Chico knows how to fight and brawl. Boxing is not part of his strategy. I used Clottey as an example because it is a prime example of when Corrales should have boxed. He declined to box and Clottey beat the **** out of him.
That's debateable. Hopkins has bigger names on his resume. However, many of those guys were coming up in weight. Imagine if Floyd were to have stayed at 130 or 135. He could've easily picked off plenty of good fighters coming up in weight. Hopkins moved up in weight once and only fought 1 LHW in 3 bouts there. Pac is basically living off of 3 wins; Barerra, Marquez, and Morales. Many think Morales was washed up in that second fight and many others don't believe that he actually beat Marquez. None the less, those are some good wins. However, his resume doesn't have a whole lot of depth. That could change though. You're smarter than this. You can't compare current fighters with guys like Charles. Ezzard fought like 120 times. How can Floyd match him in terms of resume with only a quarter of the fights? Let's not forget that the game has seriously changed since then.
Even if Corrales wasn't one dimensional and was a great boxer, it wouldn't have mattered against Floyd, so forget I said that. It's irrelevant.
The old timers weren't getting paid that much money back then ... if they were making the kinda cheese they're making today i'm sure you wouldn't see that many fights on their resumes. Those guys several times a year to make 1/100 of what Floyd has made in one fight ...
- Hatton Came up against an undefeated, dangerous and angry Hitman and completely out-classed the Mancunian, His best performance bar none. - Corrales Corrales was 33-0 going into this fight and was knocking people out for fun PBF not only beat him but he embarrased chico. - De La Hoya Used his slick boxing skills to get the decision against a fired up Oscar, Most fighters would have gone off there fight plan in that situation but PBF used all his attributes to get a deserved victory.
He was also carrying 10-12 more pounds than he had ever carried in his career. Maybe, just maybe that had something to do with it. Or maybe it has something to do with the war with Castillo. Just because some one doesnt box off their back foot does not mean they are one-dimensional.
I don't really have much to add to what I said other than to reiterate that I do believe Hopkins and Pacquiao have stronger resumes, quite simply. If you disagree fair enough, there isn't that wide a margin IMO. Close but clear in both cases. When someone asks if Mayweather's resume is great in all-time terms, I compare it to those which I believe are great from all-time, like Charles's. I don't think Mayweather's resume stacks up well next to Pernell Whitaker's either, and they had a similar number of fights and their peaks were only a decade or so apart.
BTW, I agree that Judah was one of Floyd's best wins because of the matchup problem Zab posed mainly due to his speed, and may in fact be Floyd's BEST win because of that, but I don't think history will rate it that high due to Judah's inconsistancy and losses to journeymen or by KO later in his career.
Floyd's best wins were the fights he didn't fight ... Kostya Tszyu ... Shane Mosley ... Miguel Cotto ... Naseem Hamed and Joel Casamayor ... all fighters who have ducked him.
Baldomir. Not sure how Clottey will be perceived in the future, but I think he's a solid fighter. Honestly though, I thought Zab just edged the fight with Baldomir but they gave the decision to Baldo.
JLC 1 Coralles and hatton best 3 in JLC that was his toughest fight to date and coralles was a big hitter who hadnt lost to that point