Floyd, Manny, Hop, Roy legacy

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Originally Posted by Master

Floyd may well have won at 140lb but it would have been much closer. Add to the fact that if it was under the conditions Kostya had to deal with in terms of the hostile conditions and Dave Paris then we may have got a Ricky victory.

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Why not jus give Ricky a steel chair while we're at it? lol ;)

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Originally Posted by Beanflicker

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Originally Posted by mikeeod

I have to be honest, u just aren't making a rational argument, u r making an emotional one. U r saying that Floyd and Roy should be ranked higher because of how dominant they r and how great they looked. That is subjective, u r admitting that they fought inferior competition, but u r giving them credit since, in ur opinion, it wasn't their fault. What I'm saying is that while I agree with ur assessment of their abilities, I rank them lower based on the fact that they didn't make those fights and other guys did.

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I never admitted they fought inferior competition, I'm admitting there are guys that would have been interesting to see them in the ring with that they never fought.

I've gotten into the whole "inferior opposition" arguments on here regarding Floyd and Roy way too many times. People are going to believe what they want to believe. It makes no difference to me if people want to say Floyd and Roy stink and would get murdered by REAL fighters of the past.

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I think this is an issue with debating with people emotionally invested in a fighter. I never said Roy or Floyd stink or would be murdered by guys from the past. I said the opposite, that they are great fighters who I feel are capable of beating anyone who ever fought. All I said was that I rank them lower historically based on weaker quality of opposition, and I went on to explain why I felt that way. It seems like if people disagree and don't rank Floyd n Roy as high as you, you become offended and personally insulted.