Can Floyd fight effectively backing away?

[lparm]

He defends well with his back to the ropes with his shoulder roll style but I haven't seen him do much when he's backed up and circling. He typically backs up, plants himself then rolls and pot shots but he's not backing away and moving while doing damage. Anyone seen Floyd perform well going backwards in a fight?

[Thread Stealer]

At this age, I don't know.

He spent much of the Corrales fight circling and backing up. Then he'd spring forward with perfectly timed left hooks.

[THE REED]

He'll just retreat to the ropes, roll and counter... He's not going to do too much circling at 35.

[DLT]

do you mean now or ever? It sounds like you are asking ever and if thats the case, then most would say that pretty much was his main style

[Russian Crushin]

Sure he'sa terrific counter puncher. Really wish Floyd-marg actually happened

[lparm]

do you mean now or ever? It sounds like you are asking ever and if thats the case, then most would say that pretty much was his main style

No it wasn't. He would back up and plant himself near the ropes and then punch. If that's the benchmark for great backwards fighting then Toney would be an ATG at it. Effective backing up would be something Bute is good at where he throws punches while retreating and stops briefly then hitting with power then backing up more. I don't think Floyd has ever been that guy to punch in reverse he just retreats to a safe spot then fights.

[DLT]

No it wasn't. He would back up and plant himself near the ropes and then punch. If that's the benchmark for great backwards fighting then Toney would be an ATG at it. Effective backing up would be something Bute is good at where he throws punches while retreating and stops briefly then hitting with power then backing up more. I don't think Floyd has ever been that guy to punch in reverse he just retreats to a safe spot then fights.

I dont think you ever saw a young Floyd because his back hardly ever touched the ropes. Everything he did was on the move. Infact, if you even just go to the JMM fight, thats all he did

[lparm]

I dont think you ever saw a young Floyd because his back hardly ever touched the ropes. Everything he did was on the move. Infact, if you even just go to the JMM fight, thats all he did

First time I saw Floyd was against Angel Manfredy who was known for his beat down of Gatti. As for the Jmm fight Floyd had all the advantages so it's easy to take risks when your opponent is smaller, weaker and slower.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

He's losing his feet but in his prime, there was NOTHING Floyd couldn't do.

[lparm]

He's losing his feet but in his prime, there was NOTHING Floyd couldn't do.

So youre saying his prime is over.

When was his prime?