Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Manny Pacquiao - breakdowns from their common opponents

They fought a very similar level of competition overall (DLH has a few more huge names in his W column, but were Chavez & Whitaker prime when he fought them? :think) and one lost a bunch of times, while the other didn't.

 

In a three year span, Mayweather has elected to get in the ring with three men critics said he would never step in with: Cotto (now the lineal MW champ, FWIW), younger bigger unbeaten phenom and natural light middleweight Canelo, and now Pacquiao (who's still, even past his own sell-by date, higher on p4p lists than Hopkins ever was, at his MW peak).

Plus three other fights against two very solid guys in Maidana & Guerrero.

This is all just icing on the cake.

Mayweather, like DLH, already had made himself a HOF lock before he even debuted at welterweight.

 

They said it for years, actually. It was a long-anticipated match-up, well before anyone even dreamed of Pacquiao (then still campaigning in much lower weights) taking on Mayweather. It almost happened - Bruseles, who is trained by uncle Evangelista, was supposed to be a tuneup for Cotto - but didn't, because of Bob Arum.



http://www.***********.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-525074.html

- 2011

"floyd will duck cotto harder than he did pacquiao and margarito for sure"

"if cotto joined GBP floyd will most likely go on his ...what is it, third retirement?"

"floyd doesnt fight credible fighter thats why...................floyd will never fight cotto............floyd would rather sign up with arum if cotto decides to go with GBP......................"

" to do that he needs to fight cotto..............something we all know floyd will never do...............its embedded in his DNA to avoid a fighter like cotto.............."

^ all in one thread.

- from this very forum, in 2007.


http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=213303

- 2012

"Floyd will never fight cotto... Because according to the Undefeated COWARD, "Cotto lives in Puerto Rico".... (hint: research it on youtube)"


http://fightbeat.com/forums/showthr...-Miguel-Cotto-LOOKS-STRONGER-THAN-EVER!/page2

- 2008

"Floyd's a *****. He retired cause he doesn't wanna get exposed by a guy who'd show him no respect. Cotto can match him, he'd take the fight to Floyd. Floyd ain't dealing with no 35 year old shot inactive Oscar who gets tired legs after 7 rounds, nor is he dealing with little hugger Hatton who's arms are so short, he has to jump to land a punch. Cotto would make him bleed, that's why Floyd wants no part of him. So he retired.
Floyd will never fight Cotto. He's too much of a ***** who wants easy handpicked fights. "


Tons more example if you want me to continue to copy & paste.

You were saying?

Other than collecting his first world title belt in his teens and his 2nd by the age of 22? Racking up a 42-0-1 (30) pro record before copping his only professional defeat so far against the pound for pound number one? 8-1 against current or former world titlists?

:huh

Nothing, really.

Uh, possibly. I guess. Hopkins would be the favorite, sure, but sooner? DLH was pretty available for him to hit (and had looked bad in his previous outing at middleweight, dipping his toes in the water against Sturm and having to get by with a gift decision) - I'm not sure Hopkins is finding Mayweather's liver quite that easily.

Yes, and lost a bunch.

 

5? :think I guess.

Not a crazy amount, but yeah, probably more than usual.

Mayweather & Mosley have four. (Pacquiao, De la Hoya, Alvarez, Cotto)

 

Currently airing: The Legends Speak, w/ Jim Lampley. (more elaborate breakdowns, all five common opponents)

 

Oscar: he (Pac) is no faster than, say, Mosley - but the way he moves is like a bee, annoying, hard to keep track of...