Is there anyone you would have favored to beat Floyd?
Is there anyone you would have favored to beat Floyd?
No.
No not in his prime even now you would need to favour him against everyone at his weight and he's a old man well past his prime
Only himself.
Old age..if he carries on and is crazy enough to go to 52 or 53-0 then he will be caught slipping.
Then perhaps if he was silly enough to fight at 160 (nudging 40 years old) with light welterweight power and no KO since Hatton..he would struggle.
I felt maidana caused him issues in the first fight and that awkward style exposed him a bit.
Pac fight was boring and horrible and I pray there's no repeat..
Roy Jones at a fantasy welterweight division straight after James Tony gives Floyd the fight of his life..make it 15 rounds for the hell of it.
Floyd is the best of this era and needs to be careful when selecting number 50..but it would be nice to see the best at 147 get the fight.
I would have liked to have had a chance to see Kostya Tszyu vs. FMJ at 140 back in 2005 before Tszyu fought Ricky Hatton.... Let the record show that Floyd chose to fight Henry Bruseles instead of Tszyu or Hatton @ 140 back in 2005.....
James stabler would have definently beaten floyd if floyd was brave enough to take the fight !
Depends on what weight class we're talking about.
147 and up? I'd say there's a few all time greats I wouldn't bet against. SRL had he style to give him fits. Maybe a young Delahoya or Mosely on the rise. Possibly Trinidad?
Not saying they WOULD win, just that if I were betting on the fights, I'd be hesitant to bet on either fighter. And trust me, I was a big Floyd fan (the fighter, not the person)
Also, he looked extremely vulnerable at times against ODLH at 154, same with Cotto. They were past it. Not washed up, but their best was clearly behind them at the time.
On the other hand, 140 and down? Nobody. Not Duran, not a single fighter ever.
People forget that Floyd didn't truly become a household name until he was at welter and up. The Delahoya fight sealed his legacy to the average, occasionally watches a big PPV fight boxing fan.
Floyd was brutal at 140, and prior to that he was even nastier.
He had devastating power in the smaller weight classes, and was freakishly fast with unparalleled reflexes to go with stellar defense.
Floyd is truly one on the greatest fighters ever, just not so much at 147, and even less at 154
I have to qualify my answer by saying I was only talking about current guys And blokes in his era.
Sugar Ray Robinson, Leonard and Hearns at welterweight and maybe Tito, Oscar and Shane.
Pryor and Kostya and maybe Hatton and JCC at light welter.
Duran at lightweight and maybe JCC.
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There are some fighters in the past I think would be favored over him, but I was assuming this was meant if another fighter would be favored over him during his time.
I don't think any fighter at 147 or below would be favored over him but that doesn't mean that mayweather couldn't lose because of styles. I always thought that Cotto would have given a lot of trouble to mayweather a few years before they actually fought. A Mosley at 135 could have beaten Floyd too.
Other than that, I can't see anybody who I would give much of a chance to although we know that sometimes people surprise you (maidana for example).
Leonard, Whitaker, Duran, Hearns, Robinson, Castillo, the kid who rocked him badly early in career, Maidana, Pryor, Mosley, his accountants and his baby mama. Slow fight week
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Now that Pryor gas died, let's mention him. Could his relentlessness have been a little much for Floyd?
Well Floyd and his crew did a MASTERFUL job of getting fights on his terms when HE felt ready for them and maybe his fans love that....personally I think it makes the 0's in the Loss & Draw columns of his record look very shallow.
Floyd fought and beat a lot of fighters who were considered great threats to him, but if you put those under the microscope (as you should do with Great fighters...sorry, they are subject to greater criticism due to their sometimes alleged greatness in the ring) they look A LOT less impressive.
Ricky Hatton: Floyd fought Ricky at 147 after it was proven without a doubt that Ricky didn't work well at that weight. It was after MANY thought he lost to Luis Collazo. At 140 perhaps it's a different story, Ricky was very tough at 140, a true champion at 140.....he was AVERAGE at best at 147
Miguel Cotto: I honestly think he was the most dangerous boxer to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the fight looked it. Miguel fought Floyd to a decision loss 4 YEARS after losing to Antonio Margarito, 3 YEARS after losing to Manny Pacquiao when Cotto didn't even have a trainer in his corner! If Floyd had the stones to fight Miguel Cotto in 2008 instead of 2012 and at 147 instead of 154 it's highly likely we would have seen a different outcome. It didn't happen, Floyd won and won clean, all you can do is say "props to Floyd for beating a shell of a monster"....and sorry if that takes the shine off of that fight, but that's what it was. Miguel at 147 prior to the Margarito fight was a boxer and a slugger and he would have been tough for ANYONE, hell it took a CHEATING Margarito an entire fight to break him down.
Antonio Margarito: Before he was caught as a cheater there was no boxer more dangerous at 147. He threw hundreds and hundreds of punches, he had an iron chin, and he hit HARD. Floyd wisely avoided that fight.
Paul Williams: Just like Margarito only more awkward AND a southpaw not to mention he had a longer reach than most heavyweights. Floyd wisely avoided that fight.
Sergio Martinez: he was a quick southpaw with good pop and a very good boxer a smallish middleweight as well...wouldn't have been out of the question for Floyd to fight him.
Gennedy Golovkin: He's tough, he's powerful, he's accurate with his punches and he's bigger than Floyd
Younger versions of De la Hoya and Mosley probably would have fared better, a more focused Zab Judah perhaps. Pre-injury Vernon Forrest may have been difficult, Winky Wright may have been tough.
As for the All-timers: Hearns, Duran, Leonard, Hagler, Arguello, Pryor, the kind of guys you'd never write off in any kind of matchup.
Floyd deserves his spotlight, he deserves his fame and fortune, he's a hell of a fighter and a hell of a matchmaker for himself. Hell of a career, here's hoping he sticks to his guns and stays retired.
I do wonder if Bernard Hopkins was in his PEAK at middleweight and Floyd was still active at 154 would he make that bout happenIt would have been ugly for certain, a real cagey chess match, one not fun to watch but tactically very impressive for sure.
What about Barrera and Morales?
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