Quote Originally Posted by Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
Quote Originally Posted by Addicted to_boxing
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Quote Originally Posted by Addicted to_boxing
Quote Originally Posted by Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
if Mayweather isn't ATG what do you defy as an ATG then ??
Simple beat a couple of ATG's....... rather simple. This is not a list of ATG's! And especially when the division is in its current state of who is the best and you avoid them.
Addicted, that is a completely retarded and unrealistic response -- it's also in direct tension with your earlier statement that beating Cotto and Williams would make Floyd an ATG. (Hint: neither Cotto nor Williams are ATGs!! In fact, the only other living fighter who's even arguably an ATG right now is Bernard Hopkins (RJJ too, though he's clearly out of his prime). I hope you're not suggesting Floyd has to move up to Light Heavy and beat Hopkins in order to stake his claim....)
No just to beat a dangerous foe that mirrors some of his skills rather than the calculated schedule of fighting slow plodding fighters. Who has has been his largest ring risk ?
There isn't a fighter out there that is anyway even close to Mayweather in technical skills.
Ok not as fast but really fast, not as technical but technically sound, or 2 prominent traits that PBF does not posses such as genuine power with speed, as in Cotto. Or Height with speed as in Williams . Or Height with power as in Margarito. But power with no movement is not gonna beat PBF nor is speed with no power. No one is going to out speed PBF. And many of us want to see those matchups. It is said styles makes fights. And it is my feeling that PBF has manipulated that to a tee. He just may beat the mentioned above but until he takes a risk he will not be anointed his greatness.