Quick side note: I wish I could still post HL of this fight and others so we can breeze through these fights for samples...but my favorite HL maker, ErracticBoxing, has been taking down by the King :fire:devil His fight with Chico is obvious so I'm trying to use some others that some may not have seen. So anyway, this fight is more of a boxing clinic than one of his fights where he takes it to his opponent. So be patient. Posted this fight to watch for his ability to move, and of course his amazing speed back then. O', and listen to how much love Larry Merchant is showing Floyd. Last two videos are good because it shows that Floyd can still fight with high energy and with his legs in the later rounds. Youth is a blessing. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kJOgoFENU[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4k-jZe0CAM[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0Yr4Qosww[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju484cZ9FKw[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Resx9oeM4[/ame]
I like this fight. Still up on his toes but more exciting than the previous. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5w4pz6xhN8[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2IbI8Ehdg[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEmMG62TQhQ[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAXuXg6to4[/ame]
Floyd Mayweather can still fight in this manner..? All of you people where moaning calling him Mayrunner, whenever he displayed any real movement. For me personally he has adapted his style to a more in the pocket front foot style..? because he wants to prove and point, and beat his opponents more forcefully. "To prove more to his haters and critics that he can really really fight".
He can't move like that anymore. You can even tell with his speed it isn't quite the same. Still faster than the field though. He has adapted his style because of age and not for the fans. If he wanted to please the fans he would be a brawler. But yes, like Post-exile Ali, it can be more exciting to the fans. What he does now is use subtle movements and shuffles when necessary. After all, you don't need to be Ali and dance dance dance. A lot of that is wasted energy. All you need to do is move just enough. He plants his feet more to add more power. He has to. He has to deter his opponent. Everyone who has watched him over the years knows he can fight. He proved it long ago. Even when he was first stunned, he fought back toe to toe with Corley. We knew it then.
His feet are definitely not as fast as they used to be. His feet were so fast it made his right hand lead almost unavoidable. He used to give a quick pause to freeze his opponent then lead with that punch with amazing quickness.
He actually bothered to use his left hook to the body back then along with uppercuts. There was some booing in the last round with Vargas along with chants of let's go Floyd, let's go.:shock:
I still think he can move around the ring if he wants to or have to. There is a moment in the sparring session with Omar Henry when Floyd started moving on him and popped the **** out of him with a lighting quick jab, but then he stopped and started walking him back down.
:deal I remember this, all these Floyd haters were calling him Mayrunner, now his style has changed and they want to go back and talk about the very thing they used to diss, fake ass fans.
Floyd is a silly ass ***** of a punk! Hurry up and go to jail! He will never be considered top 20 ever. He runs from everyone in their prime, and beats ighters like Cotto that are old and washed up. His interviews are full of ****, and he cons all of you fans that follow him. He a big money hungry *****! Manny Pacquiao is the best P4P fighter ever. Movie star, congressman, loved by all fans, makes millions doing commercials, children love him, and he's unlike that piece of **** mayweather that is all ghetto, disrespectful, breaks laws, hits women, humiliates his own father, threatens his kids, fights security gurads, goes to bed with DumbASS KISS ASS 50 CENT! They're all a bunch of dysfuntional idiots, and will be remembered as such. Floyd, go away. And please fans do not pay for this fake ass PPV fight with Cotto. Floyd is stealing your money. Go watch it a bar that's free, don't let him laugh his ass of at you if you pay. the other fights on the card stink! Floyd, go to jail!!!!
Who is that? I don't see any "hater" telling him to go back to that style. Although I'm not one to pay attention to the boards. But I usually still see people wanting him to be more limited and stand there toe to toe like some dumb brawler who can't fight any other way. For me, I actually am a bit sad he can't do what he used to do but still admire his ability because he has a brilliant mind and understands where his ability is and knows how to adjust. Its his ability to adjust throughout his career which is why I became a fan most of all. I like to keep the past alive with how fighters used to be able to fight because people tend to forget the past and just think of the fighter as he is now as always being this fighter. Ex: Hopkins. I like to keep bringing up how great Hopkins was prior to Tito. Before people started to say he was a hugger and only threw one punch at a time and so on. Or Tyson...who was incredible when he trained for it and used D'Amato's philosophy to a tee compared to what he became after he left Catskill and started to be more of a "brawler." Ruddock fights were great to watch but his fluidity was diminished which caused his dominance to diminish. Ali pre-exile compared to post-exile. And so on. If you have the ability to do something where you can win and don't get hit...use it. Fighters like Floyd are rare. They are throwing Science at you but many don't like Science. It's to complicated.
