Floyd Is Actually A Puncher

[littlemac]

Floyd's power clearly underated. Usually underated by the haters. Every Floyd opponent has respected Floyd's power.

[ReIoaded]

Being born with brittle hands automatically disqualifies anybody as a puncher

If anything, I think it's Mayweather good timing and accuracy that does the trick for him

[jazluvr]

Being born with brittle hands automatically disqualifies anybody as a puncher

If anything, I think it's Mayweather good timing and accuracy that does the trick for him

I was just going to say pretty much the same thing. It's the punches you don't see that hurt. He doesn't hit hard, but he's still fast.

[Foreign Soil]

I've honestly never seen such lightly landed power punches as Floyd has done against Maidana and Canelo in a major fight. It's the next thing to firing blanks.

[Slick Veteran]

LOL @ your logic. So in a fight, the bigger dude never gets KOed?

Floyd doesnt get KOs because he doesn't have the power and he doesn't look for them in his fights. He boxes to outpoint the guy for decisions. He also is a defensive boxer, so you won't see him going buckwild like Pacman even if he is up considerably in a fight because that will leave him open for counters, like JMM's KO of Pac.

Floyd doesn't have to put a lot of power in his punches, why would he risk his hands when he already snap fighters heads back with sharp accurate punches? Why you think fighter's give up until the last round to try and do anything? I wish Floyd would sit down more, he already mentally wear out fighters to where they just want to go home, just brutalizing them a little more while they are going through the motions will definitely hurt them.

Anyway my signature is an example of what Floyd does with his punches.

[Francis M.]

Floyd doesn't have to put a lot of power in his punches, why would he risk his hands when he already snap fighters heads back with sharp accurate punches? Why you think fighter's give up until the last round to try and do anything? I wish Floyd would sit down more, he already mentally wear out fighters to where they just want to go home, just brutalizing them a little more while they are going through the motions will definitely hurt them.

Anyway my signature is an example of what Floyd does with his punches.

Floyd's good and his punching power is under rated. He is no power puncher either..... Floyd sat on his punches vs maidana and at no point in those fights did maidana slow down from punches.

[tibbar]

I'm creating a new thread for this topic, because I feel that it merits discussion and is a contrary opinion to the commonly-held belief that Floyd Mayweather has average / below-average punching power.

This opinion is based on the fact that whenever Floyd opens up and lands, he has shown that he can visibly hurt his opponent. What solidifies this, is also the fact that he never sits down on his punches, drops his knee or fully commits to the shots, and he is still able to hurt someone. If you need proof in the higher weight classes - look at the Cotto fight.

To wit, Shane Mosley said that Floyd had punching power equivalent to Canelo Alvarez, who is a full weight class above him. Floyd was also considered a puncher in the lighter weight classes during the first part of his career. I would argue that his well-known hand problems are not only a valid excuse for pot-shotting later in his career, but would entirely explain why he doesn't unload on an opponent to try and take him out. Being a safety-first fighter is the primary reason for this, of course, but the hand problems are apparent.

He's used Winning gloves in fights numerous times, and if you look at the way he wraps his hands, he uses a considerable amount of soft gauze compared to other fighters. You don't voluntarily do that unless you have serious hand issues.

so basically you're saying he should have retired the moment his hands gone? he's got no business in this hurting business he's only managed to ripped off people declaring hes going for a ko when in fact he cannot and will not even if he can. that bs is not enough justification (because you sound like justifying) charging people to watch pitty-pat, running(conveniently termed footowork) and hugging(clinching). earning points to win is in the olympics, the sports hes into is prizefighting, you fight for the prize not medals, and floyd said it himself belts only gathers dusts.

[Dr Rumack]

Floyd is a monstrous puncher. Andy Lee is this generation's Pernell Whitaker.

[Luilun]

I'm creating a new thread for this topic, because I feel that it merits discussion and is a contrary opinion to the commonly-held belief that Floyd Mayweather has average / below-average punching power.

This opinion is based on the fact that whenever Floyd opens up and lands, he has shown that he can visibly hurt his opponent. What solidifies this, is also the fact that he never sits down on his punches, drops his knee or fully commits to the shots, and he is still able to hurt someone. If you need proof in the higher weight classes - look at the Cotto fight.

To wit, Shane Mosley said that Floyd had punching power equivalent to Canelo Alvarez, who is a full weight class above him. Floyd was also considered a puncher in the lighter weight classes during the first part of his career. I would argue that his well-known hand problems are not only a valid excuse for pot-shotting later in his career, but would entirely explain why he doesn't unload on an opponent to try and take him out. Being a safety-first fighter is the primary reason for this, of course, but the hand problems are apparent.

He's used Winning gloves in fights numerous times, and if you look at the way he wraps his hands, he uses a considerable amount of soft gauze compared to other fighters. You don't voluntarily do that unless you have serious hand issues.

Your going on what Mosley said, The guy is Punch drunk Floyd was a puncher at 130 Madaina said Floyd doesn't punch hard that Broner hits harder than him. Castillo said Floyd don't hit hard. Take a look at his record from 140 above he has 1 legit knock out Ricky Hatton I don't count Ortiz cause that was a sucker punch

[Luilun]

Mosley's statement that Canelo and Mayweather punch with equal power is just plain wrong. Canelo quite obviously hits harder than Mayweather even if Mosley has been in the ring with both of them and I haven't. I think Mayweather hits with above average power for a welterweight. He doesn't get many KOs because he is fighting the very best opponents that generally don't get knocked out. Nobody ever KOed Guerrero or Maidana or Canelo and Mosley had never been KOed when he fought Mayweather. Overall Mayweather has KOed over 50% of the men he has fought. At welterweight I don't think he is a big puncher like Maidana or Thurman but his power is above average for that weight. He usually doesn't try that hard to get KOs and just goes out to win the fight without taking much punishment.

If his punching power was above average for a welterweight he would have more than 1 knock out he hits hard for a lightweight though