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

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  1. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Prime Oscar wins UD over Mayweather 116-112
    Vernon Forrest wins MD Mayweather 115-113 .
    Manny Pacquiao = 50/50 fight . Could go either way
    Felix Trinidad scores 8th Rnd knockout or Points win cause Floyd begins to play safe and retreat when he slightly feels Titos heavy hands .
    Miguel Cotto from 2007 = At 147 Cotto had better use of his jab , More desire to go to the body ,more confidence and a lot more pop in his punches . Cotto takes Floyd to a DRAW in a great battle .
    Paul Williams = Floyds lack of activity/ Size would be his downfall in this fight . Floyds gets overwhelmed and easily outworked by the Punisher . Potentially gets TKOed . Williams 117-111 UD or TKO .
    Kostyu Tsyzu Gets outpointed . I dont see what he can do to prevail over Floyd .
     
  2. JohnAnthony

    JohnAnthony Boxing Junkie banned

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    oscar or mosley @140. Kosta, Williams, Margo, Cotto, Manny, Forrest.

    All these are 50/50 imo.
     
  3. anj

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    How would Mayweather UD Prime Oscar exactly?
    Cotto Draw?!
    Mayweather has a good chin and one of the greatest defenses of all time. If there's anyone who's going to not get hit by the big ones, it's him.
    I agree with Tszyu.

    The only guy who I see TKO'ing Mayweather is Hearns and SRR.
     
  4. RazorHandz

    RazorHandz Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bazooka was also a sharp counter puncher but that jab alone would give Floyd a world of trouble.

    Williams was one of those fighters that would give anybody hell but if you figure them out, you can dominate them, just like Margarito. Slow footed volume punchers can't deal with movement, counter-punching and clinching. Lara exposed that.

    He was overrated even though he whooped Mosley who's 10 times more overrated than him? :think
     
  5. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Slightly off-topic,but how do you think Floyd does against McCallum at 154?
     
  6. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Not very good i reckon.
     
  7. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    prime Oscar, Forrest and PW.
     
  8. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe slightly out of the two decades but I think Don Curry out boxes Floyd and at times makes it look easy.
     
  9. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I actually pondered a thread on the subject Zopilote,but Floyd is just a bit too flat footed at 154 to cope with the high workrate of McCallum for me.
     
  10. tliang1000

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  11. Miguel

    Miguel Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have to laugh at this - considering prime Floyd vs Over the hill Oscar was probably 116-112 I would say this is unrealistic. The welterweight DLH of 96-98 would not have lost 116-112 to Mayweather when the 2007 version managed that score...
     
  12. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    With all due respect to Vernon,I think Floyd takes that one quite easily.
    One man's poison is another man's meat.
     
  13. LikeFatherNSon

    LikeFatherNSon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, he was overrated.
     
  14. McGrain

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  15. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Delahoya UDS Floyd 116/112 is what i meant . My apologies if i confused you .