First, Mayweather never fought at 140 until May 2004, so if Floyd and Tszyu ever would have fought, it would've been in 2004 or early 2005. This is during the time when Tszyu took a 16 month layoff prior to fighting Hatton in mid-2005.

Tszyu was a great champ, but IMO he would've been beaten rather soundly by Floyd. The only time Tszyu fought during this time period was when he lost to Hatton. If he had to quit on his stool against Hatton, then he would have been beaten by Mayweather as well. That is, unless you think that Ricky Hatton is a better fighter than Floyd Mayweather

Quote Originally Posted by jbirdy
agreed. mayweather chose to go for gatti to win an easier title and then claim he beat the best in the division and was the man at 140.
One thing everybody fails to consider is that Tszyu was a Showtime fighter, whereas Mayweather and Gatti were both signed to deals with HBO. Those two networks don't work together, unless it's a huge exception like Lewis and Tyson. To ignore the politics of the sport is avoiding the whole story regarding any potential fights with Tszyu.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
....I don't blame him for skipping Tszyu....Mosley and De la Hoya did it but then again they made up for that by making some big fights at 147.
Mosley jumped right from 135 to 147 to take a big fight with DLH, so Tszyu wasn't an option.
As for DLH, see my above comment about network politics. DLH has been the cornerstone of HBO Boxing for over a decade. As long as Tszyu was with Showtime, I don't see where a fight would've been a possibility.