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He fought Baldo!Baldo was ranked over Cotto and Margo!Explain to me how Cotto,Margo,and Hatton all are the best?because they fought Corley,Quintana,Malignaggi?lol lol lol
You can't be serious?

Baldomir (30% ko ratio) 43 Wins (13 ko's) 10 Losses 6 Draws yep he was a real dangerous opponent. he was a champion for how long? oh thats right long enough to beat Gatti.

Margarito (70% ko ratio) has been a champion knocking out legitimate welterweight contenders for over 10 years.

Cotto (82% ko ratio) is an Undefeated TWO Division Champion.

Hatton (71% ko ratio) former Undisputed Champion at LW is also a Undefeated TWO Divsion Champion.

It beats me why you are laughing out loud at the notion that these guys are a more formidable challenge than old man Baldomir who is known to hit slow and soft.
KO percentage means Sh*T in my book.Look at Winky Wrights KO percentage...doesnt mean that he isnt good.
You are praising Margo and Cotto based on what?they havent beaten any great fighters.Margo has been KO'ing "legitimate contenders"...lol.Name a great fighter that he has beat[/b]?
Cotto is undefeated yes...but being undefeated proves nothing.Williams is undefeated too...so what?Name a great fighter that Cotto has beaten?
Whooo back fella... take a breath.

I' am referring to who is the more dangerous opponent and giving you their respective accomplishments to back my argument up. I'm not referring to greatness, but if I was I could ask you the same question about Baldomir eh.
I don't care if Baldomir had a belt, he's a joke and was never a threat to Mayweather in any way. I don't blame Mayweather for going after him and taking advantage of that WBC belt just dangling out there waiting to be taken, but at the same time there is no way it can be seriously argued that he added to the overall level of Mayweather's competition.

Judah has not exactly been striking fear into anybody lately either.

Also, I don't care who was ranked above anyone else. The ranking system is among the most corrupt parts of boxing. The sanctioning bodies have many criteria for deciding their rankings, unfortunately, very often talent is not at the top of that list.

In my opinion, the best welters out there, in order of difficulty for Mayweather, are

1) Shane Mosley

2) Antonio Margarito

3) Paul Williams

4) Miguel Cotto

5) Joshua Clottey

If he wanted to prove something or add something to meaningful to his record, he could have fought any of these guys. As usual, Mayweather took the easy and safe route and chose to fight none of them.

I'll add this, I think Mayweather probably beats Cotto and Clottey. As far as Williams, admittedly, I have had only limited exposure to him thus far, but from what I've seen I think he might be able to really bother Mayweather. The other two had the makings of a very tough battle for him. He could have won them, or maybe not, but either way he doesn't help his reputation for "fighting the best" when he doesn't even fight any of the top four or five in a division he's just moved up to.

BTW, I don't think Hatton belongs in a discussion of welterweights. That aside, Mayweather would probably handle Hatton easily (I think it's a good match up for him), but he doesn't prove anything against anybody unless he actually makes the fights.

Any of these guys would have been more of a challenge and earned him more respect than just saying he fights the best, then going after Judah and Baldomir.