If Floyd Mayweather Jr fought in the 80's, he'd be one of the FAB. It'd be the Fab 5

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  1. simon850

    simon850 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What part of Leonard do you think he could beat?

    He would have to seriously slow Leonard down and take away his strengths. I just don't see Floyd being able to do that over a 12/15 round fight. I don't think he would get stopped but the way he fights at Welter, I just don't see him giving Leonard a lot of problems offensively.

    Duran is the type of fighter he could beat.
     
  2. simon850

    simon850 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    When's the last time Floyd fought at Middleweight? Have a missed a fight here or something?

    Either you're being biased which is blurring your sense in posts or you're just ******ed. Either way, fail:hi:
     
  3. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    A natural light-welter being battered by a natural MW wouldn't be great veiwing for anyone
     
  4. Imperial1

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    Honestly he would have never been on their level..He would have probably been beaten by a lesser fighter because he would have been force to fight more frequent thus not getting an opportunity fore the fighters to age befor he stepped in the ring with any of them!
     
  5. woodzo

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    Could picture it now

    Duran is juicing everybody knows whats up, im not fighting him till he takes the test
    Hearns?? Errr im going on vacation my bodys beat
    Hagler?? Marvin who, theres no money in that fight, he fights in a division full of bums... I'll fight him if he can make 150lbs
    leonard.. people come to see the floyd mayweather experience, im the one writing the biggest cheques of their careers,, i want a 70-30 split
    I could picture him and leonard timing both their retirements around each other tryin to both get one up on each other & it never happening, atleast SRL had the heart and put on all the fights in the end, sadly the same cant be said for floyd 'but im a rich coward' mayweather
     
  6. avenel

    avenel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    floyd loses to all
     
  7. Quincy K

    Quincy K Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    although duran did not bring his hands of stones up with him to the higher weights(154+) he still was successful to a certain extent.

    he beat a prime barkley(who would beat anyone today at 154 and walk down mayweather) as well as fighting hagler extremely competitive for 15 rounds and ruining davey moore.

    as for hagler/hearns that was not a blueprint.

    that was hagler suffering a cut that he knew would eventually end the fight and he went for the ko.

    emmanuel still believes that tommy was kod because he had his legs massaged immediately prior to the fight which weakened his legs.
     
  8. Quincy K

    Quincy K Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    let me guess, youre one of those canelo fans that has been following boxing for all of three years that thinks he knows eveything?

    prime srl beats the wholly ****ing **** out of floyd"i lost 15 pounds in jail and was dehydrated" mayweather.

    they have a thread here on esb where some clowns here were made to be a fool believeing mayweathers 15 pound bull****.

    some of you guys, youve never been in a fight or a gym before.
     
  9. Brian

    Brian Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The OP is right and Floyd would have fought any of them who weren't under Arum. Keep it real.
     
  10. knockout artist

    knockout artist Boxing Addict banned

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    The only fights Floyd could win would be against Duran at 147 or 154. Leonard and Hearns would decapitate him.

    Mayweather-Benitez would be very very interesting though
     
  11. BadDog

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    He has no balls, he won't step into the ring with any of them
     
  12. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    Floyd is like James Toney, whether or not when (if) he had stepped up to Welter in the 80s I don't think he gets knocked out by anyone, it could be a case of him being to small and getting outpointed or outworked, but its straight up disrespect to his defensive skills to suggest he'd get 'decapitated' by all of them.
     
  13. Tar Baby

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    He'd probably stay around 140lbs and not move 4 were DONE!
     
  14. dyna

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    He might beat Duran at 130.
    And it´s a might, I favour Duran.
    Maybe at higher weight depending how much better he can take the extra weight.
     
  15. Brian

    Brian Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I was just thinking this.

    The 'settled in' version of Mayweather is who we saw vs Mosley, who was still a damn good version, just more stationary. The Mayweather that fought Hatton still had the wheels, but is likely too small.