Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
But consider this. Mayweather accomodating his own needs, may well be the factor that determines his legacy. As he has never been an all action fighter he longevity is less likely to be affected. He can go on another 5 years if he wants as his style allows him too. In fact it is constantly improving as the more expierience he gains the better he becomes. Compare Roy Jones' and Mayweathers careers. As Bilbo stated, they both have the ability to look magnificent when opposed by fighters who appear a class below them. However there is a large difference. Jones worked them over and Knocke them out. Mayweather dominated them for every single second of every round. He boxed their respective ears of....And thats every fight without exception.

In addition, i feel that Mayweather has indeed face the better opposition or at least performed better aginst their parallell opponents.
I mean Roy did some great things to some great fighters....B-Hop and Toney need i say more! But Strangely enough they were two fighters that Took Roy the distance, his greatest feats at middleweight his second weight division (he started at Lm).
And....strangely enough Mayweather stopped one of his best opponents, at his second weight...What he did to Corrales was jaw dropping. (I have rated Corales over Castillo here and im sure il have a knife to my throat later for saying it!)

So don't be so swift to say Roy, he was great no doubt, but i think that Mayweather is building the greater Castle of Memories and will have the larger Jacuzzi in his HoF penthouse.
Mayweather didn't dominate Castillo in there first or second fight, in fact some people believe he even lost the first. And he didn't dominate Oscar De La Hoya either.

But Mayweather's best opponents don't come close to matching up with Roy's. Diego Corrales(R.I.P.) doesn't come anywhere near the legacy of a Bernard Hopkins or a James Toney. Toney and Hopkins are boxers who have had great success in multiple weight classes, while Corrales only found success at lightweight. And when he did try to move up he got starched by Joshua Clottey.