True or False: Floyd never defeated fighters as great as Crawford, Stevenson, Davis, Ennis, orSpence

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No way, Crawford is an amazing fighter.
     
  2. JMotrain

    JMotrain Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I said both guys were faded when they faced Mayweather. However, Crawford and Spence really haven't beaten anyone of note. DLH and Pacquaio had far better resumes, DLH especially at the higher weights. So really, who knows? Maybe Crawford and Spence are better than I'm giving them credit for but they haven't really proved it in the ring.
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He nearly out-worked Floyd.
     
  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Floyd admitted he ducked opponents in their primes, easy money.
     
  5. Ilesey

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    False.
     
  6. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    De Lehoya struggled against Ike Quartley of all people who would probably be in the same class as Ugas, Porter, and Danny
     
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    JMotrain Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    100% disagree. All those guys struggled against opposition way worse than Quartey. Ugas lost to low level competition, Garcia lost to Herrera and struggled with a very faded Erik Morales, and Porter lost to Brook in his prime. I don't think you've ever seen Ike fight to make a statement like that. The class of Welters and Super Welters were very, very good around 2000.

    Also, ever heard of Felix Trinidad? He would have KO'd all those of those guys in under 5 rounds.
     
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    RockyMarciano Well-Known Member Full Member

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    100% agree. Amazing fighter indeed. However, I can't imagine Floyd being outskilled by anyone in history. I think he wins a wide UD.
     
  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Boxing in the early 2000`s was really bad however Tito was class, Quartey however was very limited and predictable.
     
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    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you saying then that Prime Floyd and Manny are the same level as C class Ugas ?
     
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    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He would have yes but by then he was running the market. Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson did the same, it's being at the top and staying at the top. Canelo being doing it as well.
     
  13. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Canelo wasn’t at his peak, and he’d only fought a handful of world class fighters, with him barely having beaten Trout.
     
  14. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    This isn’t of importance.

    It just depends how strong the era is/was.

    They’re just meaningless stats really.

    I think Crawford is great, but for example, he’d never have been rated that highly in the 90’s.

    Do you get me?

    We have to analyse their skill sets etc.

    You can’t just claim that a P4P no.1 rated fighter from this era is better than a P4P no.7 fighter from the 90’s or 00’s, on the grounds that he’s rated 6 places higher.
     
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    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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