Official Mayweather vs Maidana Master Discussion & Postfight Analysis Thread

[turkas]

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Originally Posted by turkas

Very true, but Hatton had early success and even knocked him off balance in round one with his early attack (probably the second most exciting moment in a Mayweather fight in recent years behind Rd 2 in the Mosley fight) and I am sure Floyd expected Hatton to come out firing. So it's not like it can't be done.

To me though Maidana has to put on relentless pressure in the first 3 rounds. However, around round 4 he has to switch it up. The biggest mistake people make against Floyd is doing the same thing they did in the early rounds throughout the fight. Floyd will figure you out, adapt, and essentially make you worthless in there. So to counter act this Maidana must adapt or change his strategy around the same time making Floyd think on his toes. I am not sure what this adaption to his fight plan would be, but he has to try something because simply applying relentless pressure the entire fight like he has done in the past won't cut it here.

It doesn't have to be some drastic change, but he has to do something different whether that is throwing a punch he was setting up earlier (like the jab to the body he did early in the Broner fight that set up his looping shots later on) or something else completely. He simply just can't let Floyd take over and dictate the fight. Hell, even fouling him would work, he just has to keep Floyd from controlling the fight completely (I am not condoning intentional fouling I am just using it as an example).

I don't just don't think Maidana has any variation to his game to challenge Mayweather beyond 4 rounds. After 4 rounds I think Maidana's best hope is that Floyd has taken him lightly and is not properly conditioned and fades late (he is 36/37). I don't envision a scenario whereby Maidana takes control of the fight from the 6th-10th rounds.

Fouling Mayweather is a dangerous game, the officials will be heavily on his side and would happily deduct points or DQ Maidana for touching the "Money".

I hear ya and I am not sure he can do it either, but if he wants sucess outside of the early rounds it is something he will have to do.


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[Rome-By-Ko]

I don't know how to feel about this fight tbh,I mean Floyds movement is just too good..Everyone get's old tho,and Maidana is a relentless fighter..Going to be interesting..I can't lie,I could have thought of a better fight for Mayweather tbh..What ya going to do tho..

[SlySlickSmooth]

So do the Floyd fans KNOW Floyd is going to win or do they HOPE Floyd is going to win?

[icebergisonfire]

So do the Floyd fans KNOW Floyd is going to win or do they HOPE Floyd is going to win?

We know Floyd is going to win

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Even at age 37, Floyd Mayweather seems tireless.

Mayweather is busy preparing for his next fight, May 3 against Marcos Maidana at MGM Grand. And the quality of opponent — Mayweather is a huge favorite to improve to 46-0 — never changes his level of preparation.

"He's a guy that I can't overlook," Mayweather has said, about this fight, and nearly every one preceding it.

On this March day, Mayweather spent more than 45 minutes working in the ring on the hand pads with his uncle Roger Mayweather. He also peppered assistant trainer Nate Jones with body shots.

Then, it was work with the the heavy bag and the speed bag, before getting back in the ring for some more calisthenics, which includes a contraption attached to his head so he strengthen his neck muscles.

After a few hours of gym work, it was off for a 10-mile run around the city.

[dc3383]

So do the Floyd fans KNOW Floyd is going to win or do they HOPE Floyd is going to win?

What does this even mean

[Evol]

i guess even the brothas is seeing thru floyd's front and is starting to call him out. here is leonard ellerbee on sway talking about floyd's upcoming fight, acting like he doesnt know who thruman is, and manny and beat bradley the 1st time and will do it again.

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[turkas]

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Originally Posted by SlySlickSmooth

So do the Floyd fans KNOW Floyd is going to win or do they HOPE Floyd is going to win?

What does this even mean

I think hes inplying anything can happen and no one truly "knows" what will happen in boxing


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[LoadedWraps]

I don't just don't think Maidana has any variation to his game to challenge Mayweather beyond 4 rounds.

Obviously you don't, like most people, but that doesn't mean you are correct. Maidana has proven he can adapt, persevere, and has a plethora of combinations and offensive strategies to choose from.

[icebergisonfire]

Floyd turning boys into men on the football field

EUGENE -- If you see Oregon outside linebacker Torrodney Prevot talking to himself on the field in 2014, don't be worried: He's trying to emulate Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Prevot, a rising sop****re from Houston, met Mayweather, the world's highest-paid athlete in 2013 according to Forbes, during spring break in Las Vegas by total coincidence. But after watching, alongside teammates Arik Armstead and Pharaoh Brown, the undefeated boxer train for three hours straight with little to no breaks, the Ducks left with a new understanding that success is no accident.

It was not a new realization for the Ducks. Yet the power of Mayweather's three-hour display landed with the force of the eight-time world champ's right hook.

"Seeing him train is crazy," said Prevot, a gregarious personality who broke through as a true freshman initially on special teams. "He’s just constantly works out, it’s amazing, life-changing."

The meet-up between the 37-year-old boxer -- who at 5-foot-8 is a foot shorter than Armstead, a defensive lineman -- and trio of Ducks started at a Vegas mall. When walking past a Louis Vuitton store that had been closed for Mayweather's personal shopping spree -- he did earn $85 million in 2013 after all, without endorsements -- the players noticed a bodyguard wearing the Mayweather logo around his neck on a chain. That prompted them to ask … is the champ really inside?

He was, and invited the Ducks to watch him train the next day.

"You watch how hard he works and you see what he does and how successful he’s been from working that hard his whole life," Armstead said. "I just try to model myself after that and to try to get to a point where you want to be at."