which guys in the previous eras beat floyd.

Jeff Fenech would get Mayweather pregnant.

 

Flovd v Barney Ross
that would be special, time machines cant come quick enough lol

 

Juiced up, prime Mosley would probably stop 36 year old Floyd.

 

deal

 

Nah. He was done at 130lbs. (first with with a slightly past peak Nelson notwithstanding).

Sandy Saddler might do some damage, though...:think

 

Please with the Prime stuff, Floyd makes adjustments, If you change something about the opponent, Floyd is going to change the way he fights them.

 

Aaron Pryor or Roberto Duran would of been excellent fights...both have enough aggression, stamina and relentlessness to prove a real challenge for Mayweather.

Mayweather is top 10 ATG in my opinion.

 

Sweet Pea fought in the pocket way more than he gets credit for. He wasn't just a mover.

 

In the lower weight divisions I's still pick Pryor and Duran to beat Floyd as well as a prime SSM. I think De Jesus and JCC might also beat him.

 

Duran at 135 would've been something to watch, his head movement and defense were very underrated and in the lighter weights he was considered more of a brawler which I don't agree with. he actually had pretty good boxing technical ability and obviously he had dynamite in both hands. To me, he was the quintessential boxer/puncher.

As resumes go, he has to be considered one of the best, if not the best LW ever. But a matchup between him and Floyd I truly believe would end up quite similar to Duran-Leonard II. I don't think Roberto would be able to catch him and by the latter rounds I could see his frustration augmenting and really taking him out of the match.

If he could find a way to pin FLoyd on the ropes and start throwing flurries or have him stand toe to toe with him in the pocket, than things could obviously be much different. But I don't believe Floyd would be stupid enough to allow either of those hypothetical scenarios to occur, I'm sure Mayweather would respect Duran's power and boxing ability and do what he does to everyone else, and that's take away what they're best at and cause them to get frustrated.

 

I respectfully disagree with that staement. When Sweet Pea knew his opposition wasn't packing a big punch than he'd be ok with staying in the pocket for much longer periods of time.

But guys who he knew had a chance to hurt him by standing toe to toe he fought much differently against. JCC Sr and DLH are good examples, Pea would throw wonderful combinations and the moment he saw punches coming back at him, he'd be on his bicycle. Still his footwork might've been the best ever, definitely the most entertaining. But he couldn't block off punches with his gloves/forearms/elbows/shoulders while fighting off the ropes or standing toe to toe in the pocket. That's just not true.

He was a guy who threw beautiful combinations and utilized his footwork to evade his opposition probably more than any other elite fighter in history aside from pep.

 

I have to think that if Floyd was as much worried about fighting Pac as it appears, Duran would end up getting to him, much like he did Leonard in the second round of Montreal. The only difference is, Floyd doesn't hang on and last the fight. I think what would give Floyd the most problems is that Duran doesn't back up when he's on defensive, rather he feints moves and fires back this would be difficult for Floyd to deal with, especially if Floyd can't hurt Duran. Floyd would also have to work a lot harder than he currently does, he's not going to pot shot to a victory against Duran.

 

Get off the drugsatsch

 

I have to say I know from the list who WOULDN'T, and that's surely Benitez. He's all wrong to beat Floyd: non-dynamic offense - I bet Floyd would pick him apart easily. Nothing to threaten him in that match up.\

aaron Pryor is the best bet near Floyd's natural size: never tired, hit hard from weird angles, and it didn't matter if he had space or not to punch.

Hearns and Leonard are too big, their effectiveness ranged from welter to light heavy and welter to super middle, respectively, whereas Floyd ranges from light to jr. middle (but really welter). In that size range, Pryor, pac, super prime Mosley and maybe prime Oscar, maybe Basilio's pressure (but not likely). I think Floyd is all wrong for Duran too, that he would never engage and just try to potshot and move like Kirkland Laing and Benitez did to Duran.

 

Pac is WAY more unorthodox than Duran. What pac does shouldn't work on the elite level, this is why it concerns the Mayweather family. He doesn't have to be set for his shots to damage people and they come in weird broken rhythm spurts at funny angles but still do damage. And as I said, Duran actually was susceptible to the pot shot style against Leonard II and III, Benitez, and Lang, as well as struggling with Viruet's negative style to some degree, though he won that fight.