Did Mayweather Have Any Flaws in His Game?

[BoxingIsGreat]

wasnt much of a power puncher. never understood why more fighters didnt just try and walk through him. when u fight a slick with no power youve got to get stuck into them. obviously its easier said then done but maidana was one of the few who started with intensity and showed no respect and he almost won despite being more limited than some of the others who werent even competitive.

Watch Mayweather-Chavez and see what Floyd did to that style. One of my favorite Floyd fights.

[TheBigLug]

Didn't Maidana say that Broner hit harder than Floyd??

He said Broner is the most physically strong fighter he ever fought, i know that. Although punching power is different.

Then again, if he did say that, it wouldn't be a surprise. Broner probably has good power but doesn't let his shots go, which is the frustrating thing about him. He dropped Porter, but Brook, Thurman and Garcia didn't do much to him, all of which were considered good punchers.

[Boksfan]

Hard to find any flaws in his boxing, you can complain he was a dirty fighter who foul quite a bit and didn't have much of a punching power if you really want to find something.

[TheBigLug]

Still think a younger Mosley would've stopped Floyd that night though.

Maybe, but maybe not. Mosley had stopped Margarito brutally in his previous fight, so we can't say he had lost killer instinct.

After Floyd beat Hatton and didn't fight for two years, i never felt he was quite as sharp from the Marquez fight onwards, he was still brilliant but his legs and reflexes were starting to decline. i'm not sure a younger Floyd would've been caught with them two shots like that, so it's all relative really.

[pezzzxxx]

Other than he was about as entertaining to watch as paint drying, no. If he fought the way he talked in the build up to the fight, he would have been great

[Willy Wanker]

Floyd had weak, brittle hands.

[Scipio2009]

I keep thinking about any flaws, I'm no boxing expert, and I can't think of a single one. Apart from physical injuries (brittle hands) later in his career, did he ever make mistakes in the ring? Any fights where he lost focus and slipped up?

Floyd's flaws are that he wasn't a destructive puncher beyond 140lbs and that the fact that he'd spent so much time pushing himself and learning in boxing left him open to being overwhelmed by sheer volume in the beginning of fights.

That's it, in my mind

[Gillie]

If there's anything to nitpick is maybe how uncomfortable he is with a jab in his face. DLH, Maidana and Cotto were all snappping his head with jabs. had he fought Winky in 2005 like he was planning to he would've lost. if Oscar didn't gas out and abandon his jab he would've won too. other than that Floyd is the perfect boxer.

I remember back in the day on ********** when Winky and Floyd were talking about fighting. Winky said that he would love to beat up lil Floyd for the right amount of money and Mayweather said that no way Winky beats him because he only had a jab. Would have been interesting fight for sure.

[aboutfkntime]

If there's anything to nitpick is maybe how uncomfortable he is with a jab in his face. DLH, Maidana and Cotto were all snappping his head with jabs. had he fought Winky in 2005 like he was planning to he would've lost. if Oscar didn't gas out and abandon his jab he would've won too. other than that Floyd is the perfect boxer.

he fought both Maidana and Cotto flat-footed

where was Maidana's jab in the rematch when Floyd boxed him?

Hoya was MUCH bigger, and still elite... and Mayweather took his jab away

[aboutfkntime]

wasnt much of a power puncher. never understood why more fighters didnt just try and walk through him. when u fight a slick with no power youve got to get stuck into them. obviously its easier said then done but maidana was one of the few who started with intensity and showed no respect and he almost won despite being more limited than some of the others who werent even competitive.

I heard that schtick 10+ years ago

Mayweather punches are technically correct, and VERY accurate

like I said before the Hoya fight..... nobody has ever walked through Floyd's punches, and nobody ever will

it is deceiving, you got deceived