Why do people call Mayweather a runner?

Pimp C · Jun 3, 2009

boxsensei said: ↑

I see of morons on here talking about "Mayrunner" and all this **** and Im just curious as to ther knowledge and understanding of the sport. When a guy is constantly on his toes. moving around the ring and constantly staying out of range so that there be no contact, this is a startegy to utilize the ring, so he can keep his opponent off balance and attack from different angles. However if a guy did this excessively all night so that hardly no punches are thrown and no contact occurs bewteen the 2 fighters then I could see you calling him a runner (look at the last round of cintron angulo) However Mayweather in his fights uses DEFENSE. He either stays in the pocket, or on the ropes, and rolls, slips, blocks, or ducks away from his oppenents punches while countering. He's right there in range to be hit, he just has so much skill that they can't find him. People started saying that dumb run **** after bthe DLH fight just becasue they wanted to see a barbaric brawl instead of high caliber boxing skills. DLH had mayweather right there in front of him to be hit on many occasions,and he flailed away and mayweather made him look silly with his defense. Defense is not running, is part of the skill set needed to be an elite fighter. If you don't appreciate maybe you should find another sport. but then i don't know, all sports have defense after all. What good would a sport be without it. What if in football they just handed the ball to the running back and no one tried to tackle him? What if in basketball guys just stood around and let the opponent run in for easy dunks and layups all night? For my European brethren, what if in soccer there was no goalie and the teams ran up and down the field unopposed kicking the balls into empty nets. Would anyone wanna see that? I think people need to start taking the time to understand the sport better and appreciate skills instead of whining and complaining becasue 2 guys don't stand in the middle of the ring and swing away. those are the type of fighters that usually end up with brain damage later in life, and those same fans that cheered them on will be no where to be found to help take care of them. Boxing is science of hit and don't get hit. These men put their health and lives on the line in there, and it takes the skill of defense in order to be able to go home intact and healthy to their families.
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I couldn't agree more. These people who call PBF a runner are three kinds of people. One PBF haters mad that he beat their favorite fighters or two people who don't know the sport or three both.

charlievint · Jun 3, 2009

boxsensei said: ↑

I see of morons on here talking about "Mayrunner" and all this **** and Im just curious as to ther knowledge and understanding of the sport. When a guy is constantly on his toes. moving around the ring and constantly staying out of range so that there be no contact, this is a startegy to utilize the ring, so he can keep his opponent off balance and attack from different angles. However if a guy did this excessively all night so that hardly no punches are thrown and no contact occurs bewteen the 2 fighters then I could see you calling him a runner (look at the last round of cintron angulo) However Mayweather in his fights uses DEFENSE. He either stays in the pocket, or on the ropes, and rolls, slips, blocks, or ducks away from his oppenents punches while countering. He's right there in range to be hit, he just has so much skill that they can't find him. People started saying that dumb run **** after bthe DLH fight just becasue they wanted to see a barbaric brawl instead of high caliber boxing skills. DLH had mayweather right there in front of him to be hit on many occasions,and he flailed away and mayweather made him look silly with his defense. Defense is not running, is part of the skill set needed to be an elite fighter. If you don't appreciate maybe you should find another sport. but then i don't know, all sports have defense after all. What good would a sport be without it. What if in football they just handed the ball to the running back and no one tried to tackle him? What if in basketball guys just stood around and let the opponent run in for easy dunks and layups all night? For my European brethren, what if in soccer there was no goalie and the teams ran up and down the field unopposed kicking the balls into empty nets. Would anyone wanna see that? I think people need to start taking the time to understand the sport better and appreciate skills instead of whining and complaining becasue 2 guys don't stand in the middle of the ring and swing away. those are the type of fighters that usually end up with brain damage later in life, and those same fans that cheered them on will be no where to be found to help take care of them. Boxing is science of hit and don't get hit. These men put their health and lives on the line in there, and it takes the skill of defense in order to be able to go home intact and healthy to their families.
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He's not a runner! He's just a defensive fighter majority of the time and fans in boxing sometimes don't like that. I appreciate Floyd. His style isn't drama filled or extremely exciting but what you witness watching a Floyd fight is pure greatness in form of the sweet science. There is no one better in the craft of boxing. Defensively and offensively his skills are top notch.

Pimp C · Jun 3, 2009

Anyone who refuses to engage simply looking to buy time should be considered a runner. Someone who employs good defense with movement while looking to counter isn't a runner big difference there.:deal

Xerant · Jun 3, 2009

Your waisting time trying to explain that to the portion of the people that thinks like that

Pimp C · Jun 3, 2009

renyo said: ↑

This came from the Baldo fight. And no there wasn't much leather flyin in that one. He really lost alot of fans with this fight and gained alot of critics with that performance.
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He also hurt his and in that fight and most people fail to mention that. Not only that he wasn't going to KO Baldo anyway. They bring that up but fail to mention other fights where he stood in front of people beating them to the punch and making them miss or walking people down.

charlievint · Jun 3, 2009

Xerant said: ↑

Your waisting time trying to explain that to the portion of the people that thinks like that
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Yea....true, but there are some many different kinds of fans of boxing. I tend to believe that "TRUE" fans of the sport appreicate the skills aspect more than the Boxing fan that is only appreciating "Blood and guts". I enjoy both and appreciate both but you'll always have critics in any sport. Floyd will be missed and appreciated a lot more when he's done that is for sure. I just hope we see him take on some serious challenges this go round! He can beat anyone but I want to see him fight! Or forced to fight where he has to be a pit bull to pull out a "W". Or loose some round convingly at least!

renyo · Jun 3, 2009

Pimp C said: ↑

He also hurt his and in that fight and most people fail to mention that. Not only that he was going to KO Baldo anyway. They bring that up but fail to mention other fights where he stood in front of people beating them to the punch and making them miss or walking people down.
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He's had some good fights but that one was on a big stage as well as Oscar which was more defensive minded and people were expecting someone being hurt.
Alot of it is people who haven't followed his career,and are generalizing his welter career.

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