How to beat Floyd, Money Mayweather
July 1st, 2009
By Josh Meador: On September 19th Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1 37 KO’s) collides with the former pound 4 pound king and undefeated super star Floyd Money Mayweather (39-0 25KO’S). True boxing fans are routing for this to be a great fight that will answer two questions. One, does Mayweather still have what it takes to the reclaim his crown as the pound 4 pound king of boxing? Two, or does Marquez possess the skills & ability to pull off a major upset, and further his right to be regarded as the new pound 4 pound king?
I would like to start off with saying that even though I don’t care a great deal for Floyd, I recognize and greatly respect his natural ability and god given talents that he’s been blessed with. He is easily the quickest and most dominant fighter that I have seen in the sport since Roy Jones Jr. in his prime. Both had the incredible talent to easily embarrass and out point they’re opponent while going virtually untouched through out the fight. My point being only a top tier opponent would be able to execute this game plan that I am about to put forth. This will only work for fighters like Marquez or Pacquiao who are phenomenal in they’re own right, but are considered by most to be less talented in comparison to a Mayweather, and therefore less likely to pull off a victory against him. B level opponents need not apply! Sorry Victor Ortiz.
This strategy even makes more sense now than it did a couple of months ago when the Mayweather vs. Marquez fight was first scheduled, and more than likely wont come as that big of a shock to any real followers of the sport. Supposedly the original fight date was postponed to the September 19th date due to a rib injury that Mayweather suffered early in training camp. Three words folks, “WORK THE BODY”! Kill the body and the head will follow as the say, and with Mayweather I feel that this would hold especially true.
Marquez would be an absolute fool not to try and test how well Mayweather’s rib has healed by launching a constant assault to the body. Even if there was no rib injury what so ever Marquez would be well served to focus the bulk of his efforts to the body of Mayweather. In fact for the at least the first six rounds of the fight Marquez should throw almost nothing but punches to the body, other than a jab upstairs.
Now this was supposed to be the strategy for Mayweather’s fights with De La Hoya as well as Ricky Hatton, but once in the ring with Mayweather both had trouble sticking to and executing that game plan. Maybe it was because they both disliked Floyd so much that they found it irresistible to try and damage Floyd’s pretty face. What ever the reason it didn’t happen and Floyd’s slick style and boxing skills prevailed.
I realize that Floyd’s incredible defense and great lateral movement is just one of the elements that make him so remarkably hard to beat, but that can be neutralized. Marquez must cut the ring off to combat Floyd’s constant movement rather than chasing him moving forward. He also needs to make it a rough physical fight when getting in close with Mayweather pressuring him into hopefully making a mistake.
After the sixth round or so Marquez could start going upstairs a bit more with his punches at a ratio of about 5/20. That’s five head shots for every 20 body shots thrown. Now nobody really knows how good Mayweather’s chin is since its never really been tested due to his defensive greatness but maybe just maybe Marquez could find out using the strategy I’m proposing?
At the very least using this formula he would be able to grind out a decision victory handing Floyd his first loss. The body is a larger and more stationary target than the head so it makes much sense to attack it with consistency while being aware of the counter punching Mayweather. Lets see how healed that rib is? This is truly the only path to victory for Marquez.
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marquez is sharp enough 2 pound on him like jesus chavez and castillo (n thr rematch floyd showed his colors) … floyd has been taught never fight with mexicans howevr jmm’s pressure and jab accuracy will get him the nod.
why floyd still undefeated?? its easy to answer… HE HASNT FIGHT ANY TOP RANK FIGHTER ON THE WELTER DIVISION. he retires when he knows that his next fights would be hard as hell (vs cotto, vs margarito, vs mosley). floyd has a nice movement in the ring, but he hasnt fought anyone that pressures him and give him some nice shot to the body like the fighters i said… if mayweather prevail he need to prove us wrong by winning those fights… and not running from them
Please reread my article. I said today he is fighting bums. I also said Super Roy is my all time favourite which means I feel he is the best I have seen. Speed, power and skill, he had them all. He beat futre HOF Toney and Hopkins like a man vs a boy. He schooled Ruiz too but I wanted him to go all over the world a share his skills with the world.
When he cme back down and egded Tarver I knew he was too weak and drained. Now that was drained! But his ego which made him great, made him try to do it again. Can you believe Johnson could have landed a glove on Super Roy and if he did, it would have bounced off.
I repeat…today he is fighting bums. If he wants to keep fighting, do so at over 175. He looked pathetic at 170 vs T-dad. He needs strength as he no longer has blinding speed. Super Roy, please fight at 190 or up and reinvent yourself. You are my greatest fighter after Robinson.
- how did roy jones fight bums?!… virgil hill… mike mcallum… toney.. hopkins.
- I guess Roy never truely tested himself when he won the heavyweight title from middleweight for the first time in a 100 years.
- Antonio Tarver is , Roy had to come down a good 50lbs in a matter of weeks to fight him. From heavyweight, thats lean muscle. So not only did he did himself but going up to the weight damaged his speed.
Also, where have you been the past ten years, Mayweathers taken on some great opposition. Unbeaten corrales and baldomir!! someone people thought would go twelve solid rounds throwing everything he had. Like an argentian margarito…. instead he got absoluted pounded.
Why is everyone so quick to criticise?! Mayweathers trying to get the best deals for himself. If he fights marquez who is a lightweight… who cares, not only would it be a tune up fight for pacquiao… but mayweather started at superfeatherweight. Yet nobody minds that pacquiao wont fight paul williams because he’s too big!!!
Floyd did the same rant in another ESPN interview not with Brian Kenny. He said he is No 1 and the top cash cow and that he don’t Pacman, it is he who needs Floyd. To that I say, wake up and buy some tickets to your fight with Marquez or else it will be a flop. I guess even you won’t buy a ticket to see yourself do Dancing With The Stars in a boxing ring.
Get real! I am not saying you will lose to Cotto, Mosley, Williams & Pacman. You seem to get upset when people go against you so we will bite our tongues. We will just politely ask you to get off your ass and fight a live person. I mean, fight someone who the fans feel have a chance to win not someone like Gatti, Balomir, Sharma Mitchell or your sister.
Get my point? We know you can fight but until we ctually see you fight a name fighter, what you are doing is just a preseason or practice game. In other words, IT DON’T COUNT!!!!
Super Roy Jones was my allime fav fighter. I was ecstatic when he beat Toney and Hopkins like a drum. It was too easy! I felt he would surpass Robinson as the greatest ever. But he refused to test himself until his skills started to erode.
Today, he is fighting no names just to get one more crack at the big time. But his skills are gone. He is gun shy. Your ego is just like his & one day you too will regret not having fully tested your immense arsenal of skills. I am one of your many fans who moved on.
drue ur a muppet.manny pac will not beat PBF full stop.floyd will go down as a hall of famer as he has earned the right to do so!! why hate him for his skills,i dont understand u ppl?
i will pay what ever is the cost to watch pacman even if he fight an amateur fighter. that is how exciting he is. mayweather is as boring and i rather watch horse racing. at least i knew that the jockeys try to beat the horses. sorry but excitement is what pac bring to the table and JMM will find it so hard to win due to speed dancing and tango moves of mayweather. sorry but this is going to be another one of those boring show. wont spend my fifty on this one.
Accidental double post, sorry.
Mayweather is quite funny if you start to listen to him, in the interview with Brian Kenny he talks about Cotto, Mosley and Margarito fighting and beating each other…and then goes on to say “but who has beaten Floyd Mayweather?”.
I think he forgot that he hasn’t fought any of them yet.
Mayweather is quite funny if you start to listen to him, in the interview with Brian Kenny he talks about Cotto, Mosley and Margarito fighting and beating each other…and then goes on to say “but who has beaten Floyd Mayweather?”.
I think he forgot that he hasn’t fought any of them yet.
mayweather is is freakin coward like roy jones fighting a bunch of bumbs!
Mayweather has great boxing ability but he is a BOTTLE JOB!
No way around it, he avoided
MOSLEY,COTTO & WILLIAMS!
The guy’s ego could not take the possibility of him losing, hence why he has fought blown up smaller guys – Hatton & JMM, he will probably fight another smaller guy next – Pacquaio, if not, he will probably fight the winner of Bradley-Cambpell – again, smaller guys…
I honestly think he would too, he’s unbelievably talented and he’s only hurting himself by not doing it. But if he keeps following the path he does how do you think he will be remembered?
As a all time great fighter? Or a great businessman who made the smart choices for his bank account? He will already be in the Hall of Fame because he is good but he will never be talked about in the same light as Robinson, Ali, Duran or Lenoard. He has the talent to match them but not the attribute that defines them. HEART!
Ive said before fan or no fan,PBF is the best pure talent in the sport. Im his biggest fan, but will say he needs to beat at least 2 from Pacquaio, Mosley, Williams, Cotto to seal his position as one of the greatest of all time, which he would be if he defeats some of these fighters and remains undefeated. The best thing is PBF has no choice after decimating JMM but to fight these fighters or he would justify the hate he receives. Given PBF talent i just think he will be able to neutralize the talents of any of the above fighter and win.
You still think this match up is still going to happen? Floyd has completely fooled you, guys! The fight will be scrapped in due time and Floyd would go into retirement again saying he was not offered enough money to fight Pacman. Floyd never intended to come back anyway, he just wanted to take some attention away from Pacman and will ultimately disappear in his own illusion… old and broke.
Everyone knows floyds a great fighter that posesses the best pure boxing skills in the game. Can’t doubt that back as the Ortiz fight proved, being more skilled doesn’t always mean you’ll win. He looked so timid and unsure against Oscar and was losing that fight but managed to just scrape the decisen because Oscar faded in the end. I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to win because i think he did. How do you honestly think he would go with a true welter like Mosely, Cotto or Margarito applying constant pressure and not fading in the later rounds? Maybe he wouldn’t be able to handle it or maybe he would prove the world wrong. But i guess we’ll never know because floyd refuses to take the challange and prove is fans right or silence his critics. Whether you like him or not, after annoucing he will be taking on Cotto next, win or lose, the same can’t be said about Manny Pacquioa.
this is a battle of the P4P princesses. it’s sure gonna be exciting as a graveyard. i predict a 12 round split decision win in favor of who the hell cares. and manuela perez (aka batangueno), this article is about gayweather and marqueza, why the hell do you get pacman involved in this? you’ve got a huge crush on pacman.. that’s a dangerous obsession.
Arum and Roach will never pit Manny against Floyd Jr unless the latter is willing to drain himself down to 143 and accept less than half the purse. Sorta saying, you are not fighting Manny unless you are willing to get $@r3w3d by us in and out of the ring. Ain’t that brilliant?
WILL no disrespect PBF is here for one thing to try and make money cause his money is kinda low and I don’t dislike him I just dislike of him picking c-class fighters he needs to step in the ring with cotto, clottey, or mosley then the world would respect him as of now he ain’t shit he knows who to pick to fight like I said after he fights JMM if he wins against him the next fight maybe would be with pacman if bob arum let’s it happen then he will retire again in a tearful manner cause he won’t fight cotto cause he would get whooped…..
this is a bit of a silly strategy, its the phily shell defence he uses… you go to the body and — hes with an uppercut…you go again a—… and so fourth. Point in case, Mayweather jesus chavez, he keeps going for the body and mayweather punishes him. only way to beat him is to be a quick handed southpaw, or have some sort of attribute that he isnt used to, and catch him early. Before he can get adjusted (he was nearly knocked down by hattons rugged tactics.) He was also beat to the punch by super quick zab judah, hence the south paw mention. Also, dont get me wrong. Love Mayweather, hate the constant use of his elbows to get shots in, tell the referee before the fight… that might help.
Mike please don’t make yourself sound like an idiot. PBF is the best in the world until someone takes that away from him. Its ok to dislike a fighter, but don’t make yourself sound stupid in the process. The bottom lines is there is no one out there right now that will beat PBF.
Be in his face like Demarcus corley LOL u dude are funny and what was the end result of that.I have never seen so many haters in my life
He will NEVER EVER be a hall of famer a day of his life running and ducking guys in his weight class and he compares his self to the late sugar ray robinson and all these old great fighters they never backed down from any fighters….. he does.
If floyd mayweather jr is so much of a good fighter why did he retire after he fought ricky hatton? He avoided fighters that he know deep down in his heart he cannot beat his time will come when he meets cotto or mosley they got tricks for him….
Floyd mayweather jr is picking lightweight fighters we all know that floyd is scare to fight miguel cotto and shane mosley the reason why he retired was cause he don’t want to mess up his record with a lost under his belt, if he wins against JMM he will fight pacman and after that retire again he is not a true warrior…..
compare there records boys,that tells you everything!
im with woodster,floyd is the master of boxing. manny pac would blow himself out hitting floyds guard/thin air then floyd will finish him off!
Well until Floyd fights and beats Manny Pac, Pac occupies the throne.
I’ve never heard of a chicken that has won 6 world titles in 5 different weight classes
yes the throne of a chicken.
JMM has no chance,he gets hit far too many times.Mayweather is elusive and will pick him apart round by round and knock him out in the tenth.People dont like him coz his ego but thats why he is the greatest boxer of this era and still undefeated.Once he disposes JMM,Cotto Manny and Mosley will be next on the kings hitlist.Their is only 1 throne in the world of boxing and that belongs to Floyd Mayweather Jr
Juan manuel marquez needs to be in his face like demarcus corley did. pick his shots and use his jab as well, and when floyd mayweather jr throws punches he needs to counter punch him….floyd mayweather jr needs to fight miguel cotto or mosley he knows he is going to get his ass whipped he is a punk…..
yeah me 2!! will it b shown in britain???
how to beat Floyd? Nick his cashcard which will make him feel like an imptent tool then smash his skull in with a hammer.
If they show that on PPV im havin it