What fight was Mayweather's peak?

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  • CodeBreaker
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    #21
    Originally posted by MurkaMan
    He had multiple peeks. For me, from the JMM fight to the Canelo fight. He was completely different in each fight. Against JMM, he countered every single thing JMM did, and capitalized on every single mistake JMM made. He was flawless and reflexes were at their best. Against Shane, he performed this once in a lifetime Bruce-Lee-Like asshippin, throwing these fastass karate shots, it was amazing.

    Against Ortiz he was strong, walked him down flatfooted, and I actually loved the ending. It was very dramatic.

    Against Canelo, it was like a combination of all of the fights I named. He walked him down and overpowered him from the opening round. One minute he was in the pocket rolling, then he is on the ropes, then he is midrange, then he's on the backfoot. I have to say, that the Canelo fight outdid every single thing Floyd has ever done at the big boy fights. And the Gatti fight outdid everything he did at the lower weights.
    I also thought about the Canelo fight. He just outboxed a naturally bigger guy, but not an ordinary big guy since we all know Canelo have skills. Floyd was fun to watch in that fight

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    • Zaroku
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      #22
      After Jose Luis Castillo beat him in their first fight, Floyd steadily improved.

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        #23
        Hatton fight...

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          #24
          Originally posted by MurkaMan
          He had multiple peeks. For me, from the JMM fight to the Canelo fight. He was completely different in each fight. Against JMM, he countered every single thing JMM did, and capitalized on every single mistake JMM made. He was flawless and reflexes were at their best. Against Shane, he performed this once in a lifetime Bruce-Lee-Like asshippin, throwing these fastass karate shots, it was amazing.

          Against Ortiz he was strong, walked him down flatfooted, and I actually loved the ending. It was very dramatic.

          Against Canelo, it was like a combination of all of the fights I named. He walked him down and overpowered him from the opening round. One minute he was in the pocket rolling, then he is on the ropes, then he is midrange, then he's on the backfoot. I have to say, that the Canelo fight outdid every single thing Floyd has ever done at the big boy fights. And the Gatti fight outdid everything he did at the lower weights.
          Floyd, is that you???

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          • boliodogs
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            #25
            His win over Oscar was a good performance by Mayweather. He had just turned 30 so he was still in his prime and he fought very well that night. Oscar wasn't too far past his prime and he was the bigger man. I thought Floyd clearly won and the fight should have been a ud win for him.

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              #26
              Originally posted by boliodogs
              His win over Oscar was a good performance by Mayweather. He had just turned 30 so he was still in his prime and he fought very well that night. Oscar wasn't too far past his prime and he was the bigger man. I thought Floyd clearly won and the fight should have been a ud win for him.
              he had 1 win in 3 years when he fought floyd, should have lost 2 out of his last 3 fights, and he never had another decent win in his career after that fight. he beat trinidad in 99, whitaker in 97 and chavez in 96. he fought floyd in 2007 so pretty sure he was far past his prime.

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              • satiev1
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                #27
                Gatti fight. Even he said this.

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                  #28
                  I’d say it was either the Gatti fight or the Hatton fight. Obviously he had lots of fights where he looked great.

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                    #29
                    Corley. That was vintage Floyd.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by MurkaMan
                      He had multiple peeks. For me, from the JMM fight to the Canelo fight. He was completely different in each fight. Against JMM, he countered every single thing JMM did, and capitalized on every single mistake JMM made. He was flawless and reflexes were at their best. Against Shane, he performed this once in a lifetime Bruce-Lee-Like asshippin, throwing these fastass karate shots, it was amazing.

                      Against Ortiz he was strong, walked him down flatfooted, and I actually loved the ending. It was very dramatic.

                      Against Canelo, it was like a combination of all of the fights I named. He walked him down and overpowered him from the opening round. One minute he was in the pocket rolling, then he is on the ropes, then he is midrange, then he's on the backfoot. I have to say, that the Canelo fight outdid every single thing Floyd has ever done at the big boy fights.
                      And the Gatti fight outdid everything he did at the lower weights.
                      Yeah he was on point with his performance in that fight. I know the fight with Canelo was at 152 and before the fight i said Canelo was too green but Canelo pushed for the fight, they thought they were ready and they thought they were getting Mayweather at the right time. They even refuse to fight on another Mayweather undercard, just to push the fight through.

                      Unfortunately for Canelo Mayweather is just too good for him or anyone in this era. He just mixed it up against Canelo and for all Canelo fighting experience he hasn't seen anything like that before.

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