Mayweather in the 60s and 70s

He absolutely does not beat Buchanan and Laguna with little to no trouble. Same goes for Ortiz and DeJesus. All those guys give Floyd lots of trouble.

 

In.

 

I wouldnt bet he beats any of those guys

 

Beats everyone other than Napoles and Duran from that era. I think he edges both LMR and Griffith. They'd be tough fights, though. Floyd wouldn't end up beyond welterweight.
I think Mayweather would put on a masterclass against Ismael Laguna.

 

I couldn't agree more!

 

Buchanan, Ortiz, Laguna and especially Napoles all beat Mayweather.

 

Can't see Mayweather struggling with Buchanan at all. Beats Laguna too.

 

For one, if Floyd was fighting in the '60s, Mayweather wouldn't be the Mayweather that you all know. His career would have rotted on the vine if he was. Remember those wonderful fights out Madison Square Garden in the '60s? They were wonderful for a reason. Teddy Brenner was known as a fight fan's matchmaker/promoter. He would put on very competitive fights and every fighter's hope was putting on a good show in the hopes of a televised rematch. With Floyd's boring shoulder-roll style, he simply wouldn't be asked back. Therefore he would have had to have added some real fighting in his makeup to make him a boxoffice star. And who knows how he would have made out. As it was, DeLaHoya showed - until he stopped using it - that Floyd had a real problem with the jab (when Merchant asked him why he stopped using it after winning three straight rounds Oscar says "It wasn't the night for a jab" What a friggin chucklehead). Anyways, what is the first thing that pops into anyone's head about Buchanan or Laguna? Jab and speed. I think that would definitely offset anything Mayweather had at 135. I was very impressed with Floyd at 130 and not too impressed at lightweight. Thought Castillo beat him in their first fight.

 

Moronic. They both had better jabs than Mayweather for a start. They were also more fleet of foot than Mayweather. The version of Marquez Mayweather schooled was as stiff as cardboard compared to prime Buchanan and Laguna.

and Napoles beats Maweather easily.

 

I can't see the guy who struggled with Castillo beating prime Laguna and Buchanan. Both being tougher than Castillo and on another level in terms of boxing ability.
Napoles was on another planet from Floyd.

 

Laguna could very well put on a masterclass against Mayweather. He would own Mayweather in the centre of the ring. Floyd has never faced a guy who moved and jabbed as good as Laguna. Laguna vs Locche is enough to tell me with confidence Mayweather doesn't put on no masterclass.