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When critics and detractors try to create arguments on why they believe Floyd will lose an upcoming fight they almost invariably point to A SINGLE LANDED PUNCH in a particular round to create the foundation for their entire (strawman) argument.
THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN BOXING HISTORY AND IS A TESTAMENT TO FLOYD'S GREATNESS.
How many times have we seen the TWO PUNCHES landed by Shane, or the TWO PUNCHES landed by Corley or the ONE PUNCH landed by Judah as the basis for criticism against Floyd, or worse yet a prediction against him in an upcoming fight. It's repeated over and over again AD NAUSEUM to the point where its almost comical: "GO TO 3:26.54 seconds of the video with 1:27.483949 left in the round and see Fraud get hit!!!! If (insert fighters name here) lands that punch, HE'S DEAD!"
Why is this?
It's because finding blueprints, techniques, a game plan etc.. to defeat Floyd can't honestly be surmised from any of his previous fights. The first Castillo fight (where Floyd had a bad shoulder) was quickly rectified in the rematch, and no other fighter has come close since. De La Hoya's effort was admirable, but Floyd coasted to victory and the myth that DLH stopped throwing the jab late was created (even though punch stats or an observant eye prove otherwise).
With a fighter like Pacquiao we can literally watch round after round of him in life and death battles getting battered and bruised relentlessly to create a foundation for a prediction or analysis. Contrast for a moment the Pac-JMM rematch with the PBF-Castillo rematch. What we learn is one fighter is dynamic enough to apply what he learned in the first fight and win convincingly, while the other enters the ring as if it were round 13 and changes nothing.
Roach said it best. There is no game plan to beat Floyd, what you hope to do is find some mistakes and capitalize on them. This is a complement that Freddie has never given any of his own fighters including Pacquiao or Khan.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will always be the fighter where single landed punches are so amazing, so shocking, and so unexpected that they will always be played over and over and over and over again by his detractors.
Floyd is truly the pound 4 pound king, and one of the all time greats.
THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN BOXING HISTORY AND IS A TESTAMENT TO FLOYD'S GREATNESS.
How many times have we seen the TWO PUNCHES landed by Shane, or the TWO PUNCHES landed by Corley or the ONE PUNCH landed by Judah as the basis for criticism against Floyd, or worse yet a prediction against him in an upcoming fight. It's repeated over and over again AD NAUSEUM to the point where its almost comical: "GO TO 3:26.54 seconds of the video with 1:27.483949 left in the round and see Fraud get hit!!!! If (insert fighters name here) lands that punch, HE'S DEAD!"
Why is this?
It's because finding blueprints, techniques, a game plan etc.. to defeat Floyd can't honestly be surmised from any of his previous fights. The first Castillo fight (where Floyd had a bad shoulder) was quickly rectified in the rematch, and no other fighter has come close since. De La Hoya's effort was admirable, but Floyd coasted to victory and the myth that DLH stopped throwing the jab late was created (even though punch stats or an observant eye prove otherwise).
With a fighter like Pacquiao we can literally watch round after round of him in life and death battles getting battered and bruised relentlessly to create a foundation for a prediction or analysis. Contrast for a moment the Pac-JMM rematch with the PBF-Castillo rematch. What we learn is one fighter is dynamic enough to apply what he learned in the first fight and win convincingly, while the other enters the ring as if it were round 13 and changes nothing.
Roach said it best. There is no game plan to beat Floyd, what you hope to do is find some mistakes and capitalize on them. This is a complement that Freddie has never given any of his own fighters including Pacquiao or Khan.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will always be the fighter where single landed punches are so amazing, so shocking, and so unexpected that they will always be played over and over and over and over again by his detractors.
Floyd is truly the pound 4 pound king, and one of the all time greats.
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