Have you guys seen the 1998 p4p rankings(very interesting)?

[J The UnBiased]

Floyd didn't have any rivalry. He just only fought JMM once. He retired when things in the welterweight division got heated up.

Here we go lmao smh

[thuggery]

Floyd didn't have any rivalry. He just only fought JMM once. He retired when things in the welterweight division got heated up.

This can't be disputed.

[Weebler I]

The link that the OP posted actually contains the P4P rankings.

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Roy Jones Jr.
3. Evander Holyfield
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Mark Johnson
6. Shane Mosley
7. Ricardo Lopez
8. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
9. Naseem Hamed
10. Johnny Tapia

I wonder how many of them were on steroids (or PEDs). Offhand, I can see 4 strongly linked (3 failed tests) and a couple rumored. Also, another with questionable wraps. It's like looking at the 100m line-up from the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

I like to think today's list is at least somewhat "cleaner".

[Sugar Adam Ali]

The link that the OP posted actually contains the P4P rankings.

1. Oscar De La Hoya
2. Roy Jones Jr.
3. Evander Holyfield
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Mark Johnson
6. Shane Mosley
7. Ricardo Lopez
8. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
9. Naseem Hamed
10. Johnny Tapia

That is a killer p4p list,,, totally blows away the current p4p list... half the list is some ATGs

[J The UnBiased]

This can't be disputed.

Floyd announced that he was retiring after he fought Hatton. That was in 07. Who were the welterweights that were heating things up at the time?

[Ghazan]

That is a killer p4p list,,, totally blows away the current p4p list... half the list is some ATGs

well i hope those you consider the prince an ATG as well

[Ghazan]

Floyd's been top 10 since 1998. He turned pro in 96. There's a reason for that.

but respect to Manny Pac..for climbing from flyweight to winning titles at welter

[Szef]

That is a killer p4p list,,, totally blows away the current p4p list... half the list is some ATGs

Holyfield, Floyd, Roy and maybe Shane

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Floyd announced that he was retiring after he fought Hatton. That was in 07. Who were the welterweights that were heating things up at the time?

Actually he retired after the oscar fight, then cameback for hatton the same year, then went back into "retirement"
And to answer your question about who were the welters heating things up,,
Shane had a great throwdown with cotto, margs vs cotto in summer of 2008, paul williams had just iced quintana in 1 to avenge lone loss, clottey was beating up everybody they put in front of him,,

You have to realize that floyd wouldnt get the hate he does if he would have stuck around and fought shane in fall of 2007, and then fought cotto in 2008...
And dont say that everyone is dodging floyd,,, PRe-oscar yes, but after the oscar fight, floyd became the biggest draw in the sport and can make any fight he wanted to.... piggybacking off the oscar fight, a fight with shane would have been huge, then fight hatton in early 2008, and setup a huge fight with cotto in summer of 2008,,,, Thats why floyd gets alot of heat, because he comesback to fight slow undersized jmm, ortiz, old shane, old cotto, and ghost....

[SN!PER]

Hamed vs Mayweather would've been awesome in those days