By Yannis Mihanos: Can the boxer beat the puncher or is the puncher much better than the boxer? Is Manny Pacquiao better than Floyd Mayweather Jr or is Money is better than Pacman? Who is the absolute best? Because there must be someone who is better than the other or not? Who has the edge if there is any?
The beauty is in the details as they say so let’s see.
I will start from the puncher: Because of his natural knock out ability and power he can be dangerous at any point of the fight.
Boxing is one of the few sports that the result can be decided at any moment from round 1 to round 12. This is another reason why it’s so exciting to watch.
Mule power:
So one punch can determine the outcome of the match. There are some punchers that are even more dangerous than other punchers, look for example Randall Bailey. In his fight of 2012 against Mike Jones, he needed just two powerful combinations in the tenth and eleventh round to finish the fight with a victory, prior to that he looked like doomed to lose.
In his next fight against Devon Alexander it was another story; there he couldn’t engage at all, at any moment and lost to a unanimous points decision.
It is evident that the puncher always stand a chance in the match unlike the boxer who unless he accumulates enough points doesn’t stand in the end any. So I give the puncher here not a Plus 1 but a Plus 2 points and I will explain you later why.
Horse power:
Amazing conditioning: Many punchers tend to get lazy or distracted on training mostly because their success is heavily related to their punching power. That can work against them some times.
Boxers on the other hand must always train hard to keep their reflexes sharp and their stamina high.
The boxer is the master artist and tactician, take for example Floyd Mayweather Jr on his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (another hard puncher) he would dance and move back and forth for all the match.
His stamina would never wear out. He would avoid all the punches and frustrate his opponent. The outcome was a complete comfortable point’s decision.
Mile age is essential for the boxer who respects himself.
It’s guaranteed that the boxer must run a lot and in order to do that he must have very good stamina otherwise the puncher sooner or later is going to get him.
If the boxer gets an open space he too can produce a knock out or even stop the game but that happens more rarely. I remember a few cases of this happening in the fights of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Ricky Hatton and Victor Ortiz.
So the patience that the boxer shows along with his great elusive capacity can determine at a large extent the outcome of the match but not so decisively like the puncher. I give to the boxer a plus 1 point.
And the final verdict is: You did the math and guessed it right; Puncher is the winner by a narrow 2-1 point’s victory.
The ability to end the fight at any given moment is to me the deciding difference. Both of the types (boxer and puncher) have the potential to win the fight. It’s up to the person who makes use of his natural advantages the best.
I still admire many of the boxers of the past and present for their grace and style that bring in the ring.
I have also a personal question for you the rock hard fans, the main force that keeps alive today boxing: Who is your favorite puncher or boxer? I really would like to know. Keep me posted.
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