How do you fight a fighter with a very negative style?

[deathofaclown]

Like Maidana did vs Floyd in the first fight.

The thing is I never actually considered Floyd to be so negative. He was safety first but It’s not like he was always on his bike or fighting dirty, he would often be right in the pocket, it’s just he was so good at doing it. Fighters had plenty of opportunities to do work though, Getting any success was the problem.

I always felt my Maidana did well because he was so unorthodox and unpredictable, so Floyd couldn’t really compute him that easily, whereas 99% of fighters he could read like a book after a few rounds. But other fighters can’t just be unpredictable like Maidana because that’s not what they do and trying to do that purposely would actually diminish their abilities a lot. It took Floyd a good five or six round to get to grips with Maidana and still never really did until the second fight, even though he did edge the first fight too.

Maidana did well because it was a style that works for him naturally but I don’t think anybody could just adopt that style

[PRINCEKOOL]

Lol in the throat? That would definitely stop them in their tracks from fighting dirty!

Hard Jab's to the throat, wham some hooks into the sides of their neck 'Punch their forearms if they use a high guard, don't even bother with head-shots at all' This is what I would do, full well knowing that I would not be winning the rounds 'But those shots will take a toil as the fight progresses'.

Might aswell throw some hard backhands to the throat also.

[Luilun]

You fight Madaina Style hit them in the chest go to the body

[Toffee]

Calzaghe v Hopkins

Outwork him.

[JakeTheBoxer]

The way Duran fought awkward Japanese guy Suzuki Ishimatsu and stopped him.