How good a fighter was Mayweather Senior?

Decent fighter.....but not championship level.

 

Exactly, he was never beating Leonard or coming close to doing so. Roger was world class though, and maybe Floyd senior could have been or close to, but as it stands no.

 

he was real quick

 

Had 'speed galore!!!'

 

can see where little floyd got it

 

You can see where Floyd got some of that defensive style from...He gave a young Leonard a hell of a fight..Had a great jab and gave him trouble with his aggression.

He would be a potential titlist in weaker eras...a solid contender in his day.

 

his handspeed in the leonard fight was very evenly comparible to leonards.

 

At his best he was rated a top 5 contender in the welterweight division.

Floyd Sr performed fairly well against Leonard but was shot in the leg afterwards which derailed his career. He also fought Marlon Starling twice.

 

i would have loved to see floyd mayweather sr. fight dicky ecklund (micky ward's half brother who was also a very talented amature)

 

theGreatA i thought Floyd got shot afew weeks before the Ray leonard fight

 

I believe he was shot shortly after the Leonard fight which is why he went more than a year without fighting again.

It would be quite amazing if true but I don't think he could have fought with that kind of an injury.

 

I believe you are correct.

 

ah ok that makes sense i just heard in an interview that he got shot before the fight. Probably trying to hype himslef up

 

Yeah it was shortly after it