Watching Mayweather fight is just like watching Anderson Silva fight. He makes the sweet science look so simple and elementary. No matter what the haters say about Money, that guy's a genius! Doesn't matter whatever trash-talk or controversy that he's in when he's outside the ring for he has an extremely high boxing IQ when inside the ring.
Mayweather's Mosley was like Pacquiao's Cotto. Both were said to be the toughest tests for the 2 greats (Pac and Money) at welterweight. Both Sugar and Cotto were said to press the action and be aggressive against their respective opponents. And both were destroyed!
Both Mosley and Cotto faded during the later rounds. Instead of bein' aggressors, they were back-peddling (did I spell that shit right? too lazy to google it up). The difference was that Mosley was gassing! Age really is a factor in combat sports, no doubt about that, except for a few exceptions (like Couture and B-Hop).
Money was really like a master at work. He dissected Mosley after he was rocked in the 2nd. I was really shouting because I thought the unthinkable was gonna' happen. Somebody would knock Floyd the fuck out! I was wrong.
Floyd's a thinking man's fighter. He sucked it up and made Mosley fight his fight. He won't be dictated by the aging pugilist. He picked his spots, picked his angles, and did so while moving forward! I could imagine Money stickin' and movin' but moving forward and forcing the action? I admit it was the first time I remembered Floyd doin' that strategy.
The beauty in all of this is that Floyd was doin' all of this while wasting no energy. his movements were all very minimal. And yet he's as explosive as fuck! He can stop at a dime, then explode! That's how he picks his angles. Unlike Pacquiao who bounces around when doin' angles, this dude just stops and flashes! Everytime Mosley was countering, he was gone in .60 seconds. Then he would reappear with that jab with such blinding hand speed! That Floyd is really a freak of nature! A thoroughbred athlete!
With all that said, I'm now doubting if Pacman can stop this guy. Floyd's too smart to get outsmarted by any living boxer out there! I would put him on the level of a Sugar Ray Robinson when it comes to boxing IQ. He's a counter-puncher who could suddenly turn into a brawler when he sees the situation fit. Pacman has never-ending cardio, so it doesn't really matter if he bounces around for 12 rounds. But the fact that Floyd doesn't bounce around means that more energy is in store for him in the later rounds if they do face in the ring. Pacman does have weapons to beat Floyd at his own game like quick footwork and fast hands. But Floyd has that too! It's virtually a toss-up!
If I am a betting man, my heart would say Pacman but my wallet would say Money. Both are the real deal, but IMHO, Floyd's just on another level. They didn't place him as the former #1 Pound-for-Pound for nothing.
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