Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Maidana Can Only Win With a Knockout

[twosweethooks]

Agree with dazed radioraheem. Floyd went to the ropes IMO because maidana was very effective in the middle of the ring for a lot of the 1st fight. Ghost and Canelo couldn't find Floyd, maidana was able to.

Floyd may stick and move rds 10-12 if he has a substantial lead. But I don't expect to see what we saw in 2013.

hmmmmm I disagree with yer statement about Ghost and Canelo. Those two bought the BLUFF,,,,MAIDANA DIDN'T

Lanceweather is still bluffing but he must go a step further, those specialized dynamic undetectable PED's are calling for JR,,,,,"YOU WANT TO KNOW ME" !

[Daddy T]

I'm not buying this fight unless Maidana is allowed to use his gloves.

[bigjavi973]

I see al haymon + FMJ = Alot of idiot fans that believe anything floyd says. Reminds me of ***** voters.

[IMDAZED]

You're talking about arguably the most well conditioned fighter today. It is very believable that he could move an entire fight. Keep in mind, he doesn't get hit with clean body shots much. Doesn't get hit with many shots period.

Second, he's always criticising his performances. He gave himself a D versus Cotto. He gave himself I believe a C versus Guerrero. He probably gave himself a C+ versus Canelo, or a B at best. He wasn't even that happy after the Mosley fight, talking about he wanted the knockout.

Floyd works on in-fighting regularly in sparring regardless of opponent. It's one of the things that surprises many of his sparring partners. I remember Errol Spence particularly saying that he was surprised by how much Floyd fought him in the pocket. And if you backtrack to the released sparring session between him and Omar Henry, in preparation for Cotto, he fought a lot in the pocket most of the time.

But during fight night, it's anyone's guess how Floyd with play his cards.

He called Cotto the toughest opponent he ever fought and I don't remember him saying anything like C+ for Canelo and would need a link to verify.

And of course, Mayweather works on in-fighting regularly, that's not the point. SMH forget it. Let's see if Mayweather boxes around for 12 rounds as you say (why didn't he just do that the first time then?) or not.

[radioraheem]

Actually, he hated his Guerrero performance and always says that, partially because he knows he can't get away with that against a better aggressor (like Maidana).

I'd be shocked if he is able to move more and maintain it. I believe that while he will move some (and give the impression early on that moving more is his plan), they'll be working on in-fighting, particularly off the ropes as that is the only way he'll be able to damage Maidana's head and body and back him off, possibly even stop him.

You're talking about arguably the most well conditioned fighter today. It is very believable that he could move an entire fight. Keep in mind, he doesn't get hit with clean body shots much. Doesn't get hit with many shots period.

Second, he's always criticising his performances. He gave himself a D versus Cotto. He gave himself I believe a C versus Guerrero. He probably gave himself a C+ versus Canelo, or a B at best. He wasn't even that happy after the Mosley fight, talking about he wanted the knockout.

Floyd works on in-fighting regularly in sparring regardless of opponent. It's one of the things that surprises many of his sparring partners. I remember Errol Spence particularly saying that he was surprised by how much Floyd fought him in the pocket. And if you backtrack to the released sparring session between him and Omar Henry, in preparation for Cotto, he fought a lot in the pocket most of the time.

But during fight night, it's anyone's guess how Floyd will play his cards.

[bigjavi973]

you still crying about this. just go out and win if the a side chooses your gloves-just like Floyd did with ODH.

Actually the ODH comparison doesnt make sense. Floyd wanted to use 8 oz, but they were fighting at 154 limit, so 10 oz gloves was the mandatory. here, the NSAC approved the red punchers gloves for use, and mayweather said no. even though his own fighters used them that same night.

[bigjavi973]

Exactly. Floyd stood right in front of Maidana and sat down with him while Maidana swung from the fences and he still couldn't hurt him.

Oh, that's right. Maidana needed the light, custom, Everlast, no padding, gloves to win.

Silly me.

Oh are you talking about the NSAC legally approved red punchers glove that mayweather said no to? Even though his own stablemates used them in their fights that same night? Yes, silly you.

[IMDAZED]

Agree with dazed radioraheem. Floyd went to the ropes IMO because maidana was very effective in the middle of the ring for a lot of the 1st fight. Ghost and Canelo couldn't find Floyd, maidana was able to.

Floyd may stick and move rds 10-12 if he has a substantial lead. But I don't expect to see what we saw in 2013.

Well said.

[IMDAZED]

He can still move and you'll soon see that. You're talking about a guy that regularly is seen running miles and miles in Vegas and outside of Vegas. His father also said that he would be moving more, but not all the time. Keep in mind that the Guerrero fight was just a year ago, and you saw how well he moved there whenever he wanted. Let's not act like that fight was 5 years ago.

Actually, he hated his Guerrero performance and always says that, partially because he knows he can't get away with that against a better aggressor (like Maidana).

I'd be shocked if he is able to move more and maintain it. I believe that while he will move some (and give the impression early on that moving more is his plan), they'll be working on in-fighting, particularly off the ropes as that is the only way he'll be able to damage Maidana's head and body and back him off, possibly even stop him.

[bigjavi973]

Your using judges to validate this? Just watch the fight yourself. The rounds I named Mayweather clearly won them. Maidana clearly won rounds 1,5 and you could conceivably give him round 3. Out of the first 6 he only clearly won 2 rounds.

Your score is laughable cuz even the commentators said that the judge that had the draw had the closest score, that they didnt know what fight the other judges was watching. Teddy atlas said the same. The majority of fans of boxing had 7-5 for mayweather.