Floyd fought very defensively when either his hand was hurt, or his opponent was just too big and strong for him.
People would appreciate Mayweather more if he wasn't such a **** Cory Spinks is far more boring than PBF but...Cory on the other hand is a classy guy and i normally find myself rooting for him in spite of his boring style Mayweathers combination of being boring(if masterful) and being a **** is what makes people dislike him i think
There a difference between giving angles and running , and floyd does just that he uses his foot work to make angle , that not running thats boxing which is different from Rick who wrestle his opponent to get angles.
LOL...C'mon dude...No one says floyd's a Terrible fighter and has NO skills. That's crazy talk. They say he's boring and sometimes he is. Sometimes he's AMAZING. But he only looks AMAZING against guys that we as fans KNOW he'll beat. When he's tested he starts to fight in a way that is boring. IT's still very skillful and tactical but most causual fans won't apprecaite that b/c it's not Toe to toe and it's more of pot shotting off the back foot. I love Floyd, his style at least. i think he's a true technician and a great boxer. The best in our era. But he hasn't tested himself against the very best although his move up in weight and the way he dominated some of the champions along the way deserves A LOT of RESPECT. He's no Ali, Robinson or Pep, but his talent is on the level with the Greats I just mentioned....I just don't think his HEART is comparable to them.
At his worst, yes he is a runner, what makes it so disgusting is that he has all the ability in the world to still minimize risk and put on a great technical display of boxing without having to do it, yet he does it anyway lately. In his early career he was not, but more and more he is doing it. If he fought like he did in the last few rounds of the ODH fight, which were some of his most convincing rounds and the rounds that won him the fight, he would not be considered a runner in the slightest. It really doesn't make sense, he fights better when he isn't running, he fights at his best when he applies slow, steady pressure, which he is very good at.
he ran from baldy in the last 4 rounds when he was hurt (right hand) and secured the win but he shouldnt have done it he didnt run from oscar at all hes stood and traded plenty of times in his career but haters conveniently forget the ndou,corley,judah,gatti,hernandez,corrales,manfredy fights i dont know why he has all of a sudden started pot-shotting i think he wants to protect his haNDS, i remember him saying about 5 years ago he wanted to retire, that he couldnt take the pain from them anymore but :think i dont know
When he isn't running is when he's in there with "lesser" opposition which gives him the confidence to stay in the pocket, sit down on his shots and use his "shoulder tuck and Roll" defense in a stationary position. But when he gets in there with guys on his level, he has to fight defensivley b/c Floyd cares more about staying undefeated than he does about giving fans their monies worth.
People just like to call fighters "runners" when they box on the backfoot or are more defensive. Floyd fights differently based on the opponent. He's been more defensive in the last couple of fights. Neither he nor Whitaker (who spent a good amount of time in the pocket or trading body shots up close) were really runners.
He Is A Boring Fighter I Thought Before Oscar He Would Run But He Said He Wouldnt,sure Enough He Ran When He Felt Oscars Power
Yes he does. He let Oscar come after him all night and when Oscar did corner him, he clinched. What you gonna call that. Obviously he cant go uut the ring and actually run but in boxing terms, he did run. Running to me is avoiding boxing contact...that is exactly what Floyd did. Create as little boxing activity as possible. Its like if you could win by landing 500 shots and getting hit 100, Floyd would much rather win by landing 5 and getting hit once. How do you avoid as little contact as possible? Run. I dont get it, when people can only fight coming forward or by KO'n people they are considered 1 dimensional. Yet when one choose to win by only going backwards and by UD, he is a master boxer. ??? In Floyds case I can excuse him for his running, mainly cos he is outweighed greatly by the likes of Baldo & Oscar. I fight the same when sparring HW's. When hes fighting guys his size he is actually very entertaining to watch and IMO, shows what real boxing is about. But people need to stop aking excuses for his fights with Baldo & ODLH calling it master boxing and noway running...he is running and IMO his only option really.
what the hell mate, he ran maybe half a round against Oscar. Some peeps see what PBF does as running but it's not, he plays it on the backfoot, punches first and counterpunches if need be which is the smartest way to win a fight imo.. and personally i find Floyd's style not boring at all, and if anything fairly entertaining to watch. I'll say this, i'd prefer to see a Floyd fight then a Mayorga that's for damn sure..
Floyd doesnt run he did it against Baldomir, he couldnt ko Baldo so he jus schooled him he stood wit Oscar and did in all his fights previous to Baldo.
pbf is just a pure boxer at the highest level.he is the sweet science, he hits without getting hit.i just think pbf is a legit jr welter and when fighting guys that walk around at 160 and as high as 185 he can take the chances of getting hit more then he should.so if you hit pbf then you earned it because he will not give you free shots.to some i know is not fun to watch but as soon a pbf fights like gatti, then thats when he will get koed like gatti. thats not his style and never will be.he never weighed 150 pounds in his life and they expect to trade with men who walk around at 165 and higher. pbf sayed he was 150 when he fought odh but that was on paper he really only weighed about 148, thats why in the tale of the tape they did not show what the fighters weighed going into the fight.they only showed the weight they sayed they made. pbf needs to fight like how pbf fights, then second he chages to please others thats the second he will get koed.