So now a fighter gets discredited for winning and a fighter gets credit for losing?

[Larry the boss]

You simply can not make this stuff up. this is amazing..you get credit for getting your ass whipped against hall of famers..but beating hall of famers gets you no credit?

Pretty much sums it up.

A resume isn't just the names that you see on paper, you've got to put names in proper context.

Floyd has:
Oscar
Mosley
JMM
Cotto

All of whom are sure fire HOFers yet Mosley was shot, Oscar was almost shot and Cotto had taken some of the most horrendous beatings I've seen at the highest level in this sport and was no longer at his best weight.

JMM was a fat lightweight without the help of Mr Memo, so looking at that in proper context, those wins don't all account to greatness (I've always given Floyd a pass for Oscar and Hatton).

On the other hand you look at what Duran did against Hagler, Hearns and Leonard, they are all far greater than the entirety of Floyd's career even though he went 2-1 with SRL and got obliterated by Hearns and lost to Hagler. It's context *****!

[thuggery]

[Dinamita 03]

Context being the key word

[Larry the boss]

This is the most ******ed crap i have ever heard

[Russian Crushin]

You mean like Canelo, who stayed on the P4P list that he never should have even been on, just because he lost to Floyd?

[jas]

So Ali should be ranked below Marciano Larry ?
Gimme your top 5 heavyweights.

[Jloro]

Who knows anymore. Also KO'ing bums proves you can KO anyone in history

[tyshun30]

Who knows anymore. Also KO'ing bums proves you can KO anyone in history

so true

[Larry the boss]

So Ali should be ranked below Marciano Larry ?
Gimme your top 5 heavyweights.

Ali has better wins then Marciano....i am not saying floyd should be ranked higher then duran..but look at the thread where the post comes from...and this poster is saying 1 persons lose can actually be better for his resume then anothers wins even tho the lose and the win came from hall of fame fighters..that is ridiculous

[Foreign Soil]

Broner got credit for simply surviving against Maidana. It happens... all about context and Broner got contextually ass whooped.