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Yes, too much. I have gotten into the habit of repeating a mantra of "don't wait, go" to myself, because when I think too much I freeze up. How much you think and how well you do it really depends on your personality.

If your fluidity is based on poor technique, though, doesn't it stand to reason that you'd become stiff all over again when you finally try to impose solid form? Instead of just doing what comes naturally, I'd say it's better to make clean technique feel natural. Takes more time, but likely...

Goodness, just an explosion of male insecurity in this thread. Calm down fellas. Each one of you is still the hardest motherfucker on earth. Sshh, little alphas. It's gonna be okay.

Yeah, I agree. A better representation of the fluidity of personality, but much, much harder to understand!

And he perfectly incapsulates the Korean style. You'd be inclined to call him nothing but a brawler, but there's enough science to his game to make you scratch your head a bit. That's why I like Chang so much. He's a lot like Duran, in that he's a terrifying force of nature, but one who jabs...

Korea has produced some real berserkers in the sport of boxing, so you're wrong there. Watch Chang Jung-koo in action and you'll see possibly the finest boxer Korea has ever produced. And what a gem he was, too. I think Lu is right, in that the promotional muscle is in Japan. There's Teiken...

Agreed. Chuck's straight right and overhand always worked together to make him a very dangerous puncher, especially on the counter.

Would've been even better if he'd started banging your ribs the moment you lifted your hands to cover your head.

Guys, how could a stupid pussy like Floyd Mayweather retain a boxing titel? Just wondering thanks.

I mean pro, yes. Otherwise Lomachenko would be in the top ten already--though it's probably not long till he winds up there. You're right about the "objectively better" bit. Let's just say the guys above him are more proven at this point. Personally, I might put Juan Manuel Marquez above him...

The Ring's ratings are bullshit, by the way. They've lacked all integrity since Golden Boy bought them out in 2012. The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, who rank fighters now using the criteria the Ring used when they were still reputable, has Golovkin at #10 pound-for-pound, and that seems...

Yeah, spacetime is clearly trolling or a moron, but Lennox Lewis is a greater heavyweight than George Foreman, no question. David Tua, Frans Botha, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Tommy Morrison, and Hasim Rahman were not bums.

No doubt about that. Ruenroeng was an underdog against Zou Shiming. I should've bet my fuckin' house on that fight.

There's no doubt that Golovkin's ring-cutting footwork is superb. But he's sacrificed some of his more creative angles in the process. His entire goal now is just to keep the other guy in front of him, which leaves him looking a little clueless when the guy just straight up chooses to stand in...

That's fair. I'd be happy to put Roman above Floyd if he either beats Inoue or rematches and beats Estrada--which I'd actually like to see before the Inoue fight, to be honest.

Well, there's basically no heavyweight division in Muay Thai, so a guy would have to be fighting several divisions above his ideal weight class to come in with a belly on him. At heavyweight, that doesn't matter as much because there's no limit, so George felt no need to cut a lot of weight. And...

Pacquiao also beat Tim Bradley twice around the same time and had beaten Marquez before (though he really should've lost the third fight as well). And it's not just Pacquiao--though beating a hall-of-fame shoe-in and all-time great shouldn't ever be taken lightly. Floyd also has recent wins over...

Exactly. That's why he walked into that big uppercut at the end of the second round. He was only pretending to go for the kill so intently that he lost all semblance of defense. You know, for drama.

I don't know that I can put Gonzalez ahead of Floyd either. I fucking love Chocolatito, and I think he's probably #2 or #3 p4p right now, but Floyd just beat Pacquiao, and that's definitely an achievement worthy of the #1 slot. Then there's also Wladimir Klitschko in the mix, who has been...

I'm making a concerted effort to keep from being smug about it. But yeah, the fandom is getting a little silly. Anyway, don't worry. GGG's gonna clean off the rust and turn into the fighter he was half a decade ago when he really needs to. Never fear.