When people deminish Floyd's Welterweight record is it a sign of how good he is?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by papadoc28, Oct 31, 2010.


  1. platnumpapi

    platnumpapi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he has a great career and is still fighting, only morons want to break his career down step by step and nit pick bout ****.all you need to know is 41-0, 5 x champ in 6 divisions no catch weights.

    you cant argue with the facts.
     
  2. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It isn't the greatest anyway.

    Marquez (130/135), Hatton (140), Mitchell (140) are 3 or 5 opponents he has faced at 147, and as you can see from the brackets, the three mentioned were better at those weights.
     
  3. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "his resume at 130 wasn't that good" :rofl. Oh boy, hahaha.
     
  4. Raskolnikov

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    No.

    It's a sign that since he moved to 147 in 2005, he could've fought Williams, Cotto, Margarito, Mosley (before he was pushing 40), and Pacquiao.

    But instead he has fought Sharmba Mitchell (a lww), Baldomir (****), Judah (KO'd by Cotto, beaten by Clottey), Hatton, Marquez (barely a lightweight), and Mosley (5 years older than the '05 version).

    You cannot dress this up in any way to hide the truth. Floyd has been cherrypicking for FIVE YEARS.
     
  5. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Its so damn hard for a Pac fan just to give someone else credit. He fought the welterweight champion. He fought the previous champion. Mosley was the top welterweight. Floyd signed to fight Zab when he was undisputed and it was the biggest fight available and in most demand since Hatton didnt want to face him yet.

    And you do know that Mosley/Hatton/Cotto all rejected fights with him, right?

    Should he have fought Cotto? Hell yeah, (although as a Cotto fan, I wouldnt want to see him lose), but he took a long break- whatever, if you have the means to take a break then so be it, and he did it after winning his second fighter of the year award. But to dismiss Mitchell/Baldomir/DLH/Hatton/Marquez/Mosley as some atrocious row of novices is asinine.

    Mitchell faces Tszyu- PHENOMENAL win for a legend in Tszyu, but a joke fight for Mayweather. I have a ring mag where they beg for Mayweather to face Zab (a bad stylistic matchup for him as well), then when he does he is heckled for not facing the real champion in Baldomir. He fights both, and then both are completely disregarded. DLH and Hatton were the most demanded fights in boxing, hands down. And Mosley was the top welterweight. Do I want pac v. May? Hell yeah I do, everyone does, pac and may are both great fighters, give just due.

    Boxing "fans" act like little kids.