Without A Shadow Of A Doubt, Floyd Mayweather Jr Is The Most Fluent Fighter In 4 Decades. Yes People, More Than Roy Jones, Shane Mosley, Oscar, Pernell, Ray Leonard, Larry Holmes, Ali, Terry Norris, Doesn't Matter Who, Floyd Is The Most Fluent Fighter Of Them All.
Now By Fluent, I Mean Complex, Methodical, Tactical, Just Overall Brilliant Fighter Of The Last 4 Decades And Here's Why I Feel This Way.
When You Look At A Fighter's Credentials And Overall Skillset, To Be Labeled As A Great Skilled Fighter, Most Experts Feel You Have To Have Ring Generalship, Smarts, Power, Great Basic Fundamentals, Speed, Great Defense, A Great Chin, Great Timing/accuracy, Great Offense To The Body, Etc, And Floyd Not Only Has All Of This, But A Mindset That Seems To Work In A Tempered Pace. Let's Look At His Skillset Shall We Folks?
Power-although Never Looked At As A Power Puncher, He Does Have Knockouts On His Record. Floyd's Real Power Is How He Breaks His Opponents Down. An Example Would Be Against Gatti, Who Is Known As A Fighter To The End, Floyd Systematically Broke Him Down From The Opening Bell To The End Of The Fight. Floyd Showed Great Poise And Power In The Fight, Displaying A Style That Seemed To Emulate A Killer With Brains, Which He Was At 140, A Killer With Brains. He Did The Same With Corley And Brussels. Floyd Had Most Of His Knockouts At The 130 Pound Limit When He Looked To Be A Big Puncher With A Lot Of Speed, But Make No Mistake About, He Hit Harder Than People Gave Him Credit For.
Speed-this Is An Obvious One, But The Type Of Speed That Seperates Floyd From The Rest Is A Temepered Speed Overall. Did He Have The Fastest Hands? Hell No. Leonard, Judah, Camacho, Jones Jr, All Had Faster Hands. Did He Have The Fastest Feet? Hell No Again, Leonard Moved Faster And Jones Moved Faster Imo, But What Made Floyd Stand Out Is That He Moved Way More Fluently Than Any Of These Guys And Had A Faster Defense And Defensive To Offensive Arsenal Meaning Counterpunching And Did It Very Smoothly To Add To This. Floyd's Ability To Move Right After A Fainted Punch Showed Me That He Was An Artist In The Ring. A Great Example Of This Was His Match Against Corley Where He Landed A Counterright Hand And Stepped Out Of The Way At An Angle And Made Corley Miss Huge. Another Example Was Against Hatton Where He Landed A Check Left Hook While Hatton Threw A Leaping Jab His Way And Landed It Beautifully. This My Comrads Is Art. This Is Brilliant Boxing. Floyd Knows How To Controll A Fight Whether On Defense Or Offense, He Is That Great.
Basic Fundamentals- Now, Emanuel Steward Is An All Time Great Trainer Imo, But Predictions And Analyzing A Fighter He Sucks At, Not To Mention He Switches His Opinion Faster Then John Kerry. Emanuel Steward Claimed In The Past That Floyd Really Isn't A Boxer, And All He Does Is Potshot And Throw Lead Rights And Left Hooks, Which Is Bull****. I Have Floyd's Whole Proffessional Career And He Had One Of The Greatest Jabs In The History Of Boxing. Don't Believe Me, Watch His Fight With Gattin The Second Round And Watch How He Lands It. It Looked Flawless, Had A Great Snap On It And Turned Gatti's Head Around Like He Smell Something Funny. Floyd Had An Amazing Jab At 130, And Used It Very Effectively On Fighters Like Jerry Cooper When He Threw Them From A Fainted Angle And Snapped His Head Back And Another Example Is When Fought Justin Jukko, And How He Landed In The 1st Round, With A Huge Snap And Lots Of Power And Speed On It. Floyd Is A Great Mover With The Jab Also, As He Can Counter With A Jab Upstairs And Downstairs Just As Well As A Right Hand And Left Hook. Floyd Has Tremendous Boxing Fundamentals, Which Is Basically Why People Say It's Suicide To Box Floyd, Because He Is Too Good Of A Boxer.
Accurary/timing- Floyd's Best Trait Imo Is His Accuracy And Timing. He Has Got To One Of The Most Accurate Fighters In Boxing History. Most To All Of His Fights, He Landed Pretty Much At Least Half If Not More Of His Punches Thrown. Why? Because He Has Tremendous Timing On His Punches And Chooses Them Wisely Which Is Apart Of His Controlled Tempo. Floyd Seems To Know Mostly At All Times When His Opponent Is Going To Put Their Hands Down, Or Position Their Body Ina Vulnerable Manner And Lands His Shots From Any Angle. He Didn't Have To Flurry Like A Roy Jones Or Ray Leonard Because His Accuracy And Timing Were On Point Consistently. This Makes A Brilliant Fighter Great. Knowing How To Read Opponent's Body And Head Movement, Which Floyd Did Amazingly Well. You'd Be Hardpressed To Find A Fight With This Skill While Taking Little Punishment, Floyd Is The Exception.
To Be Continued.
Now By Fluent, I Mean Complex, Methodical, Tactical, Just Overall Brilliant Fighter Of The Last 4 Decades And Here's Why I Feel This Way.
When You Look At A Fighter's Credentials And Overall Skillset, To Be Labeled As A Great Skilled Fighter, Most Experts Feel You Have To Have Ring Generalship, Smarts, Power, Great Basic Fundamentals, Speed, Great Defense, A Great Chin, Great Timing/accuracy, Great Offense To The Body, Etc, And Floyd Not Only Has All Of This, But A Mindset That Seems To Work In A Tempered Pace. Let's Look At His Skillset Shall We Folks?
Power-although Never Looked At As A Power Puncher, He Does Have Knockouts On His Record. Floyd's Real Power Is How He Breaks His Opponents Down. An Example Would Be Against Gatti, Who Is Known As A Fighter To The End, Floyd Systematically Broke Him Down From The Opening Bell To The End Of The Fight. Floyd Showed Great Poise And Power In The Fight, Displaying A Style That Seemed To Emulate A Killer With Brains, Which He Was At 140, A Killer With Brains. He Did The Same With Corley And Brussels. Floyd Had Most Of His Knockouts At The 130 Pound Limit When He Looked To Be A Big Puncher With A Lot Of Speed, But Make No Mistake About, He Hit Harder Than People Gave Him Credit For.
Speed-this Is An Obvious One, But The Type Of Speed That Seperates Floyd From The Rest Is A Temepered Speed Overall. Did He Have The Fastest Hands? Hell No. Leonard, Judah, Camacho, Jones Jr, All Had Faster Hands. Did He Have The Fastest Feet? Hell No Again, Leonard Moved Faster And Jones Moved Faster Imo, But What Made Floyd Stand Out Is That He Moved Way More Fluently Than Any Of These Guys And Had A Faster Defense And Defensive To Offensive Arsenal Meaning Counterpunching And Did It Very Smoothly To Add To This. Floyd's Ability To Move Right After A Fainted Punch Showed Me That He Was An Artist In The Ring. A Great Example Of This Was His Match Against Corley Where He Landed A Counterright Hand And Stepped Out Of The Way At An Angle And Made Corley Miss Huge. Another Example Was Against Hatton Where He Landed A Check Left Hook While Hatton Threw A Leaping Jab His Way And Landed It Beautifully. This My Comrads Is Art. This Is Brilliant Boxing. Floyd Knows How To Controll A Fight Whether On Defense Or Offense, He Is That Great.
Basic Fundamentals- Now, Emanuel Steward Is An All Time Great Trainer Imo, But Predictions And Analyzing A Fighter He Sucks At, Not To Mention He Switches His Opinion Faster Then John Kerry. Emanuel Steward Claimed In The Past That Floyd Really Isn't A Boxer, And All He Does Is Potshot And Throw Lead Rights And Left Hooks, Which Is Bull****. I Have Floyd's Whole Proffessional Career And He Had One Of The Greatest Jabs In The History Of Boxing. Don't Believe Me, Watch His Fight With Gattin The Second Round And Watch How He Lands It. It Looked Flawless, Had A Great Snap On It And Turned Gatti's Head Around Like He Smell Something Funny. Floyd Had An Amazing Jab At 130, And Used It Very Effectively On Fighters Like Jerry Cooper When He Threw Them From A Fainted Angle And Snapped His Head Back And Another Example Is When Fought Justin Jukko, And How He Landed In The 1st Round, With A Huge Snap And Lots Of Power And Speed On It. Floyd Is A Great Mover With The Jab Also, As He Can Counter With A Jab Upstairs And Downstairs Just As Well As A Right Hand And Left Hook. Floyd Has Tremendous Boxing Fundamentals, Which Is Basically Why People Say It's Suicide To Box Floyd, Because He Is Too Good Of A Boxer.
Accurary/timing- Floyd's Best Trait Imo Is His Accuracy And Timing. He Has Got To One Of The Most Accurate Fighters In Boxing History. Most To All Of His Fights, He Landed Pretty Much At Least Half If Not More Of His Punches Thrown. Why? Because He Has Tremendous Timing On His Punches And Chooses Them Wisely Which Is Apart Of His Controlled Tempo. Floyd Seems To Know Mostly At All Times When His Opponent Is Going To Put Their Hands Down, Or Position Their Body Ina Vulnerable Manner And Lands His Shots From Any Angle. He Didn't Have To Flurry Like A Roy Jones Or Ray Leonard Because His Accuracy And Timing Were On Point Consistently. This Makes A Brilliant Fighter Great. Knowing How To Read Opponent's Body And Head Movement, Which Floyd Did Amazingly Well. You'd Be Hardpressed To Find A Fight With This Skill While Taking Little Punishment, Floyd Is The Exception.
To Be Continued.
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