Rashidi Ellis v. Pacquiao as

I thought there would be a video or something :huh

 

marvelous find. kid fights very similar to floyd

 

He's fast and similar in size but stylistically is nothing like Mayweather, actually much closer to Berto.

 

No he doesn't. :huh

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRm86tbLm7Y

 

well he throws his punches like floyd and uses the high guard versus lefties. he even throws the left hook like floyd. he just doesnt run

 

if he shoulder rolls like berto pacs gonna take 3 weeks of camp off thinking the philly shell is the easiest defense to crack :rofl :rofl :rofl

and yes im aware he will prob not use it vs a southy

 

watched the clip, he reminds me of a young floyd. hard to gauge his talent because that guy he was in with was VERY inexperienced (though was tough) good pick for team pac either way

 

He uses the high guard against pretty much everyone, actually.

He doesn't incorporate much shoulder-roll/Philly-shell in his defense.

He doesn't rely on slipping punches as his primary line of defense like Floyd does (ie avoiding contact, period) - instead he utilizes a great deal of patty-cake slap-parries.

He throws his right hand absolutely nothing like Floyd. Instead of a laser-straight right hand lead (Floyd's main weapon, range-finder, and way of putting opponents' advance in check; used the way most people use a jab) he does a lot of downward hacking with it (starting from above his own head) or shoots line drives leaping forward with his feet coming off the canvas.

...and that's another thing. Footwork. My god, the difference couldn't be any more stark in skill, experience, and natural grace. Basically the same as comparing a principal in the Marinsky ballet to some drunk square-dancing in a roadside tavern.


...and he doesn't throw his left hook just like Floyd, he telegraphs it like crazy.

 

I personally know Rashidi Ellis.

 

well its pretty obvious he doesnt do the shoulder roll but who does, not many. it will be hard for pac team to find someone similar to floyd. fatty guzman used to imitate floyds fighting style but he wont show up to wildcard as long they have a spread for him of filipino delicacies

 

I personally have been within 6' of him within the last month.

Boom! 2nd place.

 

That is all you got out of what I said?

 

You hang in Somerville/Lynn, too?

:think