Critique your favorite fighter

Roy Jones Jr
*Chin issues.
*Did not learn fundimental defence that he could fall back on, though he didnt need to at his best

 

Paul Williams
Strengths
- High workrate
- Nice chin
- Great reach
- Fights all comers

Weaknesses
- Does not use height
- Does not take advantage of reach
- Does not sit on punches
- Still a raw fighter.

 

Marvin Hagler
*Erm.. he couldn't dance like Ali
*Err, err, he didn't have quite the single punch power of a Hearns
*Err, he wasn't the cleanest fighter ever

 

Bernard Hopkins-Doesnt throw or trade bombs as much as he use to

 

Lucian Bute:

• fights too tentatively and doesn't come in to fight more, despite being a boxer puncher with a very good chin
• seems to be happy to work his way up towards the top slowly, not gunning for the hard fights

 

Calzaghe

When he tries too hard to impress he makes a fool of himself.
WTF was that showboating against Bika? Tried too hard to impress the American audience and made himself look like a ****.

 

Poor defence :huh

 

Vitali:

Had the toughness and tools to be an ATG with a body from the geriatric ward.

 

Joe Calzaghe

- Little off balance and open on occasions
- Can try to impress too much

 

Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Too dominant in comparison to his peers. This ususally results in one sided fights that lack drama. I would like to see him slack off a bit and not train as hard so that I can see him in more competitive fights.

 

Well...poor defence to the extent that he'd find it a long match against A level fighters...but not poor defence given his experience, no....actually, relatively good defence. Anyway, his defence is improving every fight and in two three years I expect it will be very good. His jab needs to improve too...but then, Bute IS very much a work in progress...he's not like Kessler or Calzaghe.

 

MIGUEL COTTO

• Leaky defensively
• Doesn't have much head movement, although he makes up for it by fighting effectively out of a high guard
• Susceptible to overhand rights and uppercuts
• Good chin, but certainly not iron (can be cracked)
• Not a great boxer off of the backfoot, which is why he has to move and pick spots to counter (giving some fans the appearance that he's running)
• I'm not sure how he would react to a stronger pressure fighter who really challenges him

 

Carl Froch

- Low hands
- Slack footwork
- Poor (or rather non existent) head movement