Quote Originally Posted by La Cucaracha View Post

Tszyu, maybe Wright (he walked away from that fight) , Hopkins, Ward, Martinez at a stretch

It's not that he never fought ATG's, he never cleaned out divisions or dared to challenge himself Freitas, Casamayor at 130, Spadafora, Dorin at 135, Tszyu at 140, Spinks, Cotto, Margaritio, Williams, Pacquiao at 147 (when it mattered) , Martinez was creaming for a fight just like Golovkin is now

Mayweather can't be blamed for all those fights not happening but some have them should have when your the best fighter in the world you should seek the best challenges. Especially if you have the nerve to call yourself TBE

Mayweather's refusal to challenge himself at 160 or above; when other great fighters who started out at lower weights than him have done so is all you need to know to see his claim to TBE is total bogus

It's his own faults, he put that TBE cap on his head and made outrageous claims. If he hadn't of done that know one would give a sh-t. He is a great fighter just not TBE

Floyd's career has been very carefully maneuvered

Said it before, will say it again: Floyd did not come into the world of boxing holding all the cards.

For the vast majority of his career, he was an ultra talented guy with very little name value, who couldn't draw jack shit, which meant most fighters were not in a hurry to fight him. He didn't have the pull to make these guys fight him.

He called out the majority of the guys you mentioned. He called out a 154lb Oscar when he was fighting at 135 - Oscar turned it down, saying he had nothing to gain taking that fight. He called out Mosley at 135 - Shane chose instead to move up to 147 and fight Oscar for the big money. Can't blame Mosley for doing that, and can't blame Floyd for the fight not happening.

Little known fact as well: Floyd was scheduled to fight Spadafora at MSG but the New York Athletic Commission put the kibosh on that after Paul was charged with shooting his pregnant finance.