All this talk about Mayweather maybe being a little past it?

[SRR]

Shortly after the Mayweather/ Mosley fight, Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, claimed that Floyd Mayweather's legs had gone. He's reasoning for this assumption went something along the lines of ''Floyd has become too flat footed''.

At first I though this was bullshit, as most people would, but then I was somehow recently reminded of something that Mayweather had said in another interview shortly after the same fight,, with regards to the shot that Mosley had him in trouble with.

Mayweather said something to the effect of ''I've been hit with harder shots, Corley's shot hurt me more than Molsey's''.

If that's the case, which it could well be, why the hell did Mayweather's legs give out on him?
Baring in mind, this was only the 2nd round (as opposed to the mid-late rounds like against Corely). Mayweather was fresh as a daisy.

So if Corley hurt him more, and he was fresher against Mosley... Why did his legs go?


The answer may well be in the question

I don't think FMJ has ever been hit that hard and that cleanly. Let's not forget that it's not just about how hard you hit the other guy, but where; the first punch rattled Floyd's cage, hitting him square on the left side of his jaw, and the second one caught him right behind/on the ear. These are both spots that every boxer will tell you they aim to hit whenever possible, because both are pressure points that represent short cuts to incapacitating one's opponent. When SSM hit FMJ clean on the ear with a hard right hand shot his brain was scrambled momentarily - that's why his legs went. Nothing to do with being old, just human. Could happen to anyone. Though I agree that FMJ has a tendency lately not to use his footwork so much - I don't think it's declined, really, though, I think it's just Floyd trying to be as efficient in winning as he possibly can. Also, FMJ hadn't fought anyone with Mosely's speed in quite a while, and I think he was genuinely caught off guard for once. You know, when you fight slower guys for a while you sometimes forget the rhythms required to properly tackle guys with better handspeed. As for Roach, as someone else already said - just appealing to Floyd's ego to try and make the fight happen sooner rather than later.