Is Floyd finally retired?

[El Kabong]

you can argue all day to why Floyd didn't fight this fella and that fella, for this reason and that reason

thing is, when I look at floyds record I don't really see any big stand out wins considering the weights and point in time his fights happened (all covered in this thread)

Canelo was probably his best win past light welter do you think?

Yes, big win and full credit to him. I thought the Cotto fight was a good one too albeit I'd rather have seen undefeated Cotto vs Floyd, I'd rather have seen undefeated Cotto vs Pacquiao too or just Cotto with a trainer in the corner vs Pacquiao but hey that just goes to show I don't just shit on 1 dude for padding his record a bit, Floyd knew when to get the deals done for certain all credit to him.






One DOES wonder if Canelo was to beat GGG would Floyd be tempted for a rematch to capture the middleweight titles? I highly doubt it, 50-0-0 is a well rounded good solid retiring record...I doubt he'd have much trouble, but you never know and with any fighter you're always going to want to take that 1 step closer to greatness even if you're already considered a great.

[Master]

you can argue all day to why Floyd didn't fight this fella and that fella, for this reason and that reason

thing is, when I look at floyds record I don't really see any big stand out wins considering the weights and point in time his fights happened (all covered in this thread)

Canelo was probably his best win past light welter do you think?

Yes, big win and full credit to him. I thought the Cotto fight was a good one too albeit I'd rather have seen undefeated Cotto vs Floyd, I'd rather have seen undefeated Cotto vs Pacquiao too or just Cotto with a trainer in the corner vs Pacquiao but hey that just goes to show I don't just shit on 1 dude for padding his record a bit, Floyd knew when to get the deals done for certain all credit to him.






One DOES wonder if Canelo was to beat GGG would Floyd be tempted for a rematch to capture the middleweight titles? I highly doubt it, 50-0-0 is a well rounded good solid retiring record...I doubt he'd have much trouble, but you never know and with any fighter you're always going to want to take that 1 step closer to greatness even if you're already considered a great.

I would love to see that GGG would wipe him away.

[El Kabong]

I would love to see that GGG would wipe him away.

I'd ask "Who?" but I want it to be both and so I'm just going to think it's both

[erics44]

the cotto fight was one of floyds more entertaining fights and it was a lot closer than people make out, there wasn't too much between then

Cotto was past his peak tho by a couple to 5 years and had been beaten more clearly twice before

[Master]

the cotto fight was one of floyds more entertaining fights and it was a lot closer than people make out, there wasn't too much between then

Cotto was past his peak tho by a couple to 5 years and had been beaten more clearly twice before

Same with Manny Pac, 5 years too late. I think there is a theme here with Floyd's opponents.

[El Kabong]

the cotto fight was one of floyds more entertaining fights and it was a lot closer than people make out, there wasn't too much between then

Cotto was past his peak tho by a couple to 5 years and had been beaten more clearly twice before

Wow, mark this date on the calendar I absolutely agree with everything in that post!


Cotto was always going to be a tough fight for Floyd because he could bang, but he could box and he could switch up righty to southpaw and he could JAB....however by the time Floyd fought him he had some fire taken out of him AND had switched trainers which I think he's never been the same since that time anyway...how can you fully trust anyone in your corner when a trainer who is your blood relative allowed for Margarito to load his wraps? That was a turning point in Cotto's career where he basically had excellence stolen from him...not that he would have remained undefeated forever but Undefeated Floyd vs Undefeated Cotto would have been the BIGGEST test for either fighter bar none Prime vs Prime no angles, no waiting until just the right moment, none of that bullshit. It would have certainly been a bigger feather in Floyd's cap than how it is now and Floyd had his troubles with Cotto and it's not seen as all that impressive of a win.

[Master]

the cotto fight was one of floyds more entertaining fights and it was a lot closer than people make out, there wasn't too much between then

Cotto was past his peak tho by a couple to 5 years and had been beaten more clearly twice before

Wow, mark this date on the calendar I absolutely agree with everything in that post!


Cotto was always going to be a tough fight for Floyd because he could bang, but he could box and he could switch up righty to southpaw and he could JAB....however by the time Floyd fought him he had some fire taken out of him AND had switched trainers which I think he's never been the same since that time anyway...how can you fully trust anyone in your corner when a trainer who is your blood relative allowed for Margarito to load his wraps? That was a turning point in Cotto's career where he basically had excellence stolen from him...not that he would have remained undefeated forever but Undefeated Floyd vs Undefeated Cotto would have been the BIGGEST test for either fighter bar none Prime vs Prime no angles, no waiting until just the right moment, none of that bullshit. It would have certainly been a bigger feather in Floyd's cap than how it is now and Floyd had his troubles with Cotto and it's not seen as all that impressive of a win.

Floyd had seen Cotto being stopped and fought aggressively to try and do the same. Floyd got a bloodied nose for his troubles and took more chances than I have ever seen since moving up to the weight. It was an entertaining fight but am sure Floyd was disappointed that he did not stop Cotto.

[El Kabong]

Floyd had seen Cotto being stopped and fought aggressively to try and do the same. Floyd got a bloodied nose for his troubles and took more chances than I have ever seen since moving up to the weight. It was an entertaining fight but am sure Floyd was disappointed that he did not stop Cotto.

Oh yeah of course but the caveats in THOSE fights were Margarito had loaded wraps and in the Pacquiao fight he didn't even have a trainer in his corner.