Just too bad his hand speed did not have the power or else he would be an ATG. But still one of my favorite boxers wish I could send him some encouragement letter in jail
I assume you mean 140 and not lightweight. It'd be one helluva fight at 140, and though I'm not 100% either way, I'd lean towards Floyd. One things for sure... Mel's handspeed would be a problem for Floyd, especially early. Problem for Mel is, while he has the handspeed and activity to mitigate Floyd's offense early, he doesn't have the power to deter Floyd all night. Meaning that eventually Floyd is gonna let his hands go more and more, and he'd be landing by far the cleaner shots of the two. Plus, there's a rather astronomical difference in ring IQ between the two, and much as I wanna ignore that, I can't. Floyd, competitive yet clear UD.
I got too go with the consensus here. Taylor had the hand speed to trouble Mayweather Jr. Early, he probably would win the 1st 3-4 rds. However his lack of power AND most importantly, his defensive lapses (Taylor had a tendency to wait around for the receipt, and if you look at his career in its entirety, well before it was exposed by Chavez, that weakness was always their.) would enable Mayweather Jr, to work himself back into the fight. Mayweatherjr didn't punch with the power of Chavez, but he'd do enough to win a close but unanimous decision.
