It isn’t the most complicated breakdown in the world, but it has worked for Mayweather 47 times, so it is obviously very effective.
Here are the quotes via MLive.com.
“A lot of guys do a lot of things wrong, but they are still successful,” Mayweather said. “So I want to know what he does right, so I can take that away from him, so I can take that arsenal away from him. What I do, when I’m facing a guy, whatever he does good, I take that away from him, so he has to resort to doing something different.”
“I just want to look good for myself,” he said. “I want to look very impressive. I’m pretty sure he’s going to bring his A-game, and it’s all about excitement. I got here somehow, some way. He’s a solid competitor, but very reckless, and he makes a lot of mistakes.”
“But he’s been successful,” Mayweather responded when confronted with his words. “Remember what I said — you’ve got guys that make a lot of mistakes but still are successful.”
It is common strategy in life, instead of focusing on someone’s weaknesses, take away their strengths then it makes it easier to exploit their weakness.
Meaning look for Mayweather to try to stop Pacquiao’s left hand.