Mayweather...

[skel1983]

Castillo 1 was his toughest, I felt he just edged it, but he really had to dig deep. An honourable mention should go to the Carlos Hernandez fight. He showed real heart in that one, dominating a fight that he spent most of fighting with just one hand.

As amazing as the Corrales performance was (& Skel are you sure, on the Showtime broadcast they mention Corrales is the favourite), I'm gonna go with his first Championship win against Genaro Hernandez. Genaro is arguably the most underrated fighter of the past 20 years imo, he's one of the 5 best 130lbers of all time & had The Ring not been defunct, he almost certainly would have been lineal champ after beating Azumah Nelson. Mayweather was definitely a massive underdog in that one, Genaro had only lost to an Oscar who massively outweighed him at 135, yet Mayweather dominated him from start to finish to stop him on his stool at the end of eight.

Mayweather was the favourite but not as short as 1/4 just checked that, so Greg apologies he wasn't a 1/4 shot but he was the slight favourite in the fight, here is an article about the fight and the odds.

BOXING MONTHLY - Article Two - March 2001