Quote Originally Posted by J_Undisputed View Post
moreover it looks like a generation of volume punching athletes and stylists vs. a generation of hardened boxers. Good thing Floyd is a throwback of sorts and doesnt just look to windmill/shoeshine you.
Interesting observation. Throwback in some ways but not in others.

Floyd indeed has old school skills and veteran tricks, stuff that many other current guys do not have these days. That's why there's currently several comparatively limited fighters holding titles or are top contenders in comparison to say the 80s or 70s.

Unfortunately, Floyd has lacked that old school mentality of fighting the best at their best.
In the last two years, he's been fighting the top challenges, top prime guys like Alvarez and Ortiz and Guerrero. He deserves credit for that especially considering 36 year old Floyd currently isn't as fast as he once was yet he's still outboxing them.

It's really a shame that he didn't fight all those top prime guys there were circa 2002 till 2010. He probably would've beat most of them, but he wouldn't sign to fight them at their best because he might lose, and he wouldn't sign unless he was sure he would win.

Looks like he's trying to make the most of the time left here at the tail-end of his career.