he had the potential to be ranked much higher than people would rank him. If he had fought margarito and cotto and won people would have ranked him alot higher
OH YEH. If he would have beaten Cotto convincingly he would have been surefire top 20 ATG with a lot of people arguing 10-15 range. Then 20-30 years from now he probably would have settled in the 5-12 range
I said 20-30 years down the road (if he were to beat Cotto convincingly). Thats not a ridiculous statement by any means. I mean the guy would have cleaned house 130-147 and retired undefeated (including picking up a belt at 154)
People would rank him 15-25 right now and that would have dropped lower over time. Its what always happens when people look back in retrospect.....
most people dont even have Ray Leonard in theyre top 10 or 15 and theres no way that Floyd ranks ahead of SRL.