Can Floyd fight effectively backing away?

[Zano-24]

At his current age? Then not so much. Too much out of his prime and he once again changed his style of fighting.

[Larry the boss]

you never seen floyd fight backing up???thought people said he was a runner??now he cant fight backing up?

[Larry the boss]

So youre saying his prime is over.

When was his prime?

you do know he is turning 36 in a few months right...so year his prime is gone,,think Hatton was his last "prime"fight

[-PBP-]

so youre saying his prime is over.

When was his prime?

130-140.................

[lparm]

130-140.................

So 31 years old was the end of his prime. Fair enough it's your opinion.

[leonthegee]

Floyd can move backwards effectively to retreat. But not for a whole fight nor do I think he would want to. His gameplan would never be fighting while backing up. Roger would be all over him between rounds and he always listens to Roger. So could he fight while backing up? Probably but thats not really an effective strategy for any fighter. JMM is probably the best fighter ive seen fight backing up. But thats also cost him in his biggest fights against Manny.

[illmaticfighter]

i've never seen floyd do that throughout a fight

floyd does 3 things in a fight and has done these his whole career

beat you in the middle of the ring

beat you in the pocket (closeup)

let you tire yourself out hitting his arms and shoulders while he's on the rope and he's countering

[Horus]

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?

Mayweather vs. Hatton
Thread Over
KOed Hatton going Backwards

[lparm]

Mayweather vs. Hatton
Thread Over
KOed Hatton going Backwards

Good find. He backed up, touched the ropes, planted his feet and nailed Hatton. It was a good punch but I've always wondered how much damage ricky did falling face first into the ring post. A KO is a KO but no doubt his head was hurt from head butting a post.

[Larry the boss]

He did knockout Hatton going backwards