Good points TS, but it's also hard to tell how much Floyd has change, since his recent fights are really not that much of a threat to him. Now am I saying that his recent opponents were easy? Not at all, maybe Floyd does have that affect on making his opponents look average, and maybe he's just THAT good.
I think since he became successful, he decided to take it easier, maybe pick a couple fights that he believes he can easily win, but any successful boxer will do that. Why take huge risks if you don't have to? Same can be said about Pac. People brings out their top game when they're threatened, and the Mosley fight showed you that Floyd still has that offensive skill. Floyd may have lost a little step, but that comes with age. But I do feel he can still fight like the old Floyd if he needs to, and the fighter that can bring it out of him is Pac.
But nobody can argue the fact that whenever you fight Pac, you will always leave the ring badly hurt (DeLahoya, Cotto, Marg, Hatton). You can't deny that win or lose, Floyd's pretty face can be permanently damage. Floyd always argued about leaving the ring unscathed with no permanent damage, and he's right. So why go through that when there's a safer, easier way to make money? So I won't be surprised if his main concern with fighting Pac is the potential permanent damage that Pac will give him, and not his undefeated record.
I think since he became successful, he decided to take it easier, maybe pick a couple fights that he believes he can easily win, but any successful boxer will do that. Why take huge risks if you don't have to? Same can be said about Pac. People brings out their top game when they're threatened, and the Mosley fight showed you that Floyd still has that offensive skill. Floyd may have lost a little step, but that comes with age. But I do feel he can still fight like the old Floyd if he needs to, and the fighter that can bring it out of him is Pac.
But nobody can argue the fact that whenever you fight Pac, you will always leave the ring badly hurt (DeLahoya, Cotto, Marg, Hatton). You can't deny that win or lose, Floyd's pretty face can be permanently damage. Floyd always argued about leaving the ring unscathed with no permanent damage, and he's right. So why go through that when there's a safer, easier way to make money? So I won't be surprised if his main concern with fighting Pac is the potential permanent damage that Pac will give him, and not his undefeated record.
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