Better resume Ali vs Mayweather

Which fighters in their late 30s did Floyd beat who were better than in their 20s?

I can only think of Marquez.

 

It’s not up for debate when you’re debating normal people.

 

They have to do this.

They have to hype up wins over Shane etc.

They’d rather do that than just agree with the rest of us.

 

Who are these people who picked against Floyd for 15 years?

1. Did they actually exist??

2. If they did, they clearly had zero knowledge of the sport.

 

They wouldn’t have criticised him for fighting him in 2009-2010.

They couldn’t really have fought much earlier than that.

 

Coyote Duran: Well, it's no secret where I stand on this and although I take nothing from Mayweather's history and his road to junior welterweight, now that he's on that road, I believe his ride's coming to a halt. This has been a year for upsets and Mayweather's ripe for his unless he really outslicks and cuts up Gatti. Still, I'm predicting an 11th round KO win for Gatti. Not "TKO" since Mayweather doesn't stand still long enough on the ropes to let an opponent fire away unanswered, but "KO" because I think Gatti has what it takes to floor Mayweather and keep him there.

You can read the picks in that thread. If it were easy to access posts here from 2005, it would be a field day.

 

Ironic

 

Never said they were better just that they were still good when he beat them even though they were past their best. But Floyd is a perfect example of a fighter who was better in his 30s then his 20s imo

 

Yeah which is why I consider it a good win

 

Athletes are more like milk than wine. They don't get better with age.

 

They were still good, I agree.

Hard disagree on that, mate. Floyd was a more intelligent fighter in his 30s, but he was much better at the lower weights, which he was in his 20s for. I also think he's 23 maybe 24 in his best performance, against Corrales.

 

I'd argue Canelo was his best performance but we can agree to disagree on that

 

There is no irony. I searched for a thread of Mayweather—Gatti predictions and copied and pasted. Coyote Duran was also a sportswriter and not a poster.

You have seemingly been converting my posts to longterm memory, however. This will be good for you even if you don’t know it yet bc you’ll end up learning a thing or two.

 

Okay.

But anybody who picked against Floyd for 15 years, has zero knowledge of the sport.

So their opinion isn’t worth anything at all.

 

Right.

But we can’t just ignore everything else can we.

Surely you can understand the criticism, and the asterisk next to the win.