Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy
this is my first post ever on the subject of these to fighting. i will right what i think n who i believe will win this. so take it easy guys ;D
firstly i aint really a fan of either, oscar doesnt fight often enough for me to become a proper fan and he is kinda boring (press conferences). but he is/was a great fighter no doubt.
floyd is also a wicked fighter, has THE TALENT to become the greatest boxer of all time p4p. but he hasnt fought everyone, he hasnt been in that many big fights. like leonard-duran. he needs to fight hatton for them kinda fights. i dont like him cos he says he the greatest eva n he hasnt fought everyone whereas leonard n ali fought everyone, dangerous fighters!...n won!
also i heard he dissed leonard once, somat about losing to a lightweight (duran)
when i first heard these two were fighting i thought, oscar is too big, big left hook, n skillful, he'll knock floyd out. then i remembered the mayorga fight. if any of you's have boxed before you'd have seen a big weakness in oscar that night. oscar wasnt throwing much, alot of covering up, EVEN mayorga was able to quickly close the range n bang in a few body shots n go out, infact thats what won him some of the rounds. maybe that was the plan, oscar wasnt wasting much punches, when he threw his punches, they were in bunches and were effective! yes he was making mayorga go back but any skilled fighter would have done what mayorga was doing even better. mayorga was closing range banging a few to the body, and sometimes threw an uppercut. one got thru. oscar that night was being far too patient.
i thought mayorga was landing quite easily, anyone with more skill would pick him apart. but ur entitled to ur own opinion. even if oscar decides to run at floyd, floyd could get into his defensive shell, be too cute (like toney v holyfield) n counter. FLOYDS STYLE IS MORE WELL ROUNDED TO OSCARS, MORE VERSATILE! is oscar runs, floyd will beat him, if he is too patient like last fight he'll get picked apart, if he tries making it a chess match, well u can guess what happens then. (NOBODy BEATS FLOYD IN CHESS..LOL) if he runs at floyd, well i already told u what i think would happen. his best bet is to try n slug it out with floyd n land tht left hook, then it shud get interesting!
ppl that are sayin oscar is too big should think, they gonna be same weight on the night, most likely. they both started at lightweight so oscar really himself is also a welterweight. yes he fought at middleweight but he didnt luk healhty at that weight, he luked like a fat c***. dont forget floyd must have sparred with ppl who are bigger than him in the gym, so really its not gonna be somat new. floyds style has alot of james toney init, the defensive tricks, shoulder rolls, (apart from the running away tactics) he could stand in front of u n make u miss, this is what floyd plans on doing against oscar, n i think this tactic will work against oscar. jus imagine a james toney style against a oscar style. so u can get the size factor out of here, cos its not that huge a factor, floyd spars with super middleweights! i think floyd is gonna be too cute on the night n win.
Basically THE REASON WHY I THINK FLOYD WINS THIS IS COS FLOYDS STYLE IS MORE VERSATILE. FLOYD WILL ADAPT TO ANY CHANGES (MUCH LIKE TONEY!) he is more well rounded as a boxer, he is alot smarter imo. if oscar fights how he did in his last fight, then i think floyd would pick him apart all night.
the onli fighter that i think could beat floyd is hatton. ricky hatton that is. remember this saying 'a boxer would beat a slugger, a slugger would beat a volume puncher, a volume puncher would beat the boxer!'
i'd like to hear from all of you's, i dont want to know who u want to win but who u think is gonna win n why. have u got a betta arguement than mine? ;)
