Hearns vs Mayweather & Hagler vs Hopkins

There is a kind of hubris with many Mayweather fans when it comes to any comparison to any fighter in history. Now it’s gone from Hearns to Leonard. Imo Hearns would knock Floyd out but the Leonard fight is a much better contest. I’m not going to quibble about when Floyds prime was or is. If he primed out at 135 then he has no business being compared to Hearns or Leonard, I mean what’s the point? Compare him then to the atg lightweights and I can think of several that would also beat Floyd.

These claims of advantages for Floyd over Leonard are incorrigible and I’m not trying to personally insult anyone. Wilfredo Benitez is arguably just as effective as Floyd as a counter puncher and overall defensively. Although Leonard admitted after the fight that he never missed with so many punches he still stopped him. I’m not convinced Mayweather beats a prime Benitez or Duran for that matter at any weight. Mayweather has never beaten anyone near those two alone in his entire career. Duran would have destroyed Castillo or anyone else Floyd fought at 135 and 147 and Wilfredo would have toyed with any welter Floyd has fought thus far. And don’t try calling me a Floyd hater.

Hagler vs mayweather?

I know different weights but mayweather could move up...

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Originally Posted by Domiko

Hagler vs mayweather?

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Leonard retired for 3 years prior to fighting Hagler. In honesty I think he waited him out. Leonard got ring size and gloves in the contract to boot. Floyd could be doing the same with Martinez w/o retiring.

I think its unreasonable to match Floyd to a prime Hagler at 160 just as I thought in Haglers time that it was unreasonable to expect him to fight Michael Spinks at 175.

Would push floyd to the very limit though! It was a great era and thats what floyd misses out on hes too good sometimes. When he beat cotto i thought he did it easy and then i thought hes too good its almost boring..

126
How does Floyd do?

10 guys

Pep not sure why I always add another p.
Armstrong
Sanchez
Saddler
Mab
Saldivar
Pedroza
Chocolate
Attell
Kilbane

135

10 guys

Benny L
Gans
Duran
Armstrong
Ortiz
Oscar
Dejesus
Arguello
Williams
Buchanan

147

10 guys

Robinson
Leonard
Hearns
Duran
Ross
Napoles
Gavilan
Walcott
Griffith
Basilio

Break them down for me?

That is a tough question I think without looking into it in a lot of detail that he could compete and beat all the fighters at 126 and 135lb at 147lb he would lose to Robinson Leonard Hearns and have a close fight with Duran, unsure about Ross, Napoles Gavilan Walcott Griffith and Basilio.