Quote Originally Posted by QUISQUEYA
Quote Originally Posted by Greig



I don't think a body attack will be very effective Ice. Hatton is the best body puncher of his generation and he landed several shots that had no effect. And what you say about the body not moving - it's an old cliche that is generally true. But Floyd's feet are so fast that his body does move. He's out of range before you know it. Plus he's so clever with arms defensively on the inside that he's practically impossible to hit clean - either to head or the body.

Nobody is unbeatable, but he is as close to it as I've ever seen.

The only way to beat him is to be a shitload taller and jab him to death. I know he's adaptable but all the adapting in the world still finds it hard to get inside a world class jab and a big reach advantage.

Vernon Forrest said it best when he was fighting Mosley - to kill speed you just gotta have a helluva jab.
Greig,

I agree with several points. Gatti said that Floyd was faster than he expected. He said "it wasn't just the handspeed, he's so fast with his upper-body". That is the problem that FMJ's opponents face: the smart body positioining coupled with that wicked speed.

A point of contention, though. Hatton is not the best bodypuncher of his generation. I think alot of people went bananas over Hatton's bodyshot stoppage of castillo. But Hopkins stoped DLH with a bodyshot. Gatti stopped Dorin with a similar one. Jones actually DID seriously damage Hill. Those punches happen. Hatton landed a nice punch. Kudos. But I would say that both mayweather and Cotto are better bodypunchers than Hatton.

Floyd stopped Bruseles on a bodyshot. Stopped Sharmba on a bodyshot. Did excellent bodywork on Gatti and his best work on Zab was the bodywork. There aren't many aspects of Floyd's game that are still UNDERrated, but his bodywork is underrated.
Floyd is a grossly underrate body puncher. Did you see Hatton wince from some of those brutal shots to the body? What makes him a great body puncher is that he truly digs into it when he has hurt his opponent with a head shot. When he had Hatton in trouble on the ropes in the 8th he really dug in a couple brutal shots to Ricky, that took everything Ricky had left out of him. Every fighter talks about going to the body against Floyd, yet Floyd wins the body war every time.

Maybe a fighter who can move. All you hear is pressure and attack, maybe some of these guys should worry more about not getting hit so much.