The Myth that Floyd didnt fight Top Welters

he was mayweather before. hes gayweather now. thats the diffrence.

Bootneck, Hatton was the WBA champion. And the title of the thread is about him not fighting top welters. He did that! That's all.

Of course I saw the fight! I'm a boxing fan, I did say victory cause that's what it was. Clottey was a big time fouler back then.

Barracuda and Manny Pac has been knocked out twice, is he not a legit champ at Welter. Baldomir was on a 5 year win streak including a victory over Clottey the man that Pac is fighting on March 13th. Have you seen that fight? Baldo got lucky he got the bogus DQ win, he was behind on all scorecards. :439:

relax man im just messing with you i don't care who he fights as long as pac and mosley get theirs.... i would love to see him fight cotto too

He fought what he could at Welter. How is it his fault or within his control that the Welterweight division's talent got that much better in a small time frame? If he fights one of these prospects, he's probably faulted for ducking somebody else. Its like an infinite loop of possibilities.

So what ranking system do you want to use as your barometer to measure who the top guys are?

dude get out of here with that... Go back and read my posts.... Ive been saying he should of fought mosley all along.... I would be pissed if he fought the likes of matt hatton or malinaggi relax man im just messing with you

VERY TRUE! BUT THEN THEY WILL ALWAYS BE BALLL WASHERS LIKE YOU TO EVEN THINGS OUT:luvbed: dude get out of here with that... go back and read my posts.... ive been saying he should of fought mosley all along.... i would be pissed if he fought the likes of matt hatton or malinaggi

ok can we honestly stop right now with this Mayweather fought top welterweights nonsense please? people like the TS use links to sites and places like boxrec to justify their views but anyone with a boxing pulse knew that Baldomir was nothing more than a feel good Cinderella story whose clock struck midnight. Judah is what he is, a talented fighter good enough to be a champ but not focused enough to support the championship level talent he possesed. Hatton being ranked as a top ten welterweight after one shaky fight at welterweight is comical and largely based off of his work at 140 NOT the one questionable decision he got with Collazo. are these guys top Welters depends on what you consider a top fighter. If you mean that out of the thousands of fighters that fight at that weight class then yes you can have it fit into your definition but against a measure of greatness, which Floyd rightfully so SHOULD be measured at, then no these guys all pale in comparison especially when the other choices Mayweather could have fought all outtrump the three opponents on that list Mayweather chose to fight. so there goes your theory

Barracuda and Manny Pac has been knocked out twice, is he not a legit champ at Welter. Baldomir was on a 5 year win streak including a victory over Clottey the man that Pac is fighting on March 13th.

the haters will always complain no matter who he fights...if he fights mosley they will complain he should of fought pwill or margacheato... he could find the cure for cancer and the haters will bitchh about that too! VERY TRUE! BUT THEN THEY WILL ALWAYS BE BALLL WASHERS LIKE YOU TO EVEN THINGS OUT:luvbed:

the haters will always complain no matter who he fights...if he fights mosley they will complain he should of fought pwill or margacheato... he could find the cure for cancer and the haters will bitchh about that too!

wow...imposing set of welters. :439: I doubt any of those gets in the HOF...well Hatton might, but he isn't even a legit welter. Who should he have fought?

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75108

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May 30, 2006 Ring Magazine WELTERWEIGHTS Weight Limit: 147 pounds This week Last Week Weeks in Ratings Fighter Record C C 23 CARLOS BALDOMIR 42-9-6 (12) 1 1 7 FLOYD MAYWEATHER 36-0 (24) 2 2 254 ANTONIO MARGARITO 33-4 (24) 3 3 106 ZAB JUDAH 34-4 (25) 4 4 2 RICKY HATTON 41-0 (30) 5 5 58 LUIS COLLAZO 26-1 (12) 6 6 17 ARTURO GATTI 40-7 (31) 7 7 95 KERMIT CINTRON 25-1 (23) 8 8 63 JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA 37-4-1 (24) 9 9 52 OKTAY URKAL 36-3 (11) 10 10 321 THOMAS DAMGAARD 37-1 (27) Floyd agreed to fight the Undisputed Champion Judah in 2006. Not his fault that Judah lost to Baldomir. He beat them both! Revionist history says that Baldomir was terrible but back them people thought Floyd was afraid to fight him because he was a big welter. Just check the Baldomir Gatti fight and listen to Merchant wow...imposing set of welters. :439: I doubt any of those gets in the HOF...well Hatton might, but he isn't even a legit welter.

Yeah baldo the lineal chump with 9 loses and only 12 kos in over 40 fights ahhahaha good one

Yeah i dont get it either. He fought top competition, or atleast top ranked at the time. Then he fought Oscar for a major payday and gigantic exposure at a weight class above. Then a fight vs Hatton who was unbeaten and had claimed a title at 147 and was the lineal champ at 140. Then retirement.