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Amir Khan has fast hands. However, Amir Khan's speed didn't help him against Danny Garcia, a far more limited fighter than Floyd Mayweather. Julio Diaz didn't have too many issues with it either. Neither did Lamont Peterson or Breides Prescott. How is his speed going to cause Floyd Mayweather problems if the rest of those guys didn't have many issues with it?

Most of the time, just because fighter A beats fighter B, doesn't mean fighter C beats fighter B. But, if you lose to Danny Garcia, Breides Prescott, Lamont Peterson, and almost lose to Julio Diaz, you aren't beating Floyd Mayweather.
I'm not saying he beats Floyd, I'm just saying he poses more of a risk than Matthyse, Garcia and Bradley.

Again, different fighters, different styles. Ali beat Shavers and Foreman convincingly, but he struggled mightly against Norton and Frazier. Shavers and Foreman had no problem with Norton, and Foreman certainly had no trouble with Frazier.

Peterson, Diaz, Garcia, and Prescott don't fight the same way Mayweather does. Obviously they are inferior, but Floyd isn't going to fight that kind of fight against Khan. Its not what he does.
None of those guys pose any risk of beating Mayweather so I'm not sure the point. Matthysse makes 140 comfortably, as does Garcia. I don't think they have even have the size to compete with Mayweather, let alone the skills. However, I would favor Matthysse over Khan and Garcia.

For "challenges" to Mayweather, I would say no one at junior welterweight or welterweight poses a challenge for Mayweather. For a challenge, he has to move up. For example, I would argue Martinez, Trout, Lara/Angulo winner, and Canelo are tougher challenges than Garcia, Matthysse and Khan.

We shouldn't consider Bradley because he's with Top Rank.