observation ive made about floyd that people dont often mention

This gets mentioned all the time actually.

5 division champ etc etc.

his prime was at 130, and he was really a great fighter there. since his move up to 135 he just hasn't been the same, because of the size challenges you are mentioning. at 140 i feel he really took the time to settle in and

Floyd is all about the money and the bigger paydays were at the higher weights, which is why he moved up

at 140, 147 and 154, Floyd was very smart about the way he moved up

 

thats cause until he retired, Floyd was the Welterweight champ. regardless of how many divisions you move up, if you are making weight at 147, then you are technically on the same playing field as your opponents. and if you're gonna hold the title then be prepared to defend it

also since Floyd's style relies more on speed and skills than strength and power, he is not so out of his depth when he moves up multiple weights. Unlike for example Tito or Hatton.

 

he's gone...that makes me happy .. no more bull**** from him

 

Mayweather also doesn't cut a lot of weight, so he's usually smaller during the night of the fight. Corrales outweighing him 146-136, Castillo 147-138 both times, Baldomir 162-149, etc...

One time I was surprised how big he looked though was the Gatti fight. Most figured it was a mismatch, but one of the few arguments for Gatti was his size. Although Gatti started out smaller, he did that by cutting large amounts of weight, and was fighting @ 140 and above for 6 years when he fought Mayweather. He had weighed 160 on fight night against Gamache and looked bigger than a lot of his opponents. PBF had only fought 2x at 140, after having 4 title fights @ 135.

Then Mayweather looks just as big in the ring as Gatti, or even bigger.

 

Mayweather also looked bigger than Hatton IMO.

It is often mentioned that Mayweather was smaller than his advesary when he moved up past 135 or so.

His offense suffered greatly due to this, as he became less fluid with his combos.