Better pressure fighter then Floyd Mayweather in boxing today?

Talking about intelligent pressure, cutting off the ring, breaking a fighter down ect. The only criticism you could have is that he takes about 2-3 rounds to get settled into the style, but then he complete locks the opposing fighter both offensively and defensively, and he doesnt throw alot of punches and his power leaves some to be desired. But really I dont think there is another fighter today that is as good as Mayweather at breaking another fighter down on the front foot. Maybe Cotto, but even Cotto could never impose his will on a Shane Mosley level fighter like Mayweather did. There are simple no Chavez or Tszyus of this era. You get alot of Ricky Hatton, Paul Williams and Margarito type pressure fighters who are busy have power but get hit far too much. They dont slip punches and cant get inside like the old legends.

Floyd breaking down Sharmba Mitchell
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Floyd breaking down Zab Judah
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And of course the Mosley fight
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Chris Arreola.

 

Chavez & Tszyu weren't exactly great at slipping the punches. You can't really compare their style to Mayweathers anyway.

 

Mayweather is the best non-European boxer of this era and is well-versed in all aspects and categories of boxing technique.

 

Andre Ward

Cotto did do a superb job of pressuring shane imo too

David lemieux also brings an incredible two handed assault without being tagged significantly, but his greatness has yet to be proven on the world level.

 

I was gonna say Andre Ward but he's still raw. He lunges in with his head down alot. An experienced fighter would make him pay dearly for that. A Hopkins or Jones would just have stepped back and pop goes the weasel.

Although when Ward does get you on the ropes, you arent likely to find your way off of them.

 

Carl Froch's pressure on Andre Dirrell was better than Floyd Mayweathers pressure on Baldomir

 

He does make the mistake of being too quick to pin his head after a slip, but when he gets there on the inside i think he is superior to PBF, great job of moving arms and using his head to position on the inside as well as placing his punches well, pins stronger and bigger fighters up on the ropes and scores at will.

If only he could punch :3

Absolutely not. he didn't cut the ring well at all, had mediocre head movement, and let dirrell score on him over and over again. for every instance where he was able to get inside and land there were 3-4 where dirrell would stick and move out of trouble without even engaging with intent

 

Chavez had great head movement. Watch how easily he slipped most of Chapo's bombs.

 

Manny Pacquiao

 

:bart:think:scaredas:

Carl Froch is the living embodiement of how not to pressure.


When Dirrell was southpaw he actually lead with a right hook to the body from about 3 feet away and almost got knocked out for it. One of the poorest examples of boxing technique and discipline I can remember from a world champion.

 

If Froch's pressure was so great Dirrell wouldn't have been able to "run" around the ring at will like most say he did.

 

margarito

 

Pacquiao is one the greatest mid-range fighters I've ever seen. An offensive dynamo. But he was not comfortable stalking Cotto.

 

I guess i'm thinking about the later career Chavez who relied on his swarming style and brute strength and power to neutralise his opponents attack.