What separates Mayweather from every past fighter...

Nah, I won't miss him. Helluva fighter, but mostly his career left me cold.

 

His talent is/was undeniable. Outstanding fighter.

 

I was watching those loudmouths Steven Smith and Skip Bayless yesterday and they were saying that if Floyd does decide to come back, he should stay clear of Golovkin. Smith went so far as to say that if Floyd fought Golovkin there would be a 100 percent chance Floyd would get kod with one punch. I've not watched Golovkin, but I believe, Smith is engaging, as he often does, in hyperbole.

Hopefully, Floyd will not take the bait and will stay retired.

 

What separates him from all others is the fact that I can't bring myself to like him despite acknowledging his talent. There's just something about him that I don't like even more than fighters I didn't like before such as Leonard. I think he is horrible.

 

Williams has a big time range edge ( 6'1" 79" reach ) that would force Mayweather out of his comfort zone. To counter, Mayweather would have to get close.

I'm not saying Williams was great. I'm saying he's well equipped to pull off the upset.

 

I don't see how this is being " fair" to anybody. It reads as an insult to the man if truth be told. Guys like Alvarez, Cotto, Corales, Hernandez, Judah and even aged versions of Marquez and Pac were plenty talented.. And let's not forget that Mayweather was either in the twilight of his career himself or moving up in weight when he fought a good number of those.. Yet he still remained unbeaten.. Having grown up watching Pernell Whitaker I can certainly respect his legacy as much as anyone.. But his opposition wasn't exactly head over heals better than Mayweather's. In fact I'd rate it as being at least "comparable" with Floyd actually fighting in more divisions and taking on a larger slew of opponents minus the defeats.

 

actually it was you who said that Mayweather could beat Buchanan with one hand and that Mayweather was in a way different league than Benitez.

 

Well if you want to post have an argument on a post as a validation of something, be my guest, but we BOTH know that that wasn't the whole story. The whole story was that 65% of the posters felt that Duran would beat all of Mayweather's comp, and my post was in response to ridiculous allegation that Buchanan and Benitez were at best average fighters. On top of all that I later posted that I exaggerated my claim when I said the following:


Re: Roberto Duran vs Floyd Mayweather's opponents- does he reach 49-0?


"A bit of an exaggeration I admit" Post #25

But why be honest and tell a whole story when you can tell half a story and look like the jack ass you are. The whole thread is a testament to your lack of boxing knowledge, so much so that I don't know even where to start.

Here's a few gems:

This list of bs from you on this thread is mindboggling. Here's another gem after saying that SRL actually won the fight in Montreal.

Then you go on to have Floyd beating SRL, Barkley, maybe beating Hearns, and probably beating Jesus Christ himself it the thread were to continue on.

 

He looked like **** vs Soldier Jones, on the undercard of Dempsey-Carpentier. Extremely rare chance to get the attention of big promoters, and he blew it, even admitted that himself.

 

Yes, that's true. He was coming back from a hand injury and lay-off if I remember rightly.

 

It seems that one of Mayweather's best attributes was avoiding fighters in their prime.Glad he is gone.:dead

 

Stretching 49 fights over a 20 year career is pretty unique in the modern era.

For reference, Marciano had 49 pro fights in just 8 years.

Even one of the least active heavyweight greats in the modern era, Lennox Lewis, had 44 fights in 14 years, so he was actually on pace to have more fights than Money May.

Andre Ward looks to be taking this to the next level though, just 28 fights in 11 years.

 

No, I wasn't insulting Mayweather.
I was saying those fights were spread out over 10 to 15 years, because he achieved a superstar profile and could afford to have a longer strategy, and build super-paydays.

In contrast, Whitaker unified the lightweight belts in 18 months, having already been robbed in his original challenge for a belt. Then having unified and defended the 135 titles, he moved up through 140, chasing big fights, and in 1993 he fought two very good fighters for belts at welterweight (McGirt - the linear champion, and Chavez, the legendary p4p king who was still a much bigger star than Pernell - ) within a 6-month span.

Mayweather's approach was different because he could afford to be. I'm acknowledging that, not insulting anyone.