Originally posted by x3_bazooka_x3
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Being a pressure fighter usually means that you sit on your punches and keep throwing like you are hitting a punching bag. You may get tagged a bit more because you are close for one, and you also are sitting down on your punches more which makes it harder to pull them back especially if you miss.
What usually tends to happen though is that the pressure fighter can wear down the quick, evasive guy by using his weight by leaning on the opponent and his power-packed punches have a cummulative effect that makes it hard to "hit and not get hit" as the fight progresses.
Cotto-Margs I is a good example and Rios-Acosta is another good one. Floyd would have worn down had his fight with Ortiz gone the distance....he was getting pinned against the ropes and wasn't looking too hot there.
It's one-dimensional from the cpu chair or the couch but not so much when you are in round 5 of a fight and finding yourself almost unable to lift your arms up due to the beating they are taking.
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