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Quote Originally Posted by Taeth

Floyd Mayweather would have destroyed WIllie Pep in the ring... He is faster, better defensive, and a way better fighter to say otherwise is Blasphemy. Floyd met Corrales who was his biggest challenge, then Castillo, and then Gatti, Judah, Baldomir(welterweight champ and hardest opposition after Judah at the weight). NOw he facing ODLH hows that for a challenge. If you can't see that Floyd doesn't need to faint because he is such a superior boxer... he is so fast and accurate he doesn't need to set anything up. Did Floyd sit around against Gatti? Ndou? Burton? Chavez? Hernandez?.
At 126 Willie Pep beats damn near ANYONE, up to and including your beloved Floyd Mayweather JR.

Floyd didn't sit around vs Gatti, Ndou, Burton, Chavez, and Hernandez....but that's like saying "Well Ali didn't sit back vs George Logan, Don Warner and Sonny Banks"

if Floyd is GREAT then he's supposed to beat GOOD fighters with a little more ease than everyone else....the thing I have a problem with in regards to Floyd's career is that he never challeneged himself.

"I beat Gatti" well whoopty F****** do you're supposed to Gatti was NEVER great and one could say he barely made it into the GOOD category.

Floyd fighting Oscar is AWESOME the fight should have been made a long time ago but to call it his last fight is BULLSHIT I will NEVER consider him great if he retires after winning or losing vs De la Hoya....yes he moved up and won titles. Did he unify? Did he fight and beat great fighters?

At 28 Floyd has done less than Mike Tyson did when he was 28....much less Willie Pep!

Diego Corrales although widley considered very good right now was very GREEN when Floyd fought him.....FIVE YEARS AGO.


Jose Luis Castillo is the only challenge Floyd has had to overcome and when he did that he got a gift decision and acted like a bitch "am I bleeding? Am I bleeding?".....in the rematch he improved that's what I expected from him and I was impressed.
Very well said. Cool click. It's is absurd to compare Floyd to some of the greats from the past. Floyd cannot be mentioned in the same breath as a Leonard or Pep...and he never will. Are you people insane?! Floyd's resume is a JOKE for someone who claims that they want to be considered an all time great. He has not fought ONE GREAT fighter...PERIOD. Gatti?! Chavez?! Corrales?! Baldomir?! Judah?! Good fighters at best. Castillo was the best fighter he faced...and i for one do not think he is a truly GREAT fighter. People remember fighters who had defining moments in their careers. Floyd for all of his skill has no defining moment. No moment where you can point to and say it will be remembered for years to come. Whether the lack of an impressive resume is his fault or not...BOTTOM LINE...he doesn't have an impressive resume. So you all can rant and rave about his great skill, defense, blah, blah...and how be demolished the likes of GATTI...but please don't disrespect LEGENDS of the past by comparing them to Floyd. He just doesn't measure up.