Stephen "Breadman" Edwards on whether Floyd is out of his prime and his thoughts on Floyd/Maidana 2

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I thought Floyd Mayweather performed well. He was his usual self: smart boxing, good movement, pot shotting. I am not ready to say he has slipped a great deal and here is why. Prior to his first win against Maidana, Floyd had just come off of a virtuoso performance against Canelo Alvarez at 154 lbs. The reason why is because Canelo is more of a boxer than a pressure swarmer. In the rock, paper, scissors of boxing the swarmer can get some good work done in on the boxer.

It’s very tough to outbox Floyd if you’re feet are slower than his and you are shorter than him. Canelo is both. Maidana on the other hand is one nasty dude. I’m telling everybody who will listen he we will always give Floyd a rough fight at any point of his career. Floyd was very subdued after the fight because he took punishment. I was there live, up close...Maidana hurt Floyd a couple of times. Floyd showed a solid beard. Maidana fights Floyd like and animal and human beings don’t like fighting animals. So to say there is slippage in Floyd may not be accurate. It could be the style. Emanuel Augustus, Jesus Chavez and of Jose Luis Castillo all swarmed Floyd. All had consistent success even in the rounds they weren’t winning. Look at all of those fights. No one suggested that Floyd was reduced to 95% back then, he was in his mid 20s.

I personally think we should give Maidana credit. And assuming Floyd should dominate him.He never loses badly in my opinion except for the Devon Alexander fight. And that’s just looking more and more like an off-night. Actually I want to see it again. The masses are suggesting that Floyd has slipped because they underestimate Maidana. Ask Floyd Mayweather and Adrien Broner can Maidana fight. In Floyd’s last competitive fight he went for the ko in the last round against Miguel Cotto. In this fight he stayed away there was a reason for that. At 154, Floyd “allowed” Miguel Cotto to wear his MX brand Everlast gloves. At 147, he didn’t allow Marcos Maidana to wear the same brand of gloves. There is a reason for that also.

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I would like to see Marcos Maidana vs Devon Alexander again as well. Maidana wasnt even being trained by Robert Garcia at that time and is a different fighter (as far as subtle technique) today than he was then
 
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besides that punch in the 3rd that swell his nose, maidana pretty much did nothing, his whole game plan was negated, he only won rounds floyd took off the 4th and the 12th

floyd always plays it safe he took his foot off the gas against Cotto and din't even try to finishing him after he wobbled him

floyd hurt me maidana a lot of times in this fight, but he still din't open up on him like he could have, because thats just not what he does

devon has a great chin from what Ive seen in his career so far, maidana cut him with a punch Devon is alos rugged himself, which is why I surprised to him he get out rough by porter

but overall devon wasn't impressive all in that fight, maidana hurt him in the 3rd round, really maidana ran out of gas

the way maidana fought devon, floyd would have picked him apart so I doubt Maidana would fight alexander the same he did in their first fight if they do it again

Maidana would be a good test for thurman, but he has the power to put maidana down possibly stop him
 
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So Maidana went from a dirty MMA fighter (first fight) to a dangerous brand new monster after the rematch. Interesting............


Somebody up that Floyd vs. Maidana thread from last May. :lolbron:

Everybody dogged Maidana so fukkin hard.... so now he's an A+ fighter? (Skip B :shaq:)
 
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After re watching the fight, Floyd looked a lot more fluid then I thought. But still the fight was just ugly.
 
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