How good was Floyd?

[VG_Addict]

Did Floyd cherry-pick, or was he just so good that he made his opponents look bad? Or both?

[Master]

Floyd was good at the lower weights when he was pretty boy. He missed some good boxers like Frietas/Casamajor but who he fought were just as good Corrales. Missed out big legacy fights against Kostya and Hatton at light welterweight.

At welterweight he annoyed me by not taking on Margarito/Williams but chose Baldimor and Judah.

Made his money fights against Oscar, Manny Pac (way too late) and McGregor.

So Floyd was OK. Not TBE.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

It would be hard for anybody in history to beat Floyd Mayweather. Not saying they couldn't do it, but it would be a monumental task. And I mean monumental

[Ron Swanson]

To give you an idea, people said he was better at the lighter weights, which makes sense. Younger, faster etcetera. But even at 147, coming out of retirement the P4P list had
1-Pac
2-JMM
3-Mosley

He fought them all AFTER COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT. And another fighter that was number 1 P4P for years in Canelo. This is his not as good portion of his career in many minds

To give you a comparison so you can understand how unfairly people look at his career. The great Monster Inoue is looked at as having a sterling CV and his best opponent is (by boxeoguide) number 32 pound for pound.

I can pull up people that absolutely hate him, like Oscar Delahoya for example saying “you have to look at what he’s done, he might be the best ever”.

I’m not saying he is, but Diego Corrales was a killing machine when Floyd fought him, and made him look easy. When doing his “after coming out of retirement” bit I left off HOF fighters! That’s how great he was

He was so good people still talk about a sparring session he lost, his first day back in the gym against a fight ready fighter. A fricking sparring session, 1!

[TIC]

floyd was very good but his record has glaring holes & some of his wins look better on paper than in reality

[Master]

Floyd took off time many times in his career even in the early days and these retirements should not mean he was better than he really was. They may have been managerial and promotional related but taking on a blown up welterweight in JMM and not bothering to make weight shows his class.

[ykdadamaja]

Did Floyd cherry-pick, or was he just so good that he made his opponents look bad? Or both?

He was that good. Why do we have to ask this question? What more do we need? He beat everyone put in front of him. I knew he was special when he beat Corrales...