Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary

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There will always be reasons for and against in the common opponents that floyd and manny have faced.

Pro Floyd reason:-

1. Beat oscar at his weight earlier than manny.
2. Beat a prime, UNDEFEATED ricky hatton.
3. Beat a young, prime victor ortiz
4. Beat moseley after margarito when no one wanted to fight him
5. Beat cotto at his weight.

Pro pacman reason:-

1. Beat oscar after stepping up to 147.
2. Beat hatton at his weight
3. Beat mosely.
4. Beat an avoided margarito.
5. Beat a tough cotto.

Conclusion:-

Both floyd and manny beat all the above at different weights at different times but they did beat them.

Apart from ortiz and margarito not being a common opponent between them the only guy i didnt mention was marquez.

If we were going to just talk about opponents and how they handled each one differently marquez is the one that stands out as the guy to draw with manny one, loose twice in fights that could have went either way, and in the last fight that old marquez was loosing KO manny in the worst way possible thus ending the chapter.

Then theres the floyd vs marquez fight...even marquez himself as a true mexican atg hall of famer has said numerous times theres no point in a rematch with floyd and that floyd beats manny everytime.

Surely that must sum it all up once and for all.

Both floyd and manny have to be respected for both their achievements..but i think we all know who edged it in every way.

Floyd doesnt duck fighters. He just doesnt like top rank..isnt that obvious?

Close your eyes for a minute and pretend that the guys floyd ducked were on golden boy and not on top rank...do you still think those fights wouldnt have happened?