What style(s) gives Floyd Mayweather the most problems?

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  • punchr
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    What style(s) gives Floyd Mayweather the most problems?



    At work a forklift driver -- whose walking-around weight is 160 lb -- told me that he would fight Mayweather, not box and move. Really kick his ass.

    Aggressiveness and enthusiasm in his voice and body, he said,

    "I would brawl him out. Mayweather never had someone fight him. I mean, really fight him."

    He kept describing how he would beat Mayweather.

    "Mayweather has never fought a young strong black guy. I have silverback gorilla in me."

    I was amused.

    "Mayweather would knock you out," I said.

    "At the top level of boxing, Mayweather has fought brawlers, inside brawlers, bullies, and punchers. No disrespect but Money Mayweather would first round KO you. You can't just box the number one pound-for-pound boxer without ring experience. It's a huge mismatch."

    He stood quiet.

    "I'm not trying to be a dick but even a crackhead Mayweather would knock you out."

    Why do people think they can just get in there and bully Mayweather?!

    This leads me to the question. What style(s) befuddles Mayweather the most?

    Is my co-worker right? Is a young, strong, aggressive black fighter the answer to the Mayvinci code?
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    Brawlers
    10.39%
    8
    Big punchers
    6.49%
    5
    Skilled inside brawlers
    6.49%
    5
    Well-schooled conventional boxers
    2.60%
    2
    Boxer punchers
    9.09%
    7
    Awkward, unconventional fighters, e.g. Roy Jones, Emmanuel Augustus.
    22.08%
    17
    Slick operators, i.e. counter punching, moving, fast unpredictable lateral movement.
    15.58%
    12
    Crafty, experienced technicians with high ring I.Q., like Bernard Hopkins
    10.39%
    8
    Young, strong, athletic, aggressive black fighters, like prime Shane Mosley and Keith Thurman.
    7.79%
    6
    Other
    9.09%
    7
    Last edited by punchr; 10-18-2014, 12:35 PM.
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    #2
    here come the khantards

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    • Larry the boss
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      #3
      You have a better chance pressuring him and trying to stay in his chest...if you let him think he will pick you apart...but then the stamina thing comes in to play because you will have to work every second of every round and even then you will get getting hit with counters.....

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        @ 152 pounds.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Dean_Razorback
          here come the khantards
          I've always thought a tall fighter with a good jab could give Mayweather trouble ever since Vernon Forrest was around. Khan has the added advantage of being faster than Floyd but the disadvantage of being not very intelligent in terms of ring IQ.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK
            I've always thought a tall fighter with a good jab could give Mayweather trouble ever since Vernon Forrest was around. Khan has the added advantage of being faster than Floyd but the disadvantage of being not very intelligent in terms of ring IQ.
            Thing with that is no orthodox by the book fighter will give him issues..he is trained to see straight punches.. EVERYTIME he has been rocked it was a looping non textbook punch he never saw coming

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              #7
              Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK
              I've always thought a tall fighter with a good jab could give Mayweather trouble ever since Vernon Forrest was around. Khan has the added advantage of being faster than Floyd but the disadvantage of being not very intelligent in terms of ring IQ.
              Khan is no Vernon Forrest.

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                #8
                Originally posted by LarryXXX
                Thing with that is no orthodox by the book fighter will give him issues..he is trained to see straight punches.. EVERYTIME he has been rocked it was a looping non textbook punch he never saw coming
                How come Cotto was jabbing his head off to the point where he walked back and looked pretty damn embarrassed?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK
                  How come Cotto was jabbing his head off to the point where he walked back and looked pretty damn embarrassed?
                  What did Cotto land outside of the jab??? nothing..Cotto is left handed and jumps into his jab, but half way through the fight the jab was a non factor...

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                  • Lullaby
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                    #10
                    Amir Khan Style.

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