Was Floyd Mayweather Ever The Lineal Lightweight Champion?

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  1. Funtime

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    Was Floyd Mayweather Ever The Lineal Lightweight Champion?
     
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    Funtime oldie Full Member

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    Of course he was noob
     
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    Floyd Mayweather Jr:

    WBC & Ring champ @ 130 (would of been WBO had Corrales not vacated)
    WBC & Ring Champ @ 135
    WBC @ 140
    WBC, IBF, IBO, Ring @ 147
    WBC @ 154

    That equals to 10 titles, linear in 3. The reason Floyd always says he is a 6 time champion is because he only counts "official" belts (wbc, wba, ibf).
     
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    Thats very noble of the self proclaimed best boxer ever in the history of the world..
     
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    Look, get rid of your Meth avy. Put Nas in and don't ever put Juelz Santana or any of those Punk ass Dipset phonies in your avy again either:lol:.
     
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    hmm... so, that's champ in 5 weight classes and linear in 3 then.
     
  8. fitzgeraldz

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    It wouldve been 4 linear championships if he wouldve fought Hatton at 140 ...
     
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    Chert Ringside Potato Full Member

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    yeah. but floyd fought him @147 instead where he had the advantage, unlike pac who fought hatton at his natural weight class of 140.
     
  10. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    Wrong.

    Hatton "needed more U.S. exposure" when Mayweather challenged him at 140. Hatton turned the fight down, not Floyd.
     
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    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    You mean if Hatton would have fought Mayweather at 140.
     
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    It wasn't about an advantage ... it wouldn't have mattered if they had fought an any weight class ... he got outclassed and knocked out ... Hatton wasn't as skilled as mayweather
     
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    Floyd got turned down by Cotto and Hatton at 140 ... he called them out around the time he fought Gatti.

    Vivian Harris turned down a six figure payday fight with Mayweather only to fight Maussa and get knocked out.
     
  14. Funtime

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    So Floyd beat who exactly to become the linear lightweight champion?
     
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    Jose Luis Castillo - who won the title fighting Stevie Johnston