Quote Originally Posted by J da Bomba View Post
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

Well that chop fight was at 140. Probably a weight more natural for floyd. Also I think Floyd has become a creature of habit. Standing in the pocket using the shoulder more now than ever before. When he was at the lighter weights he used the shoulder while moving with his feet, now he just stands right there to be hit because he clearly feels he will see the punches coming and catch them or roll with them. I also believe he was lying about Zab and Chop hitting him harder, not to mention shane landed two clean shots and the one when his legs gave out he clearly wasn't fully recovered from the first one.

I think when Roach says his leg are gone and he stands flat footed there's a lot of truth to that not because he can't move, he simply doesn't choose to and this makes him a creature of habit that if pacman uses a lot of leg movement Floyd could tire, but I think Floyd will just walk him down behind a high guard and utilize the shoulder roll on the inside. Roach is using gamesmenship to get floyd to come out of what he's been doing the past several years or to try to prove his legs arent gone by doing a lot of energy wasted movement.