Shawn Porter and Keith Thurman would beat Mayweather's ass

[Beanflicker]

Manny Pacquiao is an old cheater and doesn't have the pop in his punches anymore. Maidana did good against Mayweather but Mayweather adjusted and took over the fight, and would likely just fight a boring fight in a rematch for an easy win. Those two fights are pointless.

Shawn Porter or Keith Thurman would beat the shit out of Mayweather because Mayweather isn't as sharp or quick as he was and can't run from these guys all night. And these guys have too much EXPLOSIVE power for Money May.

Maidana has power but he's not explosive.

A guy like Thurman will punch someones head off and he hits like a heavyweight.

[p4pking]

Maidana isn't a terrific athlete, but he is probably now much craftier than Porter or Thurman are, I wouldn't be confident either of those guys would improve on his success against Floyd just because they are more explosive.

Imagine if Floyd had never fought Canelo, would anyone not think he'd lose that fight were it being discussed today? Alvarez is more powerful than any of these guys, and it meant zilch. I would love to see Floyd fight Porter or Thurman though, and wouldn't favour him by much, don't get me wrong.

[Maravilla2012]

Maidana isn't a terrific athlete, but he is probably now much craftier than Porter or Thurman are, I wouldn't be confident either of those guys would improve on his success against Floyd just because they are more explosive.

Imagine if Floyd had never fought Canelo, would anyone not think he'd lose that fight were it being discussed today? Alvarez is more powerful than any of these guys, and it meant zilch. I would love to see Floyd fight Porter or Thurman though, and wouldn't favour him by much, don't get me wrong.

The thing is Canelo isn't fast at all. Hand speed is decent but he's foot work is to slow then it makes Maidana look like Floyd. That's the difference Shawn and thruman have speed power technique. Floyd would struggle I lf not lose. Garcia would be just like the canelo fight.

[powerpuncher]

its not as much speed that floyd has trouble with but with awkward brawling. fighters like augustus, castillo, and maidana have been able to make the fight kind of ugly. if you cant make the fight ugly for floyd, you probably arent going to win. i just dont see thurman or porter being able to fight that fight.

[SugarBoxing]

its not as much speed that floyd has trouble with but with awkward brawling. fighters like augustus, castillo, and maidana have been able to make the fight kind of ugly. if you cant make the fight ugly for floyd, you probably arent going to win. i just dont see thurman or porter being able to fight that fight.

agree. They bang well, but they are predictable.

[ruthless rocco]

Manny Pacquiao is an old cheater and doesn't have the pop in his punches anymore. Maidana did good against Mayweather but Mayweather adjusted and took over the fight, and would likely just fight a boring fight in a rematch for an easy win. Those two fights are pointless.

Shawn Porter or Keith Thurman would beat the shit out of Mayweather because Mayweather isn't as sharp or quick as he was and can't run from these guys all night. And these guys have too much EXPLOSIVE power for Money May.

Maidana has power but he's not explosive.

A guy like Thurman will punch someones head off and he hits like a heavyweight.

I've personally never tried smoking crack...but clearly you have @Beanflicker. How do you like it and are you planning to use for the rest of your soon to be short life or are you just dabbling with it?

[Beanflicker]

I've personally never tried smoking crack...but clearly you have @Beanflicker. How do you like it and are you planning to use for the rest of your soon to be short life or are you just dabbling with it?

Listen asshole, I have a great track record of picking upsets, and if you don't believe me you can check my betting receipts.

I come from a long line of upset pickers. My older brother picked Douglas over Tyson and Pinckney over Jones. My dad picked Ali over Liston and Ali over Foreman. My grandfather had Turpin over Robinson. My great grandfather had Braddock over Baer and bet $40 (two weeks salary at the time) that Schmeling would knock out Louis.

[SugarBoxing]

I've personally never tried smoking crack...but clearly you have @Beanflicker. How do you like it and are you planning to use for the rest of your soon to be short life or are you just dabbling with it?

Listen asshole, I have a great track record of picking upsets, and if you don't believe me you can check my betting receipts.

I come from a long line of upset pickers. My older brother picked Douglas over Tyson and Pinckney over Jones. My dad picked Ali over Liston and Ali over Foreman. My grandfather had Turpin over Robinson. My great grandfather had Braddock over Baer and bet $40 (two weeks salary at the time) that Schmeling would knock out Louis.

The BOXING MESSIAH has returned!

[erics44]

interestingly shawn porter has a few good wins and then an impressive win over mallinagi and all of a sudden hes good enough to beat mayweather?

and it isn't just beanflicker that's saying this coz if it was we could obviously all just laugh

[Beanflicker]

You know what? The sad thing is we're never going to find out if I'm right or wrong, because Mayweather is not going to fight either of these guys.

He'll fight Maidana which will be an easy win, he'll probably fight Khan, and then he'll close his career out against Manny Pacquaio, who is already washed up and will be even worse a year and a half or two years down the road.

And you idiots are going to let him do it because you want to see a fight that mattered 5 years ago.

[Beanflicker]

interestingly shawn porter has a few good wins and then an impressive win over mallinagi and all of a sudden hes good enough to beat mayweather?

and it isn't just beanflicker that's saying this coz if it was we could obviously all just laugh

People who a) know boxing and b) are intelligent look at more than just records and accomplishments. That shit is just ink on a page. When two men get in the ring, it's about three things: physical, mental, and style.

Mentally, Floyd dwarfs these guys. Physically, he has deteriorated and even though he has great style, he doesn't want to have to deal with the style and physicality of these young guys.

It makes no sense for Floyd, at 38, to fight these young hungry lions who have tremendous athletic ability. He doesn't want to fight these guys. He's old and only has a few fights left, and he wants to gracefully ride out into the sunset against guys he can eat up like Maidana and Pacman.

[cyclone]

Manny Pacquiao is an old cheater and doesn't have the pop in his punches anymore. Maidana did good against Mayweather but Mayweather adjusted and took over the fight, and would likely just fight a boring fight in a rematch for an easy win. Those two fights are pointless.

Shawn Porter or Keith Thurman would beat the shit out of Mayweather because Mayweather isn't as sharp or quick as he was and can't run from these guys all night. And these guys have too much EXPLOSIVE power for Money May.

Maidana has power but he's not explosive.

A guy like Thurman will punch someones head off and he hits like a heavyweight.

I've personally never tried smoking crack...but clearly you have @Beanflicker. How do you like it and are you planning to use for the rest of your soon to be short life or are you just dabbling with it?

Beans is addicted to Hateraide.

[IamInuit]

Lol@ the choices. Never seen an opinion put into a multiple choice question quite like it.

These two are not even in the same end of the pool and there are people on here calling Geale a B fighter lol.

Not everybody is Moore or Hopkins and if he's around long enough he could get beat by somebody who couldn't carry his jock strap. That 50/0 mark is a mountain.

I don't know anything about boxing I guess because I want to see Maidana 2. The first fight never did a million buys but I'd bet the second does close to 1.5 so it's a gold mine financially. Its also his worst showing since Castillo 1 against a guy lets face it, that should have been a cake walk. At this time in his career and if he has any concerns with legacy imo he needs to get this fight. If he does a poll, I bet its a runaway.

I think Floyds fixated on the Cotto/Martinez winner but that cant happen on Sept 13. Three months is not enough time for either man. I think the public pressure will build and aside from the phantom fight there really is no bigger fight. Khan would do ok but its the added difficulty Maidana gave him the makes the rematch huge.

[Violent Demise]

Forget Floyd. Porter and Thurman should fight each other

[zhubin]

Floyd is going to rematch Maidana...and there shouldn't be anyone who has any issues with that. People keep pining for the Khan fight...but Khan has plenty of other options: a Garcia rematch, a fight with Broner, etc. Porter and Thurman are young and have potential...but they aren't quite there yet. Anyone who thinks either of them "would beat Mayweather's ass" doesn't know their head from their ass.