Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Ray Robinson's opposition, how would he have fared?

It most certainly isn’t. Floyd was entering the ring at 150 and fighting guys who were getting close to 170.

 

It's okay NoNeck, we know you'll go hell for leather for Floyd and defend him forever. You can get some well earned sleep.

 

He would have sustained some losses its that simple.

 

It’s so ironic that “Robinson weight” fights are a positive for him.

 

Not as ironic as Mayweather not having a win below 147 as good as Angott.

 

He beat prime Marquez below 147 after a long layoff.

 

It’s only Feb, but this has to be a contender for a troll of the year post.

A prime JMM??

At 36?

Dragged up from LW, before being deliberately cheated on the scales, breaking their original catch-weight agreement??

Yeah, you’ve gone too far this time.

 

It’s the same as what Robinson was doing to guys like Angott. And Marquez became pfp 1 and 147 champ after beating Floyd. Angott would like to have done that.

 

The only thing that was really impressive, was how sharp Floyd was, after the lay off.

The opponent was perfect for him stylistically.

A 36 year old LW, who was a technician, where Floyd had a huge reach advantage over him.

Yes, JMM beat a faded Manny, but he was never a true WW.

Go and look at his weigh-in weights.

He was a LW who moved up to WW in order to secure those end of career fights.

And fair play to him.

But he was never a genuine WW.

 

Angott was lighter vs SRR 1 than he had been in his previous fight. Both weighed 136.5lbs. Both were 137lbs in their respective previous bouts.

 

The high point of Marquez’s career was winning the welterweight championship over the pfp 1.

 

Be that as it may, you commented that Mayweather dragging JMM up to WW was "the same as Robinson was doing to guys like Angott".

It wasn't, Angott came down in weight for SRR 1.

 

So Robinson did him the same way Ryan did Haney. Even worse.

 

Accusing the GOAT of taking PEDs, you should be ashamed.

 

At the end of the day, I’m sure Robinson wanted the 135 title but making the weight was a different story.