Does it annoy anyone else that it's become mainstrem parlance now to call Floyd "The Best Ever"?

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  1. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Yeah Ali boasted & bragged but the difference between Ali & Floyd was Ali backed up his bragging & beat his opponents, even calling the round he'd do it in too .Floyd only had to be standing at the final bell & he knew he'd never lose. He was safer than Fort Knox
     
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  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Plus the protection he had throughout
     
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  3. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Have never thought of Mayweather as the best ever even though he did a wonderful job spreading propaganda to the gullible that he was.
     
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  4. steviebruno

    steviebruno ESB NYC Delegate banned Full Member

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    :ibutt Such rambling nonsense. Grow up.
     
  5. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    You surprise me I thought you knew boxing. Obviously not if you are a Mayweather believer. The majority of the boxing fraternity consider Floyd a total hype job. Maybe its you should grow up LOL
     
  6. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Look on FB He's STILL preaching how great he is lol 90 % of posts on there laugh at him
     
  7. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    Well it’s also become mainstream to respect some peoples wishes to be identified as a unisex water Buffalo and address them as they wish. Clown world we live in.

    Just laugh at stuff like that and Captain iv’s fans and keep your sanity. We know he’s not.
     
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  8. Carinito

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    Floyds a legend and one of the greatest but hes not the GREATEST.

    Ive never been fond of calling someone the greatest boxer ever when there are 17 weight classes.

    Basketball seems like the only sport you can really apply that logic too but its hard to compare a Tom Brady to a Ray Lewis or a Dick Butkus to a John Elway. Entirely different positions.

    Same thing with boxing except with size and weight.

    The greatest boxer ever? Probably one of those little guys like Ricardo Lopez that will get glossed over because hes 105lbs.

    But what we should be doing is whos the greatest WW ever, greatest SMW ever or greatest LW ever. Keep it in the weight class.
     
  9. sdot_thadon

    sdot_thadon Active Member Full Member

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    Ali did it decades ago, it's called marketing. And I mean he earned the right to talk his **** to be fair. Nobody he fought made me feel like he lost and anybody you wish he fought wouldn't have beat him either, it was just his time.
     
  10. kirk

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    It has always annoyed me. It's so funny to see propaganda work in real time.
     
  11. splatter69

    splatter69 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I’m on board with Louis being the greatest heavyweight ever. I also have Holmes towards the top of my list
     
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  12. Stiff Jab

    Stiff Jab Despiser of Super-Middleweights Full Member

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    Meh, who cares. If it gets more people into boxing (actual boxing and not just being a Floyd fan) they watch enough matches on YouTube that the truth will come out and all will be right with the world.
     
  13. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Before Ali was the actual greatest, he was still called The Greatest. Before Nobles was an actual Jedi, he was still called that.
     
  14. MichaelWagnerJr

    MichaelWagnerJr New Member Full Member

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    This is pretty solid
     
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  15. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Ali was involved in way more controversial decisions than Mayweather ever was.