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I'll take the bait.
This statement is ludicrous and I'll tell you why.
Get ready to be destroyed.
Boxing has four scoring criteria:
Clean punching
Effective Aggression
Ring Generalship
Defense
Floyd defeats his opponents based on the unified rules of boxing. He is an extremely accurate puncher which is not debatable. People question the effectiveness of his punches but he always has fighters tentative and hesitant to throw. He is very quick with single shots and does this a number of ways:
Use the pressure fighters aggressiveness against him and by baiting him into a check hook.
Neutralize the opponents jab with the counter right hand over the top
Stop the opponents momentum with jabs upstairs and downstairs.
Wearing his opponents down with subtle body shots early in the fight
It will take 3 pages to cover Floyd's entire arsenal. But these are some of the things he accomplished against Pacquiao. He used Manny's aggression against him and made him pay for throwing the range finding right jab.
These issues cover all of the 4 scoring criteria. He's landing the cleaner shots, he's the more effective aggressor, he is clearly in complete control of most of the rounds and his opponent is not hitting him.
Hence...Boxing lesson. In fact, the true definition of it.
No offense but this is ignorance. Great boxers are masters of distance control and punch placement. Distance control means that you are in position to punch but you are either too far away or too close to be hit. He's not "buying time and running". That's an observation from the casual eye. A pure boxer wants to be selective with his shots, set traps and fight at his most effective range (fight in spots). Floyd's movement is purposeful. Many times he is forcing his opponent to reset or forcing him into a trap.
He dominates on the cards because he lands the cleaner more effective shots, controls the pace of the fight, is extremely accurate with his punches, and makes his opponent miss.
Again, so much ignorance in this statement. What the casual eye sees as running and clinching a judge sees as one guy controlling the action, landing the more accurate shots and frustrating his opponent.
After the initial onslaught he was in complete control. 115-113 Mayweather was the correct score.
This statement is ludicrous and I'll tell you why.
There are a couple of reasons for this:
In Vegas they don't score draw rounds. If mayweather lands 3 more jabs, they give it to him. If nothing happens, he gets in by default.
Clean punching
Effective Aggression
Ring Generalship
Defense
Floyd defeats his opponents based on the unified rules of boxing. He is an extremely accurate puncher which is not debatable. People question the effectiveness of his punches but he always has fighters tentative and hesitant to throw. He is very quick with single shots and does this a number of ways:
Use the pressure fighters aggressiveness against him and by baiting him into a check hook.
Neutralize the opponents jab with the counter right hand over the top
Stop the opponents momentum with jabs upstairs and downstairs.
Wearing his opponents down with subtle body shots early in the fight
It will take 3 pages to cover Floyd's entire arsenal. But these are some of the things he accomplished against Pacquiao. He used Manny's aggression against him and made him pay for throwing the range finding right jab.
These issues cover all of the 4 scoring criteria. He's landing the cleaner shots, he's the more effective aggressor, he is clearly in complete control of most of the rounds and his opponent is not hitting him.
Hence...Boxing lesson. In fact, the true definition of it.
Running shouldn't be discriminated against since the sport is about hitting and not being hit. The real problem is when floyd buys time and kills 2 minutes of a round by staying away, then wins the round with about 30 seconds of activity.
These are 2 factors why people say he dominates (on the cards) but in reality he hasn't wooped anyone.
In theory I can see why pacquiao felt robbed, floyd was winning rounds by running, clinching and landing sometimes a single grazing right hand near the end to pick up a round that should have been a draw.
I also question how anyone could have given floyd the first maidana fight? He certainly lost the first 6 rounds and maybe won 2 rounds near the end.
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