Have Floyd's hand problems affected his fighting style?

[bluebeam]

3 if you want tot include the bum in your avi in advance!

Also undefeated means dog ***** when you're hand picked opponents and marketed well enough to pay for wins. Its obvious it was a business more so than implementing a legacy that was more important to Floyd (the Puppet) and Haymon (The Puppet Master). If you are that gullible to believe he is the best due to his undefeated record i feel sad for you. Gullible can easily be replaced with "******"

He is the best because he beat every hall of fame fighter from his era.

Being undefeated while doing it is just a bonus.

What fighter from his era goes through his resume undefeated?

Please name one

[Kuyukut]

seriously, if fraud has had hand problems then it's no big deal, anyways he is known as a featherfisted fighter.

the real problem is if fraud has a leg problem then it's a big deal 'cause he uses both legs to run around the ring.

[BrometheusBob.]

Mostly age and perhaps his general change in attitude after beating De La Hoya. He said he felt like he had done enough, made enough money, didn't have the desire for boxing anymore etc going into his retirement. I didn't necessarily buy that that was why he was retiring per se, but he did appear to have less fire in him as far back as 2007/8 than he did in his earlier fights. Plus, people generally become less willing to throw it all on the line once they get older or already feel like they've "made it".

His hand injuries were a problem that had been around a while and that didn't stop him initially, although I have no idea what the status of his hands are and what he has done to manage the pain etc. Nevertheless I don't have a reason to believe that they were the primary cause of his change in style but they could be.

[New England]

of course. he's had bad hands for his entire career, from what it looks like. lots of boxers do.


if you've got a set of cast iron knuckles you can wear reyes gloves and load up even if you aren't a big puncher, and maybe even get your opponent out of there. if you have bad hands you get yourself into a hard leather, fully foam glove, like a grant, and you can hardly make a fist or hurt a fly.

[ShoulderRoll]

I remember on one of the 24/7s (maybe the one for the De La Hoya fight?) he was shown getting a wax treatment on his hands.