Was Floyd Mayweather one of the best athletes in his era?

True.. and on the flipside, most those footballers would get sparked clean out by a good bantamweight in a serious spar.

 

Tbh don't know any of those names [emoji23] But then I do not care much about sports pretty much only Americans compete in.

How do their achievements compare to those who compete professionally in different disciplines/sports?

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That has more to do with sport-specific skill than athleticism... (and for the record, as an aside, I'm not sure how many would get "sparked clean out").

 

Everything is sport-specific (or exercise-specific) though. That's the point.

There's no pure test of "athleticism" (whatever you think that is) outside of sport itself (or the practice/training areas).

There's no actual measure to that vague term.
It's all subjective.

 

I just don't see any evidence to support that the best boxers tend to be athletic phenoms whose athletic traits could have brought them glory in other sports. Anything's possible though--I bet there's some very small sub-subset of the subset of boxers who choose to pursue boxing exclusively at a young age, before trying out other sports, who could have thrived in another sport, but that would also be true of the athletes who pursue some of those other sports.

 

he was.

name top 5 boxers of this century so far , its money pac guaranteed on the list. Stands to reason they gotta be some of boxings best athletes, and some of the best of the 21st C..

 

Ok then. Take your good bantamweight and match him up against one of the NFL players I mentioned on my list. Have them compete against each other in every single track & field event, at every basketball position, at every football position, have them compete in rugby and lacrosse, have them fight each other in the boxing ring, and again in an MMA octogon. My assumption is that the bantamweight would get outperformed in damn near every athletic endeavor (quite possibly losing in MMA to boot). They'd be up against bigger, faster, much, much stronger men, who are more explosive, at least as agile, and probably similarly coordinated.

*I guess we could also have them do tennis, baseball, hockey, swimming, etc. but I have no idea how any of the athletes involved would fare in those sports.

 

Yeah, I agree. He'd lose.
That's why Mayweather's not even the best example in the OP. Too small.
Although Allen Iverson wasn't a huge guy either.

Wladimir Klitschko would be a better representative for boxing of that era. Certainly, in my opinion. He's the top boxer of the era, not Floyd or Pacquiao.

 

A.I. was an incredible football player, he just never took it to the next level. People still saying Iverson was a better HS QB and Athlete than Vick. Vick is probably the best athletic QB I've ever seen. Nobody was as fast as him nor could throw the ball as far as him. Unbelievable how athletically gifted he was. People thought Iverson was better.

 

I tend to agree a little more with Kevin's few on this subject. I think there are better athletes who are also boxers than May, let alone other athletes of other sports.

 

Now see if Manny can dunk in their world...