The Greatest Ever- Ray Robinson, The Best Ever- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Who would win?

Sincw.your boxing knowledge is limited, let me tell you that anything can happen in the sport of boxing. Floyd has never touched the canvas before but he could be knocked out here as well. In fact, srr has been knocked out one more time than Floyd and tasted the canvas many more times..I'm a huge srr fan, but anything can happen. That's what's so intriguing about this fight

 

Calm I'll get to you, I'm out ATM and I dont like typing long essays on my phone

 

This is just dumb, and it really shows that your boxing knowledge is truly limited.

Anything can happen between two elite fighters, Floyd can be knocked cold, same with SRR. One punch is all it takes, buddy.

 

1. Well I think you need to revise your list, that's my opinion.

And you can't simply take one fighter's best weight division (SRR @ 47) and Floyd's worst division (147) and compare/contrast the way that you do.

Floyd wasn't just a defensive marvel, he was an offensive machine at 130 (On that level of SRR/SRL), and went 27-0 in that division dominating it and clearing everyone out.

So your point doesn't hold much water. At 47, you can say that, but when we talk about resumes, we have to take EVERY weight class into consideration.

Floyd can win via points, easily. SRR can win via points, easily. Floyd could knock him out (Very difficult), SRR could knock Floyd out (Also very difficult). That's the way it is.

 

Who has knocked Floyd out? This is stupid, none of those guys have been knocked out at 147.

All this is is theory, that's why my question is legit.

Because none of those guys have been knocked out at 47, we can question whether this would be the first fight any of those guys will be knocked out.

 

Well I can say the same for SRR then, can't we?

But this is boxing and anything can happen. That's why my question, remains a legitimate one. 2 elite fighters, 2 guys never stopped.

Now let's stop the slinging of insults, it's not going to do much for you. I'm here to talk boxing.

 

If we're talking about comparing them in terms of who'd win at 147, then yes we would need to assess the opponents that they fought at at THAT weight class.

If we're talking about comparing their resumes, I'm sorry we can't just look at 147. We can't just say, "Oh Floyd only specialized at defense" because that couldn't be further from the truth in his earlier weight classes. We have to consider that as well.

Understand me?

Obviously at 147, SRR has the better resume, NO DOUBT. It isn't comparable, but it isn't a foregone conclusion he'd win. I think Floyd can win this as well, he was also an incredible 147 lb fighter a couple of years back.

 

@cuchulain

"Floyd would probably be inside my top twenty, based mainly on resume.

He was (is ?) a very skilled boxer, but his skills are mostly defensive. Both Sugars were much more skilled all around.

Floyd had more defensive skills than either one, but his edge there was out weighed by their superior offensive skills."

See, THIS only applies to Floyd at 147, you're not taking into account his earlier weight classes when he was much more offensively minded. You used this to compare greatness, and I'm saying you can't do this. He was just as good as those guys were offensively when Floyd was 130, from the eye test.