By: James

James — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:45:19 +0000

Mayweather is an exceptionally talented champion. Unfortunately for boxing fans, today it seems it is the fighter (Mayweather in particular) who chooses who they fight rather than facing the top ranked contenders in their division. Mayweather and company have been very shrewd in picking certain fighters and certain times to fight them. Most of the time the hype never leads to anything that would endanger Floyd’s title. Think about the massive hype with Guerrero, Ortiz, JMM (moving up 19 lbs), Hatton, etc. These fighters were never really in a situation to take the title from Floyd. Alvarez has looked sloppy in places and especially so against slick boxers like Josesito Lopez. Floyd is light years ahead of Lopez so Alvarez looks to be in for a tough evening with Floyd, however, we know that Floyd was rocked a couple of times by Mosley. Mosley has a solid punch and so does Alvarez. If Canelo gets Floyd in that kind of trouble I think he has the energy left to press him better than Shane did. Also, in the fight against Cotto, Floyd showed vulnerability in the late rounds when Miguel pressed him to the ropes and worked his combinations at angles instead of standing directly in front of Floyd. Also, as Oscar De La Hoya demonstrated, a jab is critical in mounting an attack against Maywether. Alvarez has a very impressive jab. Although Alvarez is a champion here, Mayweather is the king of PPV and is one of the most well known and talented fighters ever to lace up a pair of gloves. So popular in fact it seems that from a psychological standpoint Alvarez is the challenger. We’ve all seen challengers give their best fights ever against champions like Ali, Holmes, Lewis, Tyson etc and then fade into obscurity. While I don’t believe that Alvarez is going anywhere win or lose, I do think he will give Mayweather his strongest test in a while. If Alvarez can combine the tactical jab used by De La Hoya, the power of Mosley, the pressure and angles of Cotto, along with his strong pride and chin, we could all be in for a surprise Saturday evening instead of another Floyd Mayweather boxing clinic.

By: tony harvey

tony harvey — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:56:20 +0000

Great article Robbi, I look forward to reading more.

By: paul hunter

paul hunter — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:35:46 +0000

Class reading keep up the good work robbie

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