Floyd Mayweather Dirty Tactics and Tricks

[Champ Is Here]

I wasn't talking to you but if you agree with them on what they said then that goes for you

For as all the rest of that **** you talking... its a fight. Its boxing. Bodies will bump, heads will be used, punches will throw, elbows connect and holding will happen

[D4thincarnation]

I wasn't talking to you but if you agree with them on what they said then that goes for you

For as all the rest of that **** you talking... its a fight. Its boxing. Bodies will bump, heads will be used, punches will throw, elbows connect and holding will happen

Yes it goes on but that is using wrestling skills and other combat skills that are not boxing and that why it is not pure boxing.


And personally I don't like to watch fights where dirty tactics come in to play, they don't make for good fights.



Take Hopkins he boxed brilliantly against Pascal, Tarver and Pavlik, and didn't go down the dirty tactics route and they were great fights to watch.

And against Calzaghe and RJJ II he used every dirty and spoiling tactic he could and they were dreadful fights to watch.

[Thread Stealer]

Exactly, but they don't claim to be pure boxer.

A pure boxer, boxes not not spoils.

Ali always clinched his opponents on the inside and pushed down his weight on their neck. Those are spoiling tactics.

Whitaker would clinch, hold and hit, walk back his opponents by digging his right shoulder into their body and getting the leverage of his body behind it to walk them into the ropes while he dug left hands to the body (and below the belt).

Floyd is just one of many fighters, some of whom are labeled as "pure boxers", to spoil or fight dirty. It's really nothing new at all.

[The Gambler1981]

Ali always clinched his opponents on the inside and pushed down his weight on their neck. Those are spoiling tactics.

Whitaker would clinch, hold and hit, walk back his opponents by digging his right shoulder into their body and getting the leverage of his body behind it to walk them into the ropes while he dug left hands to the body (and below the belt).

Can you fight inside in a manner that doesn't get you beat up without using some form of dirty tactic?

Floyd certainly is a spoiler, his best works always comes in the form of breaking guys mentally.

[Pogue69]

I wonder if the guy who used Willie Pep as an example of a "pure boxer" realizes that both Pep and Sandy Saddler were suspended for their fouling tactics in what is generally considered one of the dirtiest fights ever.

[RubenSonny]

Whitaker would clinch, hold and hit, walk back his opponents by digging his right shoulder into their body and getting the leverage of his body behind it to walk them into the ropes while he dug left hands to the body (and below the belt).

Exactly right, Whitakers inside game was very underrated, he got the better of Chavez in that department even if he was a bit past prime its a great feat.

[Thread Stealer]

Can you fight inside in a manner that doesn't get you beat up without using some form of dirty tactic?

Floyd certainly is a spoiler, his best works always comes in the form of breaking guys mentally.

James Toney is a pretty clean when fighting on the inside.

Surprising, Rid**** Bowe was pretty clean also when fighting on the inside, except for his tendency to hit low (this came wherever distance he was at). It's funny that someone as dirty as Bowe was as clean as he was on the inside. His fouls weren't something he constantly used to help him get an edge, he was just a hothead who fouled for the hell of it.

[-Huey-]

If you dont like the way he fights, why dont you go to his gym and have a talk with Roger Mayweather? I'm sure he'd love to hear your suggestions, and might get you a spot in Team Mayweather....

[The Gambler1981]

James Toney is a pretty clean when fighting on the inside.

Surprising, Rid**** Bowe was pretty clean also when fighting on the inside, except for his tendency to hit low (this came wherever distance he was at). It's funny that someone as dirty as Bowe was as clean as he was on the inside. His fouls weren't something he constantly used to help him get an edge, he was just a hothead who fouled for the hell of it.

Yea there are different reason people foul, lack of discipline would be Bowe.

Toney is a pretty good example though.

If a fighter fights with their head they almost always do the spoiling tricks, because it is ****** not to use them especially since those fouls are very rarely penalized (even more so if you are good at hiding it). As opposed to butts and low blows which are very often accidents, it is kind of twisted that way.

I am sucker for those who really play to win though, I guess.

[The Gambler1981]

I wonder if the guy who used Willie Pep as an example of a "pure boxer" realizes that both Pep and Sandy Saddler were suspended for their fouling tactics in what is generally considered one of the dirtiest fights ever.

Yea I know that is why I used that example, it doesn't matter how great a boxer you are if you run into someone who is going to get down and dirty with you you have to play to survive.

Just boxing in such a situation is not playing to win. Although getting thrown out isn't really playing to win either but on one level it is because between both men they are not letting the other guy get over on the other, thus not letting them achieve victory through their tactics.