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As I said in a diff thread, I believe that the days of bullying being the style to beat Floyd are over.
Anyone who wants a shot at beating Floyd needs handpseed. Simple as that.
Anyone with less than spectacular handspeed will not hit Floyd with anything effective no matter how aggressive. He'll see everything.
In my opinion, if any previous Floyd fight was a blueprint to beating him it'd have to be the (don't laugh) Zab Judah fight.
Early on he was seemingly matching speed for speed with Floyd. But fell apart just as Floyd expected.
If a fighter can maintain the pace Judah had early on in the fight but sustain it for 12 rounds, gawdamn. Easier said than done, dut damn. It'd be scary times for Floyd.
You gotta box him. I don't see anyone out there outboxing Floyd, but with handpseed comes surprise. You gotta catch him with quick unexpected shots here and there. Not gonna happen bullying him. He'll see all.

Floyd expects bullying.
He doesn't expect 12 rounds of matched speed.


I agree. And also timing.
Coming from Judah fans, I can't take that serious. Castillo came closest, he even won the 1st IM(and most peoples)O, I think thats the way to do it. I expect someone to say thats rich coming from a Hatton fan, but its what I believe. I still think Hatton v Mayweather is truly 50-50.
But that Castillo fight was like, what, 4 years ago?
Floyd's game/strategies/confidence to stand in the pocket/knowledge and confidence in taking a punch, have all significantly changed since then.
Today's Mayweather won't be backed up easily like the old Mayweather.