Is Floyd the greatest 130 pounder

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  1. Jay1990

    Jay1990 Active Member Full Member

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  2. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, I would place him behind both Chavez, Sr. and Arguello.
     
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    No, Mayweather only has one good win there, talent wise, maybe.
     
  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Chocolate
    Saddler
    Arguello
    Camacho
    JCC
    Morales
    Gomez
    All have a chance to beat him here
    Camacho
    Chavez
    Chocolate i believe definatly beat him at this weight
     
  5. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There were some bad-basses at 130 lbs over the years.....the division is not really recognized well today, but could be in the future. Alfredo "The Snake-Man" Escalera, a Puerto Rican, would be just the type of "overlooked" fighter that could give PBF a real bass kicking on a Sat afternoon on CBS Sports Spectacular.
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Not the greatest because he didn`t stay there long enough. He may be the best though. Head to head he would have been a beast against anyone.
     
  7. Eastpaw

    Eastpaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    H2H he might be, but he didn't fight any ATGs or clean out the division(he had the potential to)
     
  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    His performance against Chico was pretty damn clean. He took a dangerous guy and reduced him to a statue. That was a performance worthy of Sugar Ray Robinson
     
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    Like others have said, Floyd didnt remain in the div long enough to be the ATG. His best win being a very good D.Corrales But, talent wise he had the ability to have been. But again, no one knows what Mayweather would do if he was behind in points, or taking a bad beating. And theirs a good number of fighters who fought at that weight who would've been a very dangerous fight for him, and would've made him dig deep. Would he have fought through it like Ali did many times? Are would he fall apart like Tyson did.
     
  10. mrkoolkevin

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    (If Robinson had been as strong as Mayweather defensively)
     
  11. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Robinson had that amazing footwork. Mayweather took a page out of his book that night.
     
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    He's up there, but couldn't put him over Camacho.
     
  13. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    That`s a fair argument. A `30 Hector had it all really. He even had some pop on his punches