Floyd Mayweather Jr. would've been just as dominant in Sugar Ray Robinson's era

You are right, he is to bitchy and cherrypicker to fight in tha era, maybe he would had been selling hotdogs and beers at the arena or a trainer I could c that, but fighting Lamotta, Robinson, DeMarco, Gavilan, etc.. no way.

 

The 1940's were filled with supremely talented welterweights, so I think Floyd's manager, had he been smart, would have kept him fighting at lightweight for as long as possible. But assuming he starts his career at the same time as Robinson, I could see Mayweather holding the 135lb championship for a little while. I think he had the talent needed to get by Angott, and maybe defend against the likes of Zurita, Montgomery and Jack...Although he might struggle against the quick, aggressive volume punching styles of the last two mentioned. But PBF's reign comes to an end if faces Ike Williams any time after 1946, methinks.

 

he would not!

 

for he is a business boxer not a true boxer!

 

What a lot of people don't take into consideration is the fact that the mob had a hand in controlling the outcome of a lot of fights in those days. Fighters that were as talented as PBF often didn't get a fair shake as a result of it. Hell, Charlie Burley could easily have won titles at welterweight and middleweight, but was never given a shot by any of the champions during the time he was active.

So, this argument is kind of a moot point. Someone as talented as Floyd could have reigned for a while, had they been connected. If not, he might not even get the chance to compete for the crown.

 

And one final point to make...Robinson never gave Burley a chance at the belt, but instead chose to face Gavilan and some other contenders instead. Zale opted to face Graziano, rather than LaMotta or Burley.

So cherry picking, as it were, isn't exactly a recent phenomenon.

 

especially because he's doing it to Carlos "****ing" Baldomir :rofl:nut

 

And facing Gavilan was a picnic, just like fraud facing Baldomir or an underweight Marquez?

 

No, shoulder rolled his way to victory and riding his bicycle to victory.

 

Duran would have beaten Mayweather at lightweight pretty convincingly. As for Mayweather being SRR, what a load of.

 

It probably was an easier fight for him to take than facing Burley, to be honest.

 

In a very cursory way - taking into account there would really only be three divisions for Floyd to fight in during the Ray Robinson era - Feather, Light and Welterweight.

Featherweight 40-60

Petey Scalzo
Richie Lemos
Jackie Wilson
Jackie Callura
Phil Terranova
Sal Bartolo
Willie Pep
Sandy Saddler

Lightweight champs 40-60
Lou Ambers
Lew Jenkins
Beau Jack
Juan Zarita
Ike Williams
Jimmy Carter
Lauro Salas
Paddy Demarco
Wallace Smith

Welterweights - 40-60

Henry Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic
Freddie Corchrane
Mart Servo
Ray Robinson
Johnny Bratton
Kid Gavlian
Johnny Saxton
Tony Demarco
Carmen Basillio
Virgil Akins
Don Jordan

Keeping in mind this is just the list of champions and not all the contenders from this period of time that was notoriously corrupt, well, even more so than these days...

Could Floyd win the world title in this period of time - I think the answer is yes.

Would he have been dominant 41-0 or a relative number of fights comparable to contemporaries? I don't think so personally.

There's some serious depth and real ATG consideration to make in all three divisions.

 

Nope. Most have Robinson on top. why do you think he's arguably p4p #1 and his best weight was WW?

 

wrong! his chin is not as good as robinson's.

 

No one says that (although Robinson wasn't impossible to hurt). But Floyd's chin is one of his underrated assets, and would have served him pretty well had he been fighting in this particular era. Not saying he would have gone through the entire decade without being stopped, but I do think his defense, and his in-ring toughness would enable him to hang with, if not actually beat, pretty much any lightweight he would have faced at the weight.