Diaz: Mayweather a normal fighter

[CubanGuyNYC]

the problem with the JMM fight, Marquez was forced due to PBF style to the uncomfortable position of being the lead and aggressor, thats one of the reason he could not counter that not to mention floyd has longer reach and faster ...

Well, there were times when JMM did have to counter. I remember one beautiful counter-punch he managed to land, but there weren't too many. Anyhow, I don't disagree that Mayweather enjoyed certain advantages in that fight. I'm simply focusing on Floyd's often used "pull-counter". Again, using the posted GIFs, you can see that Mosley reacts immediately to Mayweather's pull-counter, yet he still misses! It would appear that it's extremely difficult to make Floyd pay for that technique.

[GrandpaBernard]

Well, there were times when JMM did have to counter. I remember one beautiful counter-punch he managed to land, but there weren't too many. Anyhow, I don't disagree that Mayweather enjoyed certain advantages in that fight. I'm simply focusing on Floyd's often used "pull-counter". Again, using the posted GIFs, you can see that Mosley reacts immediately to Mayweather's pull-counter, yet he still misses! It would appear that it's extremely difficult to make Floyd pay for that technique.

Mosley was in a catch 22 imo. He had to react immediately if he even wanted to dream about getting at Mayweather, but trying that counter instantaneously made it sloppy as hell. Mosley's retaliation look neither like a jab or hook. It was like he was trying to give Floyd a haircut with the way it went right above Floyd's head.

Floyd once said in an old interview he already intuitively knows what punches will be thrown by his opponents.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Floyd is always saying this about himself, along the lines of "It looks easy from the outside, but when you get in the ring with me you'll see why nobody can't beat me". Paraphrasing that. He has said something like that a couple of times, that people say they see flaws, but then they can't do **** about those flaws when it's fight night.

That's true of a lot of high-level athletes. Mike Tyson used to say, "Everybody's got a plan, until they get hit." (Joe Louis said it before him.) This is the way I look at it: If these guys that have been in the sport forever, know much more than we do, and are far more talented than we are, can't take advantage. What makes us think it's so easy? lol

Cotto and his team are looking at the same footage everyone else has. The easy part (easier, anyway) is figuring out what to do; the hard part is actually doing it.

[Biolink]

Well he's not exactly going to prep Mayweather up as an unbeatable monster. It wouldn't do good for his fighter's confidence.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Mosley was in a catch 22 imo. He had to react immediately if he even wanted to dream about getting at Mayweather, but trying that counter instantaneously made it sloppy as hell. Mosley's retaliation look neither like a jab or hook. It was like he was trying to give Floyd a haircut with the way it went right above Floyd's head.

Floyd once said in an old interview he already intuitively knows what punches will be thrown by his opponents.

I noticed that, too. Shane's attempt at a "punch" was weak indeed. But the action is so quick, and the angles so inconvenient, that there's no time to throw a punch with anything on it. And Mosley, even at this stage of the game, isn't exactly slow. It's just extremely difficult to make Floyd pay. Shane was able to catch lightning in a bottle once in that fight...once.

There's no doubt in my mind that the bolded comment is true. In a fight, everything is happening so fast that there's no time to think. That's partly the purpose of training; the mind/body link must be honed to the point that the thinking process is eliminated. Now, apply that process to someone as gifted as Mayweather....

[PRking718]

From the outside looking in, you can always point out the flaws, but when in the ring, believe it or not , fighters can't see everything.

Sure, Mayweather isn't unstoppable, and Cotto is far from a bum(at least in my eyes).


But when it alll comes down to it, as it's been stated before. it's not about the weakness of your opponent, but about being able to take advantage of that weakness.


Mayweather can be beat, but Cotto isn't the fighter to do it. He'll look better then a lot of people are willing to give him credit for, but in the end, Cotto's weaknesses will more evident and exploitable to Mayweather, then Mayweather's weaknesses are to Cotto.


Again, I see Mayweather taking this fight by late tko.

Like Marquez, Old Mosley, Old DLH? That TKO? Or you mean the last real one he had on Hatton, right? LMAO, OK BUDDY. Ready to sig your **** hard after the fight, don't care if Cotto loses by UD (the only way he does), your prediction is utterly ridiculous.

[urrah]

Like Marquez, Old Mosley, Old DLH? That TKO? Or you mean the last real one he had on Hatton, right? LMAO, OK BUDDY. Ready to sig your **** hard after the fight, don't care if Cotto loses by UD (the only way he does), your prediction is utterly ridiculous.

Marquez, "Old" Mosley and "Old" DLH> C+ Clottey, one legged Foreman, circus clown Mayorga, pitter-patter Malignaggi and one-eye Margarito.

Mosley and Clottey busted Cotto up, Pacquiao and Margarito demolished Cotto, and on May 5 Mayweather's going to take whatever strength and confidence Cotto has left.

[hugh grant]

Floyd isnt your average run of the mill defensive boxer. But other than that he is very normal.

[frosty-g]

I actually enjoyed reading this analysis. lol I didn't grow up in Cuba, or even among many Cubans outside my family. The lingo that Cubans from the island use is often lost on me. I thought Diaz's use of the word "normal" might fall into that category. That's why I felt that the interview had to be clarified. There's no way Pedro would think Mayweather is "run-of-the-mill". It's actually normal to look for weaknesses in your opponent's game. lol

Thanks for adding your input!

glad it was of interest.
now if díaz had referred to mayweather as his "pastel" (piece of cake) or a "penco" (coward) that would have been much different!!
the slang there, i guess like anywhere else is apparently always changing, and i think a little more so in cuba than in many other places. i was boxing in old havana and the words/phrases i learnt there are often changing, and well many of my classmates at the university didn't know them, which was kinda funny!

[LoStranger]

Why do most trainers make this mistake with Floyd?

Because they're ignorant as ****