Do you think we'll ever see Floyd get old overnight in the ring?

[Silkeyjoe]

No because his 0 is so important to him. He'll retire before he fades

[El Kabong]

Only if it's against some insane pressure fighter who can cut the ring off well or vs a huge power puncher. So basically if he was to fight a prime Duran or prime Hearns then yeah but that's not going to happen.

[Master]

Only if it's against some insane pressure fighter who can cut the ring off well or vs a huge power puncher. So basically if he was to fight a prime Duran or prime Hearns then yeah but that's not going to happen.

Anyone that dangerous may be avoided by Floyd.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I wasnt comparing roy to floyd cuz they are two different type of fighters obviously. my point is any boxer can slip up at any time regardless of what they are..

Dont be acting like ya wasnt shocked to see roy fall like that. Nobody saw that coming.

Like somebody mentioned, it can happen to anyone if they fight long enough..

[Silkeyjoe]

I wasnt comparing roy to floyd cuz they are two different type of fighters obviously. my point is any boxer can slip up at any time regardless of what they are..

Dont be acting like ya wasnt shocked to see roy fall like that. Nobody saw that coming.

Like somebody mentioned, it can happen to anyone if they fight long enough..

What do you mean fall like that? When he came back from HW he struggled against Tarver. So you could see he wasnt himself. THen he lost to him twice and Johnson. Big shocks but they were decent fighters. In fairness to him, apart from Green, he has only lost to very good fighters and he thinks there was something fishy about his gloves.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I wasnt comparing roy to floyd cuz they are two different type of fighters obviously. my point is any boxer can slip up at any time regardless of what they are..

Dont be acting like ya wasnt shocked to see roy fall like that. Nobody saw that coming.

Like somebody mentioned, it can happen to anyone if they fight long enough..

What do you mean fall like that? When he came back from HW he struggled against Tarver. So you could see he wasnt himself. THen he lost to him twice and Johnson. Big shocks but they were decent fighters. In fairness to him, apart from Green, he has only lost to very good fighters and he thinks there was something fishy about his gloves.

Meaning him getting one punch knocked out by tarver..

[Silkeyjoe]

I wasnt comparing roy to floyd cuz they are two different type of fighters obviously. my point is any boxer can slip up at any time regardless of what they are..

Dont be acting like ya wasnt shocked to see roy fall like that. Nobody saw that coming.

Like somebody mentioned, it can happen to anyone if they fight long enough..

What do you mean fall like that? When he came back from HW he struggled against Tarver. So you could see he wasnt himself. THen he lost to him twice and Johnson. Big shocks but they were decent fighters. In fairness to him, apart from Green, he has only lost to very good fighters and he thinks there was something fishy about his gloves.

Meaning him getting one punch knocked out by tarver..

Anyone can get one punched KOd, it doesnt mean youve gone to shit.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I wasnt comparing roy to floyd cuz they are two different type of fighters obviously. my point is any boxer can slip up at any time regardless of what they are..

Dont be acting like ya wasnt shocked to see roy fall like that. Nobody saw that coming.

Like somebody mentioned, it can happen to anyone if they fight long enough..

What do you mean fall like that? When he came back from HW he struggled against Tarver. So you could see he wasnt himself. THen he lost to him twice and Johnson. Big shocks but they were decent fighters. In fairness to him, apart from Green, he has only lost to very good fighters and he thinks there was something fishy about his gloves.

Meaning him getting one punch knocked out by tarver..

Anyone can get one punched KOd, it doesnt mean youve gone to shit.

Actually roy did go to shit after that loss.. my point is, no one predicted that he would get KO'd in that fashion.

[p4pking]

Good points, nothing to add about Mayweather. I don't think even Roy got old "overnight" though. He'd already slowed some before he even moved up to HW to fight Ruiz, not a lot, but it was there. For me the Richard Hall fight was the last time he was really the same freaky athlete he'd been for the previous decade.

Dropping back down to 175 probably did take a lot out of him, but for instance, I think he looked better in the rematch with Tarver for a round and a half than he had the entire first fight which he clearly won imo. He just got caught with a huge punch, that could have happened even before he moved up to HW, at least imo. Once he'd been knocked out like that it obviously put the fear in him, the Glen Johnson fight is probably still the worst he has ever looked, was more of a mental thing imo.