Floyd Mayweather would have beat all the welterweights of the 80's except for Hearnsl

Floyd Mayweather would have remained solidly in the top 5 during the majority of his welterweight career if he fought in the 80's.

He'd be beaten soundly by Hearns. Lose competitive decision to SRL. And have a 50/50 shot against Benetiz and Duran.


Against the likes of Cuevas, Palomino, Espada, Shields, and most of the other contenders/belt holders of the era.


Oh and he'd beat Pryor, Chavez, Taylor, and Arguello. Pea vs Mayweather is 50/50.

 

why am i not surprise

 

Victor Ortiz 9.11 Round 4. End Thread.

 

Would love to see your analysis on how he beats Hearns?

 

so yall are giving dude **** for saying floyd would beat those guys then saying they would crush him and knock him out brutally
you see the problem?

 

I believe he outboxes Duran. Due to how frustrated he grew with Leonard in the second fight. A dangerous fight for Mayweather however, since it is Duran. Clear decision for Mayweather fighting a smart, boring, safety first fight. But who could blame him, it's Duran.

Leonard I believe would outbox Mayweather, winning a damn close no controversy decision.

Hearns in my mind would beat Mayweather 10/10 times. He's Floyd's kryptonite in every way. Reach, Height, speed, power, jab, strong right hand, and a real warrior mentality.

Hagler, if he came out like he did against Hearns would straight up murder Floyd. That was a man possesed that night.

 

This is like an orgy of the *****s, why do you keep having these fantasy fights? do you get turned on that floyd would beat these great in fantasy fights?

 

Don't know if you're referring to me, but I have 3 out of the 4 horsemen beating him. Although I understand that many people rate older fighters higher, 147lbs and 154lbs are the same as back then. Duran, Hearns, Hagler, and Leonard are human just like Floyd. They can be hurt, outboxed, and outgunned again just like Floyd can. The only reason I think he beats Duran is because that's Duran's weakness, boxers.

 

I guess Hearns supposedly has this "glass chin" despite being KO'd by great punchers like Leonard, Hagler, and Barkley. Guys who hit much harder than Floyd. And since Floyd was able to back Mosley up, keep Oscar off him, and knock Hatton down and stop him, he supposedly can hit Hearns with a right hand and KO him.

 

Did you see the thread with posters claiming Floyd could KO a prime Camacho?

 

Yup

Ive seen some of his fans saying he would stop Jake Lamotta thats how delusional some of them are.

 

"Would have" doesn't make it a fact

 

horrible thread. the only notable win that pbf has in the higher weight classes(147+) is dlh, a very solid win.

prime hatton is a-list...but at 140.

baldomir is b-list

come to think of it, all of pbf recent victories other than dlh have queston marks. ssm drug-tested. jmm weight-gained. prime gatti b-level at 135. baldomir b-level. zab not a true 147. jmm weight-gained.

really. the more i look at the ortiz fight the more i am liking him as a +500 dog, especially in light of the recent suspensions of the williams/lara judges(if ortiz outworks him he probably wont lose on the cards).


18-month layoff following a 16-month layoff against compromised competition, southpaw, possibly overlooking ortiz to paq(less motivation), ortiz fighting now at a more natural weight(per roach), pbf is 34, etc.etc.

+500 is a bad line.

almost as bad as the wk-210/haye +180.

i have one unit on ortiz for fun. probably going to put more.