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    Default Re: I can't remember seeing a better fighter than prime Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Its incredible to me that Chico is viewed as Floyds shining moment. A man that was about to do hard time for an assault charge and who came into the ring headless. Floyd could have least fought Freitas.
    Him and Shane could have met at the 130/35 area and each blames each other but the fact remains it did not happen. Manny/Floyd folded for 50 mil a piece. Leonard and Duran fought twice in 6 months.

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    No sane man can deny Mayweathers in the ring talent. His cup runneth over! Some call it preserving..he may take knocks for the backfoot being his default setting and he makes no bones about doing it his way and his way only, fans be damned. I can respect the skill level but equally dislike the approach and overall execution and-or mindset for the most part. I honestly do think he will look back and wish he had pushed the throttle harder in career, fully maximized that depth and yes..yes crossed off names of seemingly viable threats. After Hatton...I just will never ever understand how a ring master simply goes home and is content to kick up his feet for two years and literally watch his peaked momentum run dry?! He is one of the best I've ever seen but he gets a lead and rides it and he almost struck me as playing catch up when he came back chasing the p4p sausage fest.

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    Default Re: I can't remember seeing a better fighter than prime Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Here are some fighters whom I think were better in their prime than Floyd...

    Ali
    Hagler
    Jofre
    Pernell
    Lopez


    I think if Floyd can add a few of these names to his resume before he retires with time he will receive the recognition he yearns for: Martinez, Bradley, Alvarez & Guerrero.
    I would like to see him give 160 a go it would be great.

    I think in the futur Floyd will settle in amongst the greats. Where exactly still remains to be seen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
    Its incredible to me that Chico is viewed as Floyds shining moment. A man that was about to do hard time for an assault charge and who came into the ring headless. Floyd could have least fought Freitas.
    Him and Shane could have met at the 130/35 area and each blames each other but the fact remains it did not happen. Manny/Floyd folded for 50 mil a piece. Leonard and Duran fought twice in 6 months.
    There is no way to know how much Chico's impending jail time had an effect on his performance. But the fact is Diego was one of the very best and most feared fighters in the business at the time...and Floyd put on a masterclass against him. He deserves mad props for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zhubin View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
    Its incredible to me that Chico is viewed as Floyds shining moment. A man that was about to do hard time for an assault charge and who came into the ring headless. Floyd could have least fought Freitas.
    Him and Shane could have met at the 130/35 area and each blames each other but the fact remains it did not happen. Manny/Floyd folded for 50 mil a piece. Leonard and Duran fought twice in 6 months.
    There is no way to know how much Chico's impending jail time had an effect on his performance. But the fact is Diego was one of the very best and most feared fighters in the business at the time...and Floyd put on a masterclass against him. He deserves mad props for that.


    I'd have to agree with this. Think hard enough, and you can find a chink in any boxer's armor. Corrales was an awesome fighter and extremely tough opponent. I saw his fight with Floyd and it was a masterful performance by PBF.

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    When I said Floyd was possibly the best I've seen, I meant from my era of boxing, not all time. I think that us what the OP meant too.

    Was he better than the all time greats? We'll never really know. Even if he wasn't actually better than them in skills, strength and speed, you still wouldn't be surprised if he actually won the imaginary dream fights, the guy just wins fights, his adaptability is one of his biggest strengths.

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    Default Re: I can't remember seeing a better fighter than prime Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Quote Originally Posted by 0james0 View Post
    When I said Floyd was possibly the best I've seen, I meant from my era of boxing, not all time. I think that us what the OP meant too.
    Nope, I'm going all in. I say Floyd Mayweather was a better overall boxing talent than Ray Robinson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by 0james0 View Post
    When I said Floyd was possibly the best I've seen, I meant from my era of boxing, not all time. I think that us what the OP meant too.
    Nope, I'm going all in. I say Floyd Mayweather was a better overall boxing talent than Ray Robinson.
    You are more than entitled to your opinion. Robinson in my own humble opinion is in another league than Floyd as are many others.

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    Default Re: I can't remember seeing a better fighter than prime Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Quote Originally Posted by Greenbeanz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by 0james0 View Post
    When I said Floyd was possibly the best I've seen, I meant from my era of boxing, not all time. I think that us what the OP meant too.
    Nope, I'm going all in. I say Floyd Mayweather was a better overall boxing talent than Ray Robinson.
    You are more than entitled to your opinion. Robinson in my own humble opinion is in another league than Floyd as are many others.
    That's cool. The last thing I wanted to do was crap on Ray Robinson, who was an incredible prizefighter.

    If people want to give Robinson the nod because he fought more, that's up to them. But if someone is going to tell me they think Robinson was a more skilled prizefighter than Floyd, I have to disagree.

    My main point was this; all sports fans look to the past with rose colored glasses and say "ohhh I wish I was around to watch that guy fight." Floyd is genuine boxing genius with skills AT LEAST on par with those guys we hold up as gods. I think we got to witness pure boxing genius with Floyd, Roy, and Whitaker. I'd put those three guys up with any of the past guys we only know from boxing headlines.
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    Lets hope floyd has alot more fights left in him and retires 50-0.

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    Default Re: I can't remember seeing a better fighter than prime Floyd Mayweather Jr

    Quote Originally Posted by imp View Post
    Lets hope floyd has alot more fights left in him and retires 50-0.
    Absolutely. I hope Floyd takes on the best competition from the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight divisions. It would be great to witness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
    Leonard and Duran fought twice in 6 months.
    Right, and in the first fight one of them got beat by a guy coming up from 2 weight divisions down who never really established himself at WW, and in the second fight one of them quit because he was getting dominated and his tummy hurt.

    I love both guys but lets stop holding them up like they were perfect examples of the pugilist. They all had their flaws.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
    Its incredible to me that Chico is viewed as Floyds shining moment. A man that was about to do hard time for an assault charge and who came into the ring headless. Floyd could have least fought Freitas.
    Him and Shane could have met at the 130/35 area and each blames each other but the fact remains it did not happen. Manny/Floyd folded for 50 mil a piece. Leonard and Duran fought twice in 6 months.
    Personally I think it's as much the manner in which he absolutely battered Corrales as much as Diegos threat and obvious ability. Corrales had just had a run of solid smack downs over solid fighters in Garcia, Manfredy and Gainer (ugh). He didn't just beat them, he left them limp. Mayweather fought on all cylinders that night and knew Corrales was very live and jumped him and destroyed him. Fans like destruction and looking back Floyd rarely showed that form again. It stuck.

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