Is Floyd Mayweather The GOAT

Of all time????
Hell naw son

 

he deserves to be compared to the greatest.
a lot of people won't like that, but IMO that comes down to their own prejudice, either because he beat some of their heroes, or they just don't like the guy.

 

Mayweather is a superb fighter. He could teach a trigonometry class a thing or two about angles. He is so good defensively he can leave opponents dazed without even throwing a punch. He will almost certainly go down as the finest boxer of this era.

But when you talk about being the greatest ever, as Mayweather does, the goalposts shift. The very greatest fighters stretch themselves, by either seeking out the most dangerous opponents in their prime, or moving up the divisions to cement their legacy.

Robinson, Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard were great not because they beat former champions – such as Archie Moore and Henry Armstrong – on the slide, but because they never shied away from potential rivals.

By the time he was 25, Leonard had fought Roberto Durán twice, Tommy Hearns and Wilfried Benítez. Later he won titles from welterweight to light-heavyweight and, for good measure, beat Marvin Hagler in a fight for the ages.

Has Mayweather sought out such trials by fire? Hardly. He waited six years so that he could face a much less supersonic version of the Pacquiao who tore through Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. Meanwhile, the Oscar De La Hoya that Mayweather defeated had lost two of his previous four contests (and one of the wins, against Felix Sturm, was widely disputed). And Cotto and Shane Mosley were also past their peaks when – after years of trying – they finally stepped into the ring with Mayweather. He is a classy fighter, sure. But he is a clever matchmaker, too.

Floyd may believe his own press, or he may not and just pretend to in order to make money, who knows? But the greatest of all time, the goat? NOT NOW. NOT EVER. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE.

 

No but he is the best of his generation.

 

No way you can't compare Floyd to Robinson, Ali, pep or the any of the 4 Kings. Hes one of the best defensive boxers of all time but hes just not a great simple as that

 

Why can't you compare him to those guys? Your grandpa read you bedtime stories about the old timers so you think no one else can ever compare or they did no wrong?

 

In my opinion, Floyd wouldn't even be the best if he had fought all the competition he missed. He belongs in the conversation of great, elite fighters though.

 

Hes been in 0 iconic fights that will be remembered hes never been put threw a real war he never ***ht anyone near his class(infairnis that's not his fault though) hes just done nothing to be called a Great in my eyes

 

Somebody told me Pacquiao was the GOAT

 

Outstanding defensive fighter but not anywhere near the GOAT for me. Was a clever boxer and resect that!! but boring as to watch

 

He's up there head 2 head at his best weights. But resume, no. Other fighters faced more challenges.

 

no.

 

No.!!!!!

 

That somebody is wrong.