Let's say Mayweather fought Barrera and/or Morales while they were still relatively prime. Would he have beat them?
Both Morales and Barrera looked faded at 130lb their best weights were 122 and 126 while Floyd looked amazing at SFW he'd beat both but Morales would cause him more problems due to his style.
what weight i suppose. from a p4p sence. I think i favour Morales over Floyd. But Floyd over Barrera. Or maybe Floyd Barrera looks a bit like Barrera Hamed. Who knows, Great fights. Now i'm leaving quickly before a string of bias *****s like MVC fly in here saying how Floyd Shits on Both
If they were the same weight, Mayweather would beat them both. Mayweather would seriously damage Erik Morales (my favourite fighter). A style like Morales' is perfect to be dealt with by Mayweather. Whoever disagrees seriously needs to be banned.
:deal Bad style matchup for Morales & Barerra. Barrera would be kept at bay and not able to get anything meaningful off. Too quick and smart for him at the lower weights. Morales, he would get beat up bad. Credit to Erik, he would take it, but he would probably get stopped. Because Floyd could bang at the lower weights.
Mayweather actually sparred Morales at one point, back when they were both in the lighter weight classes. Morales said this: 'In 2000, I was training for a fight in Texas and sparred three or four rounds with Mayweather. Mayweathers father Floyd Sr. was my trainer and got me to spar with his son. I had him groggy and reeling but he never went down.' ( [url]http://bleacherreport.com/articles/9...yweather-offer[/url] ) Obviously a real fight is different to a sparring match, but I thought it was an interesting detail all the same.
I genuinely don't think either win a round, Morales wasn't too good against defensive boxers (Raheem/Espadas) and Barrera didn't do too well against speedy boxers (Pacquaio/Jones). Barrera is significantly smaller too.
interesting This story is quite popular. If only we knew how deep Floyd was in his training camp at the time
He beats both easily, but it doesn't mean they weren't both wonderful fighters, and the fact that MAB was shot at 130 and Morales was about 30% of the fighter he once was at 140 whilst Floyd is magnificent at 147 and brilliant at 154 makes it a totally unfair comparison.