In their peaks: Pipino Cuevas Lloyd Honeyghan Donald Curry Pernell Whitaker (ok well he wasn't "peak" per se at WW, just the best WW iteration of the Pea) Marlon Starling Jose Napoles Milton McCrory Paul Williams Miguel Cotto Colin Jones Mark Breland Oscar De La Hoya Felix Trinidad Ike "Bazooka" Quartey Shane Mosley What are the outcomes of these fights?
It's my opinion that Oscar would never beat him, i've said this since time immemorial. Quartey- well Floyd's a lot more rounded, but you'd have to think that the strength and educated pressure of Castillo made for trouble one time. Quartey doesn't aplly educated pressure, but he comes forward behind a great weapon in that jab. Floyd might edge it on basically having more to use. Cuevas would find it hard to find Mayweather cleanly imo. Honeyghan has a great chance if you go purely off how he fought. I'd be rooting for Trinindad, but Mayweather still has that footwork at 147 wether people believe it or not, and it's just cryptonite tbh. I'd have to favour Napoles. He can move in and out of range whilst not flurrying, but throwing fantastic combos to body and head. Mayweather's never actually been in with anyone with a similar style. I'd pick him over Paul Williams right now on the record. I'd pick him over Cotto. He's better technically that Mosley, by far. Not sure how far that goes in the h2h match up. Mosley has a good chance imo. Haven't seen enough of the others.
The names in bold definitely beat him (Napoles painfully so), while he beats Jones, Williams and most likely Cotto. You could argue to the point of death about the others, which I don't intend to do. So I'll simply say that any prime top level welter he does beat would have to be at a severe stylistic disadvantage.
Floyd would not fight any of them to really find out how he would do.. He would fight Colin Jones and beat him and cut him up maybe, but other than Jones he wouldn't have the guts to face them all.
Pipino Cuevas Lloyd Honeyghan Donald Curry Pernell Whitaker Marlon Starling Jose Napoles Milton McCrory Paul Williams Miguel Cotto Colin Jones Mark Breland Oscar De La Hoya Felix Trinidad Ike "Bazooka" Quartey Shane Mosley PBF loses to these guys. PBF wins against these guys. 50/50 type fights. Won´t comment on the rest, haven´t seen enough of them.
I know Floyd loses to Hoya, Curry, Napoles and Whitaker. I feel under the right circumstances he could also drop a fight against Mosley, Tito and Starling. But he could as just as easily eek out a decision aswell. You can never count out a guy like Cueves...His punches broke bones and they didnt even need to land clean to take a guy out. If Floyd got cutesy on the ropes I could defo see Pipino getting all Espada on him. Cant discount this blokes natural ring generalship despite his very crude style. At the end of the day I do side with Floyd however. Williams may be hell for Floyd but I dont think so...I see no evidence to suggest he would despite the fact Floyd aint never fought anyone remotely close to him physically or stylistically. Just dont rate PW that much yet and think his D is far to leaky. McCrory and Breland might end up being more then a handful aswell.
This is the post I couldn't be arsed to type up. :!: And whoever thinks that Floyd would beat Napoles needs to wake the **** up.
Guys like Honeyghan, McCrory, Cuevas, Starling, and Mosley are pretty much 50/50, but then again they're guys I wouldn't imagine Floyd ever growing the balls to fight. I'd favor him over Cotto, Jones, and likely Williams definitively (though he lacks the balls to face even him). The rest I'd favor over him. Floyd just isn't that good a Welter in my honest opinion.
It makes me chuckle seeing Floyd being matched up against Napoles and Whitaker at what hasn't been his best weight when he never even had the bollocks to face the likes of Cotto.
