Mayweather might be the best we've ever seen

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May weather does a lot of things that good fighters would make him pay for. Watch the fight again. Try and count the times somebody is off balance. Try and count the times somebody gets caught with their weight on one foot (watch Floyd jab).
Floyd benefits from fighting guys that are real good against guys that don't fight back. PAC had no solution for a guy that contested control of range; he looked like an amateur. Also PAC doesn't throw combinations, which are purposeful sequences of punches. He throws 'flurries'

I think Floyd fought a pretty sloppy fight and though I expected him to win regardless, I was surprised Pacquiao couldn't even make him sweat – the consensus #2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world!

You might be right that "in the land of the blind the one eyed-man is king." That Floyd's best advantage is the relative skill level of his competition.

But I also think that Mayweather has a rare combination of many, many small advantages that combine to make him extremely difficult to beat. He is a good athlete to begin with; he keeps himself is immaculate condition at all times; he has very long arms for his size; he doesn't tire himself out by fighting "tense"; he has patience and discipline; he has a good chin; he can throw punches with both hands; he is smart; aware of his surroundings; aware of the referee; and thinks about winning and defense first.

None of those traits individually are that rare, but you combine them all together and all those little small advantages make him exponentially tougher to beat, at least compared with his current-day peers. And I think those would serve him well in any era, even if he would not be so dominant.

There is definitely more to his success than "fast hands."</Lampley>