Which of these three has the weakest resume: MOSLEY, MAYWEATHER, CALZAGHE?

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  1. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    They are three of the best fighters of the last decade.

    Which of the three has the WEAKEST resume, and WHY?

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  2. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Calzaghe, not even close.

    Mosley had some wins over some solid names at 135, before bypassing 140 and remaining competitive at 147 ever since - losing to only elite fighters and those with stylistic advantages.

    Also did well at 154.

    Floyd was the best 130lb'er ever - and was near unbeatable at 135. His resume at 140 is weak, less so at 147 and holds a win over DLH at 154.

    A win over Hatton would have meant more at 140 than 147, perhaps ditto Judah - but there aren't many names missing from his record.
     
  3. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Mayweather by far.
     
  4. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    I know you hate Mayweather, but you'll have a hard time justifying that statement.
     
  5. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Explain?:think
     
  6. zarman

    zarman Guest

    without a doupt.
     
  7. zarman

    zarman Guest

    mosley had the best opposition. calzaghe has the best record. mayweather ducked the most
     
  8. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Genaro Hernandez

    Carlos Hernandez

    Chic Corrales

    Jesus Chavez

    These were all current or future champs that Mayweather beat at 130, Manfredy was a to 3 guy when Mayweather destroyed him

    At 135 you have Castillo twice and Sosa and N'Dou were good fighters as well

    at 140 Corley was a top 10 guy and Gatti was a top 3 guy and a titleholder.

    At 147 Judah and Baldo were both top 3 guys when Floyd beat them, Hatton was p4p top 10.

    At 154, Oscar was no lower than no.3 at that division, was a title holder, and still a prettty good fighter.

    Calzaghe and Mosley can't match these wins with there resume. Calzaghe's resume pre-2006 was very suspect. Kessler, Lacy, and Hopkins were good wins since then.
     
  9. stonerose

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    calzaghe but ....yawn . groundhog day again .
     
  10. "TKO"

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    I voted Mosley - while it was clear he was talented, most of his opposition at 135 was a bum of the month tour. Holiday was a good and accomplished champ, but Gomez? Ceballos? Ruiz? Morales? Johnson? Mosley's big wins were over DLH and he had a number of other good contenders on there but not the number that the other guys do and plus he got whooped in a way they never did.

    Mosley

    Elite: DLH
    Champs: Holiday, Molina, Leija, Vargas Collazo, Mayorga
    Contenders: Brown, Rivera, Diza, Taylor

    Calzaghe

    Elite: Hopkins, Kessler
    Champs: Eubank, Reid, Woodhall, Lacy, Brewer, Mitchell, Jones
    Contenders: Starie, Sheika, Bika, Veit

    Mayweather:

    Elite: Hernandez, Corrales, Castillo x 2
    Champs: Vargas, Carlos Hernandez, Jesus Chavez, Corley, Gatti, Mitchell, Judah, DLH (no longer elite by this point), Hatton
    Contenders: Manfredy, Rios, Juuko, Sosa

    Borderline, Mayweather clearly has the best IMO, I just like calzaghe's body of work over Mosley's in spite of Mosley's big wins over a peak DLH.
     
  11. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Hatton was better than Corrales, IMO.
     
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  13. Loewe

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    Oscar shouldn´t have been in the top5 at the time there. Still an impressive win considering the size disparity and that it was PBF´s one and only fight there. But Oscar was not really a top dog there anymore.

    Imo it´s PBF > Joe C. > Shane. Especially when you take Mosley´s steroid affair into account. I still like him more than the other two but he cheated.
     
  14. catasyou

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    Are you ****ing kidding me?His reume is extremely weak for such a good fighter.Just a few names from my head:
    Shane Mosley
    Joel Casamayor
    Acelino Freitas
    Stevie Johnston
    Juan Lazcano
    Paul Spadafora
    Kostya Tszyu
    Antonio Margarito
    Miguel Cotto
    Hatton at 140
    Joshua Clottey
    His 140 and 147 resumes are extremely weak to non existent.His win over Oscar at 154 was good but in fact Oscar was past his prime and he still barely beat him fighting like a scared man.Itwas clear that a prime Osar beats him.At 130 and 135 he had a good resume nut not enough.Plus he lost the first time with Castillo
     
  15. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Your whole argument is who he didn't fight at each weight class instead of who he did fight. Your resume is predicated on who you fought. Mayweather's level of comp is better than Mosley and Calzaghe. Furthermore, many of the guys you listed were never in a postion to fight Floyd, turned down fights with him, or wanted no parts of him.