Margarito vs. Mayweather

[dreamz350]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

[ICB]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

Floyd Mayweather will make Antonio Margarito look average and he will clearly outbox Margarito over 12 rounds im a fan of both fighters though im more of a fan of Floyd Mayweather but im being realistic here Floyd Mayweather moves too well and he can stay off the ropes like he did against Jose Luis Castillo in there 2nd fight so he would be taking away one of Antonio Margarito's strengths which is working on a opponent against the ropes........

Plus Antonio Margarito's punches are too wide plus he isn't quick enough in any attribute so i can't see Antonio Margarito winning this at all i see a potshot fest by Floyd Mayweather over 12 rounds clearly winning a UD.

[Kel]

If he wants the kind of lecacy he thinks he deserves he should fight Margarito,Williams and Cotto. Great fightrers dominate their division or at least fight the best opposition available. He ain't done that since he was a lightweight but he seems to think thats enough. It's a shame.

It's a shame he never fought Tszyu too. Instead choosing to move up to fight a past it Gatti, Mitchell, an already broken Judah, Baldomir....

Then all these tough Welters turn up and he fights an old De La Hoya and a Light Welter who is also past his best and already proven to be hugely disadvantaged at WW.

Just my view

[ICB]

If he wants the kind of lecacy he thinks he deserves he should fight Margarito,Williams and Cotto. Great fightrers dominate their division or at least fight the best opposition available. He ain't done that since he was a lightweight but he seems to think thats enough. It's a shame.

It's a shame he never fought Tszyu too. Instead choosing to move up to fight a past it Gatti, Mitchell, an already broken Judah, Baldomir....

Then all these tough Welters turn up and he fights an old De La Hoya and a Light Welter who is also past his best and already proven to be hugely disadvantaged at WW.

Just my view

The only thing i'll say is that Kostya Tszyu would of got a fight with Floyd Mayweather but he lost to Ricky Hatton so Hatton got his shot which is fair right ?

And as for ODLH i give Mayweather alot of credit for the win ODLH had 1 stone advantage and plus if you look back at posts in 2006 and early 2007 people said he needed to fight ODLH to seal his legacy and he did indeed win at a weightclass he never fought at before then all of a sudden its ODLH is past it etc honestly i don't think Mayweather gets enough credit for quite alot of his wins im not saying he doesn't needed to fight Cotto/Margarito but i'll stand by with my comment i made.

[Kel]

If he wants the kind of lecacy he thinks he deserves he should fight Margarito,Williams and Cotto. Great fightrers dominate their division or at least fight the best opposition available. He ain't done that since he was a lightweight but he seems to think thats enough. It's a shame.

It's a shame he never fought Tszyu too. Instead choosing to move up to fight a past it Gatti, Mitchell, an already broken Judah, Baldomir....

Then all these tough Welters turn up and he fights an old De La Hoya and a Light Welter who is also past his best and already proven to be hugely disadvantaged at WW.

Just my view

The only thing i'll say is that Kostya Tszyu would of got a fight with Floyd Mayweather but he lost to Ricky Hatton so Hatton got his shot which is fair right ?

And as for ODLH i give Mayweather alot of credit for the win ODLH had 1 stone advantage and plus if you look back at posts in 2006 and early 2007 people said he needed to fight ODLH to seal his legacy and he did indeed win at a weightclass he never fought at before then all of a sudden its ODLH is past it etc honestly i don't think Mayweather gets enough credit for quite alot of his wins im not saying he doesn't needed to fight Cotto/Margarito but i'll stand by with my comment i made.

Tszyu was the man of the division at that time and I think that is the fight that should have been made as soon as he moved to 140, afterall, what did Floyd prove at 140? That he could beat beaten fighters too?

Also, if Oscar was 5 years younger I tell you right now, Floyd would have gone nowhere near him, just like the Welters of today.

[Spicoli]

I agree with Kel on that.Has Mayweather come out of "Retirement" to grace us with his presence ?At this point I give Margarito a live chance at beating Floyd till I see Mayweather cut the theatrics and decide if it means enough to him to get back into the mix with championship caliber guys.Hypotheticals are a dime a dozen

[Bomp]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

Floyd Mayweather will make Antonio Margarito look average and he will clearly outbox Margarito over 12 rounds im a fan of both fighters though im more of a fan of Floyd Mayweather but im being realistic here Floyd Mayweather moves too well and he can stay off the ropes like he did against Jose Luis Castillo in there 2nd fight so he would be taking away one of Antonio Margarito's strengths which is working on a opponent against the ropes........

Plus Antonio Margarito's punches are too wide plus he isn't quick enough in any attribute so i can't see Antonio Margarito winning this at all i see a potshot fest by Floyd Mayweather over 12 rounds clearly winning a UD.

I like the way people use Castillo as justification to dismiss Margaritos chances. After all didn't Jose push him close twice? Didn't Judah and ODLH push him close?

When was the last time PBF stayed centre ring entire fight?

I hear the word accuracy a lot as a deterant for Tony, How accurate can Floyd be? every single punch Cotto threw landed on the point of Margaritos chin, with more power than Floyd has ever thrown a punch.

Yes Marg is slow, but he doesn't stop coming. Baldomir couldn't crack an egg and he has half Tony's output, Hatton is a so called pressure fighter who throw's 40 punches a round there is no comparison.

Marg throws wide punches? 90% of the punches he threw against Cotto had minimum back swing/follow through, and came through the centre, they weren't the wild swings that N'dou threw in that gif where Mayweather avoids them, and half this board masturbates over. The commentators thought Cotto was winning the fight early cause they thought Tonys short punches, which hit arms/shoulders/ribs, were ineffective, NOT because Cotto was making him look like a bum.


Believe it or not I have PBF favourite if this fight comes off, I'm just being one sided in my arguments because the majority of you are being ridicilously one sided in yours.

If I were a trainer I'd be recommending PBFs style before any other, but guess what an apparently unbeatable style doesn't always equate to being a complete legend of your time. You have to prove it in the ring. Tyson looked unbeatable for four years, what if he retired before Douglas? would we give him the benefit of the doubt on beating every heavyweight that came after? unfortunately we probably would.

PBF has a very very good resume, but he has not faced the main challengers that were available to him at the time he was active to be considered amongst the Armstrongs/Robinsons of this world. Corrales was a good unbeaten name, give him that, Castillo is ONLY famous BECAUSE of his performances against PBF, He did not fight Tszyu when he stepped to 140, he fought Mitchell and Gatti, funny how he managed to fit those guys in for prob less than a million. I actually rate ODLH as a great win since it was a new weight and Oscar looked good in the previous fight and in Floyd's fight. Hatton, well he never showed anything at Welter.

Anyway, rant over.

[Mr140]

Well let us look at Floyde Mayweathers career and see what it looks like. Ok let us look at the top wins that he has i going to name the top ones at least the ones i think were the best. You have Casstilo, Carralos and past his prime Oscar but also a bigger guy as well which comes into play. Now out of those names only one is hall of famer and a atg and that is Oscar. Now the undefeated record helps as well along with divsions he has won belts in help him as well. Problem is that he did not clear or fight the best in the 140 and also the 147 divsions he seem to skip that and the only really rembered name is Oscar when were looking back at his career 20 years from now. I do not think Floyde Mayweather while be rated as high as some may think he is when history looks back on him. I think he is somewhere in the top 25 or the top 35 but thats just me. He is still young and in prime still think he can make his career even better then it is now but it is up to him what he will do.

[Taeth]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

Floyd Mayweather will make Antonio Margarito look average and he will clearly outbox Margarito over 12 rounds im a fan of both fighters though im more of a fan of Floyd Mayweather but im being realistic here Floyd Mayweather moves too well and he can stay off the ropes like he did against Jose Luis Castillo in there 2nd fight so he would be taking away one of Antonio Margarito's strengths which is working on a opponent against the ropes........

Plus Antonio Margarito's punches are too wide plus he isn't quick enough in any attribute so i can't see Antonio Margarito winning this at all i see a potshot fest by Floyd Mayweather over 12 rounds clearly winning a UD.

I like the way people use Castillo as justification to dismiss Margaritos chances. After all didn't Jose push him close twice? Didn't Judah and ODLH push him close?

When was the last time PBF stayed centre ring entire fight?

I hear the word accuracy a lot as a deterant for Tony, How accurate can Floyd be? every single punch Cotto threw landed on the point of Margaritos chin, with more power than Floyd has ever thrown a punch.

Yes Marg is slow, but he doesn't stop coming. Baldomir couldn't crack an egg and he has half Tony's output, Hatton is a so called pressure fighter who throw's 40 punches a round there is no comparison.

Marg throws wide punches? 90% of the punches he threw against Cotto had minimum back swing/follow through, and came through the centre, they weren't the wild swings that N'dou threw in that gif where Mayweather avoids them, and half this board masturbates over. The commentators thought Cotto was winning the fight early cause they thought Tonys short punches, which hit arms/shoulders/ribs, were ineffective, NOT because Cotto was making him look like a bum.


Believe it or not I have PBF favourite if this fight comes off, I'm just being one sided in my arguments because the majority of you are being ridicilously one sided in yours.

If I were a trainer I'd be recommending PBFs style before any other, but guess what an apparently unbeatable style doesn't always equate to being a complete legend of your time. You have to prove it in the ring. Tyson looked unbeatable for four years, what if he retired before Douglas? would we give him the benefit of the doubt on beating every heavyweight that came after? unfortunately we probably would.

PBF has a very very good resume, but he has not faced the main challengers that were available to him at the time he was active to be considered amongst the Armstrongs/Robinsons of this world. Corrales was a good unbeaten name, give him that, Castillo is ONLY famous BECAUSE of his performances against PBF, He did not fight Tszyu when he stepped to 140, he fought Mitchell and Gatti, funny how he managed to fit those guys in for prob less than a million. I actually rate ODLH as a great win since it was a new weight and Oscar looked good in the previous fight and in Floyd's fight. Hatton, well he never showed anything at Welter.

Anyway, rant over.

Margarito tends to throw wider punches when he can't catch his opponent, He was able to keep COtto on the ropes thats why he was throwing tighter punches.


Also about the accuracy, Cotto did land alot, and he hits harder then Mayweather, but Judah hit harder then MAyweather, and he landed them on Baldomir, but Baldomir was more effected by MAyweather's punches then by Judah's because 1. MAyweather drives through with his punches so it doesn't matter if it hurts you or not, it will stop you in your tracks, but also 2. Floyd isn't there to be hit. Why did Duran take way more shots in the fight against Leonard then in the second fight, yet he quit in the second fight? Because Leonard was frustrating Duran in the second fight because he wasn't there to be hit. Margarito was the same way against Williams, until Williams got tired, but Floyd doesn't get tired, because he is always in terrific shape, and he knows how to take "Breaks" in the mist of fighting.

[Taeth]

Also Hatton throws short punches, Gatti throws technically correct punches, Corrales throws good tight punches, N'dou had a lot more speed then Margarito, even Judah was only able to land one left hand at a time, when Judah threw combinations against Mayweather they almost always missed. OScar is another example of a tall guy who has handspeed to burn, and sharper punches then Margarito, and he still landed nothing. Same with Hatton. All these guys have tighter punches then Margarito, all of them are more accurate, yet none of them could land with Mayweather especially, when Floyd was on the ropes.

[ICB]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

Floyd Mayweather will make Antonio Margarito look average and he will clearly outbox Margarito over 12 rounds im a fan of both fighters though im more of a fan of Floyd Mayweather but im being realistic here Floyd Mayweather moves too well and he can stay off the ropes like he did against Jose Luis Castillo in there 2nd fight so he would be taking away one of Antonio Margarito's strengths which is working on a opponent against the ropes........

Plus Antonio Margarito's punches are too wide plus he isn't quick enough in any attribute so i can't see Antonio Margarito winning this at all i see a potshot fest by Floyd Mayweather over 12 rounds clearly winning a UD.

I like the way people use Castillo as justification to dismiss Margaritos chances. After all didn't Jose push him close twice? Didn't Judah and ODLH push him close?

When was the last time PBF stayed centre ring entire fight?

I hear the word accuracy a lot as a deterant for Tony, How accurate can Floyd be? every single punch Cotto threw landed on the point of Margaritos chin, with more power than Floyd has ever thrown a punch.

Yes Marg is slow, but he doesn't stop coming. Baldomir couldn't crack an egg and he has half Tony's output, Hatton is a so called pressure fighter who throw's 40 punches a round there is no comparison.

Marg throws wide punches? 90% of the punches he threw against Cotto had minimum back swing/follow through, and came through the centre, they weren't the wild swings that N'dou threw in that gif where Mayweather avoids them, and half this board masturbates over. The commentators thought Cotto was winning the fight early cause they thought Tonys short punches, which hit arms/shoulders/ribs, were ineffective, NOT because Cotto was making him look like a bum.


Believe it or not I have PBF favourite if this fight comes off, I'm just being one sided in my arguments because the majority of you are being ridicilously one sided in yours.

If I were a trainer I'd be recommending PBFs style before any other, but guess what an apparently unbeatable style doesn't always equate to being a complete legend of your time. You have to prove it in the ring. Tyson looked unbeatable for four years, what if he retired before Douglas? would we give him the benefit of the doubt on beating every heavyweight that came after? unfortunately we probably would.

PBF has a very very good resume, but he has not faced the main challengers that were available to him at the time he was active to be considered amongst the Armstrongs/Robinsons of this world. Corrales was a good unbeaten name, give him that, Castillo is ONLY famous BECAUSE of his performances against PBF, He did not fight Tszyu when he stepped to 140, he fought Mitchell and Gatti, funny how he managed to fit those guys in for prob less than a million. I actually rate ODLH as a great win since it was a new weight and Oscar looked good in the previous fight and in Floyd's fight. Hatton, well he never showed anything at Welter.

Anyway, rant over.

First off Floyd Mayweather Jr had a bad shoulder injury in the first fight with Jose Luis Castillo. And wasn't 100 percent, in the 2nd fight when he was 100 percent he easily avoided Jose Luis Castillo with good movement and not getting trapped on the ropes and i thought he clearly won by 3 rounds so i wouldn't say it was close..........

As for Zab Judah ? how did he push Floyd Mayweather close ? he won 3 out of the first 4 rounds. And that was it he never won any other rounds, and Floyd Mayweather figured him out after the 4th round and busted him badly and he landed almost 3 times as many power punches...........

ODLH vs Floyd Mayweather wasn't close either i had Floyd Mayweather winning by 3 or 4 rounds comfortably. But i don't see what Judah or ODLH has to do with Margarito vs Mayweather the fact is ODLH and Judah are much faster and throw there punches with much better technique, where as Antonio is slow handspeed wise and throws his punches wide and even his footwork is pretty slow aswell........

And how can you say Ricky Hatton isn't good pressure fighter ? he is one of the best pressure fighters of the modern era IMO, and do you know why his output was low against Floyd Mayweather ? because Floyd Mayweather clinched Hatton and slowed the fight down. Hatton has very quick feet and good handspeed yet he landed at a very low percentage.............

As for Mike Tyson looking unbeatable ? well he didn't to me he wern't that far away from losing to James Tillis and Tony Tucker outboxed him until he broke his right hand.

[Bomp]

Floyd Mayweather will make Antonio Margarito look average and he will clearly outbox Margarito over 12 rounds im a fan of both fighters though im more of a fan of Floyd Mayweather but im being realistic here Floyd Mayweather moves too well and he can stay off the ropes like he did against Jose Luis Castillo in there 2nd fight so he would be taking away one of Antonio Margarito's strengths which is working on a opponent against the ropes........

Plus Antonio Margarito's punches are too wide plus he isn't quick enough in any attribute so i can't see Antonio Margarito winning this at all i see a potshot fest by Floyd Mayweather over 12 rounds clearly winning a UD.

I like the way people use Castillo as justification to dismiss Margaritos chances. After all didn't Jose push him close twice? Didn't Judah and ODLH push him close?

When was the last time PBF stayed centre ring entire fight?

I hear the word accuracy a lot as a deterant for Tony, How accurate can Floyd be? every single punch Cotto threw landed on the point of Margaritos chin, with more power than Floyd has ever thrown a punch.

Yes Marg is slow, but he doesn't stop coming. Baldomir couldn't crack an egg and he has half Tony's output, Hatton is a so called pressure fighter who throw's 40 punches a round there is no comparison.

Marg throws wide punches? 90% of the punches he threw against Cotto had minimum back swing/follow through, and came through the centre, they weren't the wild swings that N'dou threw in that gif where Mayweather avoids them, and half this board masturbates over. The commentators thought Cotto was winning the fight early cause they thought Tonys short punches, which hit arms/shoulders/ribs, were ineffective, NOT because Cotto was making him look like a bum.


Believe it or not I have PBF favourite if this fight comes off, I'm just being one sided in my arguments because the majority of you are being ridicilously one sided in yours.

If I were a trainer I'd be recommending PBFs style before any other, but guess what an apparently unbeatable style doesn't always equate to being a complete legend of your time. You have to prove it in the ring. Tyson looked unbeatable for four years, what if he retired before Douglas? would we give him the benefit of the doubt on beating every heavyweight that came after? unfortunately we probably would.

PBF has a very very good resume, but he has not faced the main challengers that were available to him at the time he was active to be considered amongst the Armstrongs/Robinsons of this world. Corrales was a good unbeaten name, give him that, Castillo is ONLY famous BECAUSE of his performances against PBF, He did not fight Tszyu when he stepped to 140, he fought Mitchell and Gatti, funny how he managed to fit those guys in for prob less than a million. I actually rate ODLH as a great win since it was a new weight and Oscar looked good in the previous fight and in Floyd's fight. Hatton, well he never showed anything at Welter.

Anyway, rant over.

First off Floyd Mayweather Jr had a bad shoulder injury in the first fight with Jose Luis Castillo. And wasn't 100 percent, in the 2nd fight when he was 100 percent he easily avoided Jose Luis Castillo with good movement and not getting trapped on the ropes and i thought he clearly won by 3 rounds so i wouldn't say it was close..........

As for Zab Judah ? how did he push Floyd Mayweather close ? he won 3 out of the first 4 rounds. And that was it he never won any other rounds, and Floyd Mayweather figured him out after the 4th round and busted him badly and he landed almost 3 times as many power punches...........

ODLH vs Floyd Mayweather wasn't close either i had Floyd Mayweather winning by 3 or 4 rounds comfortably. But i don't see what Judah or ODLH has to do with Margarito vs Mayweather the fact is ODLH and Judah are much faster and throw there punches with much better technique, where as Antonio is slow handspeed wise and throws his punches wide and even his footwork is pretty slow aswell........

And how can you say Ricky Hatton isn't good pressure fighter ? he is one of the best pressure fighters of the modern era IMO, and do you know why his output was low against Floyd Mayweather ? because Floyd Mayweather clinched Hatton and slowed the fight down. Hatton has very quick feet and good handspeed yet he landed at a very low percentage.............

As for Mike Tyson looking unbeatable ? well he didn't to me he wern't that far away from losing to James Tillis and Tony Tucker outboxed him until he broke his right hand.

Oh COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOme on, you weren't alive when Tyson was mowing through his opposition. Hindsight is a beautiful thing.

It's a hypothetical comparison, people in this era think Floyd's unbeatable, just as
people belived Tyson was unbeatable. You missed the entire point of my post, which just cos a guy seems unbeatable due to his ability, it doesnt mean he shouldn't prove it in the ring against all logical opposition.

Would you rather have a situation where every single boxer has, let say, 20 fights, then the title is decided by a panel of fans between two guys that have never faced each other, on the merits of their bouts against random opposition?

I'm not doubting PBF's talent for a second, he is brilliant, but no one is unbeatable, I was just listing the guys that had some success (DLH,Castillo...) against him, certainly as much success as Tillis and Tucker had against Mike.

He does have a good legacy, but it won't be considered legendary in 20 years time. I'm not saying he has an obligation to come back, just stating what he needs to do to be considered among the genuine greats which he seems to believe he has already achieved.

As for Hatton, I'm not talking about the PBF fight alone, the compubox numbers from all his fights between Tzyu and Floyd state as FACT that the average number of punches he throws per round is well BELOW the LWW average, which is not expected for a pressure fighter. Marg averages twice as much, so just as you say the DLH fight isn't indicative of how a Marg-Floyd fight would pan out, neither does the Hatton fight.

I will state it again, IMO Floyd is favourite against Marg, but sure as hell won't be an easy night, Floyd certainly doesn't belive it'd be easy otherwise it would have happened a long time ago.

[ICB]

I like the way people use Castillo as justification to dismiss Margaritos chances. After all didn't Jose push him close twice? Didn't Judah and ODLH push him close?

When was the last time PBF stayed centre ring entire fight?

I hear the word accuracy a lot as a deterant for Tony, How accurate can Floyd be? every single punch Cotto threw landed on the point of Margaritos chin, with more power than Floyd has ever thrown a punch.

Yes Marg is slow, but he doesn't stop coming. Baldomir couldn't crack an egg and he has half Tony's output, Hatton is a so called pressure fighter who throw's 40 punches a round there is no comparison.

Marg throws wide punches? 90% of the punches he threw against Cotto had minimum back swing/follow through, and came through the centre, they weren't the wild swings that N'dou threw in that gif where Mayweather avoids them, and half this board masturbates over. The commentators thought Cotto was winning the fight early cause they thought Tonys short punches, which hit arms/shoulders/ribs, were ineffective, NOT because Cotto was making him look like a bum.


Believe it or not I have PBF favourite if this fight comes off, I'm just being one sided in my arguments because the majority of you are being ridicilously one sided in yours.

If I were a trainer I'd be recommending PBFs style before any other, but guess what an apparently unbeatable style doesn't always equate to being a complete legend of your time. You have to prove it in the ring. Tyson looked unbeatable for four years, what if he retired before Douglas? would we give him the benefit of the doubt on beating every heavyweight that came after? unfortunately we probably would.

PBF has a very very good resume, but he has not faced the main challengers that were available to him at the time he was active to be considered amongst the Armstrongs/Robinsons of this world. Corrales was a good unbeaten name, give him that, Castillo is ONLY famous BECAUSE of his performances against PBF, He did not fight Tszyu when he stepped to 140, he fought Mitchell and Gatti, funny how he managed to fit those guys in for prob less than a million. I actually rate ODLH as a great win since it was a new weight and Oscar looked good in the previous fight and in Floyd's fight. Hatton, well he never showed anything at Welter.

Anyway, rant over.

First off Floyd Mayweather Jr had a bad shoulder injury in the first fight with Jose Luis Castillo. And wasn't 100 percent, in the 2nd fight when he was 100 percent he easily avoided Jose Luis Castillo with good movement and not getting trapped on the ropes and i thought he clearly won by 3 rounds so i wouldn't say it was close..........

As for Zab Judah ? how did he push Floyd Mayweather close ? he won 3 out of the first 4 rounds. And that was it he never won any other rounds, and Floyd Mayweather figured him out after the 4th round and busted him badly and he landed almost 3 times as many power punches...........

ODLH vs Floyd Mayweather wasn't close either i had Floyd Mayweather winning by 3 or 4 rounds comfortably. But i don't see what Judah or ODLH has to do with Margarito vs Mayweather the fact is ODLH and Judah are much faster and throw there punches with much better technique, where as Antonio is slow handspeed wise and throws his punches wide and even his footwork is pretty slow aswell........

And how can you say Ricky Hatton isn't good pressure fighter ? he is one of the best pressure fighters of the modern era IMO, and do you know why his output was low against Floyd Mayweather ? because Floyd Mayweather clinched Hatton and slowed the fight down. Hatton has very quick feet and good handspeed yet he landed at a very low percentage.............

As for Mike Tyson looking unbeatable ? well he didn't to me he wern't that far away from losing to James Tillis and Tony Tucker outboxed him until he broke his right hand.

Oh COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOme on, you weren't alive when Tyson was mowing through his opposition. Hindsight is a beautiful thing.

It's a hypothetical comparison, people in this era think Floyd's unbeatable, just as
people belived Tyson was unbeatable. You missed the entire point of my post, which just cos a guy seems unbeatable due to his ability, it doesnt mean he shouldn't prove it in the ring against all logical opposition.

Would you rather have a situation where every single boxer has, let say, 20 fights, then the title is decided by a panel of fans between two guys that have never faced each other, on the merits of their bouts against random opposition?

I'm not doubting PBF's talent for a second, he is brilliant, but no one is unbeatable, I was just listing the guys that had some success (DLH,Castillo...) against him, certainly as much success as Tillis and Tucker had against Mike.

He does have a good legacy, but it won't be considered legendary in 20 years time. I'm not saying he has an obligation to come back, just stating what he needs to do to be considered among the genuine greats which he seems to believe he has already achieved.

As for Hatton, I'm not talking about the PBF fight alone, the compubox numbers from all his fights between Tzyu and Floyd state as FACT that the average number of punches he throws per round is well BELOW the LWW average, which is not expected for a pressure fighter. Marg averages twice as much, so just as you say the DLH fight isn't indicative of how a Marg-Floyd fight would pan out, neither does the Hatton fight.

I will state it again, IMO Floyd is favourite against Marg, but sure as hell won't be an easy night, Floyd certainly doesn't belive it'd be easy otherwise it would have happened a long time ago.

I know hindsight is a wonderful thing, but im just being honest Mike Tyson looked very beatable in a few fights which is not the case with Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather has only really looked beatable in one fight and his opposition has been pretty good unlike Mike Tyson who was in a very weak era for the Heavyweights............

I don't think ODLH had that much success, considering he had 1 stone advantage. And the added advantage of not Floyd Mayweather not ever fighting at that weightclass i think ODLH only won 4 rounds at max...........

As for Ricky Hatton well didn't he and Luis Collazo, get a record for the most number of punches thrown in Welterweight fight or something ? Ricky Hatton has been clinching more thats why his punchstats have gone down. But he still pressures you for 3 minutes of the round..........

Throwing alot of punches against Floyd Mayweather doesn't work. Jesus Chavez tried that and got picked off and countered all night. he like Antonio Margarito, threw 100+ punches a round yet Floyd Mayweather didn't tire at all infact he got stronger in the later rounds. I don't think Antonio Margarito is a varied boxer meaning if he can't break down an opponent, its not like he can switch up is it ? and Floyd Mayweather will work out Antonio Margarito in a matter of only a few rounds and outbox him over 12 rounds.

[C.J.Rock]

Ok, When Floyd stops runnin long enough and agrees to fight Margarito he will understand what it means to be a real fighter. He is an extremely gifted athlete and skillful boxer, he will have to run the whole fight.

If floyd wins it will be on points only he is not going to beat up the tijuana tornado.

Mayfeather doesnt have the cajonnes to ever get in the ring with Tony Margarito

[purtyboy]

Think Cotto vs Margarito first few rounds when cotto made Margarito look like a bum by boxing rings around him. Remember Cotto likes to brawl and the little boxing he did Margo had no answer. Now put Mayweather in there with his remarkable speed, and he will not get caught like Cotto did. While i agree he will never in a million years hurt Margarito he would dance to a UD.

*edit* Not to take away anything from Margarito who is a great fighter and aside from Williams is the best welter right now.