Fighters you pick to beat Floyd Mayweather

Pryor would be too much for Mayweather at 140.

Hearns would be too much at 147.

I honestly think Cotto WOULD give him problems. Moreso than Margarito.

There are many fighters I'd pick over Mayweather. However, there are many fighters I wouldn't.

At LW Duran stops Mayweather (especially if it's over 15 rounds)

Arguello would beat him at 130.

Sweet Pea beats him at any weight.

This just seems like a thread to bash Floyd tbh.

 

all of the above.

 

I disagree that arguello would beat floyd at 130, i think PBF is about the worst style of fighter for alexis, i honestly don't see anyone beating him at 130 and only 3 or 4 at 135, there are many above that that should be favoured though

 

hat's fine. It's also fine for me to disagree with you lol.

Arguello would find a way, that's what he's like. Although he tended to favour people who would come to fight (sohe could pick em off) PBF was far more aggressive at 130, and would leave an opening for one of those Alexis straight rights down the pipe. Good chin or no good chin (Mayweather has the former) it's lights out at that weight.

 

Nobody around his size is going to DOMINATE him. If he wanted to, he could fight purely defensively, and fighting like that, nobody is going to DOMINATE him.

 

Also, how can someone say Roberto Duran stops Mayweather? Defensively, what makes you think Duran would be able to hit him cleanly very often? And even if he did, what makes you assume that he would be able to hurt Mayweather? Floyd rarely gets hit cleanly, and when he does, he's never really been hurt in a fight. He was a bit shaken up once or twice, and got knocked off balance in his fight with Judah - but thats all.

I think in this thread, there's a lot of the combination of glorifying older fighters just because they're older fighters, and bashing Floyd because people don't like how he acts. Mayweather is underrated, and the rest are overrated.

 

The way i see it floyd wouldn't take as many chances against arguello as he did against most fighters at 130, he would box very similar as he did against corrales in my opinion (alexis would obviously have more succses than corrales mind) and keep on the move

As you say mayweather chin is very good and so is his defense and i just don't see arguello landing enough to knock him out though it is definetly possible with such a good puncher as arguello was, however i see it as a mayweather UD 8 or 9 times out of 10

 

You've obviously never seen Duran at LW. Well, I'm sure you have, but you're in denial. He was a force of nature, Floyd would not hurt him and could therefore not stop him. How is he going to parry punches from every angle. Duran was also very good defensively this stage, and would slip Floyd's best.

Did you not see Floyd's nose bloodied at SFW by Emmanuel Augustus (then Burton) How about Castillo landing some half-decent shots in their first fight? Stumbling back after a jab from Hatton in rnd 1 at 147 (admittedly off balance)

Floyd is NOT superman, and it's for these reasons that what I like to call a 'technical swarmer' like Duran at LW or Pryor at 140 has his number.

 

Fair enough analysis. When we're talking about fighters of this calibre it's never set in stone and I respect your opinion.

I also think Alexis could outbox Floyd to be honest.

 

And Mayweather has also gotten better since that fight.

 

plus he was injured

 

His nose bloddied, while he beat Augustus very convincgly, and very thoroughly.

Castillo landing decent shots against a Mayweather far from at his best, before getting convincingly outpointed in the second fight.

And Hatton landing not one but TWO jabs on Mayweather... and then not landing anything else the entire fight.

 

Mayweather was more aggressive against lesser opposition, but he did show fantastic movement at the weight. Arguello struggled moreso with stylists of Floyd's nature than vice-versa. Losing to Vilomar Fernandez in his prime doesn't help his case, especially when Fernandez offered up little outside of constant movement.

 

Where else could he fight them? Winky never fought at superfeatherweight, he was a light-middleweight. So the question is either would a peak Floyd (130lbs) beat a peak Winky (154lbs) in a catchweight contest (No, he definitely would not), or would the Floyd who fought at 154lbs beat Winky at 154. (Answer also no)