Floyd Mayweather, the greatest of all time?

I feel Ray Robinson and Leonard beat better fighters, i.e. LaMotta, Hearns, Turpin Benitez etc. plus Robi went unbeaten for about 130 fights before he was beat above his best weight by LaMotta who he beat 4 times after that, plus Robi could have become a 3 weight world champ when it meant more because there was more weight between divisions back then if the heat hadn`t gassed him because of his continous punching style during his bout vs Maxim. Leonard was a five weight world champ except his title at super middle doesn`t count because the WBC decided Ray could fight for the super middle and light heavy title in the same fight against light heavy Lalonde.

 

NO..

Just no.

All time great, and best defensive fighter ( arguably) of all time.

 

Definitely top 50.

 

He's not even close to being the greatest ever career or resume wise Pimp-C***. In fact it's an insult to the real greatest ever (SRR) to even suggest so, and for the record he's not 50-0 because number one he lost to Castillo the first fight and number two his last fight was nothing more than a complete joke against not even a boxer.

 

Career is based entirely on resume you tool

 

Suck my dick *****. I don't give a **** what you think. He arguably had one of the greatest careers. He didn't have a better resume nor is he greater than srr learn the difference jackass. But he went out on top undefeated was the best fighter of his era had a lot of accomplishments and made a billion dollars by anyone's definition that's a great career.

 

PBF takes on SRL, Thomas Hearns, Duran, Benitez, Cuevas, Palomino, Esteban DeJesus, with a fight against Hagler as a "cherry" on top of the sundae. That was the lineup the Fab Four went up against in their careers.

 

Time for the "fan boy" thread to be moved to general

 

lol !

 

On paper, yes, it does look like the best career ever.

However, I think "resume" should be one criteria in defining the quality of a "career." if you add the criterian "number of quality wins against other elite fighters in their prime", then it is sorely lacking in comparison to a plethora of fighters.

 

To him, yes. To the critics, no.

 

If we are talking CAREER in the business sense and popularity, nobody can top the heavyweight Champions of the 20s and 30s, they were the rock stars and movie stars of their time.

Nobody in boxing today can remotely touch what Jack Dempsey was. The sport just isnt popular enough. You would have to go to peak NBA for someone like Michael Jordan or Hollywood to compare.

 

FMJ has had the most [financially] successful boxing career I am aware of. It's still not the "greatest" boxing career ever, though.

I can't imagine many, if any, of your true greats of the past would want to trade their individual legacy for Money's money.