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When a boxer meets a puncher, sometimes the puncher will become frustrated due to his shots missing or being parried or countered etc. This will result in the puncher shortening his punches, attempting to ensure they land or land with optimium impact. However, this often results in the puncher neglecting to throw enough punches or combinations, or sometimes neglecting to throw a punch at all jab on May 5th last. Oscar threw the jab early and although it WAS the most successful of Oscar's armoury it was still landing below 50% and even when landing he was unable to follow up with 2-3 punches
Didn't matter if it missed. You sound like you box, so let me just say it.
The jab was important..... even if he missed it kept Floyd thinking.... even if it was blocked.... the PBF couldn't answer back, often he wasn't in position to fire back b/c of that...NOW that's what's important.
Hey, Oscar isn't a man I want to use as my platform, but the fight happened and Oscar's jab did give Floyd trouble, so I'm forced to use it because I saw it, hell everybody saw it. Floyd just took the jabs, especially the ones that landed. It's because of Floyd's stance. Floyd's stance is precisely the reason he's good aslo. But up against a great jab, it has no answers.



And don't give me percentages man, watch the fight. this is boxing.... and boxing's not percentages it's effectiveness.

Sorry if I sound like an @ss. please answer back. cc
Fellas, Oscar was in the best physical condition he could get up to but he was far from being able to extend his jab for 12 rounds and keep Mayweather at bay or to inhibit him for getting in and out and out-pitty-pat-punch him all the way. That has to do with the styles, Oscar is no puncher and wouldn't have the timing or the cool to combine his left jab with that strong effective left hook out of the jab without Floyd stepping out of range first. Connect rates have to do with it at some extend as far as they measure precision, effective aggressiveness and volumes of punches thrown and in an undirect way, defense and ringside generalship... Oscar could not physically follow up his attack with careful well timed blows cause he was running after shadows and when he cornered Floyd, tried to make most of volume thrown, punching in bunches... Besides he could not have competed physically cause he could not stand the very fast pace and Floyd controlled the fight from that point of view, nothing else... Floyd is a product of Yankee propaganda, the Snoop Dog/ 50 cent pimpster hip-hop culture trasfered into boxing, to the ostrish skinned trunks, the fair ropes, the bs he pumps from his holla and U all love Him but that's not boxing, that has to do with Fashion, Hip-Hop Culture, Beefs between MC's, Floyd has to put up or shut up, consider the latter more difficult task for the guy...
Dude, man........ what the hell are you talking about.