The Great Floyd Mayweather.

lol floyd is and will for ever be king of this forum good or bad this place is ALWAYS talking about him

 

Which decade was he "not" the best of ? Considering, he fought in 2 decades, beat every single top fighter in those decades. People try to say he never fought kostya, which is the only top fighter he didn't get a chance to fight, he did destroy the fighters career that ended kostyas run.

PW was unable to climb high enough to be considered one of the best, he had the opportunity to prove that but was derailed clearly by one of the B level journeyman then the motorcycle accident derailed his next attempt.

I don't know of any fighter that was actually his size that had even a chance to beat him. Srl and hearns would be the favorites, hearns much more but we are talking 2 atg level fighters that started their careers where fmj ended his.

Fmj was in his prime at 130 to 140, that's the greatest fmj there was. The ww and jmw fmj was a fmj in the Twilight of his career, by the same token hearns and srl were getting tko'd by far lesser opponents.

Nobody is tbe, fmj proved to be tmd, (the most dominant) fighter ever. But no one can claim to be tbe, it's too tough comparing era's and while the fmj everyone remembers and puts in these hypothetical h2h fights isn't close to the best fmj.

The fmj that should be compared to anyone is the 130 to 140 fmj who was nothing short of a beast. He had an unbreakable chin and would put serious beatings on every opponent.

His and skills were so great he was never in any real danger while fighting way out of his weight at ww and jmw.

He's a top 3 favorite of mine but there is no way he could last the distance with ggg, that's the only fighter I know of that just annihilates fmj due to him being so skilled and truly a seek and destroy 160 fighter.

If we had a real mw fmj, the same skills and even same brittle hands I'd see that fight as a pick em fight. They are both once in a lifetime fighters for me and the only 2 I feel that way about.

The 3rd once in a lifetime fighter I see on the horizon, that has the chance to be that ridiculously great is the hw joshua, yup, he has a ways to go but his talent is unmatched and he's proven he has the chin to withstand anything thrown at him. Being a hw, that's a tough road to that place, but times on his side

 

The decade he wasn't the best

 

floyd is the second greatest fighter of all time after rjj based on sheer talent in their primes....but i don't believe it... to me, he's the greatest of all time because of what he did in his career. what floyd did in his career was almost humanly imposssible....how do you go undefeated after fighting in FIVE weight classes against the best of the era for two generations....if you think about that, it's pretty frickin incredible. no other human being in history will ever come close to matching his accomplishments.

 

I don't know which since he fought in 2 where he was easily the best. Do you mean he wasn't the best because pac got fod ? The popularity contest. The 2 reasons he did not get that silly award was because A: he retired with 3 full years left and B: he didn't have rivals like pac had.

Beating everyone too easily was fmj worst trait. If you go off awards for who the best is, that's your prerogative

 

Dont forget his cherry picking ways. They are amazing

 

You must be referring to the decade where he was caught doing illegal IV at home with Dr. Ellerbe. Or was he doing illegal IV both decade?

 

This thread is a double edged sword. You can't appreciate without saying something negative too?

I agree with almost everything, including your criticisms. As for the fans, the racism and ignorance applies to all fanbases. Most recent, and very shocking to me, is Golovkin fans pulling the race card.

Mayweather is good, but didn't do himself any favors with his legacy.

 

Which fighters were cherry picks ? And which fighters would not have been cherry picks ?

If fmj cherry picked in your mind, that's some amazing cherry picking. Fmj beat every single top fighter in the 2 decades he fought in.

It makes you sound like a fool, you claiming the ONLY fighter EVER that fought and BEAT everyone single top fighter throughout his whole career is remembered by you as a cherry picker.

It's just as sad for me to be talking to such moronic thinking children

 

He did? Can you post his quotes. I'm interested to hear what he said.

 

atsch

The fans.

 

Mayweather is not done...Not even close, TBE is ambitious :smoke

 

I was honestly going to post a thread appreciating Floyd, too. Rossco you mind reading ****

We have long been very critical of Floyd, but he is a true great.
What differentiates him from many fighters in history is that he scientifically tries to outpoint you. He knows exactly how to point-score.
If there's less scope for offence, his game is still heavily embedded in maintaining ring generalship.

If I were a boxer who was conscious about wanting to maintain my mental faculties whilst trying to secure a great legacy, I'd 'run' my way to the bank, too.
Is he as good as a Sugar Ray Leonard, Hearns or Napoles? No. But he's one of the very best of all time. There's only a small number of guys I'd pick to beat him with full certainty (as certain as you can be in predicting in boxing) - SRL, Hearns, Napoles, Duran.

I remembered how much I appreciated Floyd as PBF before his 'Money' persona. I like personalities in boxing, and he was the typical trash talker from the hood.
Now his persona is corny and he's impossible to listen to, every interview revolves around kissing his ass, but hey, he's been so busy with his career..he's still finding himself.
I don't agree with his morals, but I didn't start liking him for his morals but his funny personality...and boxers aren't exactly known for being the role model types anyway, we just like the sport.

But appreciation is a little boring tbh.

 

Scientifically tries to outpoint you as in doing home IV...okay

 

Yeah, he's on the IV...but I'm sure they all were, especially from 60's-90's. Testing was even less stringent and PED's including roids were the new buzz of the town.