much respect to the man for his accomplishment in the amatuer ranks, it's a great feat really to be able to honestly tell yourself and have video to prove that under set circumstances and time periods aside you beat a Boxing great 2 times.
however in amatuers it doesn't reflect what is done in the pros, his accomplishments in the pro's are what made him who he is today, back when he was an amatuer he wasn't known as a Boxing legend he built that name and rep in his pro career which is a whole different ball game, requires a completely different skill set to a point where not even the scoring nor the judging is the same
It's a great thing for him to be able to tell his grand kids but the truth is that Floyd is a MUCH better fighter today than he was back then, as a pro he has yet to taste defeat and was a champion in his first year, that's because his style was always better suited for the pro's.
Floyd didn't have to adjust to the pro game much because he already had a style that favored the ways of pro Boxing down to the ability you have of fighting without head gear so he did more damage and the points system completely benefits Floyd unlike the Olympic system that was in place for the fights where you score based on how you land and whoever scored more won.
still a wonderful thing to be able to say but honestly he beat Mayweather before Floyd became the man he is now, to do it now is to have true bragging rights which I'm sure he WASN'T bragging about, he talked the least about his fights with Floyd it was his trainer, his training partner and Elie talking about it
however in amatuers it doesn't reflect what is done in the pros, his accomplishments in the pro's are what made him who he is today, back when he was an amatuer he wasn't known as a Boxing legend he built that name and rep in his pro career which is a whole different ball game, requires a completely different skill set to a point where not even the scoring nor the judging is the same
It's a great thing for him to be able to tell his grand kids but the truth is that Floyd is a MUCH better fighter today than he was back then, as a pro he has yet to taste defeat and was a champion in his first year, that's because his style was always better suited for the pro's.
Floyd didn't have to adjust to the pro game much because he already had a style that favored the ways of pro Boxing down to the ability you have of fighting without head gear so he did more damage and the points system completely benefits Floyd unlike the Olympic system that was in place for the fights where you score based on how you land and whoever scored more won.
still a wonderful thing to be able to say but honestly he beat Mayweather before Floyd became the man he is now, to do it now is to have true bragging rights which I'm sure he WASN'T bragging about, he talked the least about his fights with Floyd it was his trainer, his training partner and Elie talking about it
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