I'm gonna say Floyd, he had no power. Oscar de la Hoya in his book said his plan c for money may was to have him break his hand against Oscars noggin. Also look at the catchweight with jmm. He instinctively needed a power and size advantage against the mini Marquez. Also he couldn't turn off Ortiz's lights after a free one two combo. Then what really stands out was his lack of punching power against the Paul brother. Canelo and Manny both verbalized they were embarrassed by losing to Floyd. For PAC, it was roach citing his embarrassment and lusting of a rematch. Lately Canelo has been saying Floyd fights only those who are past their prime or before it. And that he would beat him prime for prime.
As much as I love my favorite fighter and consider him to be amongst the greatest to ever lace up gloves, I admit he has a couple of glaring faults: Catchweights - the rascal loves catch weights like a junkie loves smack. 155, 152, 163, 180…you name it. Drugs. ..My man loves drugs. According to reliable sources, at any given time my favorite fighter has more drugs in his system than Hunter S Thompson, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Uppers, downers, screamers, laughers, clenbuterol…you name it. Cherry-picking. Don’t get me wrong, no sir, my favorite fighter has an ATG resume…but he’s also picked more cherries than Wilt Chamberlain at an Amish prom with spiked punch. Aging fighters out…He dropped the WBC belt rather than fight that communist scumbag Golovkin. Even though I’m a proud white man I identify as Mexican. So you can imagine my heart being torn asunder when my HOF-bound favorite fighter got in the ring after Golovkin rolled another wino and said, and I quote, “We Mexicans don’t fook around”…and two days later my man fooked around and forfeited his title by refusing to fight Golovkin. Aside from those wee peccadilloes, my favorite fighter has no faults.
Hehehe that was some great literature! For all the foolishness I couldn't read the rest of it because I was laughing so hard.
It's not a fault but probably fitting for this thread. Usyk is probably my fav fighter but people may question his KO record.
For years I fought with people who said Fury had no power. I tried to explain that he is a scientific boxer, and will rarely commit to knocking a guy out when he doesn't have to. It is counter-productive for him. I was called all kinds of names, and got the ubiquitous "YDKSAB." Then Fury-Wilder II happened. I don't think Usyk is as powerful as a 6'8" behemoth, but he has more power than he lets on. He likes to start slow, gradually turn up the heat, tire, shock, confuse, humiliate, and chip away at his opponent, and then, if he feels he needs it, he really turns it up in the last couple. Case in point: the only two guys to really get on his nerves were Huck and Bellew. How did they turn out? Or, just watch the last round of Joshua.
Yep, he for sure could have taken out AJ and probably will in the rematch but you know Usyks detractors will always bring it up.
Loma No power, prone to injury. Most of his KO comes from his extraordinary level of accuracy. If the guy has the same level of power as well as accuracy, he would be unstoppable.
My favorite 3 boxers: Golovkin, minimal head movement. Blocks shots with his head mostly. Gets exposed and countered dearly when misses his power shots. Canelo, gets hit a lot and it doesn't bother him. Trusts his weak opponents' weak punches and thinks he will knock them out later anyway. Joshua, low boxing skills, low conditioning. Needs to learn fighting in a defensive fashion against skilled boxers.
Marquez...for a technically brilliant boxer....he wasn't as effective when forced to take the lead.... Also...not the best loser. I personally gave him most of his losses ...thought he beat Norwood and John n Manny 3 times...lost to Bradley n Floyd but no shame in that ...Floyd's a stylistic nightmare n Bradley was when he was pretty much at the end... But he did like to moan after a loss ...some valid..some not
The most glaring fault of my favorite fighter is that he's dead. When Muhammad Ali does return, he and Usyk will be a good one.