Who is the biggest threat to Floyd Mayweather?
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I think pacquiao might still give him a decent fight if he's not shot from being ktfo
Other than that probably Austin trout.
Other than that probably Austin trout.
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I'd still say the man with the best chance of beating him is Manny Pacquiao.
He was lighting Marquez up until THAT shot landed, it was his best performance since the execution of Cotto back in 2009.
After that you'd have to say Matthysse, power alone.
He'd waste the rest with ridiculous ease.
He was lighting Marquez up until THAT shot landed, it was his best performance since the execution of Cotto back in 2009.
After that you'd have to say Matthysse, power alone.
He'd waste the rest with ridiculous ease.
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Matthysse out of those but i think pac
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Now to be serious, I still think it's Canelo because Floyd has had his toughest fights with guys who outweigh him by a good margin like Castillo, Oscar, Cotto and also showed good defense against him. Judah was dangerous for Floyd because he could make Floyd miss with his speed and counter him.
Matthysse is a good mid range fighter and up close who can set up his punches and counter you, but he's too small and slow to compete with Floyd. Peterson is a good fighter, but I never thought he was very good from the outside. He starts off most of his fights trying to outbox guys and be slick and then usually has to switch the gameplan up to coming forward like with Khan and Kendall Holt.
Canelo will have from 15-22 pounds on Floyd come fight night and he has fast handspeed. He has the ability to make Floyd miss a few times and come back with something with bad intent. Most fighters always think about how to break Floyd's defense, but I think the first thing to do it is take away Floyd's offense.
What will be Canelo's undoing though against Floyd is Floyd's superior gas tank, footspeed and ring IQ though
Matthysse is a good mid range fighter and up close who can set up his punches and counter you, but he's too small and slow to compete with Floyd. Peterson is a good fighter, but I never thought he was very good from the outside. He starts off most of his fights trying to outbox guys and be slick and then usually has to switch the gameplan up to coming forward like with Khan and Kendall Holt.
Canelo will have from 15-22 pounds on Floyd come fight night and he has fast handspeed. He has the ability to make Floyd miss a few times and come back with something with bad intent. Most fighters always think about how to break Floyd's defense, but I think the first thing to do it is take away Floyd's offense.
What will be Canelo's undoing though against Floyd is Floyd's superior gas tank, footspeed and ring IQ though
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Agree with this, pretty much exactly this.
I don't see any of the others, having any success with Floyd - he's shown to have a reasonable enough chin (only Mosley hurt him recently, and he still stayed on his feet and even finished the round pretty strongly), so that's not a concern really, and he showed that his legs and footspeed were still there against Guerrero.
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Ortiz, Mosley and de la hoya hit harder than mathysse.
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maybe Mosley or ODLH (I think Matthysse hits harder) but not Ortiz, look at the difference in the Peterson bouts for one
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I agree about Pac, he had every ingredient you need to beat Floyd; Southpaw, unorthodox, bolt-gun power, shots from weird angles, handspeed, high output etc. Real shame we never got to see it
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Definitely. He had that unique mix of attributes that any fighter would have struggled with. If Floyd had taken him on and won, maybe he would've been the ATG his fans proclaim him to be. But....
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thats it mate, even if he did it now its not the same by a long stretch. pac has slowed down half a step and has had to become a bit more orthodox. however JMM 4 was a real return to form, he was on fire, so hopefully he can go on a bit of an indian summer
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Alvarez would be the trickiest because of how reluctant he can be.
Lucas wouldn't be difficult, but he would make Floyd work hard like Hatton did.
Garcia and Alexander are the easiest.
pacquiao finds a way to get knocked out once again. Marquez was check hooking his ass ffs.
Amir Khan shouldn't be on the list. Marquez isn't even interested in a Mayweather rematch and has vocalized it.
Lucas wouldn't be difficult, but he would make Floyd work hard like Hatton did.
Garcia and Alexander are the easiest.
pacquiao finds a way to get knocked out once again. Marquez was check hooking his ass ffs.
Amir Khan shouldn't be on the list. Marquez isn't even interested in a Mayweather rematch and has vocalized it.
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:rofl
Old Mosley befuddled Pacquiao with his footwork and Mosley's never been a footwork fighter...
I don't see anyone on that list beating Floyd. The ones that have the ring smarts lack the physical talent, the ones with the physical talent lack the ring smarts.
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I agree to a point. That was the best he had looked against Marquez until he got rocked. That said Pac has clearly lost some of his foot speed and his ability to come from crazy angles as a result. He is back to being more of a straight forward fighter. I think Floyd eats him up at this point and at his best I don't think he could have beat him. Canelo is my vote due mostly to the size advantage but that's really about it.
In my mind pre Margo Cotto was the guy that presented the greatest challenge from this generation. That fight changed Cotto, he's never been the same and he still gave Floyd "some" problems.
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I think Margo era Paul Williams from chin and work rate would trouble Floyd.
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I agree say what you want about Williams but prime welterweight williams was a nightmare for anyone.
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