No one can can doubt Floyd's ability to counter going forward or back.
If he hadn't hid from Manny he would be in Pernell Whitaker's class historically as well as physically.
Mayweather may not swing the counter right hard, but that straight pop makes everyone have to reset after he lands it.
As to Roy Jones, it does appear to have become common knowledge that Jones, with all his startling gifts, would have indeed moved to the moon rather than face Dariusz Michalczewski.
Can you imagine the Packers not showing up to the stadium one Sunday so they could avoid the Bears?
Unlikely, but some of our most gifted fist fighters think this a viable operating procedure.