FLOYD stopping Marquez / Pacquiao and Cotto etc if not for his chronic hand injuries

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  1. DoubleG95Fanatic

    DoubleG95Fanatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Or maybe.....just maybe, and hear me out here.....he wasn't a very big puncher and his #1 focus going into every fight was to slip and slide shots?
     
  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Floyd knew all he had to do was be standing at the final bell & he knew he wouldn't be allowed to lose. He owes 4or 5 "winning decisions" were gifts from his friendly Vegas officials & the state commission turning a blind eye to his very suspicious actions
     
  3. BCS8

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    Floyd couldm't knock out a wank
     
  4. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Nah mate
    Struggle to stop a gassing cage fighter
     
  5. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    ROFLMAO When did Floyd open up ?????/ He was too busy running scared & dancing. Remember his own Dad/ trainer Floyd sr called him a coward for fighting SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  6. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd didn't carry his power up from 135 and didn't need it. He was a pretty good hitter in the lower weights and plenty willing to take chances as a younger fighter, tho.

    I realize the OP is trolling, but I do think a lot of fans remember Floyd only at 147+.
     
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  7. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Had less to do with his brittle hands,
    & more to do with his brittle balls.
    Money may was not a risk taker, with good reason too $mart for it.
     
  8. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd did put Marquez down, and did have Cotto hurt in the closing rounds of the fight. Also hurt Berto with a counter uppercut in the final round.

    I don't know if it was temperament/approach, or concern about his hands but even at 147 Floyd had enough pop that you couldn't really walk through his incoming.
     
  9. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    His hand injuries were severe, he’s broken his hands over 20 times in his career from my understanding starting from the late 90s
     
  10. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    He broke his hands several times molesting MVC.
     
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  11. Dempsey Gibbons

    Dempsey Gibbons Member Full Member

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    You do realize that Floyd can't even make a tight fist right? LOL
     
  12. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Although I thought it was a cheap shot on Ortiz he totally deserved it for being a weirdo and apologizing for a headbutt he intended to do. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t agree with the foul but if you do it, own it! I used to like Ortiz but that was weak.
     
  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    The rest of the story has a bridge and there was something under the bridge...

    Here it is.

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  14. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not even for....you know, giving himself a hand ?

    Are you telling us that for Floyd, Palm and her five daughters couldn't manage to.....were unusable ?


    Surely them hands had to be good for something ?


    But all kidding aside, I know well what you mean.

    Joe Calzaghe had the same problem...otherwise he would have had 46 KOs.
    ChinaHandJoe explained it all on here a few years back.

    If Floyd had not been cursed with china hands, he would have added MW, SMW and LHW to his resume.

    I wonder in what round would he have stopped BHop ?

    Which round would a prime Floyd (with healthy hands) have stopped Tarver ?

    Or Roy ?
     
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