Carmen Basilio vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. whos your pick?

Carmen would be extremely tough for Floyd with his chin,stamina and non stop hard punching.

Floyd has the skills to avoid Carmen in the ring but for how long?

 

I went for too close to call.

Floyd was faster, slicker, and Basilio had the come forward style that is ideal for Floyd, but,

Basilio won the middleweight World title, and in comparison to Ricky Hatton was 10X the fighter in virtually every regard. Bigger, stronger, much more technically gifted, a better puncher, more resilient and better conditioned. The only thing I'd give the edge to Hatton on is perhaps footspeed, he can get inside very quickly.

I might lean towards Basilio ultimately, but let me regard this a 50/50 fight.

 

Vast difference in strength between the two.

Floyd would spend most of the fight getting worked over on the ropes and in corners.

 

Basilio was tough, he swarmed and threw a lot of punches. Perhaps didn't mind giving a head-butt or two. Not the most skilful fighter but a lot of guts.

Sounds like Ricky Hatton.

I think Mayweather would do the same to Basilio as he did to Hatton.

 

Basilio could be outboxed....and on the elite level he was easy to hit and cut. I see Mayweather winning a close desicison. Basilio would be hell the whole way through. Basilio was inconsistent...and people bring up Robinson but at that point he was past prime and past his best weight. Basilio wasnt a huge puncher, is 2 inches shorter than Floyd and his defense was just decent. Floyd would land alot of flush counter shots and his slickness and footwork would see him through. Close one but have to go with the boxer over the Brawler. Lesser fighters than Mayweather beat a prime BaSILIO

 

Robberies such as the first Saxton fight aside, like who?

 

Sounds like Ricky Hatton, but only bigger, stronger, tougher, more powerful, a better chin and better punch variety and defense.

 

He probably won't be ahead in the poll by the time this thread is over, but he's winning it at the moment, and really it's a huge compliment to Floyd's ability to be even in a discussion with a natural welter who beat the likes of Sugar Ray Robinson, Billy Graham, Tony DeMarco, Pierre Langlois, Gil Turner, Johnny Saxton, Art Aragon and arguably Kid Gavilan as well.

 

I gotta give with Basilio via decision especially over 15 Carmen came alive in those championship rounds he hit hard, excellent stamina and punch output worked the body very well had an amazing chin and one of the biggest hearts ever. I see him being outboxed in the beginning then coming back and by the end he is winning the round big which swings it his way.

 

Billy Graghm, Paul Pender, Chuck Davey, and Lester Cesario....like I said he could bbe outboxed and it happened quite often on the elite level. He had 16 losses for a reason and it wasnt because he fought Ray Robinson and Gavilan 8 times a piece.

 

Pendler and Grahman would have giving Mayweather a run for there money imo.