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[daprofessor]

"Floyd’s got to be very careful and never, ever underestimate Miguel, because Miguel is going to put pressure on him and I think he’s going to be ripping that left hook in there like he hasn’t done in a long time. Styles make fights and Floyd’s style of rolling the shoulder back and being in the rolled position where he can neutralize punches—he doesn’t do a whole lot of just bobbing, and slipping, and punching the way of Pernell Whitaker, who really was a classic defensive fighter that slipped punches and punched while he slipped. Floyd just shuts you down by rolling his shoulder and locking himself in a certain position. In that position he can’t get hit with right hands so much for the most part, but he’s vulnerable to left hooks. So Miguel is going to have to put a lot of pressure on Floyd and fight at a pretty good intense pace to take Floyd out of his comfort zone, and I don’t know if he’s going to be able to do that because Floyd is such an intelligent fighter and he has the ability to change the pace. He can make you fight at the pace he wants you to fight at. It’s going to be a very interesting fight, and even though Floyd is the favorite I could possibly see it going the other way, also.”


“Well I’ll tell you what. I’m excited about all of the fights, and I’m serious! Peterson and Khan! Oh my God! All of those fights, I’m like I don’t know what, and I know this may surprise you but Manny Pacquiao and Bradley! That’s one of them to me that’s almost a tossup! I just think with Manny, as good as he is, hasn’t been in with a guy that’s strong mentally and real, real determined, and as physically coordinated as Bradley. This is a fight that I was surprised they took also. The same with Mayweather and Cotto, I just think we have some really good fights coming up and I believe they’re all going to live up to their potential."

-manny steward

[Cshel86]

Like Cheesey said, anytime a trainer speaks, it's hard to ignore or blow off. I was listening to Jeff Mayweather on the FH radio show earlier this week, and this dude will have you drunk listening to him talk boxing...that's how deep his knowledge is.

As for Steward, he usually makes decent predictions when he's not live on HBO. While on HBO, he makes a prediction before the fight, which is substantial compared to Merchant's one-lane-highway analogies, and Lampley's general overview.

Steward then ends up blunting his own prediction, but jumping ship when the pace of the fight changes...and pulls his 4AM prediction out of his back pocket. "Oh there it goes, there it goes. I could tell by the way he walked to the ring, that he was gonna get caught with that punch."