Reasons for punch averages dropping against certain boxers..

[Tom Cruise]

lara made canelo chase him
mayweather made canelo pay for throwing punches

stop talking about lara, hes so stupid and irrelevant

I agree about Lara. He doesnt control the action anywhere near as well as the others mentioned.

[MPX309]

Thread must have been made by someone who's never set foot in a gym

[TOBYLEE1]

Some boxers controls distance and will counter, that makes a foe think how he is going to get in and it slows down from there.

Lara ran from Canelo

[SalimShady1212]

Lol isn't it obvious? The threat of getting countered is never pleasant.

[SplitSecond]

It's really simple, they are running(Lara's case) or just out of range seemingly standing their ground until you actually decide to punch(Floyd, Rigo) and neither throws any leads for you to repay the favor, they are strict and take little to no risks.

Unless you're balls to the wall with that type of demeaner but even then someone who's not doing anything but retreating will cut your output. Especially someone who knows how to tie up.

Rigo maybe, but Floyd isn't keeping anyone off him because of his stinging power.

[Scipio2009]

I keep reading that boxers punch averages go down when they fight Mayweather/Lara et al, like these elite boxers put some mystical spell on their opponents. Has anyone ever stopped to think that the reason might be that Mayweather/Lara et al are just constantly out of range (ie running) so their is no point in their opponent throwing? People on here would love to see Canelo continuing to throw punches even though his opponent is at the other side of the ring, 'setting traps'. Lol.

The reason for the dropoff is simple; fighters like Floyd/Ward make their opponents pay for almost every mistake that they make.

Lara may count for your "running" critique, but even he has a decent rep for punishing guys for making mistakes.

You get punished enough times for ****ing up and you end up not wanting to give yourself the chance to **** up as much, so you stop firing.

Floyd didn't "run" from Canelo. He turned him right/left whenever he wanted, kept his walk going (never giving Canelo extended periods to set his feet and work threw his shots), and, once he picked up Canelo's rhythm, punished Canelo whenever he even pondered throwing a meaningful shot.