In 2001, after Floyd Mayweather beat (I think) Jesus Chavez, in the post-fight he talked about moving up to Lightweight with the eventual goal of fighting De La Hoya & Mosley at Welter or Light-Middle. In his closing thoughts Larry Merchant said something along the lines of 'I don't think Mayweather is big enough to handle the Lightweights, to talk of Oscar or Mosley is laughable. If he ever was in a ring with one of those he would likely not make it out of a round'.
Then again, he'll never top saying 'I think the myth of Foreman's power has been exposed in this fight' at the end of the 7th round of the Moorer fight![]()
Bookmarks