Wow. One thing i learned from thurman and porter is that.....

[Zaroku]

....Mayweathers skill and abilty was grossly unappreciated by the casual fans especially in this forum.



Guess no one appreciates the sweet science anymore.


One predictably repetitious boxer clumsily charging in only to smother his own punches while the other throws haymakers on the back foot during zero head movement or a jab.


And that's a great fight? Looked like two athletic HS students having a fisticuffs.

Agreed, they both looked off balance, but strong. They lacked that slickness that Floyd has. But, give them time.

[Redd Foxx]

give them time.

Good point. Though Keith showed a lot of flaws, I honestly get the impression that he still has potential and will develop if he sticks with more challenging fights like this last one. Once he works on his inside game and builds more confidence (he acts like hot shyt on the mic but you can see that he gets the fear when he's under adversity). If he builds on the foundation he's got, he may very well rise to be a clear #1 or #2 in the division. As it stands, I think a lot of fights need to take place before we can figure out how everyone in the new breed stacks up.

[LoadedWraps]

Floyd is one of my 3 favorite fighters ever but this is just **** guzzling, ignorant thread and it's the same mentality a lot of new boxing fans who grew up on Mayweather developed over the years.

Mayweather was an athletic freak with a 72 inch reach and reflexes out if this world. Without that athleticism and physical attributes you can not execute the things he does. You cannot control range the way he does. For the rest of these fighters, they have to find other ways to be effective and win.

Shawn Porter is a stocky fighter built like a football player with a 69 inch reach. He doubles and triples his jab, gets under punches really well, slips punches really well and these skills allow him to get inside where he is most effective. His problem is once he gets inside, he has a tendency to smother himself but he still is a strong body puncher and can limit your offense with his smothering tactics, high activity level and aggression.

Thurman has a ****ing 69 inch reach, shorter than Porter's. Hell you expect him to do? Stay on the outside and work his jab? When he threw his jab Porter threw his own in return and got the better of the exchanges. Thurman used his feet, feints to set up his uppercuts and hooks which was good thinking on his part because Porter is low to the ground and likes to lean forward. Porter has good head movement and gets under punches very well so he isn't that easy to hit so you have to use you feet and get out of harm's way or you let him get in your chest where he is better than you.

This is what's wrong with ****ing boxing. Casual fans don't know what the **** their watching and now mother ****ers that post here every day don't know whst the **** their watching.

Fantastic post. Well said. Red K'd the OP.