Mayweather Lands Clean Punches

[kushking]

Floyd was a potshotter who would turtle shell(shoulderroll) & elbow in between potshots thats why. Its also why Canelo has inherited his throne despite having lil in common,Canelo also lands clean eye catching punches where he gets full hip rotation on every shot,whereas guys like ggg threw arm punches the entire time in both nelo fights & mostly jabs. Canelo & floyd both throw extremely high accuracy power shots. Canelo oftentimes employs cus de amatos signature peek-a-boo style that Tyson mastered so he too oftentimes potshots counters like Floyd

[ruedboy]

He also stopped a lot of champions.

Sorry, Floyd didn't stop too many champs at 147 or 154.

[Code Red]

Floyd was a potshotter who would turtle shell(shoulderroll) & elbow in between potshots thats why. Its also why Canelo has inherited his throne despite having lil in common,Canelo also lands clean eye catching punches where he gets full hip rotation on every shot,whereas guys like ggg threw arm punches the entire time in both nelo fights & mostly jabs. Canelo & floyd both throw extremely high accuracy power shots. Canelo oftentimes employs cus de amatos signature peek-a-boo style that Tyson mastered so he too oftentimes potshots counters like Floyd

I think Canelo is a good comparison he's just not as fluid or fleet of foot as Floyd. Also Canelo is not as impressive to watch defensively, I do find it interesting that Canelo is more influenced by the Mayweather style than Mexican style.

[Vasyl’s dad]

So, whipping Russell, stopping Walters, Rigondeaux, Linares, about to defeat Lopez and become undisputed, fighting for and defending a world title all but 1 fight in his career is him not fighting tough competition?

These guys hate Loma so bad they have make things up. So many people picked all of those guys to beat him. Loma is without question the number one fighter today. His footwork is impeccable. Throws lots of punches. He’s fun to watch. What more do people expect?

[Vasyl’s dad]

That's what I mean with those gifs, not many fighters land that clearly, obviously, and effectively, it's like a lost art.

You don’t watch many fights then.

[Marchegiano]

I'm watching boxing at the moment and trying to figure out why it seems these guys can't land clean punches. It makes me realize why a guy like Floyd went undefeated. As a viewer or judge you didn't have to guess if Floyd landed a punch or not, his shots where always clean, sharp, and precise. Even if he didn't throw a lot of punches in a round when they landed it was clear and obvious.

If you consider a fighter like Shawn Porter he is always in close debatable fights and in my opinion it's largely because he hardly throws or land clean punches. It's always sloppy, messy, and laborious. I'd love to see fighters and pundits who comment on Floyd not just study his defense but the way he threw and landed clean punches and combinations.

I believe it is easy for judges to score fights in Floyd's favor, his punching technique is masterful, he makes it clear that his punches are scoring blows, why do so many fighters seem to lack this skill?

because Floyd really can do anything.

[Citizen Koba]

I was watching the nationals on youtube the other day because I wanted to check out the guy Floyd just signed, I think his name is Jaleel something. The best way to describe the fights I saw was them being 1 long flurry from beginning to the end, none of the kids were setting anything up or sitting down on any punches. That's just 1 example. Go watch these fights, also Gervonta Davis, etc... and you'll understand what I mean.

International level Amateurs are different and much more polished, most are actually grown men who have more experience, still they don't fight like pros sn3d most don't reach the top as pros especially if they fought amateur too long, for example the EEs have a relatively offensive style that relies on pressure and volume and angles, very good in the amateurs (old system) to touch your opponent more than he touches you, for that you throw a lot but also miss a lot, not god for 12 rds, the Cubans are on average the closest to being sharpshooters, but they tend to have problems keeping up their witts, smarts and sharpness for 12 rounds, also fighters fighting as amateurs too long, where heart and grit isn't a big factor like in long greuling pro fights, they don't do well in tough fights, especially if they fought too long as Amateurs and turned pro late.

Floyd wasn't any legendary amateur and out of the '96 team, not too mamy people expected him to perform as good as he did in the pros because he had difficuties in the amateurs, but what these people didn't understand was that Floyd studied pros and fought a high pace pro style in the amateurs which was good but not extraordinary, had he focused his formative years on being a better amateur with some amateur boxing trainer, he wouldn't have been the pro he later became.

Noice observations man, and yeah I see where you're coming from more now you've gone into it in a bit more depth. Each of the amateur schools does have it's own characteristics and I think you could be right that the US focuses more on the eye-catching combos and flurries, though of course criticisms can be made of each school.

[DaNeutral.]

Floyd is a harsh example, im sure they would all love to be able to Box like Floyd. Its not easy at the top level.

[Goldie]

So, whipping Russell, stopping Walters, Rigondeaux, Linares, about to defeat Lopez and become undisputed, fighting for and defending a world title all but 1 fight in his career is him not fighting tough competition?

He’s clearly bigger than Russell and rigo. Walters basically retired during their fight and the Linares fight was much closer than people predicted with Loma getting touching up and dropped. Campbell even gave him more problems than people thought he would have.

[Goldie]

These guys hate Loma so bad they have make things up. So many people picked all of those guys to beat him. Loma is without question the number one fighter today. His footwork is impeccable. Throws lots of punches. He’s fun to watch. What more do people expect?

If you’re going to call him the best fighter of today then I expect him to look a lot better. He didn’t look like p4p #1 against Linares, Campbell either. Linares basically matches him skill for skill. To me the difference in that fight was loma’s heart and desire.