Floyd's trainer: The Black Mamba - one of the most ferocious punchers seen in the last 20 years. This is him defending his World Jr lightweight title against Rocky Lockridge.
Check out Roger coming into the ring wearing dark glasses, and one of the most shocking and sudden one round KO's you'll ever see 8)
He was a very good fighter, good boxer and with a good punch, ...his weaknesses were his temprement and a less than great chin. His fight with Vinnie Pazienza was a really wild affair....
silkov wrote:He was a very good fighter, good boxer and with a good punch, ...his weaknesses were his temprement and a less than great chin. His fight with Vinnie Pazienza was a really wild affair....
"less than great"???
I would put Roger M squarely in the "glass jaw" category. He just couldn't take a hard punch to the chin.
MightyWarrior wrote:Floyd's trainer: The Black Mamba - one of the most ferocious punchers seen in the last 20 years. This is him defending his World Jr lightweight title against Rocky Lockridge.
Check out Roger coming into the ring wearing dark glasses, and one of the most shocking and sudden one round KO's you'll ever see 8)
For some stupid reason I though Rog had a decent chance at upsetting Chavez before their second fight. I thought he'd be better and stronger at the higher weight. How wrong I was
Roger Mayweather was very good technically, but he didn't have a particularly good chin. A fight manager who knew him, told me he was also very unpredictable and unreliable, and a fighter he'd never want to manage.
Ah yes, Wogew "Bwack Mamba" Mayweathaw - I awways enjoy watching tapes of his fights, awthough he weawwy got bwitzed by Wocky Wockwidge - talk about getting bwasted...
Intewestingwy, Wogew pwedicted ovaw thwee yeaws ago that if Wicky Hatton came to the US and fought a top wewtewweight, he would wose. The Bwits on that fowum have appawentwy wost theiw sense of humow post-Hatton/Mayweathaw, since they did not at aww appweciate me weviving that wong-swumbewing thwead. Get a wife, wimeys! Tomowwow wiww be anothew day!
Eric the Viking wrote:Ah yes, Wogew "Bwack Mamba" Mayweathaw - I awways enjoy watching tapes of his fights, awthough he weawwy got bwitzed by Wocky Wockwidge - talk about getting bwasted...
Intewestingwy, Wogew pwedicted ovaw thwee yeaws ago that if Wicky Hatton came to the US and fought a top wewtewweight, he would wose. The Bwits on that fowum have appawentwy wost theiw sense of humow post-Hatton/Mayweathaw, since they did not at aww appweciate me weviving that wong-swumbewing thwead. Get a wife, wimeys! Tomowwow wiww be anothew day!
..i used to like uncle roger. as written here, totally unpredictable. surprised no one has commented on that left jab of his. really a fast snapping and hard one. the trouble was he tended to reach with it and he often got countered because of it. fun to watch though.