Was Willie Pep a running coward?

[BennyST]

If you take a highlight video, Mayweather looks like a prime Duran in comparison to Pep. Significantly more offensive, up until he was in his mid 30's.

Even Duran had become a pure counter puncher by that age, and rarely led.

[puga]

If you take a highlight video, Mayweather looks like a prime Duran in comparison to Pep. Significantly more offensive, up until he was in his mid 30's.

Even Duran had become a pure counter puncher by that age, and rarely led.

Floyd = modern day duran......

duran would've feasted on maidana without ref's help

[Tony Trick-Pony]

If you take a highlight video, Mayweather looks like a prime Duran in comparison to Pep. Significantly more offensive, up until he was in his mid 30's.

Even Duran had become a pure counter puncher by that age, and rarely led.

Even here, lots of elbows and holding behind the head. Should have points taken away and he's fighting Augustus and Gatti and Judah. These guys were never much to begin with. Imagine Duran against these same guys. No elbows or holding behind the head. All business and he would have had them all out of there within the distance.

[IronDanHamza]

If you take a highlight video, Mayweather looks like a prime Duran in comparison to Pep. Significantly more offensive, up until he was in his mid 30's.

Even Duran had become a pure counter puncher by that age, and rarely led.

Maybe in 60 years that video will still exist and people will be saying "Mayweather was an all action fighter with devastating power" That's a good video though to highlight Floyd's offensive side.

I think it's ****** that people dismiss the fact or try to pretend that Floyd wasn't exciting as a youngster and was in many entertaining fights.

Yeah as an older fighter he's not exciting any more but from 96-2006 (up to probably the Baldomir fight) he put on many exciting offensive displays. That's 10 years hardly a short amount of time.