may def looked sharper at the canelo fight and yeah looked more accustomed to the higher weights. seemed like he had more pop too. he was never a big puncher above 140 but he had sharper more snap to his punches with canelo, you could see canelo more fearful of a counter than DLH.
With DLH floyd seemed new to the weight, carrying more water like others said and his punches were soft, its been a while but i know he was wearing grants then switched to reyes sometimes. DLH his punches didnt have the snap or much affect, they were more scoring punches than a snappy counter that deters guys running in.
He hurt De la Hoya in that fight—almost dropped him. He caught De la Hoya between flurries while leaning on the rope. I think he was a bit too tentative against De la Hoya. A little bit more aggressive and De la Hoya would have folded to a TKO.
He hurt De la Hoya in that fight—almost dropped him. He caught De la Hoya between flurries while leaning on the rope. I think he was a bit too tentative against De la Hoya. A little bit more aggressive and De la Hoya would have folded to a TKO.
I remember that shot
Oscar was swinging like a mad man
Floyd caught him first with a right to the temple
and then a right to the jaw where all of the nerves are directly underneath the ear
Oscar stumbled
Floyd didn’t just have the highest connect % in boxing history
his timing was so great that he was able to pinpoint exactly where to land in between the opponent’s punches
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