Kevin "Mighty" Mitchell

Naw dont agree mate, Hatton was badly hurt with the corner post, he really fecked his neck up, have a look in slowmo. Dont want to cover old ground, but he was knocked out by the post IMO.

 

i give mitchell the edge over some of the fighters at 130 however the likes of humberto soto,juarez,valero, guerror would lay a smashing on him.

 

it may be a bold statment, and really i cannot judge agaisnt allot of those guys as i have only watched there fights back, not live, im only 22.

my dad will tell you ray leonard is the best fighter ever, as he was the best of his generation, my grandad will say sugar ray robinson for the same reason I say mayweather as he is my generation best fighter of my generation so far (theres nobody around the corner thats looks like they can top him)

for me Mayweather was the total package. Flawless. You can say he is defenseive (a defensive genius) at that but when he was at super feather and lightweight he used to knock guys out. you can say he lost to castillo but he recterfied that defeat. his chin could stand a full punch of a light middleweight. anyone who calls de la hoya vs mayweather a close fight is mad, i had floyd up by 9 rounds to 3. his performances agaisnt Gatti and Corrales were imense.

 

Roy Jones was more exeptional than Floyd Mayweather

His performance against Vinny Paz was immnese.

In one round he did not get hit by one single punch -- -- FACT

 

If it was a joke why have you just repeated it as a serious statement??


And it can be argued that Floyd is one of the best of all time. Not that any such thing really exists or is provable mind you.

His talent is worthy of such acclaim IMO and he won titles from 130-154. Apart from pretty much skipping 140 and grabbing a belt at 154 (fighting well within the weight limit) he was clearly the man at 130, 135, 147.

The man has been winning world titles for ten years spanning 24 lbs and has one tight decision as the only black mark against his name. He's barely taken a clean punch.

You can argue all night about fighters from different eras and weights but I can't for a minute see why it's a 'silly' comment.

 

Mayweather's resume is not top 25 ATG worthy at all. Top 10 and dare I say the GOAT is an absolutely laughable suggestion.

 

:yikes Medina? That guys STILL around?

 

Johanesson dropped Mitchell.

 

Corrales, Gatti, Hatton and Oscar are all wins that in future years will be revered for varying reasons. And the sheer number of title wins and weight divisions gives him a fantastic resume.

I think you are actually criticising him for not having a particularly hard time against anybody. Each of those wins above is remarkable in its own way.

You cannot prove who is the greatest of all time, it's an utterly futile debate, are you talking best career, biggest talent, longevity? There are way too many variables to debate. But Floyd is a remarkable and exceptional fighter without a shadow of doubt. I'm not saying he's the best. But he's comparable to the best.


ps what was the joke? I'm missing your punchline mate. Hatton being humiliated is a joke... yet you've said it seriously three times now. You either mean it or you don't, surely?

 

If he's so comparable to the say..top 10 greatest fighters of all-time, do go ahead and compare.

I'll be an interested observer for this one.

 

I wouldn't pretend to know enough to do that. I'm sure you would though.

But when someone says it's 'silly' to compare Floyd to Whittaker, Leonard, Hearns and Hagler, all fighters I've seen a fair bit of, I don't see why. I don't see some massive talent gulf between any of those guys and him.

Do you?

 

He is shot to ****. He got absolutely hammered a few weeks ago.

 

I remember when Marquez smashed him up in one of the best bouts of pure power precision boxing id seen in a long time. That guys been boxing for well over 20 years. :-(

 

I expected this :-(

If you don't know who you are even comparing him to in your own mind how can you say he is comparable to any fighter?

Talent is one thing, resume is quite another. Even if a combination of both is used Mayweather does not figure nearly as highly as you like to believe presumably to compensate for Hatton. De La Hoya/Whitaker/Mayweather in their respective fights against one another proved to me that prime to prime they are superior h2h fighters.

That is not even considering right across all weights and eras, or the most important and critical aspect of resume.