Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Mayweather is his most vulnerable now. Im not saying he is washed up or an old fighter cause he is not. But since around the time he left Lightweight he has fought a lot differently. Of course he has made adjustments because of the weight and lost some speed, but there are other things I have noticed. He backs himself to the ropes more and more every fight. He gets away with it because he is that talented and elusive, but Its not something he used to do.
I hate to cut half your post in half...but I wanted to touch on this & discuss it more...because I have been seeing more & more people saying this...& I just don't get it.

I think that Floyd has actually gotten better with his age & weight.

Floyd's kind of like Hopkins in the fact that he's so gifted defensively...he's rarely been hurt...if ever. I don't get the idea that he's fighting that differently because I just believe that he's got a boxing brain that keeps him continuously adapting to each opponent that he faces.

He looked fantastic against Hatton...a lot better than I expected him to look. Laying on the ropes is something that Floyd has always done...but YES...he does it a hell of a lot more now...but I think that it's the smarter way for him to fight at the higher weight. He crabs up in his shell & picks shots in between his opponent's onslaughts.

I hate to sound like a ball juggler here...but it's hard to pick against someone that's so close to being a perfect fighter...defensively at least.
I agree with a lot of what your saying, But what happens when his reflexes diminish as they eventually? He relies so much more on accuracy and pinpiont punches, than punch output and throwing combinations. No doubt he is hard to pick against but even Roy Jones was thought to be invinsible. You say laying on the rope as is a smart thing to do at higher weight so he can shell up and pick his shots. I disagree here because when hes in with a bigger man who who can throw a lot of punches, what worked against Hatton wont work because Floyds punches wont have the same kind of effect and one punch at a time isnt going to back everyone off. But yes he is defensively gifted.