Regarding Floyds Legacy....

It's not like Floyd is a spring chicken anymore. He's soon 38 years of age and his physical attributes has diminished over the years even though he's still great.
So in my opinion all fights now are enchances his legacy since it proves logevity.

 

Floyds legacy will be this.......A coward who avoided the pacman.

When people mention floyd in years to come, the first thing that people will say is he ducked pacman. He destroyed his own legacy by being a chicken.

The only way he can be considered a true legendary great is if he fights pacman, but obviously that wont happen cause floyd dont want it.

 

By your logic, it "matters" the same to Pacquiao since he's a surefire HoF guy too and it can even be debated he's in higher standing than Floyd. At this level, it's about where you're considered in the HoF. I would say as things stand, Floyd's somewhere in the top 50(as well as Pacquiao). Had he made the fights he could have made though, he could have been regarded in the top ten. As it stands, he could still make a late run and get himself in the top twenty but it doesn't look like he's going to do that.

If he values money/health more than his legacy, that's fine. But he can expect to catch flak for it when he does that, starts his "TBE" campaign, and is saying stuff like he's better than SRR with nothing to back that up.

 

Anyone thinking that the fight matters more for Manny than it does Floyd does not know a thing about Boxing.

 

Duckweathers legacy is not fighting manny pacquiao

 

Your logic is one in which you're effectively saying athletes shouldn't strive to be the best they can be as long as they can reach a certain level. Michael Jordan would have still made the HoF easily even if he had retired prior to winning a single championship, but think about how he's regarded now(the general consensus GOAT at his sport) versus what he would have been if he had been "satisfied" to reach a certain level and then didn't try to surpass it. Think about how many spectacular moments the fans would have been deprived of. That kind of logic takes away a lot of the magic of sports imo.

Ultimately, you seem correct in that apparently Floyd does not care about striving for a higher level of greatness than what he's achieved, even though he doesn't mind talking like he's already reached the pinnacle. It's fine if he does that, but in the eyes of the fans in general, it's a fairly sad thing, and when he talks like he's in the same class as the fighters who actually strove for better, he deserves criticism.

 

Corrected. Don't project your hatred on the rest of us :rofl:rofl:rofl

 

I get what you're saying but I disagree with you. Not fighting Pacquiao technically will ruin his legacy because the fans decide your legacy. So while he doesn't need the fight financially, it will elevate him passed Pacquiao.

Me personally, I feel like it won't hurt his legacy, but it'd give it a historical boost. Even if it is less valuable now than it was 5 years ago.

 

Pac's admirers will place Pac over Floyd out of pure emotion lol

 

he'll retire undefeated :good

50-0 *

The Best Ever!

no doubt about it :rofl