Floyd's resume.

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I just thought it strange you not include one fighter from the last 30 years on your list of 10, which made me think you dont rate this generation. I may have been wrong

Your a good dude Silkey and I'm enjoying the debate I think Floyd could have beaten almost anyone put in front of him in this era unfortunately he never fought these fights

I would have liked to have seen Floyd clean out 130 against Casamayor and Frietas fights with Spadafora and Dorin (over Ndou and Sosa) Tszyu at 140 then Hatton instead of moving to 147 for Mitchell challenging Spinks for the championship and avoiding the whole necessity for the Baldomir-Judah situation after De La Hoya I would have like him to face Williams or Cotto but he retired when there were still challenges awaiting him (not forced like Leonard with his eyes or Ali with the courts) when he returned he did't fight the best (Pacquiao) like Leonard did against Hagler at middleweight btw

casamayor and frietes never wanted any...nor did Tszyu.

Zoo said he'd fight the best...then chose Hatton

Cotto not once tried to get Floyd in the ring back then...he just admitted it before their fight.

"Arum not once mentioned fighting Mayweather"

Cotto said himself he NEVER asked or pushed for the fight.

Williams...lol....never had anything Floyd wanted..if he did he would have easilly taken it.

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I just thought it strange you not include one fighter from the last 30 years on your list of 10, which made me think you dont rate this generation. I may have been wrong

Your a good dude Silkey and I'm enjoying the debate I think Floyd could have beaten almost anyone put in front of him in this era unfortunately he never fought these fights

I would have liked to have seen Floyd clean out 130 against Casamayor and Frietas fights with Spadafora and Dorin (over Ndou and Sosa) Tszyu at 140 then Hatton instead of moving to 147 for Mitchell challenging Spinks for the championship and avoiding the whole necessity for the Baldomir-Judah situation after De La Hoya I would have like him to face Williams or Cotto but he retired when there were still challenges awaiting him (not forced like Leonard with his eyes or Ali with the courts) when he returned he did't fight the best (Pacquiao) like Leonard did against Hagler at middleweight btw

casamayor and frietes never wanted any...nor did Tszyu.

Zoo said he'd fight the best...then chose Hatton

Cotto not once tried to get Floyd in the ring back then...he just admitted it before their fight.

"Arum not once mentioned fighting Mayweather"

Cotto said himself he NEVER asked or pushed for the fight.

Williams...lol....never had anything Floyd wanted..if he did he would have easilly taken it.

Floyd conveniently fought Corley, Bruseles and then Gatti nice work on targeting the champ

Williams had defeated Margarito when Floyd chose to fight Baldomir instead Cotto was number 1 and Williams number 2

Like I said earlier Floyd never fought these fights so he can't get credit for them. I agree he would have beaten these guys but actually doing and saying are two totally different things

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I just thought it strange you not include one fighter from the last 30 years on your list of 10, which made me think you dont rate this generation. I may have been wrong

Your a good dude Silkey and I'm enjoying the debate I think Floyd could have beaten almost anyone put in front of him in this era unfortunately he never fought these fights

I would have liked to have seen Floyd clean out 130 against Casamayor and Frietas fights with Spadafora and Dorin (over Ndou and Sosa) Tszyu at 140 then Hatton instead of moving to 147 for Mitchell challenging Spinks for the championship and avoiding the whole necessity for the Baldomir-Judah situation after De La Hoya I would have like him to face Williams or Cotto but he retired when there were still challenges awaiting him (not forced like Leonard with his eyes or Ali with the courts) when he returned he did't fight the best (Pacquiao) like Leonard did against Hagler at middleweight btw

casamayor and frietes never wanted any...nor did Tszyu.

Zoo said he'd fight the best...then chose Hatton

Cotto not once tried to get Floyd in the ring back then...he just admitted it before their fight.

"Arum not once mentioned fighting Mayweather"

Cotto said himself he NEVER asked or pushed for the fight.

Williams...lol....never had anything Floyd wanted..if he did he would have easilly taken it.

Floyd conveniently fought Corley, Bruseles and then Gatti nice work on targeting the champ

Williams had defeated Margarito when Floyd chose to fight Baldomir instead Cotto was number 1 and Williams number 2

Like I said earlier Floyd never fought these fights so he can't get credit for them. I agree he would have beaten these guys but actually doing and saying are two totally different things

Williams nowhere on the scene when Floyd fought Baldomir...fool.

Cotto and Arum didn't want Mayweather...stumpy.

[La Cucaracha]

I just thought it strange you not include one fighter from the last 30 years on your list of 10, which made me think you dont rate this generation. I may have been wrong

Your a good dude Silkey and I'm enjoying the debate I think Floyd could have beaten almost anyone put in front of him in this era unfortunately he never fought these fights

I would have liked to have seen Floyd clean out 130 against Casamayor and Frietas fights with Spadafora and Dorin (over Ndou and Sosa) Tszyu at 140 then Hatton instead of moving to 147 for Mitchell challenging Spinks for the championship and avoiding the whole necessity for the Baldomir-Judah situation after De La Hoya I would have like him to face Williams or Cotto but he retired when there were still challenges awaiting him (not forced like Leonard with his eyes or Ali with the courts) when he returned he did't fight the best (Pacquiao) like Leonard did against Hagler at middleweight btw

casamayor and frietes never wanted any...nor did Tszyu.

Zoo said he'd fight the best...then chose Hatton

Cotto not once tried to get Floyd in the ring back then...he just admitted it before their fight.

"Arum not once mentioned fighting Mayweather"

Cotto said himself he NEVER asked or pushed for the fight.

Williams...lol....never had anything Floyd wanted..if he did he would have easilly taken it.

Floyd conveniently fought Corley, Bruseles and then Gatti nice work on targeting the champ

Williams had defeated Margarito when Floyd chose to fight Baldomir instead Cotto was number 1 and Williams number 2

Like I said earlier Floyd never fought these fights so he can't get credit for them. I agree he would have beaten these guys but actually doing and saying are two totally different things

Williams nowhere on the scene when Floyd fought Baldomir...fool.

Cotto and Arum didn't want Mayweather...stumpy.

So Mayweather wasn't offered the fight with Margarito? For 8m but chose to fight Baldomir instead leading to Williams-Margarito.

Mayweather avoided Cotto and signed for a pointless rematch with De La Hoya

Another guy who hasn't been mentioned is Wright. Apparently Floyd pulled out at the last minute

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So Mayweather wasn't offered the fight with Margarito? For 8m but chose to fight Baldomir instead leading to Williams-Margarito.

Mayweather avoided Cotto and signed for a pointless rematch with De La Hoya

Another guy who hasn't been mentioned is Wright. Apparently Floyd pulled out at the last minute

Winky Wright? That's news to me.

There's a bit more to the Margarito thing than people bring up.

Anyone who remembers or can be bothered to do research would know that Arum set the Marg/Mayweather fight for August, no if's, and's or but's. It was August 12th, or it was nothing. The date was set in stone, Arum just needed to build a fight card for it.

Floyd had injured his right hand fighting Zab Judah in April and told Arum that there was no way he could be ready to fight by August. Arum, who already had that date booked for a card, said "ok then", used the date to stage the Maskaev/Rahman rematch, and Margarito signed on to fight Clottey later in the year. So Floyd never turned down Margarito, he turned down the date. And it's not like he turned down Margarito then fought someone else in that time period: he didn't fight Baldomir until November. So AT LEAST get your facts straight.

That's also the time that Mayweather bought out his contract from Arum. Floyd wanted the Cotto and Hatton fights at that time, but he wanted a guarenteed 10 million purse, whereas Arum would only give him 7 million. Also, Arum wasn't interested in making the PBF/DLH showdown. So Floyd bought out his contract, took the fight with Baldomir and waited for the DLH showdown that made him a ton of money and pushed him over the edge as a mainstream star.

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So Mayweather wasn't offered the fight with Margarito? For 8m but chose to fight Baldomir instead leading to Williams-Margarito.

Mayweather avoided Cotto and signed for a pointless rematch with De La Hoya

Another guy who hasn't been mentioned is Wright. Apparently Floyd pulled out at the last minute

Winky Wright? That's news to me.

There's a bit more to the Margarito thing than people bring up.

Anyone who remembers or can be bothered to do research would know that Arum set the Marg/Mayweather fight for August, no if's, and's or but's. It was August 12th, or it was nothing. The date was set in stone, Arum just needed to build a fight card for it.

Floyd had injured his right hand fighting Zab Judah in April and told Arum that there was no way he could be ready to fight by August. Arum, who already had that date booked for a card, said "ok then", used the date to stage the Maskaev/Rahman rematch, and Margarito signed on to fight Clottey later in the year. So Floyd never turned down Margarito, he turned down the date. And it's not like he turned down Margarito then fought someone else in that time period: he didn't fight Baldomir until November. So AT LEAST get your facts straight.

That's also the time that Mayweather bought out his contract from Arum. Floyd wanted the Cotto and Hatton fights at that time, but he wanted a guarenteed 10 million purse, whereas Arum would only give him 7 million. Also, Arum wasn't interested in making the PBF/DLH showdown. So Floyd bought out his contract, took the fight with Baldomir and waited for the DLH showdown that made him a ton of money and pushed him over the edge as a mainstream star.

My facts are straight son spin it how you want. Floyd was injured or whatever and brought out his contract. I've never said once on this thread that Floyd ducked anyone all most posters are saying is that there are fights that he needed to have that would have increased his legacy and his claims as TBE

The fact is he never fought Margarito I know Floyd probably didn't want to work with Arum but what better way to get one up than to beat his guys

As for the Wright fight:

Sports: Wright-Mayweather bout is off as talks break down

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The fact is he never fought Margarito

Yeah, but you're implying that Floyd avoided him, when in reality Floyd turned down the date, not the fight.

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For the sake of the Thread.. Let's say everyone was at fault except for Mayweather on the opponents he hasn't faced... With that being said the end result is still the same... There are a lot of names that he never faced and when discussing an ATG, we have to look at the big picture. He most likely would've beaten them all, but it didn't happen that way. In his era, probably the best - But not for All Time. Too many question marks.

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There are a lot of names that he never faced and when discussing an ATG, we have to look at the big picture. He most likely would've beaten them all, but it didn't happen that way. In his era, probably the best - But not for All Time. Too many question marks.

So what is the conclusion? Because he never fought Manny, 18 years of undefeated boxing including 16 years as a champ means nothing?