Re: Thoughts on Mayweather
Originally Posted by
El Gamo
I just needed to post this somewhere. Tremendous champion, possibly top 10-20 for most talented ever and an amazing amazing defence, which he will be remembered for but, and I don't think many will agree with me, he will also be remembered for winning the WW title at a time when the WW division was and still is the hottest in boxing and not defending it ONCE v a top ranked 147 pounder. This would have been akin to SRR not fighting the champs at middlweight like Lamotta etc. There's no excuse for it and regardless whether any Floyd fans choose to like it or not, at a time when gys like Williams,Cotto,Margarito and a TON of solid fighters were at 147,Floyd fought none of them and that's just a fact.
I agree, if it was strictly up to ability he would be up there with the GOAT status, but the reality is he left the sport too soon. If he could have unified the WW division there is noone out there that could have questioned his greatness, but he cashed in and cashed out, can't blame him from a human point of view, he still has all his wits about him and has enough cash to carry him throughout the rest of his life. From a fans point of view it is dissapointing however, because we know what he could have still accomplished and there were some major tests he didn't take the big one for me is not unifying any division. But he did do some phenomenal things.
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