How can Floyd's punch-resistance be lower now if he never got hit?

[jabvargas24]

I want to see Floyd knocked colder than a fucking ice cube in Reykjavik.

We all do except Julius and mr140.

I consider floyd to be my favorite fighter. Hope I never see the day he even puts a knee on the canvas.

[brocktonblockbust]

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.

[15rounder]

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.

Are you suggesting that this fight will mirror the Gatti Mayweather fight?

[El Kabong]

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.

[brocktonblockbust]

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.

agreed. it IS possible that youth ----that a 23 yr old baby----could catch him with a lucky shot, speed and youth 'n all..............but yeah, it aint happenin. Floyd will just shoulder-roll and grab and forearm to the throat, buy time, recover, and punish him.

[Dia bando]

Floyd may end up like RJJ , never hit to clean then age catches up wham bam thank you lights
out that one punch. Lets face it you never expected RJJ, to get poleaxed did you but he did
the same could happen to Floyd.!

[imp]

Floyd may end up like RJJ , never hit to clean then age catches up wham bam thank you lights
out that one punch. Lets face it you never expected RJJ, to get poleaxed did you but he did
the same could happen to Floyd.!

Unless floyd looses 25lb of muscle in weight like roy did i cant see it happening.

Roy made history and sacrificed his body for a massive risk but it paid of and he beat tarver..he could have left it there but roy gives rematches.

[Beanflicker]

Floyd may end up like RJJ , never hit to clean then age catches up wham bam thank you lights
out that one punch. Lets face it you never expected RJJ, to get poleaxed did you but he did
the same could happen to Floyd.!

I don't think Roy was ever caught with as good a punch as Mosley caught Floyd with... well until Tarver in 2004.

I think Floyd's toughness is hugely underrated. If you go back and look earlier in his career (when he was actually considered a "boxer-puncher" and something of a KO artist), he had some pretty gutsy wars. He straight up brawled with Emmanuel Augustus if I remember right.

Floyd is the full package (like guys like Leonard and Ray Robinson were): amazing skill and athletic ability, partnered with toughness and heart.

Floyd's a savvy veteran who knows what to do in any situation... if someone's going to beat him, they're going to have to totally beat him down or knock him out cold.