50 said something profound....

[Genman1988]

*DO NOT LAY INTO ME AS A HATTON NUTHUGGER!!!*

(but i am using him as an example in this argument )

ricky, throws 50 punches, lands 20, gets hit with 15 (another 45 miss) = 100 punches with 30 landed in the round

floyed (and his defensive genuis) throws 20 punches, lands 15, gets hit (crappily hit, grazed.. ie, no spectacle or excitement) with 4 or 5 (with loads just catching nothing but air =about 50 punches thrown in total.

its just that simple, for all his defensive genius and his precise 10 clean single punches a round, he is really not that exciting to watch for 50 bucks on ppv.

ricky.. even a fight everybody seemed to call ****...lazcano, threw combination after combination, bomb after bomb, hit, got hit, there was sweat there was blood there were serious connects... EXCITING FIGHT.

i think floyd is a genius, incredible athlete, incredible boxer. but he is as boring to watch as Audley Harrison!

[Fenom]

*DO NOT LAY INTO ME AS A HATTON NUTHUGGER!!!*

(but i am using him as an example in this argument )

ricky, throws 50 punches, lands 20, gets hit with 15 (another 45 miss) = 100 punches with 30 landed in the round

floyed (and his defensive genuis) throws 20 punches, lands 15, gets hit (crappily hit, grazed.. ie, no spectacle or excitement) with 4 or 5 (with loads just catching nothing but air =about 50 punches thrown in total.

its just that simple, for all his defensive genius and his precise 10 clean single punches a round, he is really not that exciting to watch for 50 bucks on ppv.

ricky.. even a fight everybody seemed to call ****...lazcano, threw combination after combination, bomb after bomb, hit, got hit, there was sweat there was blood there were serious connects... EXCITING FIGHT.

i think floyd is a genius, incredible athlete, incredible boxer. but he is as boring to watch as Audley Harrison!

i guess it depends on what kind of fan you are..... i appreciate the "art" of boxing, skill and technique (counter punching, angles, turning the guy, throwing punches over the jab, touch and shooting, etc.) just as much as a good brawl

just depends what your into

[Genman1988]

I think you are complete right in saying that. I just think that if I a guy is going is going to be an international superstar and have 'everybody' on his side, he must be able to do both, in more or less equal measure, and Floyd doesn't. There are more boxing people out there that love to see a brawl than a strategic sly defensive 12 rounds of slipping and sliding, hence Hatton has a huge following and Floyd, not really comparable..

[Fenom]

I think you are complete right in saying that. I just think that if I a guy is going is going to be an international superstar and have 'everybody' on his side, he must be able to do both, in more or less equal measure, and Floyd doesn't. There are more boxing people out there that love to see a brawl than a strategic sly defensive 12 rounds of slipping and sliding, hence Hatton has a huge following and Floyd, not really comparable..

true.. that excites more people hence the following