Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
What baffles me when people say Floyd runs, is that he throws enough punches to win nearly every round he boxes. So how is that construed as running? He threw more punches than Manny (and was twice as accurate!) now Manny throws a lot of 6 & 8 punch combos, so in the rest of the time when he's not throwing, surely he's running isn't he? No, he's not, he's taking punches.
When Peterson danced a lot v Garcia, it looks good, the difference is he never threw enough scoring punches, you have to do that as well and THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE between what he did
and what Floyd did.
Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit, connecting more than you are receiving, and nobody is better at that than Floyd, and that is what makes Him an ATG.
I agree, Peterson was throwing very little while Floyd was fighting and retreating.
Peterson looked to be running because he was wasn't throwing enough punches. I'm so glad Peterson lost that fight, because if boxing ever gets to the point where a fighter can dance around the ring and win rounds by avoiding punches, I'll be watching MMA exclusively.
Ali was a master at retreating and throwing punches at the same time.