Is Pretty Boy Floyd too Good For His Own Good?

[Taeth]

Mayweather doesn't get the credit he deserves because the style he fights and the talent he has adds up to a lot of fights that aren't competitive because his opponent simply can't land anything.
The hardcore boxing fans and writers will always appreicate the technical skills of a fighter like this, but the casual boxing fans and mainstream media will never appreciate it, because his style is about defense and speed instead of brawling, blood and KOs.

Whitaker was constantly labeled as boring and was never able to attract big crowds or PPV numbers. I'm sure Willie Pep was labeled boring at times as well. I consider Whitaker and Pep to be the two closest comparisons to Mayweather.

But Mayweather does fight on the inside... he chased Zab Judah... he fought Ndou pretty much exclusively on the inside, and he fought Baldomir at times on the inside. I think he fights closer to his opponent now than when he was young.

[tedsares]

Agreed

[Preme]

For none knowledgable sports fans I think he is too good for his own good, but the more knowlegable guys know exactly how good Mayweather is, and how he mixes the new with old... Sure you see some old techniques in him, but alot of them are revolutionary as well.

just coz we don't all have a hard on for him don't make us less knowledgable lol - i don't think he reads your posts mate, so don;t hold your breath on him asking you out for a date...

Um how about you suck my dick then? Or stfu... I guess either way you would stfu so pick one.

guess iw as right about you then sorry mate i like to play on the other side of the fence

[tedsares]

Nice, Preme. Unreal

[zhubin]

I don't think anyone can question Floyd's talents in the ring. BUT...he simply hasn't faced enough great opponents. Whether that's his fault or not is debatable...but his most publicized wins in recent years have been over less than great opposition: Gatti was tailor made for Floyd's speed. Zab, as we all know, is probably one of the mentally weakest fighters out there. Floyd fought some good fighters earlier in his career...but really....who has he fought recently? And more importantly...has he ever faced a truly great fighter? Again...no questioning his talent....but to suggest that he is "too good for his own good"...is a bit of a stretch. I personally would like to see him fight much better fighters...more consistently (and Oscar is a good start) in the coming years....before i consider him truly a special fighter.