How does Mayweather prevent the right hook from landing on him?

[g0tcha]

The key, I think for FLOYD is to:

• LEFT JAB as a quick counter while moving laterally to his left. Meaning to "counter" while connecting first.

• Shoulder Roll while leaning to his right as the opponent's RIGHT HOOK is about to land on his left

• Beat the opponent to the punch with his right cross

• Leaning back (upper body)

• Left Guard up (instead of low)

• Bob and Weave to the left and under the Right Hook a la' Pacquiao's Duck and Roll to Hatton's wide left hook or jab

• Beating his opponent's left hook with a sharp and snappy left hook (inside) or a left uppercut...

yeah but the thing is floyd would never come forward enough to counter punch him like that and if you try to be aggressive with it and counter his movements you become wide open for check hooks and counter galore. I think pacman aside from him probably being just as aggressive as usual, he needs to bate mayweather into throwing a counter. One of the best punches in my opinion that pacman could do the most damage on would be from the lead straight. When floyd throws the lead straight or the lean back straight he always has his back foot on the ball of his foot and his heel is way up in the air so he can dash inward very hard and fast. Its pretty easy to spot when you know what your looking for. So if pacman could bate him into throwing this he could easily slip over to his right a little and throw a left straight right down the middle as floyd comes in with the straight. we'll see what's to come during 24/7 and when roach lays down the game plan.

[fabie]

yeah but the thing is floyd would never come forward enough to counter punch him like that and if you try to be aggressive with it and counter his movements you become wide open for check hooks and counter galore. I think pacman aside from him probably being just as aggressive as usual, he needs to bate mayweather into throwing a counter. One of the best punches in my opinion that pacman could do the most damage on would be from the lead straight. When floyd throws the lead straight or the lean back straight he always has his back foot on the ball of his foot and his heel is way up in the air so he can dash inward very hard and fast. Its pretty easy to spot when you know what your looking for. So if pacman could bate him into throwing this he could easily slip over to his right a little and throw a left straight right down the middle as floyd comes in with the straight. we'll see what's to come during 24/7 and when roach lays down the game plan.

I just listed or rather exhausted the possibilities of what Floyd CAN do. But in most probability, his well-timed left jab is the most effective while using the footwork and lateral movements to get away from Pacquiao's counters. But if Floyd lands his jabs well, then he either just follow it up with a RIGHT CROSS or just double up on his jab.

Landing those would, in most cases, nullify anyone's RIGHT HOOK or anyone's attack. I said, in most cases....thus a variation of the Left Jab and it's timing/angles are the key for unpredictability.

I think this would be the most that Freddie Roach would study on how Floyd throws his jab. Freddie Roach is looking for habits and patterns, such as:

• Does Floyd do anything such as tapping his gloves before jabbing.

Obviously he doesn't but that is just an example. Most of the time, Floyd would throw his left jab from a stance where his left arm is low on his midsection level (or throw the lunging left hook) while the right arm is always on guard to deter any punches to Floyd's right side in conjunction with his left shoulder (see shoulder roll).

Floyd's footwork is empeccable. The timing of his jabs are such that upon landing the jab, he recoils very quickly with his feet already on a transition towards his lateral left, right or backwards.

Therefore I see Freddie Roach studying the head-on LEFT JAB counters with Pacquiao's right hook to the head or body, right upper cut....or the usual Left Cross to the head, Left hook, left uppercut or the left hookercut (see Cotto going down on the 3th round).

From my own humble observation, I can see Pacquiao going on the outside of Floyd's left foot on a 45 degree before even Floyd throws his jab. This is a typical FMA (Filipino Martial art - Kali/escrima/arnis which I am practicing) positioning inorder to cut the opponent with a left lead...

I can see possibilities of Pacquiao throwing the right hook to Floyd's left rib or left side of the face or even a right uppercut. Then of course, the usual bread and butter weapon, HIS LEFT CROSS or LEFT UPPERCUT or LEFT HOOK. (either to the face or body).

Timing is obviously a crucial issue and so is the footwork involved with it. That is why I know Freddie Roach is very much concerned about teaching Pacquiao the way to "cut" Floyd outside inorder to be the aggressor and putting Floyd on the utmost defensive.

I can also see lateral movement to the left (bob and weaving) Floyd's RIGHT CROSS, then going with Pacquiao's left hook to the body and going upstairs with the left hook.

Many possibilities...

I see this fight as a salivating feast for an armchair boxer in me...while being a practitioner or student of the FMA and JKD...

[thatjamaicanguy]

the way that floyd fights in that way of his, and his speed and reflex, it's easy for him to see a RIGHT hook coming because a fighter got to twist for power.

When floyd has his right and up around his chin, and his left arm down, it's easy for him to fold over and twist away, which makes it look like he ducks the punch

[Danny Gunz]

If I remember correctly it was a right hook that stunned Mayweather.

The right hook stunned mayweather but also in the early rounds corley landed a couple straights that wobbled mayweather and backed him up.

[VipersThunder]

Not sure how Floyd avoids the right hook but he's the perfect example of a guy who lands it all the time.