Unpopular opinion but I was bored watching his fights. Much rather watch a khan scrap fest instead of Mayweather non contact type of boxing.
This is a major Floyd hater site He wouldn't make the top 1000 p4p 1. Lomachenko 2. GGG 3. USYK 4. Pacquiao 5. Kovalev 6. Sugar Ray Robinson 7. Benevidz 8. Bivol 9. Ali 10. Inoue 1001 Floyd
PUNCHER!!!!!!! ROFL The feather fisted dancing dervish cannot PUNCH. He's like a failed Chippendales dancer
Well, I mean, not if you actually watch his career, no, they aren't. But I only mean that in the strictest and most obvious sense that you wouldn't get.
PBF was the most accurate fighter I have ever seen. He was so crisp and sharp for his age; it really was quite remarkable. Older Floyd was still very accurate, but at the expense of his workrate and power.
Preach it brother. PBF had a 54% KO ratio. Even Slappy McSlapface Joe Calzaghe ended around 70% of his fights. Floyd wouldn't bust a grape.
He was very accurate, but he didn’t have a good work rate and usually just waited for the counter. It’s a lot more impressive when a fighter throws a lot of leather with high accuracy. Off the top of my head, Louis, Holyfield, and Pac had some great accuracy for all that they threw. I remember a young Mike Tyson being a sharp shooter as well.
Possibly, he was economical with his shots and very accurate when he did throw. Compubox had him as the most accurate when he retired, though I think Crawford might challenge that stat now but then Crawford's opposition compared to Mayweather's was trash. Which kind of shows that accuracy isn't everything, when it comes down to it, it's who you fought and beat, nit picking certain stats is nice for stat geeks but it really doesn't prove much.
I am not a fan of Floyd and do not agree with the GOAT arguments. However there’s no denying he was one of the greatest and has a great skillset. I’d personally remove Ali and SRR from your list of overrated fighters because they warranted the hype with their exceptional resumes and talents (even if there are too many people who claim they were unbeatable). I’d replace them with Fury and Tank (even still).