Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ray Robinson

Duran wasn`t THAT Duran, but he still was a top class fighter... Benitez was done early. Started young, too young and flamed out early. As for Bruce Curry/Bentiez. Wake up! Clay had his Jones, Foreman had his Peralta,Tyson his Tillis. All great young fighters have THAT tough fight coming up, where they learn from it and become a better fighter for it.Besides boxing guru, what foes this have to do with PBF/SRR ????

 

There's a difference between having a tough fight and getting a gift decision. Wilfred Benitez is below de la hoya on my all time lists, very overrated fighter.

 

Boxing historians disagree with you ... As for DeLahoya, I thnk he was an awesome fighter. You need to relax when it comes to benitez... No one is calling him the best, but in terms of historical accomplishment, what he did by beating a damn good fighter in Kid Pambele at 17 is significant ! And beating Palomino. DElahoya would have had some issues with prime Beitez, look at the problems he had with Whitaker. The Benitez that beat Palomino, would pose some problems...Again, this post is about THE greatest of them all, Robinson !

 

Which boxing historians, the ones stuck in the past? He stunk the joint out against cervantes, hardly a dominant win. He also drew with harold weston. Oscar dwarfs him in longevity and has the better resume. Oscar fought close fights with ike quartey and pernell, not losing a gift to bruce curry. Where is wilfredo on your all time list by the way, hes barely top 100 for me.

 

Ushvinder never fails to amaze.

 

Pretty comical right !

 

sorry to join the party so late. and you ranking oscar above benitez?

 

I definitely rate Oscar above Benitez. There's a gap between them.

 

interesting :think can you elaborate why?

 

He sustained his greatness for a longer period and over a larger range of weightclasses. Both fought great fighters, winning some and losing some. Benitez fought the harder ones in Hearns and Leonard, but lost clearly to. Oscar fought more of them and fared better in general, either winning or losing controversially. Oscar's depth sets him apart.

 

by your criteria, that makes sense. thanks for elaborating. the one thing is, benitez often looked brilliant even in his losses. oscar looked good in "losing" to trinidad and even mosley 1. oscar does have a depth to his resume from 130-160, fighting tremendous opposition really from 135-154.

two things set benitez a bit apart for me:

1)oscar never (imo) looked BRILLIANT. benitez's skill is evident in film. oscar was very very good, i have just never been in awe of his skills

2)benitez has looked a bit better against top, top opposition. Watching him dismantle duran is amazing, add that to palimino and cervantes and that is a fine record against pretty elite guys. Sure he lost to hearns and leonard but the consensus is, they were pretty close. on the flip side, his prime was short and when he started losing his skills, it went downhill QUICK

for oscar, no one really counts his loss to tito, the mosley fight was close and he has quartey, vargas and a past prime chavez on his resume to. pretty damn good. oscar was never dominated until hopkins, in a silly money fight and by the time pac got to him he was shot.

closer comparison than I felt at first glance, have to give it some thought :!:

 

Yes i do, better resume and far greater longevity. I reward oscar for being competitive with floyd at age 34, benitez was a nobody by the time he was 27-28. For all time lists i look at overall career, not ingore shortcoming because someone might be a fighter from an era that everyone loves.

 

Not an 'era everyone loves' but clearly a better time. Although the 90s was excellent IMO.

 

Thats debatable, if you look past the 'fab4' hype, the 80s and 90s were neck and neck in terms of talent. 90's clearly had the better heavyweight division, better middleweight/168 division, and I would say 90's had the better fighters from 105-122.

 

Then you have absolutely no clue about the lower weights whatsoever. Seriously. So indefensible I would leave it right there if I were you.