Which skill or attribute do you guys think was/is better?

[SRR]

I would personally prefer to fight Floyd, he has never had the devastating one-punch KO ability that Jones had, and he was just much more flexible offensively, which in turn makes him very difficult to break down. Cutting off the ring is one thing, but as someone else said, swinging and missing against him is the end of your night, and so you have a dilemma: attack and possibly end up on the canvas, or sit back and end up on the canvas. Personally I think it would be better to let Roy come to you, try and bait him into a big shot, use lateral movement to overstretch him on the attack and time those counters perfectly, though this option obviously predicates a specific skill set. Floyd on the other hand is much 'easier' in theory, to break down. DLH almost did it. Many think Castillo did do it, and certainly if I had the skills and athleticism I would rather mix it with Floyd than with RJJ. Even if you do get hit with PBF you're gonna feel pretty safe, you're gonna feel you can take another step, encroach a little more on his territory and make him pay. Opening up that defense requires a variation of quick combinations that most fighters would find unnatural, though. I think in many ways Marquez had the skills, but was at too much of a physical disadvantage to properly apply them. What he does use a lot, which many fighters don't, is the upper cut, and he uses it in combination with straight punches and hooks. If you could back Floyd up with the jab, pressure him into his shell, and lay off combinations of punches including upper cuts to the solar plexus/chin, straight punches to the face and hooks to the body/temple, I think you're gonna connect with some nice shots, and if he's ever in trouble you only need enough gas in the tank to finish him. Of course, easier said than done.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I would personally prefer to fight Floyd, he has never had the devastating one-punch KO ability that Jones had, and he was just much more flexible offensively, which in turn makes him very difficult to break down. Cutting off the ring is one thing, but as someone else said, swinging and missing against him is the end of your night, and so you have a dilemma: attack and possibly end up on the canvas, or sit back and end up on the canvas. Personally I think it would be better to let Roy come to you, try and bait him into a big shot, use lateral movement to overstretch him on the attack and time those counters perfectly, though this option obviously predicates a specific skill set. Floyd on the other hand is much 'easier' in theory, to break down. DLH almost did it. Many think Castillo did do it, and certainly if I had the skills and athleticism I would rather mix it with Floyd than with RJJ. Even if you do get hit with PBF you're gonna feel pretty safe, you're gonna feel you can take another step, encroach a little more on his territory and make him pay. Opening up that defense requires a variation of quick combinations that most fighters would find unnatural, though. I think in many ways Marquez had the skills, but was at too much of a physical disadvantage to properly apply them. What he does use a lot, which many fighters don't, is the upper cut, and he uses it in combination with straight punches and hooks. If you could back Floyd up with the jab, pressure him into his shell, and lay off combinations of punches including upper cuts to the solar plexus/chin, straight punches to the face and hooks to the body/temple, I think you're gonna connect with some nice shots, and if he's ever in trouble you only need enough gas in the tank to finish him. Of course, easier said than done.

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