Could Mayweather have won gold in 2016 Olympics

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  1. RingKing

    RingKing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    in the 100M race if PacMan was chasing him?
     
  2. Viper

    Viper Let's Go Champ banned

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    :rofl:rofl:lol::lol: Yer he would run under 9 seconds
     
  3. shanahan14

    shanahan14 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    He would break the 100m record.


    EDIT: They don't allow retroactive waivers for illegal IV use. So it would be vacated.
     
  4. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    Yes, but that is a big IF.

    Most likely, Pac would just casually walk behind him instead of actually giving chase, because of some undisclosed mystery injury.
     
  5. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    EDIT: HA just realised the question 100m race. haha
     
  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    39 year old Mayweather? No way on Earth he wins gold at 152. I don't think he has the engine to hustle those 3 rounds. If he was the Floyd from the 96 Olympics, absolutely.
     
  7. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    No chance. If Pac leaned his big ****en Sony Magnavox brain forward an inch, before Pac's big ****en Djokovic tennis racket head hit the ground...he'd run faster than Bolt, a tidal wave , a speeding bullet and Superman before his head fell to the ground.
     
  8. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    The way the scoring system is constructed now does not favour Mayweather much. At 96, he was at Flyweight. Light Flyweight and Bantam are stronger divisions, so Mayweather is in with a chance but I wouldn't consider a 96' Floyd the favourite.


    Mayweather in the pros has on a considerable number of occasions had underwhelming first half in fights and comes strong in the latter half.
    He'd be out very early if he entered Olympics now at age 39.
     
  9. Ilesey

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    He doesn't make it through the heats. Linford Christie keeps him at bay with a ferocious attack winning on points by 9.87 seconds.
     
  10. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    I'd like to see Pacquiao Vs Floyd ping pong
     
  11. Faceplant

    Faceplant Lucky Full Member

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    Mayweather also would have won gold in the USADA hurdles. Floyd runs round the track on one of those airport travelators, and everyone else has to scale a 10 foot wall every 10 yards.
     
  12. rhin0z>

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    TBE would need to fight two at a time to make it remotely fair. but then he would have to win gold and silver in the same bout.