The sweet science

Juan Manual Marquez KO's joel casamayor

Every world class boxer has one specific element that makes them a world champion. The two most prevalent and useful elements that a fighter can have is his ability to put out a high volume of punches, and his ability to be accurate as he fights. In boxing there will always be a few names you simply cannot forget when talking about volume punching. Manny pacquiao being today’s best example of a fighter that can not only throw one thousand punches in a fight and not become fatigued, but will also find accuracy in his punch output . Fans of the sport in recent years generally like to see more punches and more knockouts over the careful accurate counter punchers of today. However the accuracy and precision of fighters like Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr whom are known more for their ability to make their opponent miss and then make him pay is nothing short of bedazzling . When watching a Floyd Mayweather fight you can expect to see perfect counter punching and accuracy with spectacular timing. When watching a Roy Jones Jr fight you can expect somewhat of a counterintuitive approach to his game, he is a precision fighter whom finds a way to be just as accurate as a counter puncher but is usually the one to throw the first punches in almost any exchange and the last. This topic fits right into the definition of the term “the sweet science”.

Roy jone Jr KO's Trinidad

Floyd Mayweather KO's Hatton

counter punching at its best.
    

Footwork is an element that is often looked passed by many when watching boxing. A fighter who can use his feet to setup his position is just as important as where to setup his hands. When a fighter is off balance or is using poor posture usually is the man whom does not have his hand raised at the end of the night. Using footwork is imperative to finding position not only on the floor but upstairs as well. A fighter with bad feet will always have bad hands. Watching Floyd Mayweather fights and many of Juan Manual Marquez fights is truly a great chance to see how much footwork contributes to hand placement. I believe there is far to few fighters whom understand and apply their footwork to throwing their punches. Hopefully in 2011 we will get to see a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather , a fight that will display volume punching hand speed and pressure from Pacquiao . With superb defense ,counter punching aswell as speed from Mayweather. Both fighters have good footwork both have great hand speed and accuracy. These are the two best fighters of the last decade, which could give the fans a fight of the decade. A fight between Floyd “money” Mayweather and Manny “PACMAN” pacquiao will ultimately tell us who is the best, or if both deserve their hands held high.

Marquez & Pacquiao after their first fight wich ended in a DRAW