Floyd rarely fought anyone that was young and hungry

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  1. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How many undefeated guys that were in their 20's and were starving for paycheck did floyd fight? Or did he just fight a bunch of guys in their 30's that already made some money in boxing and had a name? Its a different game when you're fighting a guy with 0 losses, can barely afford to eat/live, maybe just had a kid and is hungry for victory.
     
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  2. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Not too many guys wanted to fight him in their primes either. I'll post the video proof later.

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    Called out:
    Nassem Hamed even said he would meet him at 128
    Jose Castillo
    Casamayor
    Kostya Tszyu
    Paul Spadafora
    Lascano
    Mosley
    De La Hoya



    Larry Merchant has always been a ******* and a bigot. He never questioned that bum Gatti like he did Mayweather, Judah and others. NEVER!!
     
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  3. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  4. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    How many of those kind of guys were about in Floyd's era? Who were these starving would be sensations looking to feast on Mayweather?
     
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  5. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    Fights a guy in his low twenties - "to green and inexperienced"

    Fights guys in their low thirties - "not young and hungry"
     
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  6. Gennady

    Gennady Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don’t like Floyd. But the outcome against Pacquiao/Cotto/Mosley would have been the same earlier.

    But he was ducking Khan. Khan was a very dangerous match up for him.

    He was easily outboxing the offensive fighters.
     
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  7. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    This has always been my knock on him. And the Floyd huggers can crow all they want. I was around to watch his whole career unfold. He cherrypicked and dodged, waited until guys were on the downslope. Much like Canelo today.
     
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  8. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I see you don’t remember his pretty boy days.
     
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  9. Inside pass

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    Corrales, canelo, Ortiz (1loss but coming of a big win), not to bad.
     
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  10. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You saying he didn’t call out the big names when he was younger?
     
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  11. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Canelo but according to to the haters he was green lol.

    Judah was a young hungry guy. Not Floyd's thought he lost to Baldomir
     
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  12. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    Canelo, Maidana ,Ortiz and the Ghost just to name a few
     
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  13. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I see you only remember the good ole days which means you acquiesce to the latter days.
     
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  14. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    Hell, look at his first 17 fights. That's 1/3 of his fights. His first real professional fight was against Genaro Hernandez who was 32 at the time and it was his last fight. Corrales was a good win. I thought Castillo beat him. I thought DLH beat him. His last 3 fights have been jokes. The McGregor fight shouldn't even have been recognized as a professional bout.
     
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  15. rapscalion

    rapscalion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He retired for 2 years when the welterweight division was stacked
     
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