The goal in boxing is to become the linear champion in your weight class (#1 fighter). Floyd has beaten 2 linear champions in Carlos Baldomir and SSM but still a few haters saying he has done much at WW, which is ridiculous. Also, Floyd beat the number # 2 WW at the time in Zab Judah. Has Pacman beaten one lineal champ at WW, NO! Some need to get their facts straight before judging. Food for thought!
Its not that they dont like him for who hes fought, hes not liked because of the list of people he has NOT fought.
Mosley hasn't been lineal since the turn of the century. Bald was lineal. The complaints at welterweight are because when he retired there were names such as margo, williams, cotto, clottey and mosley occupying the top 5. Floyd failed to fight all of them.
Floyd has gone on a vacation and is not likely to fight any time soon, but *****'s still makes threads about him everyday..
And Floyd has been a welterweight since late 2005, 5 1/2 years and only 1 name from above to show for it. For comparison, Pac has only been a welterweight since Dec. 2008, for 2 1/2 years, and has fought all names above with the exception of Paul Williams who's since fought as high as middleweight.
Benny Leonard "The Ghetto Wizard" Knocked out 70 fighters and won over 180 times. Better lightweight than Floyd. Neither are active or in current the P4P list.
cotto, margarito, mosley and pacquiao all has the better set of opponents at welterweight than floyd. the goal is not beating how many linears, the goal is to fight the best every time. floyd retired back in 2008 when cotto was the best. floyd is currently retired now, or at least in his vacation, when pacquiao is the best at the weight.
Baldomir and Zab Judah = Very beatable opposition. Shane was just past it. Once the division heated up with the likes of Cotto, Margarito, Clottey and Williams we get....................retirement!!! He retired until it was safe to come back, then Pac came along......retirement/vacation time again. Nothing impressive about avoiding fighters.
I agree. Only knowledgeable boxing fans can appreciate this yeah, that's why I like Pacquiao. He always fights guys in their prime and fighters who are not old and fights for legacy over money