Floyd on Maidana rematch

[Vendettos]

His elbows are one of his biggest weapons against inside fighters who crowd him. Ricky Hatton found that out as well.

It's very crafty how he uses them. He always knows where the referee is and he'll use whichever arm is on the ref's blind side and use the arm that the ref can see to hide it.

Well if they were designing barbies, I'd understand but in a fight.....

....using ur elbows are just about fair .... It all depends n the judge.

[Kirkland Laing]

If Cotto beats Martinez Floyd will rematch him instead. Otherwise probably a Maidana rematch.

[ruthless rocco]

If Cotto beats Martinez Floyd will rematch him instead. Otherwise probably a Maidana rematch.

I don't think Floyd has anything to worry about in a rematch. They'll ensure the ref will call all Maidana's blatant fouls including dick shots, hip shots, back punches, rabbit punches, tackles and elbows...not to mention the time he bit Floyd's hand. Maidana will be DQ'd but Floyd will box his ears off before the fight is stopped.

[fan johnny]

I think the fight would have favored maidana more had tony weeks not been so fucking inthe way and let more infighting happen.

[Master]

I think the fight would have favored maidana more had tony weeks not been so fucking inthe way and let more infighting happen.

Funnily enough Floyd said the referee allowed too much dirty tactics from Chino and that he wanted another ref for the next bout.

[Beanflicker]

Commonly known as cheating, fouling, not being quite good enough to get through a fight without using it.

These guys aren't boy scouts in there. In Jake Lamotta's book, he alluded to the fact that SRR and a lot of the other slicksters he fought did the same shit, only they would use their forearms and elbows as weapons to catch a guy coming in with. He also admitted that it was common practice back in the day to throw a hook in such a fashion that if the punch missed, the follow-through forearm or elbow wouldn't. When you have a sport where the two main objectives are to hurt a guy as much as you can and to stop the other guy from hurting you as much as he can, guys are going to resort to shady tactics every now and then.

In Floyd's defence, I can't remember him ever throwing an elbow or using it to create concussive impact (like a head butt, rabbit punch or low blow would), just to create discomfort to create space.

A lot of people rag on Klitschko for holding, saying stuff like "ahhh jab and grab, he's a bum, if he wasn't allowed to hold he'd get KO'd every time, ect". Well, Ali made a career out of doing the same shit and he's considered the greatest of all time.