The Runner, The Hugger & The Slapper

I've thought about this quite a bit lately due to my increased and often frustrating visits to this forum. There can be no real doubt that these boxing 'faults' have become more evident in the following boxers over their past few fights: Floyd Mayweather - Runner. Ricky Hatton - Hugger. Joe Calzaghe - Slapper. Now, in those three fighters we probably also have the three most commonly posted-about boxers on these forums. And also the ones that split opinions the most. People who like Hatton and Calzaghe tend not to be the biggest PBF fans. The PBF fans tend to hate Hatton and for whatever reason seem happy to throw insults towards Calzaghe simply because they share nationality. Alternatively its quite clear at times that PBF is seen as the benchmark of American quality, thus he stirs up quite a bit of patriotism, which is then used to attack Hatton and Calzaghe...and vice-versa of course. This is all a generalism of course, but generalisms are general statements and I am speaking generally. So what we get is that we have 3 top 10 P4P fighters, so are all of a proven quality. Similarly they are all undefeated. They are all champions. It is arguable that none of them have faced the truly top quality (Tszyu was too old, Lacy was too green, DLH was past his best) opponents. Similarly each of them have this 'boxing flaw' that they are often criticised for. So I have a number of questions around this. A) Why are they criticised for it? B) Why arent they all criticised equally for it? C) How can you possibly criticse some and not others? Here is my take on it. Mayweather and Hatton both employ a spoiling tactic to neutralise the threat of their opponent. Running and Hugging are both viewed with disparagement because they lower the entertainment quality of the fight for the audience. But at the end of the day, it makes them win. If Mayweather were to stand and trade with fighters like DLH, its not working to his skill-set, its not boxing using his strengths, he would not be unbeaten. Hatton's bulldozer style means that he leaves himself open to some big shots, had he not stayed so tight to Tszyu, landing his own shots and then hugging for a break and to stop Tszyu from throwing his best shots, then he also may not have won and may have been knocked out. So can we really criticse them for doing what they need to do to get the win? Cos as far as I'm concerned, if we do, then we have to criticse them both for it. Personally, I dont think that I'll hold it against either of them. Winning all your fights is impressive. Now, moving on to slapping, this to me is a different case. Calzaghe is still winning all of his fights, he's still scoring plenty of knockdowns, he's still stopping the vast majority of his punches, so I cant really see why he is criticised for not punching as clean as some other fighters. Calling him a slapper just makes more fighters look bad by getting stopped by him. It doesnt take away from the quality of his fights, it doesnt take away from his performance, it doesnt stop him from winning. So what is the problem? In Calzaghe's case, it just seems to me like desperate scratching to find a chi-nk (ridiculous that such a common word is caught by the autocensor) in the armour of someone who beat the big up-and-coming American hype. I agree that all of these fighters should be criticised for not taking as many big and difficult fights as they should. But thinking about it, I honestly cant see how Running, Hugging or Slapping should be held against them.