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Emmanuel Augustus, most underrated fighter ever. They should do a movie with this guy. He was taking fights with 3 days notice and schooled some yound promising guys. Got robbed many times. Had 3 lossed in his last 4 fights before fighting Floyd but managed to make Floyd work like no other guy I've ever seen. IMO landed the most punches on Floyd than any other fighter.
This fight was a classic. Look at 39min50, only guy who has brought Floyd in hell.
To me the interesting thing that Augustus did in this fight :
- Be willing to get countered, you cant avoid it against Floyd, Hatton and Maidana understood it and tried all they could to still land their punches
- Use unconventional boxing and combos. Augustus was doubling the uppercut, tripling the right hand, shifting, going southpaw then switching again, moving his head in all direction, etc... When you're fighting conventional, Floyd will know everything youll do 10 seconds in advance and adjust and counter you. If you get unconventional it will limit his ability to time you.
- When Floyd is on the ropes, don't flurry on him, jab him, jab him as much as you can. Augustus landed a ton of punches by jabbing in the ropes, Cotto succeeded too at a certain point.
- You cant give Floyd the pace of the fight, if you fight at a slow pace, it will be an easy fight for Floyd. You need to speed up the fight by cutting the ring and mauling him. Maidana and Augustus did that well.
To this day I really think that the two guys who understood how to give Floyd a tough fight and had the heart to stick to the gameplan were Augustus and Maidana, props to them.
This fight was a classic. Look at 39min50, only guy who has brought Floyd in hell.
To me the interesting thing that Augustus did in this fight :
- Be willing to get countered, you cant avoid it against Floyd, Hatton and Maidana understood it and tried all they could to still land their punches
- Use unconventional boxing and combos. Augustus was doubling the uppercut, tripling the right hand, shifting, going southpaw then switching again, moving his head in all direction, etc... When you're fighting conventional, Floyd will know everything youll do 10 seconds in advance and adjust and counter you. If you get unconventional it will limit his ability to time you.
- When Floyd is on the ropes, don't flurry on him, jab him, jab him as much as you can. Augustus landed a ton of punches by jabbing in the ropes, Cotto succeeded too at a certain point.
- You cant give Floyd the pace of the fight, if you fight at a slow pace, it will be an easy fight for Floyd. You need to speed up the fight by cutting the ring and mauling him. Maidana and Augustus did that well.
To this day I really think that the two guys who understood how to give Floyd a tough fight and had the heart to stick to the gameplan were Augustus and Maidana, props to them.
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