Floyd's retirement reminds me of Barry Sanders retiring in his prime ...

the best fighter of his generation? wtf. Hell no. theres alot more for that bum to accomplish. But he can quit, hes boring as hell. very talented yes, but i wont miss him. i got cotto, pavlik, margo, the list goes on and on. Mayweather go ahead and retire chump!!!! the number one welter is COTTO deal with it!!!!!

 

what floyd did back at 130-135 needs to be seperated from he has done at 147 b/c there is no comparison. this lineal title crap is really overrated. granted, it is important, but dont you believe in quality over quantity?

for example, let's talk about david haye. sure he did great at lightheavy and is going to the heavy's now. let's so he goes on and dominates and unifies. that may give himi a place in history, but he surely wouldnt become the greatest heavy weight simply the competition wasnt that tough.

there is no way floyd gets the nod over any of the sugar rays or ali. when your last 3 belts are against gatti (punching bag), baldomir(career journeyman), and DLH (way past prime-but still good,not great), it doesnt exactly scream #1 ATG.

IMO his greatest victory was against Diego. Since then, he could have easily taken over boxing much like DLH did, but for whatever reason decided to take the easier road.

He accomplished a lot, but not enough to cement as #1. Remember, we're not talking about his skills and what could have been. We are talking about what was done. Perhaps, he could have become #1 if he used his talents to his full potential, but I guess we'll never know.

 

This is actually quite the opposite. Barry Sanders retired on top simply because Detroit would not trade him to a team with a chance at winning and rather than keep playing for a losing team, he retired. His options were to play for the Lions or retire, so he retired.

Mayweather on the other hand has unlimited options and potential great fights (and possible losses) and is not willing ot step up, like to truly prove his greatness like a SRL, SRR, Hagler, Hopkins, RJJ, DLH, Hearns, Duran etc...

Huge difference between the two.

 

great posts

 

WHAT!!!
THey do not even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath. I know Morales fought at the lower weight classes but P4P Morales was ten times better! He was exciting and also a top P4P fighter. PBF was never that.

The reason PBF is retitring if he even is is because he does not want to lose. Morales was a true warrior who did not care about winning or losing but just about us.

Dont ever compare the 2. PBF may have people fooled because of his fame but Morales was a true fighter unlike PBF.

Your a ****ing idiot if you think PBF is greater than Morales.

 

I'll give you Judah and Hatton all day, but not Baldy. Regardless, do you think that compares to beating a prime Duran or Hearns or beating a prime Frazier or Foreman

 

If Cotto or even Margarito does go on to become an ATG and FMJ truly does retire, Floyds legacy will be somewhat tarnished.

 

PBF always took the easy way out. Stop hugging him so much fitz!

Its pathetic.

 

Barry Sanders would have broken every record. He retired for a noble reason.