Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Oscar is hoping that the size difference will make the difference. If Floyd can hold the 154 pounds well he will do well.. Although fighting Baldomir is different than fighting Oscar. Oscar should get Manny Steward for this one. Manny could work on the jab and tell Oscar and give him pointers on how to fight Floyd.. Jab jab jab... Although if Floyd is too fast the jab will not do anything. And if Floyd comes in at 149 or so he will do fine just boxing and winning a decision. At least Floyd is fighting someone good for a change. This will do alot for him, but he also needs to fight some contemporary fighters.
I think that Floyd should come in heavy. I'm not saying that he should bulk up a whole lot but I think that he should get with a good nutritionist and try to put on a good, healthy 10 pounds and then come down from 157-158 to 154 for the fight. Floyd's a small guy, but just having the weight to not allow ODLH to push him around easily might help him trendmendously. Plus, more weight behind those body shots, will DEFINITELY help out late. Floyd doesn't have a bunch of speed past 140 (the last fight where you could truly say he could fast was against Gatti). I think now he's elusive and his elusiveness comes from years of heavy, heavy gym work, he sees the punches before they come and can use his shoulder and gloves to block everything. This is why he's hard to hit. If you watch the Baldy fight, Baldy actually landed some punches unlike Gatti, but Floyd can take a jab, or a shot that doesn't have a lot on it, or a partially blocked big shot. Floyd just hardly ever gets caught with big shots. I can name three time Floyd's been caught with big shots from good fighters Corrales (smack dab on the chin and he smiled), Corley (he was out on his feet for a bit), and Judah (around the ear and lost his equilibrium). Once he gets caught, he might be a little buzzed, but he will defend himself and won't get hit with anything to further worsen the damage. The one thing that makes this ODLH - PBF fight great is that you just never know when you're fucking with Oscar's left hook. You just never know. Man, have I mentioned that I'm amped for this fight like it's tommorrow.