Does Floyd really run?

YES Floyd does run. Does this mean he is not a good boxer, no. Floyd's running gives him the ablity to defeat just about anyone. On the other hand, he is boring as hell to watch; and yes, it is a sort of form of one dimensionality. He wins fights by having as little boxing activity as possible, yet he does win, so he gets credit from me for that. I could understand if he ran from one opponent who was a murderous puncher, but he does it for everyone. Will playing it safe against a light hitting, slows as hell, overmatched opponent like Baldomir earn my kudos? Will his slap and run style make me a fan?...No way.

 

No, Don, I haven't seen what you've seen, and I find you simple-minded though good-natured.

 

Nah, Lennox knocked people out when he could, and dominated fights with the jab, by PUNCHING. Some people might find him boring, but Lennox boxed. He even brawled it out wne needed. Unlike Floyd, He didn't try to win fights by creating as little punching activity as possible.

 

The only time ive ever really seen him run excessvily was vs Baldmoir. Spinks thats a ****ing runner he spends 12 rounds everyfight running backwards.

 

This reminds me of when Pernell Whittaker used to win , but often stunk the joint out in the process.Sometimes we just don't like the way someone wins. In the purest sense, boxing is the game of hit and don't be hit.When someone masters this form, it is often not too exciting.Mayweather's nasty ,bratty personna makes it more appealing for his detractors to critisize the way he wins, just like they did Pete.So they say he runs, and so on.But , I've never seen Floyd in all out retreat like DLH was against Trinidad.But Oscar is more likeable, even by others than the "Oscarsexuals", so , while he got some heat for his dancing with the stars audition against Tito, he still doesn't draw the nasty ire that Floyd seems to stir up.

 

PBF is not a runner, he has great reactions and awesome defensive skills and it makes for great countering, but perhaps relying on these two huge strengths might prove his undoing as the years catch-up, aside from the steroid stuff this is really where RJJ became unstuck as he got older, i'd say that the haste with which PBF's camp are trying to make the RH V PBF bout is in at least a small part to do with his sharpness, which im seeing slow slightly...

 

Very well put! and PBF did nothing close to this "running" until the Baldo fight, which was what 3 fights ago, people just love to hate him more than anyone i've ever seen.

 

Hes had 1 fight since then atsch

 

Paulie like Hatton is growing a huge following because of his exciting style, but there are more ways to win than all out action and there are not many defence and counter specialists that have acheived quite as much, Sugar Ray Robinson was no all out slugger either but is ranked all-time no1 by almost everyone in the sport, I admit PBF's style ain't as daring or adrenalin charged to watch and i'm not much of fan, but he is the best at what he does and it is very effective for wiining boxing matches - and keeping his looks :!:

 

Am I seeing this right? Did two people write that Paulie Malignaggi is an exciting fighter? If people wanna say Floyd is boring, and runs, that's their opinion. But how can you say Floyd is boring and Paulie is exciting? Paulie only has 5 ko's. Did anyone see his fight vs. Cherry? I don't think he threw one puch that wasn't a jab. Against N'Dou, every step Paulie took was backwards, and he threw pretty much all jabs sprinnkled in with a few crosses.