What is Mayweather's best performance at the MGM Grand?

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    Corrales, followed distantly by Canelo.
     
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    :nod
     
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    I like the Cotto fight. Cotto tried to ruff up Floyd a little but Floyd stood in the pocket and blasted Cotto with right hands around the guard in the mid rounds and made Cotto eat uppercuts in the late rounds. Great performance. His best of the 3 he had at 154. Yeah Canelo was 152 but anything above 147 is junior middleweight! :D
     
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    Yes. At 135 and below it was Corrales. But N'Dou was a good one also.
     
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    Corrales, Pacquiao, Marquez, and Hatton were all P4P top 10; the first three top 5.

    Alvarez, Cotto, and Mosley were all #1 ranked and/or lineal champion in the division which Floyd faced them.

    Tough to choose, same as debating his best victory (except Castillo doesn't apply)... Corrales, Pacquiao, Marquez, Alvarez, and Cotto are all big A-class wins.
     
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    Best performance, not best victory.
     
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    I can't separate the two. Opposition determines how great of a performance.

    UD12'ing Thurman in a non-action fight would be a much better performance than one punch KO2'ing Rod Salka in a war.
     
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    How many times has Floyd fought at The Mandalay Bay? Off the top of my head I think the Baldy fight was. Mandalay Bay seating capacity is about 2000 seats less than MGM Grand if not mistaken.
     
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    Baldomir
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    Cotto. I always enjoy watching him more when fighters try to rough him up. Brings the best out of him.
     
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    Well that would be quite obvious because an elite fighter shouldn't be going to war with Rod Salka, regardless of the amount of rounds
     
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    Thank you sir. :D Floyd loves the MGM Grand and they love him back. He brings in so much money on the weekend when he fights. They will miss him badly! :(
     
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    OK... then a dominant blowout KO2 of Salka with 7 KD's scored and not a punch landed in return. Still, UD'ing Thurman competitively is a far better performance. Opposition is everything.
     
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    The Ricky Hatton KO was sensational