Why does everyone rate the fab 4 greater than Floyd

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  1. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    You're going to compare those guys to Hearns, Ray and Duran?
     
  2. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Didn't you know, its a fact retired fighters who lost to fighter's that couldn't hold his jock are way greater.

    Doesnt matter what one thinks, the fab 4 was because they had 4 evenly matched fighters. Fab 4 is rivaled by
    Morales,jmm, mab and pac. 4 evenly matched fighters who couldn't hold fmj jock, yet some think they're close ..

    Get a grip
     
  3. icarus1

    icarus1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the so called fighter of the decade and fighter of our era who was smaller was even fought when he was past prime on uneven playing field and very defensive mode, how much more he fab 4.lol
     
  4. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Floyd has got skills, in his early days he looked like the best thing I've ever seen skill-wise, but he is not cut from the same cloth as those guys. You can debate it for the rest of history but you'll never convince a ton of people from thinking that way
     
  5. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Although I will admit sugar Ray could be a pain in the ass
     
  6. Shana

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    Cognitive dissonance much?
     
  7. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Actually Sugar Ray may have pulled some diva at times....but he still got in there with a young Terry Norris.... and there is no way in hell that Floyd Mayweather would ever ever ever do something like that
     
  8. drenlou

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    Floyd's the best of this generation no doubt but H2H against the fab 4,it's possible he can beat them all, but it would be hell of tough to do it.. Floyd would get busted up in every single individual fight against the Fab 4. That's for sure.
     
  9. Eastpaw

    Eastpaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Looking at what Castillo, de la Hoya, maidana, and Mosley were able to do to Floyd imagine what the fab 4 would do. Floyd also would lose to Aaron Pryor at 140, terry Norris at 154, Simon brown at 147-154. He'd get smacked by McCallum at 154, he'd also get smacked by starling.
     
  10. Eastpaw

    Eastpaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd bet arguello over Floyd as well
     
  11. Eastpaw

    Eastpaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And maybe lloyd honeyghan
     
  12. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Put him H2H against 130-135lb ATGs and you have a conversation...young Floyd against that Duran
     
  13. Clinton

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    Apocalypse time.
     
  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I hate it that everyone views the past with rose colored glasses, all 4 of the Fab Four were fairly evenly matched, they all had their flaws, Hearns and Duran chins were a liability, Leonard's chin was decent, the only one with pure iron was Hagler, they could all be outboxed, but the fact that these 4 were all active around the same time and with the media hyping them up like it did it built them all up into mythical figures, but judging them individually they were far from perfect.

    In all likelihood Mayweather UD's Duran, SD's Hearn, loses by Close UD to Leonard and is KO'd by Hagler.
     
  15. thesnowman22

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    Leonard & Hearns were naturally bigger, as was Hagler. I think Mayweather should be rated higher than Hearns P4P but would have a very hard time head to head because of Hearns size.

    Leonard is a better P4P great and Id favor him H2H

    Duran is considered the greatest LW but honestly Floyd is a tough match up for him stylistically. That might be a 50-50 fight.

    Hagler is so much bigger. I think you can rate Floyd higher P4P. They would never fight H2H.