Silly, very silly. True, no other fighter has done exactly what he did, but some have achieved even greater things, different things but better. Roy Jones Jr and Sugar Ray Leonard were definitely two of these. It can also be argued that the achievements of Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins were better. Oscar won more belts and chased the best fighters around while Mayweather avoided them. Hopkins was middleweight king for 10 years then jumped up and won the light-heavyweight crown.
Top 3.... Only someone who doesn't know **** would claim that. You're the dumb**** who doesn't think highly of DLH at all..yet Floyd beating him made him top 3. Go fake another masters degree. atsch
I think you got it backwards only someone who doesn't know **** could claim he is not top 3 atg:deal name one fighter in history who accomplished what floyd did. don't worry I'll wait:admin
I already briefly listed those of Hopkins and De La Hoya. But here as Jones's and Leonard's, both of which anyone with half a brain would recognize as better than Mayweather's: LEONARD Named Fighter Of The Decade for the 80s Wins over Benitez, Duran, Hearns, and Hagler SEVEN MAJOR WORLD TITLES at FIVE WEIGHT DIVISIONS JONES JR Named Fighter Of The Decade for the 90s Wins over Toney, Hopkins, McCallum, Ruiz at heavyweight SEVEN MAJOR WORLD TITLES at FOUR WEIGHT DIVISIONS 1st fighter in over 100 years to win world title at middleweight and heavyweight MAYWEATHER 5 world titles in 5 weight divisions Pound-for-pound no 1 for 2 years Wins over 35-yr-old De La Hoya, and not much else. Castillo, Corrales, Judah & Gatti are a long way from Hagler, Duran, Toney or Hopkins. That enough?
I wouldn't say overall but at junior lightweight he definitely dominated. Look at what he did to Diego Corrales. He made that dangerous fighter just look bad. As welterweight however, he did not defend the WBC belt against any other welterweight contender. I'd say currently Cotto, Margarito, and Williams are the class of the welterweight division with Cotto being the clear #1. If Cotto defeats Margarito, he will confirm his status as the best welterweight in the world.