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Tall fighters, like Paul Williams, have a height advantage. However, like Paul Williams, their height does not give them an edge in the fight if they are always bent over to their opponents level.
A longer reach gives you a reach advantage. However, your reach will not give you an edge in a fight if you're fighting in the pocket the whole fight.
Floyd had a weight advantage against Marquez but his weight did not give him an edge. Why? Because you have to USE your weight advantage for it to give you an edge. How? You clinch. Put your opponent on the ropes and lay on them. Push them around with your body and stay in their chest. Floyd was not doing that at all. He fought Marquez on the outside using jabs, hooks, and right hands all night. Neither did his weight allow him to punch harder. Marquez was never wobbled or hurt. He went down in the second like he always does, seemingly from poor balance. Katsidis had him more hurt than Floyd did.
Also note that Floyd was slipping, dodging, ducking, and backing away from Marquez' attacks. Did his extra weight enable him with greater agility? More weight is supposed to work against a big person trying to be agile.
You can't say that the extra weight enabled Floyd to take Marquez' punches because Marquez was not landing any punches. Floyd's weight did not give him an edge against Marquez because he never used it to his advantage. If you can't come up with a valid argument in objection to this fact then you should not reply at all because you'll only make yourself sound silly.
Case closed.
A longer reach gives you a reach advantage. However, your reach will not give you an edge in a fight if you're fighting in the pocket the whole fight.
Floyd had a weight advantage against Marquez but his weight did not give him an edge. Why? Because you have to USE your weight advantage for it to give you an edge. How? You clinch. Put your opponent on the ropes and lay on them. Push them around with your body and stay in their chest. Floyd was not doing that at all. He fought Marquez on the outside using jabs, hooks, and right hands all night. Neither did his weight allow him to punch harder. Marquez was never wobbled or hurt. He went down in the second like he always does, seemingly from poor balance. Katsidis had him more hurt than Floyd did.
Also note that Floyd was slipping, dodging, ducking, and backing away from Marquez' attacks. Did his extra weight enable him with greater agility? More weight is supposed to work against a big person trying to be agile.
You can't say that the extra weight enabled Floyd to take Marquez' punches because Marquez was not landing any punches. Floyd's weight did not give him an edge against Marquez because he never used it to his advantage. If you can't come up with a valid argument in objection to this fact then you should not reply at all because you'll only make yourself sound silly.
Case closed.
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