If you were Maidanas head coach, what would your gameplan be to beat floyd?

[yoz]

Who are you, Robert?

For the fun of it. Take 5 rounds off, let Floyd lead. Than fight.

One other thing, if i was his trainer i would already know the fix is in with the referree. So i would do what old school fighters would do to try and take the legs away from there opponet. Ref on the left side, punch to the hips oppisite side. And been said before, but trainers don't know how to teach there fighter how to hit the shoulders, biceps, you don't try and hit him hard there but just make sure you hit him there whenever you are close or end with those shots, when you feel him hitting you back in the same place, you know your startagy is working.

Its not as daft as it sounds...

[djeffectz]

If Castillo and DLH can beat Floyd, so can you, what I want you to do is punch punch and punch some more, dont stop punching!! - Robert Garcia.

[-Jay-]

Maidana really has to piss Floyd off, use of elbows and head may work in the early rounds.

[A-Wolf]

Make it a street fight 100%. Throw all the posing and the ball room dancing **** completely out the window. Use absolutely no defense at all. Rush Floyd like a madman until somebody gets knocked out. Full Mayorga.

[chmdgy]

Maidana's only chance is hoping to catch Mayweather with an overhand right from above, which is his best punch.

[jasjas]

the only shot marcos has to beat floyd is to punch with floyd, and hope to land something big in the middle of an exchange

the problem is that floyd's handspeed is unreal and once he's thrown his shots, his hands are so quickly back into a defensive posture or he's moved his body out of the way of your punches that you'd need to have insane handspeed yourself to catch him while he's still open

maidana's only shot is if Floyd gets old overnight and his handspeed isn't what it was vs Canelo, and he's able to punch with floyd and land something in an exchange

maidana's handspeed is non-existant and his footwork is terrible so those early 14:1 underdog vegas lines are pretty accurate

Great post apart from the reference to the old adage getting "old overnight".

Fighters don't get old overnight. They get old in training camp in the gym.

[Marcov]

I would have Maidana in the best shape possible and would not let Maidana follow Mayweather to the ropes. Make Mayweather use his old legs for the whole fight. I would train Maidana to star slow and increasingly work the body. Forget the head til the last two rounds.

[Pain~Lucy]

never-ending pressure, rain him with jab, land some body blows and low blows during clinch, and go ape**** in championship rounds

[bojangles1987]

Most the technical advice I would think of isn't going to work because Maidana's just too slow for Floyd.

Maidana's best chance obviously is landing a hurting punch, and his best chance to land a hurting punch is by muscling Mayweather to the ropes. He's going to have to throw hard and often. He should make sure to wing those hard shots to the body when Mayweather is on the ropes. Hit whatever he can and make them hurt.

[dman4093]

The jab, swarm him with elusive aggression with head movement. Every punch you slip throw 4 and 5 punches after. Feints and aim mostly at the body, fight dirty in the clinches, cut the ringoff an use head control to hammer away at the lower part of the body. (Never at the shoulder or head)