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All the money in the world won't change the fact that he will never be TBE
A lot of people say that, but they never give any good reasons as to why that is.

Given Floyd's skill set, ring intelligence and resume, I've never read a good reason as to why he's not at least in the discussion.

People talk about this fight and that fight that could have happened, but the reality is there's no champ in history who fought every tough fight he could have. Ray Robinson never fought Murder's Row and the many tough black fighters that had no connections and couldn't get past the smokers.
No matter what reason you are given, it will never be good enough. Those that rank him out of the top 5 or so do that because of quality of opposition and historical significance. Floyd hasn't beaten the prime HOFers that Ray Robinson did. He never had fights as significant to the WORLD as Ali did, and Ali put on GREAT performances/fights vs Frazier (x2) and Foreman. Floyd is extremely skilled and an ATG, no doubt. But his record doesn't translate to TBE or GOAT.