Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
After just reading Majestys excellent post about who would win at lightweight in a fight between Mayweather and Mosley my mind started racing about a fight I watched the other night between Mayweather sr and Sugar Ray Leonard. It was a very one sided fight but mayweather senior showed just how much of a tough man he was by constantly coming forward and taking a beating for round after round before it was eventually stopped. But Mayweather senior didn't have the phenominal boxing skills of his son nor did he have the water tight defence or speed. So I was wondering what other people thought the outcome of this bout would have been if you could put a prime Ray Leonard at welterweight in against a prime Floyd at welterweight. I personally would go for a close maybe even split decision for Leonard as I believe him being the natural welterweight would have given him the slight edge and I think he also just had an edge in speed.
I think the biggest misconception of Mayweather's speed is because of his jab, He likes to stick it, so he pushes out instead of snapping it, and this type of jab doesn't shoot out or come back as quickly because you are controlling the jab the whole way along as opposed to just snapping it out and trying to aim for the target. This jab is effective because it halts an opponent forward progress, but it can be countered (like against judah), and it is slower, if you look at Mayweather's hooks, crosses, etc. you will see he has a lot more speed than his jab would indicate.