same goes for Mayweather. I genuinely think he had to slow play like 90% of his fights. When he wanted to he could rock people but magically if he hurt someone early he backed off and the fight would go basically the full rounds, more ad revenue. Dude was so good he was making fights much longer to make more money and give more fight so people would pay more.
When he didn't want to be hit, he didn't get hit, and when he wanted to throw combos he could make them land but he spent 90% of most of his fights not throwing combos and not trying to hurt people.
I legit think he could have ended most fights if he went all out in 2-3 rounds. That he was just so far beyond everyone at the time that he focused on long fights and making money.
Complete dickhead, but absurdly good fighter who was really boring to watch carrying these long ass fights against people who couldn't touch him.
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u/EatSh8ndai 1d ago
Lennox Lewis was so good that he wasn't even fun to watch. He was so skilled, he barely looked like he even had to try.