Which fighter from past 2 decades 140-147would've given Floyd his toughest fight?

Manny at 140 wouldn't be easy either.

 

there r so many. cotto. margarito, shane, p willy, oscar, pac. all these guys prime of course would have gave him a challenge.

 

Julio Cesar CHavez!

Persistent inside warfare. At 140 lbs, Mayweather could not rest on the ropes to try to evade shots. Chavez was to good and to strong and had too good a chin at 140 lbs for that to work against him.

I'd pick Chavez to outhustle and win on points with activity in a close fight.

Paul Williams with his size may have represented problems and Margarito with his workrate and chin may have also forced Mayweather to work overtime.

Chavez though is the fighters I'd pick prime for prime at 140 lbs!

 

Hard to pick. Margarito maybe. Because he was willing to get hit to land his punches.

 

Tzyu
Vernon Forrest
Prime Oscar de La Hoya
Ike Quartey
Tito Trinidad
Pacquiao

 

Oscar '98/Whitaker '94
Mosley 2000
Forrest 2002

 

I would have said Oscar, but something tells me Floyd might be able to edge him even when Oscar was prime. It would have been a close fight.

 

Margarito when he fought Cotto the first time would really be a problem for Floyd (with Plaster of Paris of course)..
that should've been the end of the nick "Pretty Boy"...

 

Doubtful. Cotto has always had a knack for getting hit in fights, even when he was prime/undefeated. He just always gave more than he took.

Floyd has never consistently taken damage in a fight throughout his entire career. Margarito had an incredible chin and a good work rate, but he was slow and plodding. He would've been too slow to land on Floyd and Floyd's conditioning is second to none. Cotto faded in the 2nd half of the fight (as he typically does) while Floyd has essentially never done that. Floyd wins a very boring lop sided decision even if Marg's was packing wraps.

 

What if the fighters are doing USADA? :rofl

 

There's quite a few fighters I'd favour to beat him. Chavez and Trinidad would both chase him out the ring and probably beat him the worst.

Others that beat him:

DLH
Quartey
Whitaker

50/50's :

McGirt
Forrest
Tszyu
Mosley

Floyd would beat the breaks off a sloppy fighter like Williams.

 

Luckily it wasn't created yet.

 

Cheers.

Boxing's been around a while hey :good

 

Out of all the fighters in 20 years you come up with him :rofl