Mayhem Mayweather

By Thomas B: I was listening to Emmanuel Steward on On The Ropes Boxing and I found something interesting that he said. He said that with the type of skills that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has, if he threw more punches the whole division would be in trouble. Wouldn’t it be cool if Floyd came out and announced that he would retire indefinitely in December 2011 and during the year of 2011 he would began a ‘Line Em Up, I’ll Beat Em Tournament’ (Ignore the tournament Title) in which every 2 months he would fight a contender(similar to how George Foreman fought all those guys in one night).

All of these Guys who claim they will retire undefeated and a few others would get it. Such as Timothy Bradley, Sergio Martinez,Paul Williams, Manny of course, and the rest of the division. During so, Floyd could change his name to Mayhem Mayweather (Mayhem because his skills amalgamated with his speed, his new-found ability to throw millions of punches, and his newly revealed offensive fighting style which was displayed against Shane Mosley would all be gigantically devastating to his opponents)This would be the most phenomenal thing done in Boxing History. I feel what Emmanuel Steward was saying especially since Paul Williams has been running his mouth about what he can do to guys with defense. Yea he’s tall and strong, but with Floyd’s skill, this dude would be entirely embarrassed.

Paul spoke on the Mayweather Mosley fight saying that he didn’t like how Mosley and Floyd took all night to pick punches and that when he fights he likes to get in there and slang-n-bang(How naive, Paul…Really?..No, Seriously Bro?) If he tries that stuff, Floyd would vanish and a punch would materialize on Paul’s chin. He would be standing there looking around and realizing that he has to fight more strategically(This is the BIG dogs not that scrappy unintelligent fighting). All of that wild power punching, no matter HOW tall and strong he is, will only push Floyd and we all know how insecure Floyd is at times. If he gets caught and embarrassed Floyd Jr will indeed Sprout wings. Also, since Paul is a tough customer I’m very curious to see how long and perfectly poised Floyd’s wings would grow in that fight.

Not only would this tournament cement his legacy but this would be the most impressive thing done in boxing history. A skillful guy sprinting through the entire division in record breaking time. He could fight once every two months or more. Of course some people say, “Well it takes more than two months to promote and make a fight”. It would be so big because opposed to promoting one fight, he would take the rest of this year to promote the tournament itself and in between each fight he could do some additional promoting. Others say, “Well Floyd is not superman…he cant pull that off!”.Floyd’s gift is not his power or speed. His gift is his ability to adjust to any opponent, so he wouldn’t have to prepare for any opponent in particular. Some say, “No matter how good Floyd is he cant pull that off!”. Back in the old days, Sugar Ray Robinson would fight about 4 times a week. He would run 6 miles a day. Its apparent to us all that Floyd has more intangibles and skill than Sugar could ever have, but also Floyd runs eight miles a day at 6 minutes per mile.

I kind of think that if Floyd didn’t act so insecure, he wouldn’t have to take time to adjust like he normally does. He’s already out of their league so he could be a full fledged offensive fighter. He could just get in the ring and attack. Once the bell rings he would get right to the business like he did with Arturo Gatti. Floyd got in the ring and started flying all over the place. This would save boxing point, blank, period. Man just imagining this is giving me goosebumps.

Floyd has more skill than people realize. He would blow casual fans (as well as aficionados) out of the water while redefining what real boxing is. Boxing is about skill and being able to step in the ring with an index of intangibles mentally on deck, prepared to be used impulsively in any and every situation. Look at how he handled Shane Mosley. Shane only caught Floyd because of three reasons, 1=Floyd had his left hand dropped 2= Floyd didn’t faint the punches in the second round 3= Floyd was fighting nervously and hesitantly. I know that some people say that Shane changed momentum but in actuality Shane fought the same way throughout the entire fight. Floyd is the one who changed momentum in the 3rd rounds when he started moving, punching, fainting very very fast and in a severely aggressive manner (I watched the fight 58 times and have all copies of the fight..Sky sports version, HBO version etc.) When Shane had him in trouble Floyd didn’t merely have a nervous look in his face. He still had a mean worry-less look in his face because he already knew what to do and he knew he would still win. After Floyd got hit, in some instances he came forward like a warrior staggering with a mean grimace on his face. In others, he stood their waiting for Shane to keep attacking so he could catch his punches on his wrist, tying Shane up until he gained composure. Shane stopped throwing punches because he assumed that Floyd was going to keep coming forward. At the end of the round, as he started coming forward again, Roger and Floyd Sr. simultaneously said, “Steal him Floyd, Steal him..Hit that m*********er!!”(Steal=Punch) at that point Floyd had already gained composure and began to turn the tables.

I’m curious to see Floyd deal with the younger competition in the devision and how it would entirely blow boxing out of the water. Yes this is only an idea, but we could still hope and imagine. Mayhem Mayweather!