is floyd one of the best fighters ever going backwards???

[larry x]

I saw him get hit plenty by Hatton and Judah in the first few rounds, he is not that great going backwards, but yes he can run like the wind because that is what it's called, running right? When cotto does it, it's called running remember so let's keep the term in clear perspective. Floyd did so much running against Hatton, brothers from Kenya wanted to challenge him to a marathon race in 2008 If fighters did not chase him, there would be no fight. The best way to beat Floyd is to run from him while he runs from you and then in the final 10 seconds of the fight, just unload on Floyd and you can win the fight

hit plenty by hatton???lmfao hatton landed 65 shots out of 10 rounds..show me 1 clean shot he landed

[K-Nan]

Pernell, Pep, and Floyd...

[larry x]

Pernell, Pep, and Floyd...

great list...............

[K-Nan]

great list...............

Those 3 made a career out of fighting that way.

[thebowtod]

he could be, I may not like floyd but he never gets hit flush going backwards. But when he goes forward...hmmm... something he needs to work on. He is not that good going forward, his punches get slower and he can't block punches

[Jone2ts]

I saw him get hit plenty by Hatton and Judah in the first few rounds, he is not that great going backwards, but yes he can run like the wind because that is what it's called, running right? When cotto does it, it's called running remember so let's keep the term in clear perspective. Floyd did so much running against Hatton, brothers from Kenya wanted to challenge him to a marathon race in 2008 If fighters did not chase him, there would be no fight. The best way to beat Floyd is to run from him while he runs from you and then in the final 10 seconds of the fight, just unload on Floyd and you can win the fight

Cotto gets hit alot though so he's nowhere near on that level and even "Great Bodyslam By Cotto Lampley" agreed during the Clottey fight that Cotto is ineffective when moving backwards. Floyd moves and sets traps Cotto moves backwards to take off pressure and avoid fighting until he's ready and still gets hit a whole lot.