Thread: No, but Floyd RAN his way to 45-0!!

Get on that bicycle Floyd, elbow your opponents throat with that forearm and elbow, run run run!!!!
He stinks the whole place out with bullshit. Most boring fighter of all time, save the K bros.

And I ran I ran so far awayyyyy


I just rannnnn


I ran all night and dayyyy


Couldn't get away....

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Get on that bicycle Floyd, elbow your opponents throat with that forearm and elbow, run run run!!!!
He stinks the whole place out with bullshit. Most boring fighter of all time, save the K bros.

finally, someone who thinks like me!!! ha. floyd sucks!!!!

Floyd is a great boxer and business man. Nobody picks his opponent like Floyd does. A business stand point it is brilliant. A fighter, it is pathetic. Can't blame him for doing something smart and preserving himself to make the most money possible from a sport we know to leave its players broke at the end.

Floyds downfall is a single lost, his world crumbles in that scenario. Unlike celebrated fighters, Pac, Oscar, Ali, Sugar Ray/Leanard, etc.

Floyd is a great fighter but he is not a celebrated fighter. He must stay careful, this is a business to him.

The premise of this post is wrong. And spectacularly wrong for PBF's early fights.

If you watch them in order, a very different story emerges. It isn't until the 16th match (Gustavo Fabian Cuello) that he fights in a manner that could be described as running. Up till then he's consistently stalking opponents. He KOs all but 2 of them. He works the body and is clearly looking to land hard blows.

The announcers confirm this. He gets compared to Tyson more than Pernell Whitaker. He doesn't brawl to be sure, but he uses all his boxing skills and movement to to get in a position to end the the bout. The bodywork is notable, as that's the classic way to slow down opponents hellbent on running away.

I would also dispute "running" as an accurate desperation of his his post 16th fights. But for now, lets start at the beginning. If you watch the preface of the Tony Pep fight, you can hear the announcers, and PBF himself talking, referencing what I just said above.

Yeah Manju is right. I'm critical of Floyd too but I wouldn't call it running exactly.

He is a counter puncher who mostly hangs outside of range.

Muhammad Ali and Chris Byrd were runners. Morrison ran vs Foreman.

Floyd is more like Roy or Haye than that. They stay on the edge.