I want to see Floyd knocked colder than a fucking ice cube in Reykjavik.
I want to see Floyd knocked colder than a fucking ice cube in Reykjavik.
i remember talking to arturo gatti on a conference call in june 2005 1 week b4 his mayweather maych---i had the rights to a conference call as i was working for rabbitpunchboxing.com and had a press pass---i also talked to buddy mcgirt on the same phone call---all this was broadcast live on some southwestern radio station-----and mcgirt was saying that arturo was gonna be smashing floyd on the elbows, forearms, shoulders, to slow him down, keep touchin him...............
arturo touched nothing that night in new jersey----he touched oxygen, argon, xenon, he touched nothing but air. couldnt even find floyd;s fucking hacuna-matata as buddy called it---the spot right behind the ear. plan was to catch him there when he did his shoulder-rolling shit.
Floyd has been hurt more in recent fights, but to his credit he holds on, survives the storm, and then just never makes the same mistake again. Judah smacked him good, Mosley cracked him, Cotto touched him up pretty hard....but Floyd is tough and he has very good defense and much more than that the few times Floyd has been hurt he IMMEDIATELY puts himself in a position where his opponent can't follow up. Against Shane Mosley, round 2, Shane lands a great right cross and Floyd gets hurt and he clings to Mosley like an octopus and by the time the ref breaks the fighters Floyd's head is clear enough for him to play defense for a while and ALSO at that time Shane is swinging for the fences to the punches were telegraphed for Floyd to pick off.
To KO Floyd you'll either have to surprise him or be a hell of a lot stronger than him and I don't really see anyone doing that soon......I would LIKE to but I just don't see it happening.
Two or three fights ago, maybe around the Marquez fight, Floyd was shown sparring in the ring with some massive middleweight who was supposed to have an amazing left hook to the body. Floyd was letting him batter his body and wasn't bothered at all by the power. There was a more extensive version on youtube if somebody can remember who it was. Not that a video proves anything but I don't think Canelo will be able to land enough to the body to slow Floyd down or do any real damage.
I want to say it was Omar Henry? Believe I saw that as well, it would've been in the build up to fighting Cotto since Henry emulated his style so closely. He was just a 154 lber I believe but certainly much bigger than Floyd naturally. The guy died not long ago of a rare cancer at just 25, pretty sad.
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