
Originally Posted by
Bilbo
I think Floyd is higher up than some of you guys give him credit for. He surely has to be knocking on the top 20 now when you consider that such distinguished panels as Ring Magaizne have Roberto Duran and Pernell Whittaker in their top 10 all times.
Floyd really isn't that far behind those guys imo, I mean let's be serious for a minute he's a world champ in 5 weight divisions and has never lost a fight. Ok so he hasn't got the legendary names on his record but give him time he's still barely 30 years old and future wins over Mosely and Cotto would put him into the top 10 imo.
I find it ironic that almost everyone rates Sweet Pea so highly, like top 5 of all time to some people yet his record really isn't really any better than Floyds. Fair enough his first defeat in his first title shot was probably a robbery but even accounting for that he didn't do anything that Floyd hasn't done.
He was a world champ in 4 weight classes and got decision wins over Azumah Nelson, Buddy McGirt and should have beat Chavez.
Thats a great record but Floyd is already world champ in 5 weight classes and has wins over Corrales, Castillo twice and De La Hoya, and all three of these fighters could be Hall of Famers in the future also.
If he were to go on and maybe beat Oscar a second time and beat Mosely then you would have to argue that his record, with remaining undefeated would be every bit as impressive as Pernell's.
Only hating can convince otherwise.
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