Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary

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I think Floyd is much better than an ordinary fighter in the 70's and 80's - he is very smart and adaptable in the ring. The title of the article is ridiculous. If he said that Floyd wouldn't have been undefeated, I can go with that.

Exactly and that will probably be the one thing other then the phantom fight that historians will hold against him. His inactivity levels. However I suppose one has to take into account that he made on average 20 million dollars a fight while guys like Montiel never got a 7 figure payday until he fought Donaire. People keep accusing him of ducking but it simply cant be shown. Would other fighters have fought as much as they did earning that kind of money? No way to show that w/o a time machine. Had he been in the era of the fab 4 or 5 he most likely would have fought all of them or most of them.
I don't think he'd fare all that well against Duran at 135 but when you see how Duran struggled against Benitez its certainly not far fetched that he would struggle with Floyd at 147 or 154.

He didn't make 7 figures for the Donaire fight

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

We will never know how duran would fair in this era and floyd in durans era.

Lets also not discredit other current fighters as duran is not everyones ATG.

Floyd has the advantage over duran and obviously duran is jealous to be making those comments.

Theres no escaping the fact duran was a great lightweight and he would be a problem in any era but i just feel he wouldnt beat floyd.

Just like a prime vlad wouldnt beat a prime larry holmes..it works both ways.

Wlad would be a bad styles match up for Holmes.

Holmes was so skilled with a great heart and fast hands.
Over 15 rounds it would be even worse for Wlad.
Wlad is massive and has all the size advantages but that would not save him.
Holmes never got the respect he deserved. Even after being floored by one of the hardest hitters in the game in earnie shavers and still coming back to win the fight.

Duran has a great chin, power and heart (when he doesnt quit) but the slick style of floyd would be too much for him and floyd would be left to battle it out with leonard and hearns for that top spot.