
Originally Posted by
bradlee180
Floyd's a very good defensive boxer, but he's not an All-Time Great.
He's certainly elite world-class, I don't think anybody's ever disputed that.
Fighters in the Top 3 rankings are the best-of-the-best.
The problem is he avoided too many of his fellow top prime fighters during the past 9 years since 2002.
Most of his peers fought each other in their primes except Floyd who constantly picked the right time when the opponent was too old, a bit past it, called up in weight, etc.
If you're really that good, why constantly and consistently stack the odds?
Floyd wants to decide the size of the ring, the size of the gloves, the brand of gloves for both him and his opponent, the venue so he can use xylocaine, the weight they'll fight at, he wants to be an athlete superceding the State Athletic Commission when it's their job to regulate boxing and it's not for any athlete to regulate a sport. He wants 70-30 splits. He wants his name to come first on billing, and his opponent to enter first so that he can make them wait on him in the ring. He wants to influence who'll be the ref.
If you're really that good, then why stack the odds to this excessive level? There is gamesmanship and posturing in boxing, but I've never heard of ANY fighter doing this to this extreme.
Those guys in the 80s fought each other during their primes, and they wanted to fight the other guy when the other guy was at his best; they didn't want him to have any excuses.
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