Who is good enough to outbox Floyd in the pocket .....ala Leonard-Benitez style

[ray corso]

Heres a few theres more,.............Robinson, Armstrong, Gavilan, Basillo, C. Burley, E. Griffith, Hearns, R. Leonard, R. Duran, F. Trinidad, M. Nunn J. Napoles.............

I like P. Whitaker and Oscar and Curry and Starling, to decs. Floyd!!! Theres other that would fight Floyd straight up and have a solid chance to win as he would have!!! Any of the greats would have an advantage in size and strength, Floyd is a very small welter.

Floyd...5'7" 147(very small and not much power)
Sugarman 5'11"...147
Gavilan 5'10"...147
Hearns 6'1" ..147
Leonard 5'10" .,.147

excellant athlete and boxer but not a ATG at 147lbs! At 135 and 140 he'd be better equiped! Ray.

[greynotsoold]

Heres a few theres more,.............Robinson, Armstrong, Gavilan, Basillo, C. Burley, E. Griffith, Hearns, R. Leonard, R. Duran, F. Trinidad, M. Nunn J. Napoles.............

I like P. Whitaker and Oscar and Curry and Starling, to decs. Floyd!!! Theres other that would fight Floyd straight up and have a solid chance to win as he would have!!! Any of the greats would have an advantage in size and strength, Floyd is a very small welter.

Floyd...5'7" 147(very small and not much power)
Sugarman 5'11"...147
Gavilan 5'10"...147
Hearns 6'1" ..147
Leonard 5'10" .,.147

excellant athlete and boxer but not a ATG at 147lbs! At 135 and 140 he'd be better equiped! Ray.

Starling is a guy people forget about, but he was very very good. Had the bad luck to be around at the time Curry was peaking, but I think he would have beaten McCrory, and I think he would beat Mayweather. Bigger, stronger, hit harder, but at least as hard to hit.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I see some great list of names who can outbox Floyd..

But did somebody mention Trinidad? lol Maybe I saw wrong..

Given his range/reach advantage, Hearns can definitely outbox Floyd in midrange.

[ray corso]

Starlings looses to Curry are very tuiff to take but the Bumphus out come was a joke and the Vilella out come as well!! Marlon beats those guys and it was a shame the way he was treated in those fights!
He & Curry were the best at that time and Marlon did very well with Hearns in some intense spar sessions at Kronk! Starling was also a small welter 5'8" but coul hold 155lbs very well if needed!
He simply fought alot more in a round than Mayweather chooses too! Probably has a little more pop but not much more! I knew Moochie very well he was from the rival gym to mine as far as the amatuer teams were considered. He often exhibitioned my son to help prep him for coming tourneys!!
He was trained originally buy F. Mac Buckley from the Nelson/Anderson Boxing Gym Hartford Conn.!!
I miss the fun at the Hartford Civic Center back in the day when Starling was on his way up!
Work hard//play harder!! Ray.