Fantastic article by Graham Houston on PBF v. Marquez

[porkypara]

Very good read.

[Manju]

Granted its an acquired taste only for the boxing connoisseurs, but I find PBF compelling and entertaining. The only fighters who bore me are the ones who clinch excessively, a tactic that should be policed more (it is a violation no?). That certainly leads to snoozefests.

PBF, in contrast, uses graceful movement as his primary form of defense. Granted this is not as entertaining as watching someone throw power punches or connect with flurries, but its still something to behold. Sweat Pea was similar in style and to see some of the best fighters in the world unable to connect when they are literally standing in front of them, is extraordinary.

I find it more compeeling than some of these amateurish straighforward brawlers, like hatton or gatti, so loved by boxing "connesuers"

[sumkalambay]

good article.

one-sided fights can be entertaining, but PBF-JMM wasn't all that entertaining. it was intriguing to see the way PBF handled Marquez. but not entertaining.

now Hopkins-Glen Johnson was an entertaining one-sided fight.