying him up. The only thing he was doing to robert up close was that roll counter of his.

Doesn't matter though... Robert was lost in mid and long range.. and his strongest asset was nullified rather easily...

You described canelo. Y'all keep underrating ghosts performance against Floyd. While he was outclassed, he saw what he needed to do and did, Floyd's just too many steps ahead of the competition