Mayweather's opponents have been hand picked since 2002!

[The Boxer]

no fighter fights a world champion every fight. execpt barrera and morrales because they only fight each other. i wish people would take judah out this list because Mayweather Judah was a fight that alot of fans had wanted to see for along time. it's not PBF fought that Judahs and idoit and lost to baldomir and took away from the hype of the fight.

mind you i bet half the people saying PBF hasn't fought anybody since 2002 picked gatti to beat PBF in 2005.

i hope this topic wasn't started to imply that oscar doesn't hand pick his opponents.

[Hairdoo]

You guys may think it holds no relevance to your arguement but a stat that is interesting none the less:

Up until 2001 Freitas KTFO of every single one of his opponents 29-0 29ko's.

[CutMeMick]

You guys may think it holds no relevance to your arguement but a stat that is interesting none the less:

Up until 2001 Freitas KTFO of every single one of his opponents 29-0 29ko's.

Thats just the tip of the iceberg, Popo at that time was out of this world he fought like a animal that had been caged and would only be released come fight night.

[tedsares]

Huh?

[The Boxer]

popo was good but now he's a quiter.

[Violent Bob]

popo was good but now he's a quiter.

Mick will be supporting his HOF ballot anyway, based on his unrecognized (by all but Mick) position as the clear, dominant, ALL-TIME P4P #1 in 1999.

[CutMeMick]

popo was good but now he's a quiter.

Unfortunately now yes, he should have stayed retired.
Oh! well....

popo was good but now he's a quiter.

Mick will be supporting his HOF ballot anyway, based on his unrecognized (by all but Mick) position as the clear, dominant, ALL-TIME P4P #1 in 1999.

I never stated that, thats something your delusional mind came up with.
If you can re-post where I stated Popo was #1 P4P in 1999. I will gladly admit to me being wrong.
Oh! and about him & HofF I personally do not think he will get in BUT I'll always bring this up. If McGuigan made it through that pretty much opens up the door for a lot of fighters.

[Violent Bob]

It was obviously a joke--you've been unduly slobbering over how great this B+ fighter was in 1999 ("like a caged animal," "that's just the tip of the iceberg," "he would have beaten Floyd Mayweather," etc.). That's the point. Get it now?

[The Boxer]

i will admit i wouldn't have mind seeing a PBF Popo fight at one time.

[El Kabong]

....there are a number of other fighters Lil Floyd didn't fight, let us not forget he has NEVER unified any division he has set foot in.

130-147....now to 154....he's not unifying anything!!!

So that means he's not as great as he thinks he is

[The Boxer]

....there are a number of other fighters Lil Floyd didn't fight, let us not forget he has NEVER unified any division he has set foot in.

130-147....now to 154....he's not unifying anything!!!

So that means he's not as great as he thinks he is

your a sad man

[Julius Rain]

i think popp made a mistake of changing his style when he fought chico, popo was intimidated by chicos height. popo should of stayed to the k.o artist he was instead of trying to be a slick boxer.

[Julius Rain]

would of been a good fight between popo and floyd both undefeated, i would of bet popo to catch floyd early.

[ArawakWarria]

....there are a number of other fighters Lil Floyd didn't fight, let us not forget he has NEVER unified any division he has set foot in.

130-147....now to 154....he's not unifying anything!!!

So that means he's not as great as he thinks he is

Yep, I actually read through all of this waiting to see if someone would mention this.

Your man PBF was BEATEN by JL Castillo in fight #1. In fight #2, PBF perfected the outside puncher style we see so much of nowadays. From there, he got the hell out of the Ltwts. Who didn't he fight? The other Ltwt champs.

He went to JuWelt and won a very early stoppage against chop-chop (I say the same for his fight against cotto--early stoppage), then beat Gatti. Who should he have fought? Hatton, Tszyu, Cotto. Those are pound for pound fights, but he tiptoed up to the next weight.

Who should he have fought at Welt? MARGARITO! That's who. If you are the longest standing Champion in your weight class, but you don't have the RING belt, that makes you the automatic #1 contender. It was true for Chris Byrd, it was also true for Calzhaghe. It is true for W.Klit right now. Somehow, this wasn't the case for Margarito. He should have been the first fight if PBFwanted to fight the 'real' champ. But he got a bypass, fighting non-contenders (has Sharmba won a fight at Welt?) then gets to fight for the championship.

The bottom line for me is this... PBF spends everyday talking about pound for pound best, but the challenges at pound for pound go unanswered by him.

If he uses his jab and run technique against DLH, he will lose all PPV credibility. If he stands and fights... does he even have a late round KO? DLH has plenty!

Let me know what you think!

[shza]

....there are a number of other fighters Lil Floyd didn't fight, let us not forget he has NEVER unified any division he has set foot in.

130-147....now to 154....he's not unifying anything!!!

So that means he's not as great as he thinks he is

Unifying is just as meaningless as the alphabet straps are. Remember that Mayweather got the first of his alphabet straps at 147 by beating a "champion" who had lost his last fight. If you don't believe in the straps (which you shouldn't--they're more about paying fees and being forced to fight bullshit no-name "contenders" than anything), then you shouldn't believe in unification. The Ring rankings are the only legit thing. So I agree that it would have been good for Floyd to fight Hatton or Tszyu while he was at 140 (though I don't think either would have been at all close), but I don't see any good complaint for the other divisions he's run through.