Welcome back fight fans to another video here on The Fight Game.
To hit and not get it.
That's been the aim of boxing since it's roots were established.
Right now you're watching a boxing fight from 1894.
Even back then, offense and defense went hand in hand.
And over 100 years later, the innate psychology remains very much the same.
Punish your opponent, while protecting yourself.
However the ying and yang of combat, offense and defense, has been mastered acutely by
one particular boxer in the last few decades.
That one boxer is of course Floyd Mayweather.
Mayweather: "A true Champion can adapt to anything."
Floyd Mayweather has a deep apprehension of what the sweet science entails, after 50 fights
he's seen the good and the bad, the rough and the tough, those bigger, those faster
and those stronger.
Yet here he stands with a perfect professional record, 50 victories and 0 losses.
Mayweather: "I have good days, I have bad days, I'm only going to have my bad days in
a boxing gym.
Because I'm an under-the-lights type fighter.
Because when I go under them lights, no matter how I win - I win."
Many awaited wishing for his first loss, a loss that never came.
His self proclamation wouldn't seem to far fetched from reality, that is of course the
title of The Best Ever.
The best at many things, outpointing his opponent, controlling the ring, noticing and capitalizing
on mistakes, thriving in discomfort, Mayweather's skillset expands far beyond what's
seen on the surface.
From preparation to aftermath, Floyd Mayweather was perfect.
With such a long career of boxing to study, Mayweather's highlights can simply be described
as Genius Ability.
Welcome to this video here on The Fight Game, where we take a look at 25 excellent moments
from Floyd Mayweather's career, and we analyse the movements that helped him secure the win.
Mayweather's fight against Miguel Cotto was very entertaining, but this shrewd defensive
move was all for show.
Commentator: "Floyd with pin-point accuracy."
Mayweather baits an uppercut by putting his face down low, and sees it easily coming with
an uninterrupted view.
We know Floyd Mayweather is a defensive genius, his mastery of the shoulder roll defense is
fundamental to his boxing style, but his ability to counter from such positions is what truly
makes him one of the best.
This counter against Shane Mosley was effortless yet effective.
He defends 2 jabs to the body with his left arm, then rolls the right hand with his
left shoulder, then on the rotation back he lets go of a right hand and lands clean.
Mayweather versus Pacquiao was a massive worldwide attraction to all sporting fans.
Floyd Mayweather's right hand was paramount in defeating Manny Pacquaio, and this right
hand counter is technically brilliant.
He leans back just enough to avoid the jab, then retains his lower positioning as he throws
a straight right hand to land clean.
Mayweather's fight versus Arturo Gatti was a gruesome beatdown, but him landing 4 straight
right hands is a thing you don't often see in a boxing ring.
Commentator: "What a left hook, wow!
And a right hand, two right hands, three right hands!"
Only a boxer like Floyd Mayweather is able to pull that off.
In that same fight Mayweather also let go of a destructive combination filled with mean
intention.
[CROWD CHEERING] Mayweather was known as a monster in his early
days of professional boxing.
In his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez he showed a fine execution of his signature move
called the pull counter.
Mayweather extends his upper-body to bait a jab from Marquez, he pulls back to make
Marquez miss, then counters over that miss with a right-hand, then ducks to avoid Marquez's
right-hand.
In his fight against Robert Guerrero Mayweather had some really skillful moments.
Here Mayweather lands a jab, jumps back to avoid Guerrero's left hand, then Mayweather
lands another jab, then dodges the right hand by exiting out
to the side.
In that same fight Mayweather also landed a beautiful long right hook.
Commentator: "It's the variation, he throws the right hand around, he throws it to the
stomach, he throws it to the head straight, and around again!"
Mayweather double taps with the jab to measure the distance for the right hook around the
side.
The nonchalant manner in which he throws the double jab is a stark
contrast in pace to the right hook, making it hard to time through way of rythmic deception.
Floyd Mayweather's epic boxing clinic against Canelo Alvarez is one of his most famous,
and for good reason too.
So close, but yet so far.
In his fight against Shane Mosley, Mosley started complaining during the fight.
[BOXERS EXCHANGING WORDS] Protect yourself at all times.
Back to the Canelo fight we have to highlight this great uppercut.
Mayweather taps Canelo's guard three times with light jabs, then throws the uppercut
hard.
The three light taps to the guard causes Canelo to relax, allowing Mayweather
to break through the guard with ease.
Floyd Mayweather's two-fight affair with Marcos Maidana was packed with drama.
Here Mayweather steps back just enough to avoid the jab and quickly returns with a straight
right of his own.
That wasn't the only great right hand he landed in that fight either.
Floyd Mayweather is a master at managing and understanding distance.
Watch how Mayweather baits a jab from Maidana by leaning in his upper-body, then he leans
back for Maidana to miss then comes back with a straight right hand.
Also watch how he speeds up the counter by pushing off his rotated back foot.
This great bodyshot in the second fight had perfect technique to get inside the defense
of Maidana.
Floyd Mayweather's brutal knockout of Ricky Hatton was his genius ability at it's full
potential.
Mayweather made Hatton follow him back to the corner in a straight line, and then left
hooked off to the side when Hatton jumped in.
The move is most notoriously known as the check left-hook.
Against De La Hoya, Mayweather was incredibly difficult to catch.
Even against the ropes, Mayweather still seemed to be just out of reach.
Against Victor Ortiz, Mayweather set up a right hand with his lead hand.
Mayweather cleverly extends his left hand to obscure Ortiz's vision, then replaces it
with a right hand.
Mayweather is a man of tricks and disguises.
In the next round of that same fight Mayweather landed another great right hand.
Mayweather gets his head off the straight line while he throws the right hand, dodging
the jab completely, and landing the right hand of his own.
A very good showcase of his technical ability.
Mayweather's fight against McGregor was a fun fight for all involved, and this right
hand was the best punch of the night.
We have to put it in slow motion to actually see the
the clarity of it's effect.
Back to the Maidana fight, Mayweather lands a punch after missing one.
Where one door closes another door opens, as Maidana comes up from the roll Mayweather
catches him clean.
Mayweathers farewell fight against Andre Berto saw him land a series of punches to the body.
Commentator: "And Mayweather is going to the body...attacking with the right hand!"
Only Mayweather is able to land 4 consecutive shots to the body like that.
Mayweather's pull counter is a scoring shot, but sometimes it's a little bit more.
Once again Mayweather quickly leans back to avoid the jab which pulls the opponent towards
him, then pushes off his back leg to return fast
with the right hand.
In the Canelo fight Mayweather showed some really intelligent boxing.
The jab triggers an attack, of which Mayweather dodges and capitalizes on.
Mayweather is a genius when it comes to making them miss, and making them pay.
Mayweather deflects the right with his shoulder, then returns with a right of his own.
Mayweather's right hand often lands when his opponents least expect it.
Mayweather always manages to land it with pin-point accuracy.
That was 25 times where Floyd Mayweather showed Genius Ability, we hope you enjoyed it and
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What do you think of Floyd Mayweather, and where does he rank on your list for the greatest
boxer of all time.
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