Quote Originally Posted by ono
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Personally i think a lot of people are going to point at his lack of top quality opposition....even tho is resume is very good. Problem is, he is that far infront of everyone skills wise, it's hard to put him in with anybody who has anymore than a punchers chance of beating him.

Floyd needs fighters of SRL, Duran, Hagler, Hearns standard to pit his wits against and frankly that level of opposition just aint around.

Until he is in a war with another well known fighter (cotto maybe) or even until he loses, Floyd will always have doubters. You see, if Floyd is in a close, exciting fight or if he actually loses, people will have more positive things to say about today's era.

Same problem with Calzaghe until he beat Kessler. If Calzaghe had have absolutely pummelled Kessler, Kessler would have suddenly become another Jeff Lacy and the haters would be saying 'ooo look calzaghe beat another over hyped fighter, big deal'

Same thing happens with Mayweather. If you look at the betting on here, for his last 2 fights it has been pretty much a 50-50 split.....basically both seemed like 2 even fights. It's only when floyd wins that the excuses come out and the nay-sayers start with the 'margarito would kill floyd' threads.

IMO he is a great and skills wise he is up there with the very very best. I think he should fight Cotto.....but i think Cotto needs another high profile victory for the fight to have an effect on Floyd's legacy.
CC ice

Great Read

Thanks i spent almost 2 hours typing that all up back.