"Roughed up" is not equivalent to "landed copious amounts of clean punches." Since you seem to have trouble understanding basic concepts, I'll elaborate. During the first few rounds, Maidana pushed Floyd to the ropes and threw a high volume of punches at Floyd. Since hitting Floyd clean is like trying to carry water with a fork, the idea is to hit any available surface. Maidana was very successful early on with this tactic. Many boxing fans believe this is one tactic that may prove fruitful against PBF, and Maidana had more success than most applying the tactic. Your examples of Cotto and Augustus are well noted, but not quite the same as brute roughing up. Augustus is awkward, and Cotto was a little more precise and measured in this approach. Maidana swung for the fences, and it was fun to watch.
I expect a shutout this time. I scored the 1st fight 9 rounds to 3 for floyd I don't think the fight was that close. Throwing a shit load of punches and hitting nothing don't win rounds !
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