Floyd Mayweather, Jr. interview

[OumaFan]

www.boxingtalk.com

Talks about Judah, not too pleasantly

All I could think about when I read his answer to the second question was Froggystyle's thread about him having the best internet service provider in the world

[Gandalf]

execellant article, oumafan

PBF is talking a lot of sense to me....seems to have his head screwed on right....

he will beat zab, an improved zab no doubt, but a victory for PBF regardless...

[Unknowndonor]

Zab Mayweather? I didn't know Floyd was a comedian.

The stuff about Don King, well, we all know that's true.

[baller]

PBF is the man.

[Purist]

Mayweather says Zab stole his moves? Since when did Mayweather becomes Naseem Hamed and zab Chris Eubank

NEWSFLASH FLOYD you stole your father and Pernell Whitaker's moves so shut it, your style isn't even your own

[Fatsofatsoman]

So I got that he thought Zab was a hot head the first time he said it - has PBF got a stutter?


Sounds like a twat to me. I don't disrespect Zab as a man, though I will tell the boxing world he's a penniless loser.

[JonesJrMayweather]

Mayweather says Zab stole his moves? Since when did Mayweather becomes Naseem Hamed and zab Chris Eubank

NEWSFLASH FLOYD you stole your father and Pernell Whitaker's moves so shut it, your style isn't even your own

actually his style is a mixture of black mambas and his fathers...making it the complete offensive and defensive package.totally creating something different...besides his father and uncle have been training him since he was three who else would he fight like...

[Purist]

Mayweather says Zab stole his moves? Since when did Mayweather becomes Naseem Hamed and zab Chris Eubank

NEWSFLASH FLOYD you stole your father and Pernell Whitaker's moves so shut it, your style isn't even your own

actually his style is a mixture of black mambas and his fathers...making it the complete offensive and defensive package.totally creating something different...besides his father and uncle have been training him since he was three who else would he fight like...

He fights just like his father just hits harder.but to claim anyone stole "his" moves is a bit too much.

[gyrokai]

I see what your saying Starr.
Mayweather owes a lot to Old School Philadelphia fighters.

I think Mayweather is just a damn good promoter when it comes to his fights. He says what people want to hear.

[chamiley]

whoaa I knew that zab was broke because of the ink he had on his back in one of his fights but being a million and a half in the hole and to top that zab has still not had a million dollar fight. its bewildering.

[JonesJrMayweather]

Mayweather says Zab stole his moves? Since when did Mayweather becomes Naseem Hamed and zab Chris Eubank

NEWSFLASH FLOYD you stole your father and Pernell Whitaker's moves so shut it, your style isn't even your own

actually his style is a mixture of black mambas and his fathers...making it the complete offensive and defensive package.totally creating something different...besides his father and uncle have been training him since he was three who else would he fight like...

He fights just like his father just hits harder.but to claim anyone stole "his" moves is a bit too much.

You know what? He might actually have a point with that...check out Judah's fights with spinks and baldomir after the first spinks fight you could clearly see that he was attempting to do something different...i.e catching punches with his shoulder....not as noticeable as DELAHOYA did against Gatti once he started training with Floyd SR. it's very visible in that fight that ODLH had definitely been working with a Mayweather....

[OumaFan]

I did notice Zab trying more of the shoulder rolls versus Baldomir but Floyd's been doing it so long that he's more natural with it. Seems like a Michigan thing with PBF's style, cause the defensive styles of PBF and Toney are fairly similar

[J_Undisputed]

Mayweather says Zab stole his moves? Since when did Mayweather becomes Naseem Hamed and zab Chris Eubank

NEWSFLASH FLOYD you stole your father and Pernell Whitaker's moves so shut it, your style isn't even your own

actually his style is a mixture of black mambas and his fathers...making it the complete offensive and defensive package.totally creating something different...besides his father and uncle have been training him since he was three who else would he fight like...

He fights just like his father just hits harder.but to claim anyone stole "his" moves is a bit too much.

I agree in that any move that keeps a fighter from getting hit or provides and opportunity to land a punch should be freely included any fighters repetoir. However i dont think you can accuse the man of stealing something from his father that was taught to him for practically his entire youth. Its not like he really had a choice, even if his first words woud've been "Marvin Hagler", he still probably would have been trained as the fighter he is today. In that respect, I would say he does have a point or at least has a more natural claim to his style that someone who switches over occasionally to raid the styles of its virtues but doesnt fully commit.