WILFRED BENITEZ v. MAYWEATHER

what about the fact that benitez beat a hall of famer in Antonio Cervantez? Or lost a close fight to SRL who is a top 10 fighter of all time? Or fought another close fight against Hearns, one of the most powerful welters of all time, who had incredible boxing skills as well?

 

LOL.

I can't believe this is a thread this morning, for I watched Leonard-Duran I and then Benitez subsequently last night.

Immediately I started thinking about how Floyd would fare with both.

Honestly, I feel that Benitez is a better defensive boxer than Floyd, but he wouldnt press the issue enough offensively to take advantage of Floyd's rolling of punches. He sat around for too much of the bout with SRL, and I feel he might do the same with Floyd. Not to mention, I think that Floyd at 28 is better than Leonard at 24.

I think that Floyd would stil land the cleaner more effective shots throughout the bout, but man this is a very very hard fight to call.

I'd say Floyd by a very very slim margin.

 

This would be a very close fight with each fighters having advantages and close in their strengths.

Mayweather has better speed of hand and foot, has a more suttle defense, which is more felxible, and hes possibly more patient. Benitez is the better in fighter with more power with an excellent defense. Floyd is always making suttle adaptions and is more focused imo

I think Floyds handspeed beats Benitez to the punch forcing Benitez to come forward more allowing Floyd to counter. It would be very close but Mayweather edges it 8 rounds to 7 for me.

 

You are ******ed.

 

As opposed to your non argument? A made up opinion that very few share (how good Duran and Benitez were) and then saying that just because Benitez beat one guy doesn't mean he'll beat another....with no elaboration on what he would do against the ACTUAL fighter he has been pitted against?

 

If you dont think Benitez's defence was better than Floyd then you've clearly never watched him fight.

 

Wrong...not better..different...but not better...If heaven forbid floyd go completely defensive like he did with hearns..lol...floyd would not get touched as well...Hearns was able to get to the body and Ray was too..Ray was head hunting with benetiz...floyd is better at avoiding body shots..as he rolls them too against the ropes not taking full impact..floyd displays the same against the ropes routine as benetiz every single fight...When Zab landed one punch on floyd and rocked him..and had him hurt a little and could not land not one more punch through floyds guard with his blazing hand speed I knew Floyds defense is probably up there with the best if not the best all around defense. Floyd would of fought the same kind of fight with hearns...RUNNNNN..lol

 

That same handspeed of Zab finished off Spinks who is also a defensive fighter..not nearly as good as the mentioned fighters though.

 

Great matchup never thought of this one before. I'd say PBF in a close fight.

 

why am I not surprised that all the puerto ricans picked benitez. :nut sorry guys but floyd is a class above wilfred benitez. floyd by UD:deal

 

you can same the same exact thing for Floyd..I personally think when Floyd losses he will lose a UD for being to inactive offensively. He didn't throw many punches against the bigger DLH. vs Hatton/Cotto/Mosley he definitely will need to increase his output. He was able to do this against DLH because DLH fought in spurts so this allowed Floyd to fight in Spurts.

 

I agree.

 

@ 140 it's a toss up
147 I'd take Benitez by close decision.