Originally posted by IronDanHamza
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Why couldn't Floyd move and use his footwork against Maidana?
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So TS is new and is asking a good question. So Floyd can fight in many styles. Most boxers come to the arena with a plan. Floyd's plan was terrible. MM is a pressure fighter so Floyd thought that he was so subpar that he was going to do the old "rope a dope" trick with Maidana.
Did not work. However,....we could also argue that Maidana's pressure forced fFloyd to fight this type of way. I choose the latter.
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Because Maidana forced him. It's a matter of styles. Canelo and Ghost are tailor made for Floyd. NO ONE IS GOIGN TO OUTBOX FLOYD. But as Maidana, Cotto (a couple of rounds), and Castillo showed: you can outwork him. Khan won't do any of this. Prime Paul Williams would have been fascinating.
When was the last time Floyd didn't do his: "not hurting me" face
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Mayweather legs are not gone, if you watch the fight mayweather dominated maidana in the middle of the ring and if you watch it closely, mayweather similar to broner was backing into a straight line without pivoting in this fight. This had nothing to do with aggression but intelligent aggression. Maidana threw lots of feints, changed the tempo and speed of his jab to confuse mayweather and threw that overhand right every time Floyd was in the shoulder roll. Maidana fought a great fight and I gave him 5 rounds but in a rematch if Floyd uses his legs he will dominated el chino the worst 9-3 but this is boxing, anything can happen.
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