"Real boxing fan"

you dont see anyone hating shane mosley or felix trinidad, even when they were where floyd is now.

 

They have better personalities for dealing with people, and more crowd-pleasing styles.

 

Then you have my apology.

 

theres boxing = Shane, SRR, DLH, Kessler etc
Theres fighting = Chavez, Lacy, JLC etc
then theres running = Dirrell, Malagnagi, Casamayor

Then there are those that change it up FMJ for example boxed perfectly against Gatti . . . and flat out ran from Baldomir

I am a fan of fighting and boxing, I simply cannot stand running. Most fans dont like running.

 

If anyone can look at Dirrel running for 12 shiitback rounds against Stevens and find any reason to defend that crap then god bless. . . but that kinda running sets boxing back every time one of these snoozers are televised.

 

I have yet to see Casamayor or Malignaggi run in fights. They always fight infront of their opponents make them miss and make them pay. They are fun to watch.

 

In the immortal words of DK. . . You sir suffer from myopia.

Casa ran from JLC for 12 snoozer rounds, Paulina runs in most her fights. (full disclosure - he didnt run from Cotto - gotta give credit for that)

 

Casa ran in round 12 when he was hurt. For the most part, it was an ugly fight on the inside. And, ive seen Malignaggi in 3 fights. In all of them, his been in front of his opponents making them miss and scoring. He throws numerous punches for a guy that runs.

 

It was a lot of good posts here but boxing is in perfection hitting without getting hit . With the emphasis on hitting first. You can win by rendering your opponent unconscious however you cannoy win by running for three minutes not hitting and not getting hit . In this sport its about engaging.Defense is highly important but in these days many rank defense above offense .To be a all time great or pound for pound there needs to be a perfect meshing of the two . If facing a p4p you should be worried about him hitting you as much as you would about being able to hit him.

 

I forgot he held alot too, holding and running are basically one in the same - both specifically designed to avoid actually fighting or boxing.

Pitter pat and run is still running in my book.

BTW, you can add Raheem to the list of runners as well.

Its no big secret that in general the guys that run, hold and avoid fighting for the most part are the guys that are difficult to market and get the smaller paydays.