How good was Floyd?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Did Floyd cherry-pick, or was he just so good that he made his opponents look bad? Or both?
     
  2. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Good boxer but the type to get bj's with condom on.
    Thats a good metaphor for his carefully selected career
     
  3. micker1

    micker1 Active Member Full Member

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    One of the best without a doubt. His record looks better now another q0 years people will give him more respect. This is from someone who cheered for the other guy every fight.
     
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  4. iii

    iii Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As pretty Boy IMO he was very impressive, but then he had hand issues & he had to adapt ...
     
  5. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Career was going pretty well

    wet himself around 2007/8 with Pacquiao, Cotto & Margarito on the scene

    pretended to retire

    Then carefully managed the remainder of his career. Did well against Cotto, Canelo and Pacquiao but made sure the deck was stacked as favourably as possible for him.
     
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  6. Punchdrunk1

    Punchdrunk1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That has got to be the line of the week!

    I rate him very highly.
    One of if not the best ever.
    Some say he was a cherry picker but he has beat a lot of champions.
    His personality has rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way but he has played a villain and cashed on on it perfectly.
     
  7. Keldan

    Keldan Member Full Member

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    One of the greatest in terms of boxing ability and ring IQ
     
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  8. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    One of the best ever, but not the Goat
     
  9. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    We will never know how truly good he was simply because for whatever reason he didn't face the best at their peak. Throw in a couple of fake retirements and doubt creeps in.

    You already know this.
     
  10. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    He was great especially at the lower weights when he was whooping everybody and was a more offensive fighter. When he started moving up past 140 pounds he had to change his style up and be more defensively sound because he was fighting bigger men obviously.

    Was he a cherry picker? Every great fighter has cherry picked opponents, was there a few fighters i would have loved to have seen him fight? Hell yea, but thats the boxing buisness, you dont always get the fights that you want.
     
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  11. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    How long has Floyd's dong been lodged in your throat? Don't you need air once in awhile?

    Floyd was good, but we'll never know truly how good he was because he was a deck stacking, ducking, and cherrypicking PED cheat.
     
  12. Boon

    Boon Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    ATG fighter who made a lot of racist haters get all bent out of shape and seething in anger, bitterness, jealousy and entitlement. These "fans" wanted Floyd Mayweather to be like them (loser's) but Floyd never lost in the ring, not even once.

    It doesn't take much IQ to see that Floyd Mayweather was one of the best boxer's in the history of the game.
     
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  13. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Floyd could have gotten any single fight he wanted. Wanted being the key word.
     
  14. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    Nah, the Prince didnt want him, network issues prevented fights with Frietas, casamayor, and Tyszu. Both were to blame for the Pac fight not happening sooner than it did.
     
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  15. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Best fighter of his era hands down, nobody else was close

    Those accusing him of drugs follow boxers juiced out of their minds

    Even playing field, Floyd was just too good for everyone of his era

    Definitely not TBE though
     
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