Report: Mayweather ramping up sparring aggression, KOs partner with body shot

Zab Judah may want to reconsider joining Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s camp as a sparring partner.

In anticipation of his huge showdown with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, a fight that has quite literally been years in the making and is likely to break just about every gate and pay per view record imaginable, Mayweather has been ramping up the intensity of his workouts.

Photographer Chris Robinson was on hand for recent workouts and told CBS Sports that Mayweather's effort and efficacy are on the rise.

"Floyd doing his thing," Robinson said. "He dropped one of the guys with a body shot."

Knocking out a sparring partner with a body shot. Damn. That's cold, but not at all surprising given Mayweather's standing as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and how much he likely wants this victory to cement his legacy as the greatest pugilist of an entire generation.

Of his 47 career victories, 26 have come from knockouts, but he's gone to a decision in five consecutive fights. With a defense-first game predicated on speed and the most technically precise counter-attack in existence, Mayweather possesses the power to land knockouts but the tact to simply out-class opponents over 12 rounds, too.

Pacquiao has 38 knockouts of his own in 57 victories but hasn't put anyone away in his last nine fights, even suffering a knockout of his own against Juan Manuel Marquez in December 2012.