Quote Originally Posted by Deanrw
Quote Originally Posted by Addicted to_boxing
Quote Originally Posted by Deanrw
I do consider Mayweather a great fighter. His past accomplishments speak for themselves.

I don't look at any fighter as p4p best as it is a flawed interpretation with too many intangibles. If I did however, I could not consider Floyd to be p4p the best fighter as I am not even close to convinced he is even the best 147 pounder out there. Even though I consider him the most technically sound fighter alive right now, there are bigger and stronger men in his own weight class who have, in my eyes, a very good chance at beating him.

This is the kind of mess having 10000 world title belts up for grabs causes. A fighter gets to pick and choose who he fights and more often than not they will always go after weaker prey, especially when they tie in greatness with winning belts in different weight classes.

Not to take anything away from Floyd, as he is a victim of the state of boxing just as much as everyone else. He has to be wondering what he has to do to prove his greatness as he would have to keep fighting and fighting to cement his claim. All the other top dogs in the division are only aiming for him and not for each other. If they fought each other and let the dust settle, then Mayweather could not skip past their name any longer and he would have to either put up or shut up. This is the exact reason you cannot lay the blame on Mayweather himself.

Not all his victims were slow plodders either, Judah was fast as hell. Sure he has some weaknesses, but he was very dangerous.
why do you even bring up the biggest boxing underachiever this decade to add laurels to PBF. Omit him please Zab is not a plus but another question mark. A boxer with a glaring affinity for melting under pressure.
For the simple reason that many in here have stated that Mayweather has only fought slow plodders. I picked an example that Judah is far from a slow plodder and I stand by my statement. I also stated that Judah has shortcomings, which was accurate. If you want to really pick apart a boxer based on their opponents, you can do it to almost any current fighter really.
That was a really sharp and brilliant response but the fact is that as long PBF self proclaims himself a ATG then he will have doubters picking at the very principle of suggestion. Gotta go.... need get my big ATG 15" outta here since . I am also a self proclaimer ... lol