RAY ROBINSON Vs MAYWEATHER @ 147

Floyd Mayweather, even though most of us don't like him is one of the craftiest fighters of all time. He competes with anyone from 154 down in boxing history. Probably gives up too much in power here and is matched in speed.

- Jason

 

I don't think SRL would stop Floyd. He would decision him though. The Duran of Montreal probably would stop Floyd, beast of a fighter that night.

 

4 the 100th time srr blitzes floyd...

 

Yeah... it's not really a fair fight. It's like comparing Sugar Ray Leonard versus Roy Jones Jr. at Light heavyweight. They both fought at that weight, sure, and they were both good at that weight, but it doesn't REALLY make them the same size.

 

Not really. Many people argue Floyd is at or near his best at 147, despite being a bit slower. Leonard at 175 was a bloody novelty.

 

Mayweather is too small for Robinson and would struggle to not get KO'd let alone win.

 

It looks like unanimously everybody picks SRR over Floyd at WW which I agree. I heard that that SRR was undefeated at WW during his time is this true?

 

Why is it that the greatest lights in every division are are from the classical era and only conveyed to us in black and whit footage? Were they really better or do we tend to reverence the past?

 

I saw SRR live at '47, BR. What historians, and guys on this thread, are sayin' about him is no exaggeration. He was like watchin' Michael Jordan on a hot night.

 

Yes, many years ago, I saw a brief televised clip of SRR making his final WW Title defense against Charlie Fusari in 1950. While my recall of the program which showed it is not vivid, it was part of a montage of clips showing past great welterweight champions leading into a live WW fight broadcast.

The commentator providing the narrative for the footage was not Howard Cosell. That much I do know for certain. The voice may have been that of ABC's Keith Jackson or Chris Schenkle, and if this is correct, then ESPN probably has possession of it. It was slow motion action showing Robinson delivering a long right hand counter in ring center. Considering who the subject was, I'd imagine that the entire match was filmed and preserved. (This black and white clip did not look like kinescope material, although the quality was not particularly good. But those old films would look a great deal better on modern plasma HDTV.)

As popular as SRR was in popular culture at the time, it's an awful lot to swallow that no footage of him was shot after WW II, and prior to the Fusari match.

 

Both Duran and Leonard beat Mayweather

 

Floyd is not a match for Sugar Ray Leonard, never mind Robinson, I would bet my house that Duran would Ko Floyd and Robinson beat guys that were better than Floyd weekly. I think Floyd is a great little fighter for today but he has yet to be tested with a great fighter with power, like Duran,Hearns,Leonard, even a Benitez....Hatton does not have Duran's power but if he fights relentless and goes to the body, you will see an indictcation of what Duran would do to him

 

You're a ********.

 

I believe Ray Robinson is dead. These two fighters can not fight.
Just wanted keep you up-to-date. :yep