Floyd vs combination punchers

Is it just me or is Floyd more in his element as a fighter when the other fighters are noted for their offensive combination punching?

I just had a review over the Duran vs Hearns fight (someone posted it) and noted how easily Hearns was hitting Duran without much coming back. He looked extremely fast, strong and mpressive in decimating Duran in that fight and no doubt if he was allowed to throw as many shots against Floyd, I think he'd KO Floyd too.

But would he be allowed to throw that many shots? Floyd's defense would protect him from most of them, I think the susceptibility he has for the overhand right would mean he gets hit, but would he work off of Hearn's punching and counter him enough that he stops this from happening?

I think the one thing you have to look at when judging how Floyd would do against these impressive flashy speed fighters of that era is that they probably don't get off as many punches as they were used to against Floyd, that they take more precision punches and that Floyd's cautious style may ultimately allow him to pick them apart.

But boy how I wish Floyd would adopt a more aggressive punching style ala Hearns when he's so far ahead of the other guy. Hearns was a beast.

 

I get the feeling that very few fighters can exist on a level with Floyd if he gets into that routine. Calzaghe, Hopkins and Toney all had this ability to, to destroy the other fighters boxing and make it a muddy track for them.

His precision punches ensure even if he's not a big puncher, his punches are definitely felt and the way he moves and counters must make it nerve racking when throwing shots.

I just get the feeling in a fight against the likes of Hearns, if it gets past two to three rounds, Floyd would be in the position of nullifying the weapons, very rarely being hit and destroying Hearns' boxing.

Sugar Ray is a different story - he's an adaptable fighter who could destroy other peoples boxing too.

 

Height, power, early starter.

Hearns is the type of guy that definitely could destroy Floyd early, but like I say, if it goes past two to three rounds, the tables are turned, Floyd would win that fight in my view.

Everyone believes the key to beating Floyd is work-rate and a crisp jab. I think work-rate is over-rated against him, the more you throw, the more he counters, the more you hurt.

 

Zab definitely gave him an early scare but did we just witness in that fight what we saw in the Mosley fight and pinned it on Zab's notorious stamina issues?

Early rounds, Zab was hitting Floyd, giving him all sorts of trouble - Round 3 and 4, the fight was getting even, every round after that was a schooling from Floyd.

Castillo, that first fight, Floyd was suffering from injuries, the second fight gave you an idea of how the first would have gone without.

 

Let's face it, you either got KO'ed or KO'ed Hearns. He was a massive puncher with a questionable chin.

I think Floyd COULD KO Hearns, despite not being a massive puncher, solely because Hearns isn't the best known chin in the world. You'd never call Iran Barkley a huge puncher would you?