Floyd claims that if it were not for the weight difference GGG would be "easy work"

[IamInuit]

This really isn’t about whether Floyd is the best ever or not. This is about him beeking off on the sidelines about how easy it would be to beat Golovkin if not for the weight when he's already fought a guy who was just as heavy. Why does this guy need to spout? He just retired undefeated after 18 years in the sport. He had a blemish/tough time with Castillo and struggled with Maidana. So what? Lamotta beat Robinson when Ray was 25 and Tiger Jones beat him when he was 35. Even if you hate the guy with a passion you can’t unsee what we've witnessed in the ring for the last almost 2 decades.
Sure questions will dog the guy and there have been some sneaky ways during his tenor but if this was really an inquiry of the facts then you have to include Floyd in the conversation concerning the best ever. Trouble is, the man actually underachieved under scrutiny at several junctures in his career. I believe had Hearns, Duran, Leonard and Benitez been around over his time that he would not have fought them. Floyd was a much better opportunist than all of them. It was never about legacy for him. It was all about legacy for them. That’s the difference. Floyd separated himself from the pack but not like he could have or should have. Funny thing is, he could have surpassed all the others in a best ever competition but chose instead to value the prize(cash) and window dressing and the most convenient way to get there with the least risk.

The problem for me in this specific case is why did he not fight Golovkin when he offered to move down? Most likely it was for the same reasons Robinson never fought Burley and Leonard watched Hagler erode for 3 years before fighting him. Trouble is Floyd aired out a career for 18 years instead of completing the same accomplishment in 10 because he took about 5 years off while active. Now he's close to 40 and by the sounds of things is having an early onslaught of mid-life crisis because of the limelight.

Ps-I will gladly submit a write-up with a comparison of those held to be the best ever including Floyd and send it to the editors of this forum as an Op-ed for the front page and show in detail why Floyd does not make the grade if someone else wants to take the opposite side. I personally believe it’s a tossup between Harry Greb and Sam Langford but I’ll even leave the early 20thcentury out of it and proceed as if boxing started after WW2. I'm not singling out the ruthlessone here. Anyone who feels Floyd is the best ever is welcome be them in this thread, never posted before, work for the Ring, a passerby, from another site, a boxnation employee, fat dan, whomever.

[Master]

Floyd opponents could easily claim that if it were not for the negative tactics and running then they would have had made "easy work” of pretty boy.

Saying he could make one phone call and stop the Canelo v Khan fights shows that he is missing the limelight and his ego is hurt that boxing has moved on without him.