Mayweather's Best Win by Division

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  1. bruthead

    bruthead REAL TALK Full Member

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    Interested to see how highly people rate Mayweather's resume by division and if you consider him a legit 5 weight champion. Who do you consider the best fighter he beat in each division and where did you rank his opponent at the time of the fight?

    Super-feather: Genaro Hernandez or Diego Corrales?
    Lightweight: Castillo?
    Light-welterweight: DeMarcus Corley or Arturo Gatti?
    Welterweight: Zab Judah, Baldomir, Hatton or Shane Mosley?
    Light-middleweight: Oscar de la Hoya.
     
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  2. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Super-feather: Diego Corrales. He was considered the number 1 in the division and was a Top 15 P4P Fighter at the time.

    Lightweight: Castillo, He had just beat Johnson and his stock was quite high BUT he only really considered Elite after running Floyd close.

    Light-welterweight: Arturo Gatti. People Dismiss this win but Gatti was in Brilliant form going into this fight and alot of people were thinking he might be to strong for Floyd.

    Welterweight: Shane Mosley. The guy was Top 3 P4P when they fought.

    Light-middleweight: Oscar de la Hoya. Top 2 Light- Middleweight at the time.
     
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  3. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    top 15...corrales was ranked #5 in the world when floyd beat on him
     
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  4. TheGreat

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    SFW-Chico
    LW-Castillo
    SLW-Corley
    WW-Shane but barely
    SWW- ODLH
     
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  5. simon850

    simon850 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exactly this, I remember at the time watching this with my friends and they were all on the Gatti hype.
     
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  6. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The crash to earth must have been epic.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    sf: Corrales (best in division)

    lw: castillo (best in division)

    lww: corley (first time he ever got hurt)

    ww: hatton (ye ill get slated, but i expected hatton to win an floyd beat him on the inside, plus hatton was right at his peak. and i had it even at time of deduction)

    lmw: oscar (only fight at the weight and arguably best lmw at that time)
     
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  8. o_money

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    Super-feather: Diego Corrales?
    Lightweight: Castillo? - yeah if you could call it that sure why not.
    Light-welterweight: DeMarcus Corley or Arturo Gatti?...neither really rate for me.
    Welterweight: Shane Mosley
    Light-middleweight: Oscar de la Hoya
     
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  9. TheBradyHawkes

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    So true. Many boxers were picking against Money in boxing pubications leading up to that fight.
     
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  10. lufcrazy

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  11. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    haha..wait till u see the pac fans after floyd whoop on manny..they gonna kill themselves when there hero gets beat :nut
     
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  12. pejevan

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    lightweight - JMM

    JMM is considered pound for pound number 2. *****s are claiming that victory by virtue of JMM being the pound for pound number 2 but that glory is based on a lightweight JMM, not a welterweight JMM. Therefore, Mayweather should be credited with a win at lightweight, which is bigger than Castillo fight.
     
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  13. FinalBELL

    FinalBELL Well-Known Member Full Member

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    OKAY for everyone who listed Hatton as Mayweathers best at welterweight ask yourself this: Who wins between Hatton and Mosley at that weight? Easy answer there. Mosley, even at his older age of 38.
     
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  14. ryan_c

    ryan_c Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather's atg ranking will further increase with a win over pound for pound number 4 donaire.

    :good
     
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  15. Big Left

    Big Left Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The ricky hatton that fought mayweather at 147 v the SSM from the mayweather fight? Hatton wins , easy. SSM gassed by the end of round 2. Hell, Floyd, Mr. Conservitive, did not even seem to respect his power.
     
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