OK, nobody can touch Floyd below 154 we should be realistic. Cotto, Mosley, Hatton, Margarito they have tolls but they will probably share DLH and lose as usually with a slight disappointing margin. The real question is how high in the wieght can Floyd go? Is he capable to beat onyone from the following guys? Wright 154/160 Taylor, Abraham 160 Calzaghe 168 Dawson, Woods, Jones, Hopkins 175 Cunningham, Mormerck 190 Toney 240
no 147 was im too high at first but he fought the guys suited to his weight 154 an fighting a guy like oscar was a big risk and he performed well he imo proved his point now either retire as you say you will or go back to 147
Toney's frame isn't much bigger than Floyds and he compete at HW. But I think thats because he is old school fighter.
I'd actualy pick PBF to upset Taylor. Look at what happened in the Spinks fight. taylor scraped the decision. Now, I don't want to go down the 'PBF > Spinks, who did well, so PBF would beat Taylor', but it is possible. He has a stylistac advantage and being much faster than Taylor, he'd have a good shot. Taylor's weaknesses and PBF's strengths. Mayweather UD 12. I would pick Floyd above there though. Not against any elite fighters unless he can add muscle properly, whilst keeping his speed and stamina.
Perhaps Wright at 154 but no one else. A move up to 160 would be a step too far, something ODLH knows everything about.
This proves Floyd is getting too much credit for beat a clearly past prime fighter. Was Dlh really ranked that high in the jr middleweight rankings when May beat him? Im not even sure Floyd can beat Clottey.
Its fuot knocked funny how Jones Jr got slack for his opponents but no one has yet to really scrutinize Floyd's ..I mean off the top of the head the closet to prime fighters are : Castillo Chavez And Maybe Judah ..
Floyd would lose to both Taylor, as much as it pains me to say it, and Wright. For the record, Taylor's a club fighter. He's just in a weak division. And don't tell me about Olympics and all the rest of that crap. He remains unseasoned with the benefit of both an amateur and professional career. His accomplishments far surpass his skill. I guess as my man Sydney Dean said, "Even the sun shines on a dog's ass some days . . ."