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

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  1. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At the end of the day he didn’t drag Angott up in weight, as per your erroneous claim.
     
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  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    He weighed in five pounds heavier than him at “Robinson Weight.” You can guess who that favored.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

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    It’s so ironic that “Mayweather weight” fights are a positive for him.
     
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  4. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They weighed the same in their 1st contest, which, as you well know, was the fight that IK cited, which initially sparked this discussion.
     
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  5. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I intentionally make an ironic post by applying the same standards to both and you point out that it’s ironic to be ironic. It doesn’t work that way.
     
  6. George Crowcroft

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    You sound emotional.
     
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  7. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I lost track of what this turned into.
     
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    They’re mad that I pointed out that Robinson couldn’t make lightweight and refuse to concede that he was a welterweight who occasionally beat lightweights.

    That’s pretty much it.
     
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  10. themaster458

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    Just enjoy the show man ik I am
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  11. Rexrapper 1

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    Honestly? Fine. I don’t see him being undefeated though. That’s too many fights to run the table on. But in terms of skills? Floyd would more than held his own. The biggest problem would be the schedule. Fighting that many times a year for 22 years is insane. One thing that I think could help Floyd in that is a lot of his injuries came from long grueling training camps. Fighting that many times, those types of camps are unlikely to happen and probably aren’t even necessary. Pep wasn’t known for power and dominated with his movement and boxing ability. I could see Floyd doing something very similar.
     
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  12. McCallumsJab

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    Everyone SRR fought should be easy work for Floyd, that hardest is Kid Gavilan who was elite but what advantages does he have? Pretty much zero. There's no one SRR fought who has a good argument for beating FMJ. All of them are getting schooled pretty easily.

    If you're arguing that Floyd did not fighting prime ATGs, well okay but I strongly believe Alvarez, Cotto, DLH, Mosley, Marquez, Judah, Corrales, Hatton, Castillo, Genaro Hernadez are better than SRR's opposition overall.

    As for injuries FMJ beat Castillo with a torn rotator cuff. You don't get much worse injuries in boxing.
     
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  13. McCallumsJab

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    Floyd gave up 20lbs to numerous boxers. Lamotta wouldn't have won a round against Floyd. Lamotta has nothing he can do against Floyd pretty much. He'd be a punchbag who'd constantly miss in slow motion
     
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  14. McCallumsJab

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    The terms did get changed but Winky could of fought for 55v45 purse split

    SRR ran from Charles Burley, Holman Williams and Cocoa Kid. Learn boxing
     
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  15. McCallumsJab

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    And SRR proved this by losing and losing and losing.