Woodley proved to be a solid draw for Showtime on pay-per-view. The boxing match pitting social media personality Jake Paul Tyron Woodley Sells Estimated 500,000 Pay-Per-View Buys He is using a style of fighting, a style much, much older than it is given credit for. Mayweather does not begin in this position to look cool or even necessarily to taunt the opponent. Many people have tried to emulate Mayweather’s stance: lead arm down and tucked tight to the body, rear hand approximately thumb-distance from the cheek, feet slightly wider than the shoulders, with the knees bent in a half-crouch.

It is really more centered on the style that his father named to writer and professional boxing trainer Luis Monda as the “Crab.” It’s not just about coming from a boxing family in that his father and both of his uncles fought, two of them on the global stage. The man is educated in pugilism and educated well. The first aspect of Mayweather’s abilities has to be acknowledged duly. Floyd Mayweather Jr., love him or hate him, is one of those athletes. It is very rare that an elite athlete not only touches that potential but seems to master it and take it to levels beyond even his own capability. Yet once every few generations a fighter will identify himself as unique among other thoroughly gifted athletes, many of whom will never quite touch their full potential.

There are many things that define fighters, each in vastly different ways.

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