Please. WHo did Rueles ever beat?? And old Jorge Paez??? Old Freddie Pendleton??? Corrales and Castillo are two steps above Rueles.
PBF's career is better 39-0 vs 39-5, 3 linear championships vs 2, 3 years P4P #1 vs 1 year at best.:deal PBF is the better boxer overall let's take a closer look. Speed PBF Chin Even Stamina PBF Defense PBF Footwork PBF Power Oscar Ring Generalship PBF Counter punching PBF Heart even PBF is the best fighter of his era period. If he's not then name him?:deal PBF beat Oscar at 154 on his terms at his first fight in a weight he had no business at. Oscar had every advantage in the book and still couldn't win. PBF way past his best weight is equal to Oscar not being in his prime. I'm glad I could educate you as to why PBF is clearly the higher ATG.:hi: :good
He thinks ending with this guy :hi: means something. All it means is he has the mental capacity of a child. Dumb child...
Oscar fans are going at this debate all wrong focus on the fights oscar OFFICIALLY won instead of decisions you think he should have gotten, for instance Oscar wins at 147 over Pernell,Quartey,Oba Carr smash Floyds 147 resume. Like I said focus on his OFFICIAL wins not the ones he should have gotten.
Marciano's career is better at 49-0 vs. Muhammad Ali at 56-5. Marciano would never have lost to the fighters Ali fought. Ali had 5 losses, that automatically makes Marciano better!!! As for naming a better fighter of this era, Hopkins, Roy Jones, De La Hoya, Lennox Lewis, Holyfield, Trinidad and even Toney come to mind. If Mayweather had fought guys of the caliber that Trinidad or (DLH) did, he wouldn't be undefeated, that's not speculation either. Trinidad's losses were to three bigger men (Hopkins, Winky and RJJ), two of whom were considered p4p #1 (Hopkins and RJJ) for the better part of the last 10 years. Had Mayweather actually fought guys of that Caliber in their prime, even with LOSSES, he would be viewed as a greater fighter by many What advantage did DLH have? Being 4 years older? Having the hunger gone since he was already a part-time fighter and multi-millionaire? Already losing to Mosley (twice), Trinidad, Hopkins, and his grueling fights with Sturm, Quartey, Vargas, etc....? You make it sound like DLH was in his prime or something, when it was quite the opposite. You probably give a lot credit to PBF for beating Gatti, yet forget to remember that Robinson, Manfredy, and DLH beat hiss down way before PBF ever did, not to mention the wars with Ward.
OSCAR "The Golden Boy" DE LA HOYA John John Molina UD Rafael Ruelas KO2 Jesse James Leija KO2 Jorga Paez KO2 Miguel Angel Gonzalez UD Genaro Hernandez KO5 Julio Cesar Chavez KO4 Julio Cesar Chavez KO6 Hector camacho UD Ike Quartey SD Pernell Whitaker UD Oba Carr KO11 Javier Castillejo UD Fernando Vargas KO11 Ricardo Mayorga KO6 Felix Sturm UD Steve Forbes UD "Pretty Boy" Floyd Joy "Money" Mayweather :rofl :rofl :rofl Genaro Hernandez RTD8 Angel Manfredy KO2 Diego Corrales KO10 Jesus Chavez KO9 Jose Luis castillo UD Jose Luis Castillo UD Carlos Baldomir UD Oscar De La Hoya SD Ricky Hatton KO10 Most skilled perhaps, maybe not even that as I feel RJJ was a better athlete with more offensive talent. But he is not greater than Trinidad, De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr. Bernard Hopkins. Oscar did not have every advantage that really mattered. Boxing gloves? Maybe just in weight. PBF had youth, reflexes, and was P4P #1 and barely squeaked a SPLIT DECISION! No, it doesn't make sense. He has the weaker resume, and is less accomplished. ABC is not everything. In terms of natural talent perhaps he has an edge, but this is a contact sport, it's fighting, it's boxing, and no he does not have ATG resume.
I agree with u on your picks, and yes Corrales was 135 fighter, but he came down to 130 to fight Mayweather.
Both of them came down from 130. Mayweather fought his last bout at 130 before Corrales. Corrales was going to move up to lightweight, vacating a belt, but didn't leave 130 for good until 2004.