Who's the more exciting fighter: prime Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Naoya Inoue?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, Jul 25, 2023.


More exciting boxer: (prime) Mayweather or Inoue?

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  1. Mayweather

    15 vote(s)
    10.3%

  2. Inoue

    131 vote(s)
    89.7%
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  1. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Bro CJ just said Jesus Chavez had a chance against Floyd lol, I'm starting to suspect that CJ might be a bot.
     
    ellerbe, Jul 26, 2023
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  2. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Inoue floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Like man man Muhammad Ali.
     
    slash, Jul 26, 2023
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  3. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How insecure do you have to be to post this trash?
     
    The Cryptkeeper, Jul 26, 2023
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  4. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    About as insecure as you for replying to it.
     
    Pimp C, Jul 27, 2023
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  5. melo910000

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    Floyd would beat the dog **** out of Inoue. It's not even teh same level of boxing really.
     
    melo910000, Jul 27, 2023
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You really said who's more exciting "Floyd in his prime", or Inoue then you select post prime Floyd fights to pontificate about :facepalm:

    Inoue is more "exciting" than 130-135 Floyd though..........but not by much. As for who won more impressively, Pretty Boys' lower weight wins were just as impressive, his skill set was nuts back then.
     
    northpaw, Jul 27, 2023
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  7. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you hold floyd as the bench mark of measuring such things?
     
    delboy82, Jul 27, 2023
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  8. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    He's widely regarded as the best of the 21st century, even by some as TBE (the best ever).

    The media loved Floyd, especially Kellerman. They would hold him to lower standards than other fighters.

    When other fighters carried their overmatched opponents into the later rounds for a dull decision win instead of going for a stoppage, they would be criticized for it. But not Floyd - he couldn't do wrong in their eyes.

    When other people beat up their girlfriends in front of their small children, they would be criticized for it. But Floyd could never do wrong.

    When other fighters cherry-picked opponents or waited for potential opponents to age before fighting them (the way Floyd protégé Gervonta Davis is doing now) they'd be criticized for it by the boxing media. But not Floyd.

    When other fighters like Sven Ottke refused to travel to other countries to fight, they'd be criticized for it. But that's what Floyd did too. He always had home advantage and dodgy personal Las Vegas officials.

    What was so great about Floyd? Inoue created more excitement in the last round of the fight with Fulton than Floyd did in his entire career.
     
    Perkin Warbeck, Jul 27, 2023
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  9. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    He'd have made a far better ballet dancer
     
    C.J., Jul 27, 2023
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  10. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Prime Floyd 130 was far more exciting with an invincible mix of offense and defense

    He was even better offensively than Inoue and beat far better fighters to boot
     
    MVC!, Jul 27, 2023
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  11. drenlou

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    Pretty Boy Floyd was a beast at 130.

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    drenlou, Jul 27, 2023
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  12. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Have you ever seen El Matador fight, he was giving Floyd all he wanted & more till his shoulder gave out
    Talking about bots ? I'm almost sure you Floyd Fanatics are all from TMT lol You all say the same thing anyone that doesn't adore Floyd is just a hater . While the real fans laugh in amazement at the way you worship him
     
    C.J., Jul 27, 2023
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  13. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    See what I mean ??? Every word is pure unadulterated Bull FecesYoure cheerleaders not boxing fans lol
     
    C.J., Jul 27, 2023
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  14. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    I agree with every word Great Post
     
    C.J., Jul 27, 2023
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  15. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Manny Pacroid is lucky he didn’t match with prime Floyd. An old 40 year old Floyd damn near knocked him out a prime Floyd would have ended him in a round or two

    Prime Floyd is unbeatable
     
    MVC!, Jul 27, 2023
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