Mayweather is dead-center in his prime! This is his peak! He's 29 years old!! Sheeesh...
Oscar is absolutely past his prime... He's still a great fighter with a HUGE heart and mad skills. But in this fight, he will be rendered useless... Mayweather is the best defensive fighter in the history of the sport. The only way Oscar has a shot is to land one of his devasting left hooks - which, if Mayweather has one weakness, it's that he is sometimes open to the left hook... But that's it... This sounds like it should be a great fight - one for the ages... But, given Mayweathers style and how much of a defensive fighter he is, this may actually turn into a very boring, ugly fight, with Oscar trying his best to mix it up, missing often, and Floyd picking Oscar apart with his sick jab and quick hands... Both fighters will not look like they've been thru a fight when it's over...
All that said, I would Love to see Oscar find the way to beat him... just don't see it happening...
Saw someone had recently created a new thread regarding this upcoming fight, and Shane reminded him of this original thread - so I'll post my updated thoughts here..
I'm seriously hyped for this fight. Have any of you been watching the specials on HBO each Sunday, that highlight Oscar and Floyd in training? Clearly, they are both in the best shape of their careers. Training has never been an issue for either of these guys - they are known to be gym-rats...
Oscar looks very fit, very sharp and fast, and very strong. But so does Floyd...
I still contend that Floyd is simply way too defensive-minded to allow this fight to become a true epic war... I wish it would be different. I know Oscar will do all he can to make it a war. But Floyd is simply too fast, too young, and too damm good to allow himself to be taken out of his game-plan. He will move and duck, twist & turn and will not allow Oscar the chance to get inside and bully him. Oscar will be the bigger man and perhaps the stronger man. But Floyd will be too quick and too defensively skilled...
I really, really want to see Oscar take Floyd down! Floyd is a punk who wins in large part because of his defensive abilities and lack of willingness to mix it up... No saying he's not one of the best ever - his is... But Oscar is about as couragous as they come. If he can sneek in that left hook of his, this could be a different story... But I just don't see that happening...
It will go the distance and Floyd will win on points... Oscar will be lumpy and bumpy, maybe even cut up... And Floyd will look virtually untouched..
If the fight doesn't go the distance, it will be because Oscar somehow found the way to make FLoyd stand and fight, and in doing so, will hit Floyd like he's never been hit before...
