Do you consider Floyd Mayweather to be The Best Ever?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, Feb 28, 2023.


Is Floyd Mayweather really The Best Ever?

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  1. Yes

    5.4%
  2. No

    94.6%
  1. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    What makes me laugh are the guys, who idolize Floyd, Immediately attack anyone that doesn't worship him & label them haters LOL Ive been called a hater by Floyd's cheerleaders but that is not true at all. What is true is that I have absolutely no respect for him whatsoever. No way in the world could I support him. You call him
    "One of the best fighter of all time" I disagree Floyd stopped FIGHTING at 135 claiming bad hands.
    Really Floyd admitted this himself after the Maidana 1 fight. A tearful Floyd whined " Maidana roughed me up & beat me up but the referee did nothing to stop him, it wasn't fair" ROFLHe was RELYING on Tony Weekes being the new Joe Cortez & protecting him. He wasn't LOL he let them BOTH fight. Floyd couldn't compete
     
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  2. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    No but he is still an all time great boxer

    Can't fault him for saying it but I disagree
     
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  3. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    No. He's up there though. Could be if he had more competition to prove it against.
     
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  4. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Why does this same thread get recreated every other month by a board that by in large hates Mayweather
     
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  5. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    He’s up there. The best? No. In the argument? Sure.
     
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  6. Lobothemainman

    Lobothemainman New Member Full Member

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    Best at making money.

    Best boxer? Not even close.
     
  7. Fourth_Horseman

    Fourth_Horseman Member Full Member

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    I have no idea why nearly everyone is denying Floyd's greatness. No one is giving Floyd credit for beating both men and women. He is the perfect predator for today's boxing jungle, it starts with the selection of an opponent, the ring size, the size of the gloves, the catchweight to drain an opponent, and the friendly Vegas judges. Floyd wins fights before he enters the ring. To his credit, Floyd is making millions from his hyped-up workout sessions against influencers and other amateurs. I suspect that soon he will go full-scale carnival where he will go toe to toe with midgets and children.
     
  8. Betyabeatyaup

    Betyabeatyaup Active Member Full Member

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    Lomachenko, Crawford, Usyk, Inoue, Beterbiev are better/greater than Floyd and that’s just active fighters. Floyd is somewhere in the top 50. He simply doesn’t have the competition of a Pac-Man or the dominance of a Roy Jones. The high point of his career was beating a green and weight-drained Canelo.
     
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  9. box33

    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Those "bad hands" that's a nice excuse when there's a department in which you just don't shine in compared to your other contemporaries,

    Isn't this the guy who injected his hands in every fight which most will tell you is an Illegal advantage In itself:

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    So much for Mr. Clean the sport :clap:
     
  10. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Excellent fighter and Top 20 to ever do it but its nearly impossible to displace SRR
     
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  11. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I mean JLC and Maidana both had a case for winning their 1st fights w Floyd. Its actually not as difficult as you make it out to be.

    Floyd was a very special fighter and I was a huge fan but he struggled against rugged fighters who were bigger than him w a tendency to be dirty. Also, they needed to be able to block/avoid Floyds jab. Lots of old school styles wouldve checked some of those boxes and while Floyd obviously wins more than he loses against ATG opponents some of the outcomes would be surprising.

    Also, not convinced Floyd beats prime DLH or Mosley
     
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  12. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Mayweather is one of the best of his era, but he's not even in the conversation as far as the GOAT is concerned.
    Mayweather just did'nt look to make the fights at the right time necessary to put him in that conversation as a GOAT candidate.
     
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  13. box33

    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He also would have been more exposed had he actually not deflected & fought more of his opponents in their actual primes for a change, but that's for another discussion.
     
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  14. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    I read your post's first line and I know you have no clue about what you talk about.

    That's all. People are like parrots, they read JLC and maidana stuff and they repeat. Anyone writing the first line of your post has not scored the fights or doesn't know **** about boxing, no other choice.

    Regarding mosley and de la hoya I understand that you need to use some kind of fantasy fights blahblah, because in the actual fights he won to them both.
     
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  15. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Claims not to be a hater.

    Goes on to pull hateful garbage out of his arse. Floyd was not crying after winning Maidana 1 ffs.

    I'm not a fan of Floyd the person, but that has arse all to do with his skills.
     
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