Mayweather vs. McCallum resume comparison based on their ability at the time they fought the men they did: Mayweather.....vs.....McCallum No equivalent.............Toney No equivalent..............Kalambay DLH...........................Curry (Floyd had a size disadvantage, but I'd still say that Curry was in better nick than DLH) Castillo.......................No equivalent Corrales......................Jackson Hatton........................Harding Cotto.........................Watson Mosley........................Collins JMM............................McCrory Hernandez...................No equivalent Judah.........................Graham Vargas........................No equivalent Chavez.......................Braxton Baldomir......................No equivalent Manfredy.....................No equivalent Gatti...........................Minchillo Corley.........................No equivalent Overall I'd say they are pretty even. Floyd has more depth, Mike has more quality at the top end. Floyd is more 'dominant', of course throw a ROy Jones level fighter at him at this stage and that nonsense stops right now. Mike's loss to Kalambay in his prime is more honourable than what I take to be Mayweather's defeat to Castillo, given than Kalambay was the better fighter ability wise. I also, perhaps deludely think that the DLH fight wasn't a clear win for Floyd, so that down grades his performance there. As far as the Toney trilogy goes, 201 for Toney there, Mike taking the second.
I had the De La Hoya fight very close and found Floyd's application in the 2nd half possible due to Oscar's decline (never had 12 round stamina) and ditching of the jab.
He definitely faded down the stretch, as was his custom, although the 12th round was a decent round you could argue he won. Overall I just found Mayweather's performance underwhelming. Of course, a pot shotter will always look bad against a guy with a turtle shell D. Hence his efforts against DLH & Cotto.
Roman was class as well, in that mix. Less efficient than Laciar though IMO, shorter prime and handled Kongtoranee less well than Khaosai. Lacier has the longevity even if their series was close. Roman was pretty one dimensional IMO, damn good at what he did of course. Past it by the time he faced Moon but a horrible matchup for him at any time. He'd be up there. On Konadu's level moreso IMO. I have Roman-Watanabe on my channel and the Payakaroon fight will be up later today :thumbsup
My revised/edited version: 30. Azumah Nelson 29. Khaosai Galaxy 28. Wilfred Bentiez 27. Wilfredo Gomez 26. Ricardo Lopez 25. Wladamir Klitchko 24. Felix Trinidad 23. Mike McCallum 22. James Toney 21. Roberto Duran 20. Eric Morales 19. Marco Antonio Barrera 18. Joe Calzage 17. Juan Manuel Marquez 16. Oscar De La Hoya 15. Mike Tyson 14. Aaron Pryor 13. Evander Holyfield 12. Larry Holmes 11. Michael Spinks 10. Lennox Lewis 9. Roy Jones Jr. 8. Bernard Hopkins 7. Tommy Hearns 6. Marvin Hagler 5. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 4. Manny Pacquaio 3. Pernell Whitaker 2. Julio Caesar Chavez 1. Sugar Ray Leonard Honourable mentions to Kalambay, Sanchez, Eubank Benn Collins, Wright, Corrales, Vitali Klitchko, Cotto, Mosley, Pedrosa etc. (as well as a few others I am undoubtedly missing) who would at the moment make it into the 30-40 places. Still a work in progress. I've moved Whitaker up to 3 but still evaluating him and he may yet go to number 2. Roy Jones makes the top 10 leaping ahead of Lewis and Holmes, whom I put down a few places. Michael Spinks get elevated on re-evaluation. Nelson and Galaxy come in, but still unsure of where to put them as I haven't studied them fully yet, so they could move up in future. Still can't find a place for Sanchez. I did some other minor rearranging e.g. McCallum moving up a place or 2. Pryor might still be a little high and will need a look at, other than that I think I'm quite happy with it.