Quote Originally Posted by winscomeez
Quote Originally Posted by Ice Cold Boxing
There is no one way of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr, because he adapts to any 1 style too quickly. A good jab is needed but you would need to triple and double the jab not throw one jab at a time. Because Mayweather can counter with a right hand over the top of your jab when your throw it only one at a time. You need to go to the body constantly forget the head shots because your be looking all night and never land a clean hard punch on Mayweather's chin. The body never moves so focus mostly your attack to the body something Castillo done very well in there 1st fight. Basically you need to have a good jab, be fast enough to be able to be somewhat competitive in exchanges with Mayweather. And focus mostly your attack to the body.

I think Paul Williams would do well against Mayweather, Williams uses angles on the inside and outside and he uses a great variety of punches to keep Mayweather guessing. Plus he has a decent jab and amazing work rate to keep Mayweather on the ropes, and also Williams hand speed is pretty good as well. The only problem i see is that Williams defense is very leaky and he would leave many countering opportunities for Mayweather.

If hitting the body worked for Castillo in the first fight,why didn't it work in the second fight? It's because PBF made the adjustment and after watching the so called feared body snatcher Hugman, who did absolutey no significant body work,looking to attack is body is only gonna get you a loss on your record.
I didn't mean exactly Castillo's style, i meant focus mostly your attack to the body. Lets remember that Castillo had slow footwork. So Mayweather in the rematch was able to defeat Castillo much easier just by using his much faster footwork. A good fast boxer could attack Mayweather's body very well. There's no point looking for head shots all night because Mayweather uses the shoulder roll so good, that even if you throw combinations to his head he is still able to avoid all the punches with his shoulder roll.

And why do people keep bringing up Hatton vs Mayweather ?? Hatton didn't nearly go to the body as much as he should have.

Quote Originally Posted by Jimafee
Hatton is a noted body puncher and favors the body as a target but im not sure if he is a great body puncher....
I havent seen him do much great body work since the Olivera fight (with the exception of Castillo... that was a great single shot).
I think all fighters who are good slick or good in-fighters hardly ever get hit with big shots to the body.

Hatton struggled with Mayweather particularly becuase he couldnt man handle him the way he wanted to get the shots off the way he likes.
ht to the head)
It doesn't matter if you don't consider Hatton a great body puncher, he still didn't do as much body work as he should have. A good tactic to use when in close against Mayweather except for body shots, is hit him hard on the arms and shoulders get him to lower his hands so he won't be able to use shoulder roll effectively, and if you hit him on the shoulders correctly you can even give him a dead arm. Im surprised i don't see this tactic used anymore even against someone like Winky Wright.