Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
So Floyd wants to retire soon, that's cool with me I mean if he feels like he has accomplished everything he wants to that's fine HOWEVER will he be looked at as an ALL-TIME GREAT?

Let us discuss this and compare him to other fighters in similar weight classes.

"Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr. 37(24 KO)-0-0: Greats- I honestly have a hard time finding "GREATS" PBF fought but he has a lot of very good fighters on his record: Corrales, Gatti, Mitchell, Judah, Castillo, Baldomir

"Sugar" Ray Leonard 36 (25 KO)-3-1: Greats - Hearns, Duran, Hagler, Benitez. Good - Camacho, Norris, Mayweather Sr.,

Aaron "The Hawk" Pryor 39(35 KO)-1-0: Greats - Arguello, Cervantes. Good - Kim, Kameda, Johnson.

I honestly think unless Floyd fights Shane Mosely, Oscar De la Hoya, or Winky Wright he'll be on the fringe of being an all-time Great.


Maybe it's because he's just so good, or maybe he just hasn't been in with the best fighters....he should have fought Mosley already and the De la Hoya fight NEEDS to happen....Floyd can't beat those guys IMO, they are too tough to be KO'd and too good of boxers to let themselves be outboxed

Those are a lot of pretty good points there, Lyle. I would consider Terry Norris a "great" on Sugar Ray's record though. I think Floyd will fight Delahoya and at this point in time, he will beat him, outpointing him similarly to the first Mosley-Oscar fight. I gave Oscar the rematch against Sugar Shane, who in my opinion is the last one of the three you mentioned Floyd should fight. Either him or Wright, because i think he would be givin up too much size to Winky Wright. If Floyd retires undefeated world champ you have to take that in consideration too. I think he's hall of fame material. Is he as good as Leonard? Not in my opinion. But he definitely deserves his spot in the Boxing H.O.F.