Duran : In My Era, Mayweather Would Have Been Ordinary

[bradlee180]

I made a list a few years back, lemme see if I can find it....

---------------circa 2008------------------------
“The mayweather Avoidance List”

mayweather was very good at super-featherweight 130 lbs, but he left the division in 2001. Since 2001 at 130 lbs, for the past 6 years, mayweather has NOT fought the top guy in any of these weight classes he’s jumped to.

In 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, mayweather was champ at 130lbs.
IN ROUGHLY SAME TIME PERIOD 4 lbs less at 126 lbs was:
1. Prince Naseem Hamed
2. Marco Antonio Barrera
3. Erik Morales
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Manny Pacquiao

In 2002, mayweather went up 5 lbs to lightweight 135 lbs and LOST to Castillo, but Castillo was robbed in the decision.
At 130 or 135:
6. Joel Casamayor
7. Juan Lazcano
8. Acelino Freitas
9. Paul Spadafora

At 140:
10. Kostya Tszyu
11. Ricky Hatton
12. Oktay Urkal
13. Vivian Harris
14. Miguel Cotto

At 147:
15. Paul Williams
16. Shane Mosely
17. Antonio Margarito
18. Joshua Clottey
19. Kermit Cintron

With 19 good fighters to pick from over the past 6 years, why has the self-proclaimed p4p greatest-of-all-time been fighting:
jesus chavez
carlos hernandez
sosa
n’dou
demarcus corley
bruseles
baldomir
a no-class, undisciplined judah
a washed-up Gatti
a washed-up Mitchell
a faded part-time fighter like De La Hoya

Why has mayweather avoided 19 top men in his climb through the divisions?
mayweather has 1 Hall-of-Famer on his entire resume: De la Hoya…and I think De La Hoya won that fight on effective aggression. Split-decision, my rosy red rectum.

mayweather has talent and was very good at 130 lbs. Since leaving 130 lbs, it’s just been a lot of garbage for the past 6 years, a lot of ducking the top opposition, all along proclaiming himself the best p4p of all time. Fantasy world.

I hate seeing a beautiful high-performance engine being put up on the blocks to rust, or being driven in an old granny style Sunday drive. Take that baby out and open her up, see what she can do.
Don’t you think if lil floyd had fought at least a few of these 19 outstanding men above instead of 2nd and 3rd tier opposition, it would add to his legacy just a bit. You have a deep knowledge and passion for the sport, Tam-Tam; let’s hear you tackle it. What’s the explanation?
Remember: “Boxing without Bull$#!t.” Hagler fought the best opposition available to him. Mike McCallum is the sole guy I can think of that Hagler didn’t fight.
Hagler certainly didn’t have a list of 19 elite fighters that he avoided, Hagler welcomed the challenge to prove himself against the very best.

The linear 147 lb champion has NOT fought a single top-tier welterweight yet.
C’mon, fight a legitimate top welterweight contender, at least one.
Make some believers out of us.
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