Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

[pk500]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

If Pacquiao doesn't agree to blood testing, who would Mayweather fight next?

Could he fight the winner of Miguel Cotto vs Yuri Foreman? He fought De Le Hoya at 154 a few years ago.

Good point. Floyd is running out of quality opponents, which is a credit to him. There really are only two fights left for him at 147: Pacquiao or Williams.

Floyd would rip apart Cotto and Foreman at 154.

[nyj721]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

The Williams fight probably won't happen for another year, Williams isn't a big enough name yet and wouldn't draw enough money for Floyd to agree to do the fight.

[Dice]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

Mayweather vs Mosley fight was very impressive. Mayweather dismantled him after the 2nd round. Mosley had his chance to knock him down in the 2nd round BUT didn't finish him off. SO once Mayweather got his rhythm back, he carved up Mosley like a surgeon.

However, I still feel that Pacquiao would give Mayweather problems. Yes, Mayweather is the fastest boxer I've seen since Ali, but I've seen Pacquiao take shots from some powerful punchers and by the 10th Round he's still going full steam. What make Pacman a great fighter is his chin and endurance. I just don't think that Pacman is going to tire as easy as Mosley.

Mayweather still will probably win BUT at the same time, if Pacquiao got an opportunity to knock down Mayweather like Mosley did in the 2nd round, PBF is going down.

I could see this fight being similar to Ali/Frazier fight. Even though Ali was 10 times faster than Frazier and landed more shots, Frazier would not go down. He just keep coming after Ali. I can see Pacquiao with that type of determination.

[aholbert32]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

I'm a Floyd ***** but I don't know about Williams. I asked this question this before, but what about Sergio Martinez and Floyd at 154?

If Williams would lose so would Martinez. He couldnt handle Floyd's hand speed.

[HotSauce2k3]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

Good win for Money but I expected Mosley to lose this one and was actually surprised by his impressive second round.

That little moment of vulnerability Shane exposed PBF for just made me crave for a Pac-PBF fight even more, because I feel that Pac could give PBF the same amount of trouble and will NOT gas out after a few rounds.

[JerseySuave4]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

well i guess Floyd answered that person's question about whether he can handle being rocked. Great fight. That truely was the biggest boxing match in a long long time. Just the electricity and excitement for that fight, all of those stars there to watch, my heart was racing as they were entering and i wasnt even fighting.

Great fight as well. First 2 rounds Shane fought well, almost dropped Floyd in round 2 when his leg buckled a little. But after that it was all Floyd. I could see early that Floyd knew he was quicker and that as the fight went on he was going to pick him apart. But round 8 got good again when Shane was complaining about something and Floyd popped him in the face. The ref was not near them, you're supposed to protect yourself at all times so Shane was stupid for giving Floyd the chance to do that, then they started jawing at one another and it got good.

Mayweather will destroy Pacquiao. Even though Manny is fast, Floyd is bigger and Floyd is so fast and counters so well. Manny throws a lot of punches and will leave himself open way too much and he will get hit and we've seen his last 2 fights that his face got touched up.

Mayweather proved why he is the #1 pound for pound king.

[grunt]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

well i guess Floyd answered that person's question about whether he can handle being rocked. Great fight. That truely was the biggest boxing match in a long long time. Just the electricity and excitement for that fight, all of those stars there to watch, my heart was racing as they were entering and i wasnt even fighting.

Great fight as well. First 2 rounds Shane fought well, almost dropped Floyd in round 2 when his leg buckled a little. But after that it was all Floyd. I could see early that Floyd knew he was quicker and that as the fight went on he was going to pick him apart. But round 8 got good again when Shane was complaining about something and Floyd popped him in the face. The ref was not near them, you're supposed to protect yourself at all times so Shane was stupid for giving Floyd the chance to do that, then they started jawing at one another and it got good.

Mayweather will destroy Pacquiao. Even though Manny is fast, Floyd is bigger and Floyd is so fast and counters so well. Manny throws a lot of punches and will leave himself open way too much and he will get hit and we've seen his last 2 fights that his face got touched up.

Mayweather proved why he is the #1 pound for pound king.

I always felt the Manny was made to order for PBF.

[Artman22]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

The fight was a bit boring. Shane was out of energy too fast. Idk know why he didn't continue what he started in the second round. I give mayweather his props. He beat Floyd. I don't know if Shane was even really trying to fight.

[TheUltimateName]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

The fight was a bit boring. Shane was out of energy too fast. Idk know why he didn't continue what he started in the second round. I give mayweather his props. He beat Floyd. I don't know if Shane was even really trying to fight.

Maybe because floyd IS dat good. Give em credit

[allBthere]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

I was literally jumping up and down in the first two rounds. Those right hands were amazing and I thought Shane would actually put him away - I thought he needed to be throwing some uppercuts though which neither fighter threw for the entire fight outside of the clinch.

Shane gassed a bit and became deflated/discouraged after the 3rd round.

Major props to PBF for actually fighting in the late rounds when he had it all locked up. I really dislike him as a person but he really didn't stop until the fight was over AND came back after almost being put away.

All this williams talk is crazy imo. What's williams bringing to the table? he lost that fight to martinez from my perspective, and to me he's not even worth considering atm.

Pac vs Floyd yes. I want to see it; I still don't think Pac would win, I would like him to but it will be the same thing tonight where I'm rooting for a guy to win, but in my mind I know pbf has the advantage.

Still though after giving him props - I still don't like his fighting style - last night was the best performance I've seen from him BUT - his work-rate is just still way to low for me and I still think his shoulder roll is BS.

anyway here's hoping that the pac fight happens (not holding my breath)

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

I'm sick of the Williams talk as well.

There are limitations to the human body. I don't care to see Williams go anorexic just to fight Pretty Boy.

[TheUltimateName]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

Williams not on the radar. Not a big name

[King_B_Mack]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

I'd like to take the opportunity to point out the post fight interviews and as much **** as Floyd talked leading up to the fight (24/7 and all) he was humble, gracious and gave Shane his props without being a dick. Why? Because Money Mayweather is a character that's protrayed to sell fights and hype them up. If Floyd truly was the way he protrays himself in 24/7s, he'd have been clowning Shane and still talking trash after a performance like that right to his face.

All and all, it was a fantastic fight. A tape that you can show a young boxer to study and learn how to box when inside those ropes. I think now more than ever that Mayweather can beat Pac, only now I think he can totally dominate him. In my opinion Manny is not someone that really knows how to box. He's a volume puncher with freakish conditioning abilities and a lot of power. He's as popular as he is because he knocks people out and he's Filipino. I think we could see a similar thing in a fight between the two as Manny is a mark for his own power much as Shane became last night after that second round. Manny showed me this in the Clottey fight as Clottey's defense frustrated Manny to the point where he started throwing unorthodox cymbol clap punches trying to get a knockout. He got off easy in that fight because Clottey didn't fight back in an effort to win and he touched up his face good anyway. Floyd will take every opening that Manny gives (him and Manny leaves a lot of openings) especially since he always drops his hands after punches. With Floyd hitting him with jabs and blocking out or avoiding most of his punches, the frustration will lead Manny into more mistakes.

[TheUltimateName]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

Floyd would school pacman. Easy. After pacman, there is no other fight out there. He can lay down and even the haters got to respect him

[pk500]

Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley - 05-01-2010

You want simple evidence why Mayweather would beat Pacquiao with relative ease?

Just look at Manny's face after the Cotto and Clottey fights: Bruised, bandaged, bloodied.

Now look at Floyd's face after the Marquez and Mosley fights: Untouched.

You can say all you want about Manny's power, angles and volume. But that's irrelevant if he can't hit Floyd. And he can't.

Hell, Mosley is a more disciplined boxer than Pacquiao even though Shane didn't show it past the second round last night. And Floyd picked him apart. What makes anyone think Floyd will have more trouble countering and sticking and moving against a less disciplined boxer in Pacquiao, who leaves himself more open than Mosley?

A Pacquiao-Mayweather fight would unfold just like last night's fight, with Manny maybe winning four rounds instead of one. The final scores would favor Mayweather around 116-112.

People sometimes point to Freddie Roach as a big advantage in Pacquiao's corner. Again, irrelevant. Naazim Richardson ranks right with Roach as the best trainer in boxing, and how did that help Mosley last night?

Roger Mayweather is a great trainer in the gym. He keeps Floyd focused and disciplined leading up to a fight, knowing exactly how to prepare his nephew. But once Floyd enters the ring, Roger doesn't need to do much. Floyd executes strategy and adapts on the fly, without instruction from a trainer, better than any fighter in the world.

Roger is a lot like John Wooden with the great UCLA hoops teams of the 60s and 70s. He makes sure everything is done properly in practice, and then just sits back and watches his finely-tuned athlete execute to perfection in the big game.