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

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"Roy beating Ruiz is better than anything in Floyd's career"

Roy did what wasn't done in over a century. Pretty freaking impressive if you ask me.

Floyd is untested over 135

He became totally content after the Oscar fight and is just living off his name ... cashing out for low risk, high reward, lucrative fights.

Nothing wrong with that though but I've personally witnessed better boxers than Floyd.

I was young for the tail end of Tyson's career but I still remember it. His physical gifts and attributes trump Floyd's ... his skill wasn't quite the same in the 90s as it was in the late 80s but he still showed flashes of excellent footwork, head movement, punching technique and combination punching. Of course I didn't really notice these things as a kid ... was more impressed with his explosiveness

Roy Jones Jr. is another guy I rank above Floyd ... as a boxer I personally watched. Floyd's defense is supposed to be what makes him special, right? Well RJJ is the ONLY guy to have never been hit for a single round in the CompuBox era. Vinnie Paz didn't land a single shot in Roy in the 6th round of their bout. So much for Floyd bragging about his CompuBox stats. Roy arguably didn't lose a single round in his prime. He was the most dominant champion I've ever seen, along with Tyson.

Two guys that I've personally seen who were leagues above Floyd IMO. He's nothing special compared to Tyson or Roy. Elbowing people in the throat isn't great defense IMO.

I don't know how the hell you can criticise Floyd's resume and then hail Tyson and Roy. Roy fought nobody of note above 168lbs, and Tyson lost to the first elite level fighter he faced. Vitali as had rounds where his opponent hasn't landed a single punch.

Beating Virgil Hill, Glen Kelly, Antonio Tarver, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, and Montell Griffin twice at 168+ is better than what Floyd did over 135. And lets not forget him moving to heavyweight and taking a strap off John Ruiz ... that alone is better than Floyd's entire career.

His best wins in James Toney and Bernard Hopkins are better than Floyd's best wins over Corrales and Castillo ... and anyone who saw the first Castillo fight knows that Floyd got a gift and Castillo should have won.

Tyson in his prime was unstoppable and was something else ... if you are talking about the Holyfield loss then remember that he was inactive for 4 years and came back from incarceration ... he was years removed from his prime and his skills had woefully deteriorated by then ... him winning two belts despite that is impressive in itself. The Douglas loss was a fluke and Tysons wins over Holmes, Spinks, Tucker, Bruno, and Ruddock are better than whatever Floyd has done.

I'm sorry but I'm not impressed with Floyd's wins over a shot Cotto, an old Mosley, Carlos Baldomir, Arturo Gatti and whoever else he fought at over 135. I mean Carlos Baldomir? Arturo Gatti? Are you serious?? Gatti was a C class fighter according to Floyd himself! Baldomir was a nobody who literally lucked in over Zab Judah, who always collapses and fails in big fights. Floyd's accomplishments are nothing to gawk at either ... he wasn't even the most accomplished fighter in his era ... Manny Pacquiao is. Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champ ever and the fastest besides L. Spinks to become champion. He was also the first in nearly a decade to become undisputed heavyweight champion ... Tyson and Roy are a few leagues above Floyd. Floyd never fought anyone special over 135 ... except maybe an old Oscar and he barely won that fight.

I get it. The name. You like Tyson. Love is blind.

I suppose if the lighter weights had fighters of the quality of Richard Frazier, Tony Thornton or David Telesco, or possibly Carl Williams or that other heavyweight legend Trevor Berbick then Floyd's resume would be complete.

How you can call Mosley old and then ig up Tyson, whose only claim to fame is victory over a 38 year old Holmes who hadn't fought in two years.

Berbick was better than Arturo Gatti and a JMM who was jumping two weight classes to fight Floyd, and Floyd didn't even make the weight. So thanks for pointing out that RJJ and Tyson's lesser wins are comparable to Floyd's best over 135

Face it, his record over 135 is weak and cherry picked. He avoided Margarito and didn't want to fight Cotto when he was ascending.

And Tyson was already more famous than Holmes ever was before he fought him. Look at Holmes resume after the Tyson fight and look at Mosley's.

Mosley was the number one at his weight when Floyd fought him, Berbick was not. He was a joke. He never cracked the top five in a weak era. At least Gatti was a two weight world champion.
I didn't see Mayweather getting knocked out easily like Jones Jr and Tyson were.
It's a same that nobody else sees Tyson like you do. He didn't make the Ring magazine's top ten heavyweights of the last 80 years, much less all time.

LOL dude are you feeling OK?? Berbick was a champion! Mosley beat Margarito who Floyd avoided him to get that ranking. Rankings don't mean that much ... what was a shot, brain damaged Hasim Rahman ranked when he fought Povetkin You are honestly comparing Floyd's best wins with Tyson's lesser wins ... and still losing

Berbick was a legit heavyweight champion who even gave Holmes trouble ... Gatti was nothing, a C class fighter according to Floyd himself. Tyson was KOed when he was finished and the same with Roy ... they hung around too long which is why this stuff happened. They actually fought people instead of the cherry picked bums or shot guys Floyd lines up, after coming back from his multiples vacations/retirements.

Here's Floyd opinion on Gatti:



Paper champ, C fighter ... typical Floyd opponent LOL