Two Undeniable Truths About Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Agree

 

No, I agree. Although if Floyd is truly "semi-retired", maybe he should let Cotto face Margarito, THEN the winner of Cintron-Williams, and have Floyd-Cotto at a similar time to Floyd-Hatton next year.

That'd also be for the undisputed welterweight title, something Floyd's never done.

 

The first point is obvious, no one can seriously argue this point

The second point I pretty much agree with as well. As far as I see it, if Floyd beats Hatton he has two choices; retire or fight Cotto(assuming Arum is reasonable). Mayweather will have fought two straight superfights. This would be the only superfight out there for him. How much this fight would help his legacy would depend on the outcome, and how Cotto ended his career.

 

Number 1 is up for debate, especially if he ducks the best, staining his record and legacy.

Number 2 is spot on.

He's already an ATG, but 'best of the generation', he better fight someone better than the Ricky Hatton's of the world in his final set of fights.:yep

A prime, elite WW would be necessary.

 

Well who does this generation include?

Does it include a Prime Roy Jones? I'd argue no, but if so, then he's clearly the no. 1 fighter of this generation.

Anyone wanna list the fighters who would be in contention?

 

If he beats Cotto, then he is without a doubt the best of the generation, but I have my doubts the fight gets made.

Joy Boy tends to want easy fights from here on out, even though he's still in his prime. Hatton, for example, is a stylistic cake for Floyd to counter punch and rip punches on until Hatton collapses later on.

Hatton is no challenge, a cherry picked 'big name', overrated at that.

 

It would be huge if Hatton was a true elite fighter, like Cotto, but alas he is not. Hatton is a B+ that is well managed and masqueraded as a real P4P talent.

Plenty will be shocked that Hatton will put up NO FIGHT and get stopped, losing every round, but then maybe they will realise how overrated and how limited that Ricky Hatton truly is and then maybe his sickening fanboys will go away.

We can at least thank Floyd for that.

 

If Hatton loses every round and gets stopped, will you admit that Hatton was overrated?

I mean hell, even Judah took a few rounds from Joy.

Hatton won't take ONE.

 

That's a bit harsh. He's still without a doubt a top ten p4per, and THE number 1 light welterweight in the world (the one division Floyd kinda skipped over).

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you in the sense that Floyd takes him out rather easilly. But he still deserves credit for beating the best fighter of the division DIRECTLY below him, the one division he semi skipped, and a division his body could EASILLY handle (so by taking the fight at WW is just as much a disadvantage for Floyd as it is for Hatton). Not to mention another fighter universally considered in the top 10 p4p

 

That's only due to skewed viewpoints. Hatton is easily the most overrated fighter in the sport, so flawed.