What if Mayweather???????

[DaxxKahn]

Floyd could have already been cemented if he would have bothered to stay in a division long enough to clean out all the top guys not just claim a title seek a few mediocre defenses then run to another division....He only did so at 130...

At 135 he fought Castillo twice,Sosa and N'dou...he should have had a fight with Cassamayor the man people were looking at as the divisions bad boy

At 140 he fought Corley, Gatti, and Brusles...The Corley win was his best...Brussles was not revered much and we all knew Gatti was almost done (Not that PBF would not have beaten him at any time)...He should have fought Cotto or Tszyu

At 147 PBF fought Judah who was in a mental tirade and had lost to Spinks and Baldomir...Sharmba Mitchell had been fighting journeymen so little respect was earned there....He could have stuck around for Margarito...Beaten Cintron who was highly thought of then...Enticed a Mosley bout....

For as good as PBF is at times it seemed like he was more interested in looking good on paper rather then in the ring with a legit dangerous opponent that makes fans remember you

In 5 years who will remember his wins over Baldomir, Mitchell, N'Dou, Brusles or Sosa?

But they will remember the wins over PBF, Castillo, Corrales....Why? because they are men with legacy's of their own

Unlike guys like Calzaghe PBF choose who he fought and did not there were no promoters dictating his bouts...Plus as mentioned before he necer had a real signiture bout...

He will be remembered for his skills but not for his determinartion to fight the best

[eagle]

It realy depends on what u mean by cementing legacy i think.

If he wants his legacy to be a former P4P number 1 who won the WBC title in 5 divisions, and was one of the best fighters of his era, then he has done that and that is a pretty good legacy.

If cementing his legacy means being the greatest fighter of his era, and maybe top 20 P4P all time well he is darn close but may need one or two more big name fights to do that, and could easily do so.

If cementing means the greatest fighter ever then he is nowhere near, and because older fighters are looked upon with rose coloured glasses he never will be. To be top 5 P4P all time he'd probably have to win 5 more top line fights and beat someone of note at 160.

Reality is his legacy is already very good, probably top 3 of current fighters, is that enough?