My good friend that sparred with Emile griffith for three years says that about every fight since Chavez and Ricardo lopez retired. And james toney.
Although there are many good fighters today, I do agree with your buddy to an extent considering how he fought in the Griffith era.
There are some parts of the game that are missing in today's boxing such as in-fighting or just boxing each other from the midrange , skill for skill without all the BS clinching.
There are things that are " lost art " in the modern Boxing.
At least they fought each other. Twice![]()
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I'm intrigued to see what he said there that anyone will disagree with.
As for the "lost art" part of the conversation on this thread. It will only get worse. The low participation in boxing will adversely effect trainers which will further diminish what is taught. People overlook the major fault in being a niche sport. The viewers are fine. The low participation is going to kill the sport.
So mayweather should have no problem fighting either out of them.
I've grown to like Pacman over the years but I've always disliked his style. He does fight like an amateur and his style don't do much for me. I tried hard to like him but his style of fighting still doesn't appeal to me. Its sloppy, wreckless, and full of fundamental flaws.
I like him as an inspirational figure but as a purist, I'm not thrilled by his approach.
Floyd is right about Bradley too and I too have been saying this for awhile now. Bradley has amateur tendencies in his offense. Not only does he punch without a tightly clinched fists, but he flails a lot. His punching technique is horrible and that's one of the reasons why he fatigued faster in the last pacman bout. He loops his punches instead of thowing it straight from the shoulder and that gets u tired faster especially when u miss with those kind of shots.
They are amateurs compared to floyd.
For a second when I heard him saying amateur I was thinking about guys more worried more about scoring light flurry shots and raking up points. Have to admit, its a tad ironic..but I get what he is saying
He's spot on about Bradley...he looked and fought like he hit his stamina wall very early on. It's not the first time. Interesting he points out Arum, again, as a roadblock and Manny not being what he once was. Sounds like an open door..
...and yet she has not considered fighting any of one them, apparent that she is too scared for her health!
handpicking floyd aint got the right to say shit about either guy. at least they accept great challenges and thrive to fight the best, and not make excuses one after another! floyd knows nothing about honor & the quest to be a true all time great. at least pac and bradley have the balls to go for broke.
I agree with pretty much everything he said, but I think he's being a little hard on Pac. Pac fought a smart fight and got the W against a highly ranked/regarded undefeated champion.
But he's 100% right about Bradley, he fought like an amateur and gassed himself early.
And he's right that Pac doesn't have the same pop in his punches anymore.
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