grapevine241 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 mayweather jr. vs. arguello @ super featherweight... who do you think wins this? mayweather & arguello are arguably 2 of the top 3 super featherweights of all time (along with azumah nelson)... so how do you see this playing out? 12 rounds vs. 15 rounds...? IMO, mayweather wins it by late stoppage due to his accuracy. i dont think 12 or 15 rounds makes much of a difference because ive never seen mayweather tired in the ring before & hes always in excellent shape. but i could also see arguello winning by KO as well. what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luibeast831 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I think based on floyds style and speed it would make a very interesting fight, but ultimately arguello has the edge because of his power =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Great match up this one... Speed is the key, methinks. I'd have Floyd running all night, but still getting caught with hard shots. Reason being, Alexis was faster than folk realised too! On workrate alone... Money's on the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarboy Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Very interesting match, two great champions, I say to Ko Arguello but I think Mayweather would have had his chances of victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jian85 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Your kidding right ??? I hate mayweather but Arguello is no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jian85 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Aaron Pryor on the other hand is another story. That would be a fight to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Pryor v Mayweather would have been great heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBride Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I think I'd have to go for Mayweather just because Aaron never fought anyone with those sort of defensive skills possesed by Mayweather. Funnily enough the only 2 undefeated fighters Pryor faced were both bangers like him so were kind of tailor made for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Footwork would be the key here I reckon.Any fighter that provided a stationary target for Arguello usually ended up taking a bad beating.If there was one thing that bothered Arguello more than anything then it would be a fighter with good movement.Vilomar Fernandez was able to upset a prime Arguello doing so and Pryor enjoyed his greatest success during the middle rounds where he was up on his feet and creating angles for Arguello to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Footwork would be the key here I reckon.Any fighter that provided a stationary target for Arguello usually ended up taking a bad beating.If there was one thing that bothered Arguello more than anything then it would be a fighter with good movement.Vilomar Fernandez was able to upset a prime Arguello doing so and Pryor enjoyed his greatest success during the middle rounds where he was up on his feet and creating angles for Arguello to deal with. -------- That was a 14 rd firefight, not a battle Floydy has ever shown he could wage at the frentic pace Pryor set. Excellent point about Pryor that few know to appreciate, his excellent boxing skills that he seldom needed until the Arguello fight. Floydy never came close to fighting anyone of Arguello's class much less beating them. I saw Jesus Chavez take it to him in spades as did Augustus and a plain old simple tough guy Carlos Hernandez damn near had him in tears. And then Castillo of course. Once Arguello got his feet under him, it took extraordinary circumstance to beat him. Floydy defense a tough nut to crack, yet plenty have gotten to him and Arguello had the patience of a monk in waiting things out for the right moment. Best to best, it's Arguello all day every day for this cowboy. Truth be told, I doubt Floydy would ever sign to fight a prime Arguello, so the results would be nonexistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto55 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Some of you guys need to watch Arguello ALOT more, this would be a very competitve fight. It'd help if we could have the statistics on PBF and AA, in the reach, height etc; as I've often felt that precise right hand bomber could feint PBF into rolling far enough into his shoulder roll with LJ's and fiented or thrown SR's, till PBF's in the position were he could be bombed by a right hand puncher with the leverage to reach PBF. By that i mean, Floyd's usual defensive manouver is to shoulder roll his weight onto his rear foot, left hand up and right across the body. This favoured first manouver places him in position to then if more shots come in to slip right/down or to roll under (to the left) outside a right hand or just throw a counter right. Although Floyd as often glides of to the side, a long armed puncher like AA will give IMHO no peace in the pocket at all. He's simely to versatile with his fients and right hands, and the way he could track an opponents evasivly moving head (Kevin Rooney for eg.) and nail him dead with one right hand seems sadly underappreciated. Floyd's more versatile, but he'd ahve a HELL of a time dealing with AA's power and tools, I think being reduced to trying to win on points pot-shotting from the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obama Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Floyd has trouble with Arguello's long jab. Arguello has trouble with pretty much everything Floyd does, period. Edge Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Some of you guys need to watch Arguello ALOT more, this would be a very competitve fight. It'd help if we could have the statistics on PBF and AA, in the reach, height etc; as I've often felt that precise right hand bomber could feint PBF into rolling far enough into his shoulder roll with LJ's and fiented or thrown SR's, till PBF's in the position were he could be bombed by a right hand puncher with the leverage to reach PBF. By that i mean, Floyd's usual defensive manouver is to shoulder roll his weight onto his rear foot, left hand up and right across the body. This favoured first manouver places him in position to then if more shots come in to slip right/down or to roll under (to the left) outside a right hand or just throw a counter right. Although Floyd as often glides of to the side, a long armed puncher like AA will give IMHO no peace in the pocket at all. He's simely to versatile with his fients and right hands, and the way he could track an opponents evasivly moving head (Kevin Rooney for eg.) and nail him dead with one right hand seems sadly underappreciated. Floyd's more versatile, but he'd ahve a HELL of a time dealing with AA's power and tools, I think being reduced to trying to win on points pot-shotting from the outside. nice analysis :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obama Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Arguello was simply too slow for Floyd. He did everything right to beat Floyd, but his execution time makes it an impossible affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 A draw maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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