How Would Floyd Mayweather Jr. "The Best Ever" Fare Against Some of The Best Ever?

Did you see how small Mayweather looked nexts to Hearns and Leonard at the WBC show?

 

Light Middleweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Fernando Vargas loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Vernon Forrest.loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julian Jackson loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sergio Martinez loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Wilfred Benitez loses

WelterWeight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Leonard loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Robinson loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Thomas Hearns loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Felix Trinidad loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Pernell Whitaker loses

Light Welterweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julio Cesar Chavez loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Kostya Tsyzu beats
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Oscar De La Hoya (Prime) loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Aaron Pryor beats
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Hector Camacho beats

Lightweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Roberto Duran loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Marco Antonio Barrera beats
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Alexis Arguello beats
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Shane Mosley (Prime) loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Erik Morales beats

 

What about Paul Williams?

 

Floyd would UD duran. I'm 100% sure

 

First of all this is a great post with great match ups hence I have to use my my boxing education and intellect to answer. I am assuming everyone is at their peak.

Light Middleweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Fernando Vargas wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Vernon Forrest. wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julian Jackson wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sergio Martinez wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Wilfred Benitez wins
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WelterWeight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Leonard draw
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Robinson loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Thomas Hearns loses
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Felix Trinidad wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Pernell Whitaker wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Paul Williams wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Antonio Margarito wins
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Light Welterweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julio Cesar Chavez wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Kostya Tsyzu wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Oscar De La Hoya (Prime) wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Aaron Pryor wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Hector Camacho wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto (Prime) wins
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Lightweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Roberto Duran wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Marco Antonio Barrera wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Alexis Arguello wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Shane Mosley (Prime) wins
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Erik Morales wins


I would like to have put him up against the legendary Azumah Nelson at Junior Lightweight.

 

Health come first.

 

:good

If he won't fight Margarito, Manny or Sergio what the hell makes you think he'd face Hearns etc?

Floyd wouldn't have done jack in the 70's/80's.

 

At Junior Lightweight/Super Featherweight/130 I might favor him over anyone.

In my opinion of the men listed the ones who pose the biggest threats or be favored at each weight are: 135 Duran, 140 Pryor, 147 Robinson, and 147 Hearns.

Several others are close debatable matches and then there are a few more obvious choices for Floyd to me (135 Barrera, Morales, 140 Cotto, 147 Margarito, 154 Vargas).

 

So Kosta, Chavez, Vernon or Camacho are NOT threats?

 

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Fernando Vargas -Vargas he should be able to make miss and catch with leads, but the power is a risk for him. Still a winnable fight.



Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Vernon Forrest -I see Floyd having some real problems here but man the Mora fight makes me think Floyd can pull it off. If it gets physical Floyd is in trouble.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julian Jackson - 65-35 Jackson. He coudl land one shot at any time but geez expect Jackson to lose every other second of the fight.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sergio Martinez - tough call but I assume he was super shot for Cotto and Floyd loses by KO


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Wilfred Benitez - easy fight for Floyd I think. Nothing to make Floyd cautious.​

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Leonard - Leonard by stoppage


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Sugar Ray Robinson - depends. I think Ray Robinson is slightly sloppier at times and some of his fights (Basilio I) show him being outworked but the power makes me lead to a Robinson victory.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Thomas Hearns - death for Floyd


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Felix Trinidad - easy win for Floyd with movement.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Pernell Whitaker - win for floyd, he has more power.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Paul Williams - tough match up but I think Williams was too inaccurate and easy to hit - might look like the Lara fight, even though that might have been a southpaw thing. Maybe Floyd loses it ...


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Antonio Margarito - tough fight with pressure but should look like JLC 2 a bit.​

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Julio Cesar Chavez - wins with movement like Pernell


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Kostya Tsyzu - makes Tszyu look stupid - that right hand isn't landing


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Oscar De La Hoya (Prime) close fight, perhaps oscar win


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Aaron Pryor terrible terrible match up for Floyd, no room, attacks from all angles, loss for Floyd


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Hector Camacho - should be a fast paced boxing match Floyd wins at his best.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto (Prime) - same outcome. Prime Cotto took shots a bit less well than heavy cotto.​

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Roberto Duran - movement like Lang and Viruet lead Floyd to a safe victory, 65-45%


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Marco Antonio Barrera


- destroys Barera
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Alexis Arguello - makes Arguello look like Corrales


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Shane Mosley (Prime) - same as their fight with some tenser moments


Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Erik Morales beats Morales like Zahir Raheem did.​

 

Kostya is extremely predictable. 1-2. 1-1. 1-1-2. 1-2-1-2. 1-1-1. He has good timing and power but Floyd would have made him look extremely limited. Extremely.

 

Light middleweight is the thinnest bench you laid out. He'd have way more trouble with the guys at lightweight. I don't see him beating any of the guys you listed below light middle with the exception of Margarito, Kostya Tsyzu, Hector Camacho, Miguel Cotto, Barrera, and possibly Mosley.

I'd revamp the light middleweight list a tad to Felix Trinidad, Terry Norris, Mike McCallum, then Julian Jackson, Vernon Forrest, or Nino Benvenuti.

 

I have him losing to Duran at Light, Oscar and Pyror at Light Welter.

At WW...he gets killed by Robinson, Leonard, and Hearns. Too much size, skill, speed, and power to overcome from these monsters. He loses to Sweat Pea as well.

Benitez beats Floyd. "Nothing to make Floyd cautious?"

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEk8gU4C6U[/url]

Benitez was a knockout of the year winner. Don't let his KO% fool you, he had very good power until his decline.

 

He wouldn't fight a single one of these guys in their prime and his fans would say they ducked him now end this thread !