Outstanding question. Frazier was able to outwork Ali when Muhammad stopped moving. Ali was a runner, as a style, and Smokin' Joe fits the definition of what legendary trainer Kenny Weldon call a "fighter," meaning a pressure guy with good coordination between hands and feet who can force most movers out of their own rhythm over time.
Marquez is a stationary counter-fighter, while Floyd is a mobile counter fighter. All counter fighters are made to pick apart aggressive onrushing fighters.
In the book Money Boxing that comes out this week, style are broken down into a simple comparison of the child's game paper-rock-scissors.
In the book, a mobile counterpuncher beats a stationary one, which is what happened in the Mayweather-Marquez fight.
Mayweather likes to control distance and space, as his style dictates.
The tactical problem comes in when he is facing an opponent who advances faster than he is capable of retreating. Things get messy when that happens, style advantage or no.
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