Comments Thread For: Sugar Ray Leonard: Has Mayweather Slowed Down? Yes.

[creekrat77]

Of course he has slowed down. Floyd predicates on timing though. Where I think Floyd is ****ed for this fight is he fights with his hands down at the center of the ring with his head leaned forward trying to draw his opponent out for a counter. I really don't think Floyd Saturday will be able to pull back as quick and as much as Manny throws his left hand. I mean h*ll I didn't think Floyd could do that after 2009.

[b Murphington]

Of course he has slowed down. Floyd predicates on timing though. Where I think Floyd is ****ed for this fight is he fights with his hands down at the center of the ring with his head leaned forward trying to draw his opponent out for a counter. I really don't think Floyd Saturday will be able to pull back as quick and as much as Manny throws his left hand. I mean h*ll I didn't think Floyd could do that after 2009.

You THOUGHT he couldn't do it after 2009. THOUGHT. No doubt he'll catch fire at some point Saturday though. But he's shown to have an A+ chin and he's resiliant.

[Joshua Child]

Hearns is an interesting case. He was really unbeatable if he stayed at a distance, but fighters managed to psych him into bravado and slugging it out.
SRL should never have beaten him. And as for Hagler, Hearns could've stayed away an won on points but he was goaded into going toe-to-toe. Big mistake.

"The Hitman had been expected to use his superior movement and boxing skills to set up Hagler for his dynamite right. But unbeknown to his master trainer, Emanuel Steward, he booked a pre-fight massage to ease the tension. Then he reported that his legs felt weakened by the kneading of his calves and thighs.

Even the angered Steward agreed that his man’s only option was to go for a quick KO. It might have come but for Hagler’s shaven head being among the most solid in boxing history."

[Joshua Child]

I think even with his legs under him, Hearns would have faced the same fate later in the fight.