At what age did Floyd...

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  1. DougTheThug

    DougTheThug Member Full Member

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    At what age did Floyd start to tarnish his legacy by taking/searching for easy fights or fights weighed heavily in his favour? It is not a question of if this happened but when. For instance making Canelo drop 2 weight classes therefore giving Mayweather a huge advantage.

    At what age or which fight did Mayweather start to tarnish his legacy?
     
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  2. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    After the Castillo rematch. Prime Castillo is the greatest win on his resume by a country mile.
    Mayweather didn't fight a 'good' name that has at least some impact on legacy until Zab Judah. That's 4 years.
    Can you imagine if Lomachenko fought guys worse than Marriaga (who gave Oscar Valdez a razor close fight), for four years?
    He took apart Gatti in one of the biggest demolition jobs I've seen in the ring in that time, but Gatti at that stage of his career was shot to pieces.
     
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  3. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    After he beat de la hoya.
     
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  4. Dfaulds

    Dfaulds Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When he became ppv king... Needed to protect the $$$
     
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  5. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Camelot fought at 54. He dropped 2 lbs. ---- to 52.
     
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  6. DougTheThug

    DougTheThug Member Full Member

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    My bad. I meant 2 lbs
     
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  7. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Tarnish his legacy? Lmao...
     
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  8. DougTheThug

    DougTheThug Member Full Member

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    Blizzy i know you bum out Mayweather but even you can see Floyd chose his fights very carefully...
     
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  9. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. Any boxer past or present would line up to "tarnish" their legacy to be paid $200 million for six fights like Floyd was.
     
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  10. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Uh no
     
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  11. Faceplant

    Faceplant Lucky Full Member

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    He became a cherry picker when he left lightweight. He became an out and out ducker when he became a welterweight.
     
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  12. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Bout 2008 or 2009 I think. Anyway, it wasn't long after he beat De La Hoya.
     
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  13. BCS8

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    I hear he's fighting debut boxers now.
     
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  14. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The McGregor fight.
     
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  15. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Smoking Joe Frazier is a HOF and ATG ,but he died broke living in his gym. Floyd paid for his funeral
    Genaro Hernandez died and his family had debts. Arum paid for his medical bills and Floyd paid for his funeral.
    When Diego Corrales died, Floyd helped his family and still does.

    The point of the story is legacy don't mean much if you don't have the money. Many fighters have great legacies and no money. Mayweather has a great legacy and all the money. If not why are their so many media people out to hate him?
     
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