Quote Originally Posted by J_Undisputed View Post
The article iself is pointless. Its a question of styles. Its not often a heavy weight throws more punches than a welterweight, but look at the two fighters in question. One evaded punches as 90% of his defense against a pound 4-pound counter puncher and the other shoeshined a 1-2's against a guy who carried his gaurd high and barely threw. Arreola was game, but was he really a great fighter?

If vitali had defense like floyd, he wouldn't need to throw that many punches. If Floyd carried power like vitali's he would take a few to clip his opponents and make the same amount of money for few rounds of work.

Wanna compare punches landed on chris byrd vs those landed on floyd.. ok..sure.. both are considered defensive stylists and neither are considered strong punchers. Want to compare punches thrown/ or KO percentage between Vitali and TSzyu... ok.. cool. Both carry power and tried to box their opponents. The notion of comparing punches thrown by Floyd and Vitali is a spin that was started by HBO and continued in this article ..it only goes to Floyds pocket as evidence of what hes been saying about HBO commentators not knowing $hit about the sport. They would have actually made a point if they compared Floyd and Vitali to their counterparts in the 70's or 80's as evidence they throw more or less punches than a champ/superstar could.
Dang, well put. You are right you can not just look at numbers like the actual fight didn't tell the truth. Besides these are just one sided numbers. Like someone said, Floyd is a defensive wizard and depending on who he is fighting he may be on the defensive more than the offensive. And Arreola was coming straight line in at Vitali...that would make you a punching bag to a guy as talented as Vitali. Do people really want to keep discrediting everything about Floyd at all costs? His tune up fight against a top p4p guy was brilliant. Now lets move on everybody and see who he faces next.