Quote Originally Posted by Mr140 View Post
To be fair the only one on that level is Pac that would of gotten him there. I mean Mosley took a vacation and Oscar during his prime years didn't give Mayweather the time of day. Hell Cotto just achieved being the ring champ lineal champ he never did that and Mayweather beat him clearly few years ago.
Agreed that facing Pacquiao upon his return would have strengthened his legacy but I also think the Wright fight would have significantly made things undeniable just image Floyd stepping up from 140 to face Wright who had just defeated Trinidad and was going to move down in weight to 154 for the bout that would have been an impressive challenge I also believe fighting the Cotto of 07/ 08 or Margarito instead of retiring wouldn't have left such a bad taste in so many fans' mouths

I also think Casamayor around 00/ 01 would have been a significant scalp leading up to Corrales

Trying to make Spadafora or Dorin instead of Sosa and Ndou would be more valuable

Tszyu then Hatton at 140

Move to 147 to take Spinks' championship, then defending against Margrito

Retire and come back to face Pacquiao, then challenge Martinez for the middleweight championship

I know network rivalries and promoter differences prevented many of these fights but that's whats frustrating as that sort of record would give credibility to Floyd's claims as TBE or the GOAT