Quote Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather
he'd still not probably make top 10..because no matter what any new era fighter does he will never be placed in the top ten...because for some reason nothings ever good enough..whereas the old school fighter get all these excuses and their records and opposition aren't as throughly picked apart like the new guys...

back then amazingly everyone was a contender and a great mark on a champions record,

now its "well he's a bum, he's a bum, oh he won an alphabet belt, he's not a real contender, he was overmatched any way, he didn't belong in the ring, so what he beat an undefeated contender"

floyd would have to beat cotto (but he's too green)
..................................mosley (he's too old)
..............................margarito (he was just a big gatti)
..............................hatton (he was one dimensional,too small)
..............................paul williams (too green and overrated)
..............................winky (too slow and plodding)
.............................bhop( he finally got old)
then floyd loses to one of the klitschkos and its you see I told you he wasn't that great.....floyd couldn't do enough to ever be considered top 10..and top 5 is just insane not because he isn't deserving but just because he's born in an era where the majority is never satisfied...he fight 80 more times and still it wouldn't be enough....

but that's just my opinion..right now i think he's top 20 if he beats mosley @ 147 then i'd put in top 10
It seems like he'll never get credit. I feel ya on that one.


Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
He'll be rated a lot higher in 20 years time. Every great fighter's legend grows the longer they have been out of the ring.

We talk about guys like Leonard, Hearns and Duran as if they are almost God like but there is no reason to think that if these guys fought today, and against the same fighters as Floyd that they would all be undefeated.

De La Hoya would have proved troublemsome, especially for Duran, Judah also.

Plus all three of these guys were naturally a lot bigger than Floyd who started out as a superfeatherweight.

It's unfair to make direct comparisons between them and him.

Yes. 20 years from now, he'll be rated higher. That's just how it goes.