Old Floyd Was Exciting!

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  1. southpaw1974

    southpaw1974 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Check out this fight. This is when Mayweather was exciting to watch. He now literally throws half the amount of punches he used to throw. Before anyone points out his age, to put into perspective how few punches Floyd throws nowadays, at almost 44 years of age (7 years older than Floyd is now) and weighing 24 more pounds than Mayweather does now, Hopkins outpunched a volume puncher in Kelly Pavlik. Not saying Hopkins is better than Floyd (he isn't) and not saying Floyd isn't an all time great and amazing boxer (he most certainly his), but just think about that for a second.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjGI753K8iU
     
  2. The Ape

    The Ape Member Full Member

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    sometimes
     
  3. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In other words this is when

    Fraud was Floyd

    Gayweather was Mayweather

    Void was Floyd
     
  4. The Ape

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    southpaw1974 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep, this was awful. I'm just saying, he had more exciting fights at 130 and 135 than he does now. Once he moved up to 140, the number of exciting fights diminished big time!
     
  6. Pravda

    Pravda The Poster Of Record. Full Member

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    Not really
     
  7. Goro

    Goro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All of Floyd's exciting fights came against C level opponents like Jesus Chavez.
     
  8. jim jim

    jim jim Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    jesus chavez hit him a fair bit had a very good first couple of rounds
     
  9. Ivo

    Ivo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was the same all along - boring.
     
  10. TheGOAT

    TheGOAT The Champ is Here ! banned

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    *****s gonna *****...
     
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    Pravda The Poster Of Record. Full Member

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    That would make a great Taylor Swift song.
     
  12. TheGOAT

    TheGOAT The Champ is Here ! banned

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    :lol::good
     
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    TheGOAT The Champ is Here ! banned

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    :lol::rofl:patsch

    Them beaver boys been around & will still be around a while now. At least there was no Bieber.
     
  15. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd and Exciting do not belong in the same sentence.