If Floyd punches so soft, why the distance?

[Vasyl’s dad]

Looking at Floyd's career over the years, the only opponents to smother him with absolutely no respect for his power was Castillo in the first fight and Maidana in the first fight.

Shouldn't all his fights look like Paulie Vs Porter, someone coming forward with no hesitation?
I understand the punches that hurt are those ones that you don't see, so that is a argument as into why people don't rush him, but when someones a pillow puff puncher IE Paulie, it doesn't matter.


I mean, guys are staying away from him like they are trying not to be outboxed, unless you are Lara your not out-boxing Mayweather.

Did you ever notice the disparity in paychecks? Think about that for a second. People sometimes do anything for money.

[deanrw]

Floyd may not have one punch type power, but he does have a lot of sting to his punches. His opponents feel them and they get buzzed by good shots.

[_original_]

1. Floyd's hands have been an issue for the past odd some years, still, he doesn't punch as "soft" as a guy like Paulie. Moreover, Floyd has a low punch output but he's also very sharp, accurate and fast with his punches and that's enough to make his opponent respect his power. Also, Floyd fights at such a high level where it's tough to score many KO's, so this adds to the illusion that Mayweather doesn't punch as hard. If he was fighting Golovkin opposition he'd be racking up more KO victories I assure you.

2. Simply bum-rushing Floyd will either get you countered to death while falling into his gameplan, and/or you will gas out. It's not sustainable, even Maidana couldn't work that strategy past the 5th round. Not many guys will have great success in boxing with such a gameplan, especially against a fighter of Mayweather's caliber. Porter VS Brook was a recent example of what happens when a guy simply decides to rush a better boxer.

[Easy Work.]

Because his punches are very precise and hes good at counterpunching. not to mention the punches score alot of points for him, thats why ppl hesitiate against ihim. it really doesnt matter how hard his punches are , what matters is that they almost always land