How Would You Rate Mayweather, H2H, at Each Weight?

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I suppose that's fair. To me, Mayweather got worse as he moved up, and his opposition obviously got bigger and the difference in quality between the best ever lightweights and welterweights is pretty small IMO. Their respective top say, fifteens are really close in quality, and if someone were to make the argument that welterweights was better, I don't think I'd argue to frivolously with them. It's certainly not an opinion I'd dismiss. Although, I did find when I was making my top fifties that every division seems to have a curve where there's a noticeable drop in the quality of fighters. That happens much, much quicker at 147 than it did at 135. Anyway, I don't think there's a massive gap in quality between the two divisions, except that one is 12lbs heavier.

I'd personally be very comfortable favouring Hearns over Mayweather - actually, more favourable than any other fighter in the weight's history. I'd also be happy taking the Duran who beat Leonard. When I say happy with, I don't mean I rule Mayweather out, you understand. Just that if it were to actually happen, I'd stick a cheeky tenner on Floyd losing. As for Gavilan, and Napoles, I think they're incredible fighters who're fully capable of molding themselves in that archetype that Floyd hated; the bullish, aggressive and overpowering type who go in there to out-work and out-fight. Napoles was absolutely incredible at ring-cutting, and Gavilan would be Castillo 10x over IMO. Some others who I think are either too big, too good or a bad style or a combination of all three are: Basilio, Rodriguez, Burley, Don Curry and prime De La Hoya.

I'm definitely interested in hearing your reasoning for Arguello and the Pac-man beating prime, 130 Floyd. I think he's pretty damn bad for both, Arguello in particular. ETM's fights with Fernandez, Olivares, Marcel and Castillo hardly fill me with confidence in his chances vs Floyd; while I know none of those guys are exactly carbon copies of FMJ, they did all fluster Arguello with speedy, lateral movement and a cultured lead hand. I see the Fernandez fight as being similar to if Louis-Conn I was a ten rounder. I think if Mayweather took to fighting Arguello like he did Corrales, Arguello would find rounds slipping away and wouldn't be able to find the KO when he needs it. Personally, I think Mayweather at his best does what he did to Pacquiao in real life, every time. He knows how to use his length and is incredible at feeding those straights down the centre, and Pacquiao had those issues in abundance with Morales and Marquez. I haven't seen Sanchez vs Perez (yet, will defo give it the time of day at some point) but as I understand, it was more of a keep busy fight where he just didn't force himself down to 126 and Perez was coming up from super-bantam and definitely wasn't a super-feather. Even so, I imagine Sanchez's struggles with taller boxers who he couldn't bait into leading leads him to a defeat here, because I have absolutely zero doubt that Mayweather does everything a helluva lot better than Ford or Cowdell.

I think he's arguably anywhere between 3-10 at lightweight. He isn't beating Duran, Armstrong and Chavez IMO and I'd bet against him if Pea was in the other corner, but outside of that, I don't think anyone's a solid favourite. Ike Williams has bad losses to classy out-boxer, Willie Joyce - who appears to be a teak tough pure boxer who's very textbook and fundamental. Mayweather can definitely do better than that in a one off IMO. I have a sneaking suspicion that Ortiz is too slow for Floyd.

I'm absolutely, 100% certain that Mike McCallum beats the everling **** outta Floyd. He was like 170 on fight night, incredibly skilled and one of the more underrated physical talents out there, with an aggressive, imposing stature and style at 154. Hearns too, for reasons being that with one hand he bear pitched a shut out over Benitez - who's another JMW I think would beat Floyd. Winky is another guy I think would beat Floyd, based on nothing but size and maybe the same with Tito, although I'd take Floyd over Trinidad at 147, so a 154 fight may well go exactly the same. Griffith is a guy if take over Floyd, at 147 and 154, albeit in a genuinely boring and ugly fight reminiscent of Baldomir.

Norris, Jackson, Vargas, Vazquez, etc; is his domain IMO at 154. These are the guys who could beat him and lose to him IMO.