Floyd Mayweather Jr's weakness is the extended lead hand - stiff arm stance / style

[Mr Objecitivity]

Okay, Floyd Mayweather JR may have been 41 years of age when he boxed against Connor Mcgregor. However, Connor Mcgregor himself had 0 boxing bouts. Therefore, Mayweather's age disadvantage and weight disadvantage evens out when taking into consideration Connor Mcgregor's significant boxing experience disadvantage.

Also, this thread is in no way intended to insult Floyd Mayweather Jr or hate on him. It's merely constructive criticism!

Point is, Connor Mcgregor using the extended lead hand stance and style gave Mayweather lots of problems. The ability to keep Mayweather at bay using the lead hand by stiff arming him from range. It involved head control and lead hand dominance to defensively neutralize Mayweather's offense whilst also setting up his own offense as well. Basically using the Wladimir Klitschko's style / blueprint.

Now of course Floyd Mayweather Jr did manage to win in the end. It doesn't change the fact that Connor Mcgregor made Mayweather look very ordinary for the first 4 rounds. The problem for Mcgregor was his poor stamina for boxing which Mayweather obviously capitalized on. However, if stamina wasn't a factor and if that bout was a 4 round bout (as it could've been since it was Mcgregor's debut - Mayweather also had 4 round bouts when he first started off) then Mcgregor would've won. The bout was decided by Mcgregor's lack of stamina and not by his actual style or boxing moves he used.

Mayweather never really fought anybody like a Lennox Lewis or a Klitschko who can stiff arm opponents from range using the extended lead hand. Not blaming him for it since such boxers didn't exist in abundance during his time. Especially in the lower weight divisions. However, it does promote curiosity as to how Mayweather would've performed against boxers using that style and how much difficulty he would've had since he never had to face such boxers and the only time he did (against a debuting Mcgregor), he showed to have problems.

In summary, Floyd Mayweather Jr's weakness (judging by his bout against Connor Mcgregor) is an extended lead hand used for stiff arming and a very good jab. Especially boxers who have longer reach than Mayweather. It's no coincidence that Connor Mcgregor was one of the only few boxers to have a longer reach than Floyd Mayweather JR.

[Lester Tutor]

Cute stuff. You complain about Golovkin threads... because punking “154-168 is Ez fomi” isn’t funny enough...

Yet you insinuate some revelation or relevance about a retired Floyd..

In other words, Watson... you’re comprehensively analytical about Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the sweet science...

Something doesn’t add up

[DuckAdonis]

Lol have you also maybe considered that floyd wasnt boxing like he usually does but just walking forward without any defense ? That might've been it...

[Mr Objecitivity]

Cute stuff. You complain about Golovkin threads... because punking “154-168 is Ez fomi” isn’t funny enough...

Yet you insinuate some revelation or relevance about a retired Floyd..

In other words, Watson... you’re comprehensively analytical about Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the sweet science...

Something doesn’t add up

This thread is about constructive criticism over Floyd Mayweather Jr's actual boxing abilities / moves / skills. On the other hand, your threads about Golovkin most of the time has very little to do with actual boxing itself (events that take place inside the ring) with meaningless drivel

[Mr Objecitivity]

Lol have you also maybe considered that floyd wasnt boxing like he usually does but just walking forward without any defense ? That might've been it...

That can be said of any boxer when they are defensively looking vulnerable.

Also, Mayweather wasn't really moving forward much in the first few rounds. He was being forced back by Mcgregor's jab and lead hand.

[DuckAdonis]

That can be said of any boxer when they are defensively looking vulnerable.

Also, Mayweather wasn't really moving forward much in the first few rounds. He was being forced back by Mcgregor's jab and lead hand.

Man stfu he was walking mcgregor down and tiring him out. Conor punches like a girl in boxing so he had nothing to fear

[Mr Objecitivity]

Man stfu he was walking mcgregor down and tiring him out. Conor punches like a girl in boxing so he had nothing to fear

That really doesn't matter much. Mcgregor out-boxed Floyd Mayweather Jr and won the first 3 out of 4 rounds, if not all 4 rounds. Thus, if it was a 4 round match (as it could've and should've been since most boxers debuting including Floyd Mayweather Jr himself have their first fight as a 4 rounder), Mcgregor would've won. Mcgregor lost because of his lack of conditioning for boxing and not because he was out-boxed in the boxing department by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[DuckAdonis]

That really doesn't matter much. Mcgregor out-boxed Floyd Mayweather Jr and won the first 3 out of 4 rounds, if not all 4 rounds. Thus, if it was a 4 round match (as it could've and should've been since most boxers debuting including Floyd Mayweather Jr himself have their first fight as a 4 rounder), Mcgregor would've won. Mcgregor lost because of his lack of conditioning for boxing and not because he was out-boxed in the boxing department by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

He wouldn't have won cause Floyd would've fought differently and he was behind officially on the cards after the 4th round so no... you're a dumbass

[Mr Objecitivity]

He wouldn't have won cause Floyd would've fought differently and he was behind on the cards after the 4th round so no... you're a dumbass

Fact is, Floyd didn't fight differently against a boxer using such a style and he never fought a boxer with such a style with a longer reach than himself. Fact is, Floyd Mayweather didn't show anything in his career to suggest he can beat an opponent using such a style (which Mcgregor used) who was actually at an elite level with proper conditioning for boxing rather than someone who was debuting with poor conditioning. Fact is, Mayweather was only able to beat and finish Mcgregor after Mcgregor was out of stamina. He wasn't able to outbox him like he did to past opponents like Andre Berto.

Also, how was Mayweather ahead on the scorecards after the 4th round was over? Which rounds did he won and how exactly did he win those rounds?

[WarHagler]

It's common knowledge that Floyd usually gives up the first few rounds examples are Maidana , Guerrero, Manny ....etc. To also make the fight look it wasn't a complete ass whooping he made the fight competitive like Roy Jones said he would . And everyone saying he was a complete novice is a very silly person McGregor is a trained fighter not some person who has ever trained in combat sports .