How about Floyd Mayweather ? To me at 147 he is an exceptionally well matched guy .. that being said I do think he is a guy that would be tough for many of the best at 147 .. Both Michael Spinks and Dwight Qwai .. neither had that many fights at 175 .. both to me were terrific fighters at that weight ..
Ummm..... ok.:rofl What southpaw did Floyd notoriously struggle against? He struggled early with Zab, but that's because Zab at that point still had the fastest hands in the sport, and Judah had power. Spaddy didn't have great speed, he had NO POWER WHATSOEVER, and his chin was questionable at best. Mayweather would have thrashed him, brutally. Explain to me why Spaddy turned down a million dollar offer to fight Floyd? It was a talked about fight at the time, and Spaddy talked his trash, but when Floyd actually said lets do it, Spaddy shut up and continued to hide his punk ass in Pitt.
Throw him in with Gatti, Castillo, Juan Diaz, Miguel Vazquez, lil Stevie, DeMarco, and Ivan Robinson and he'd come out above 500 if in top form. I also think he'd give Marquez way more trouble than expected.
Thanks for giving a classic cop out answer. But you still didn't answer my question. Document for us these Floyd southpaw struggles. I already stated that he had difficulty early with Judah, and why. The other southpaw you might be refering to is Corley, who rocked Floyd a right hook. Floyd dominated Corley outside of being hurt with that hook, and Corley always had good pop, unlike Spaddy. For the record, if we're talking southpaws, I'd pick prime Whitaker to beat Floyd handily. But not Paul ****ing Spadafora! Spaddy had NOTHING for Floyd. Nothing!
Floyd never really struggled with Zab, its become a bit of a myth. In the first 2 rounds, Floyd is measuring Judah out, who is fighting aggressively. Judah won the first 2 rounds on workrate. 3rd round, Floyd puts his foot down and beats Judah up. Round 4 was 50/50, the rest was a 1 sided beat down.
Floyd doesn't struggle with southpaws. He beat Ortiz, Corley, Judah, Guerrero, Mitchell, and Pacquiao. He beat all of those guys fairly convincingly. And who gives a **** what happened in sparring? Sparring isn't the same as an actual fight. Spadafora went life and death with Leonard ****ing Dorin. His best win is Angel Manfredy, who Floyd already trashed in 2 rounds 4 years before. There are levels in boxing, and Spadafora was nowhere near Floyd's level.
There's still the fact that Spadafora could only manage a UD against Manfredy. The same Manfredy that Floyd demolished inside of 2 rounds 4 years prior. So, Floyd > Spadafora.
He beat them fairly convincingly. He didn't struggle against Guerrero, Ortiz, or Mitchell. He didn't struggle that much against Pacquiao.
