I tried not to let Mayweather's like-ability or Ward's abrasiveness influence me.

[zhubin]

What are people smoking?! Ward is in no shape or form close to Floyd...and I say that as a fan of Ward's (i am an Oakland native). As Taeth wrote...Floyd fights with a fluidity and "feeling" that is unsurpassed in boxing today. He is equal parts brilliant ATHLETE and TECHNICIAN. But more than that...he has an almost sixth sense about what he is doing in the ring. It just all looks so effortless. Ward is a great young fighter. But someone like Floyd doesn't come around very often.

[Gocougars3]

Such reverence for a flawed, but highly skilled champion; Floyd's competition has been good but his avoidance of the Pacquiao fight is glaring, he has some stops but his most recent one was against a man that was trying to kiss him and there haven't been that many at a high level.

Even those of you that are die hard fans of Floyd have to admit his legacy is mixed, marred by inactivity, and an inability to make the one fight everyone wanted to see (he is certainly not solely to blame for that).