Mayweather vs. Skilled Elusive Boxer (never?)

Judah is weird. He is a lot of flash, but no substance. Sort of like the guy who can jump out of the gym, but can't make a jump shot. that's exactly how he is!! lol at 36 he had flashes of what he can do against danny garcia. I don't know why he doesn't just...be good all the time! lol

Judah was fairly skilled and elusive but I think this question highlights the fact that boxing has really gone downhill. Where are the pernells? the sugar rays? the willie peps?

I think it would have been great if he fought bradley before PAC rematched him. Now I don't see May fighting a "leftover." Still it is the most intriguing match up outside of PAC, Martinez and Lara.

Which is why I'd like to see him fight Lara, the closest to a skilled, elusive boxer at this moment in time.

Can you post a few names, for the sake of clarifying who are and are not "skilled, elusive boxer's" I honestly don't see too many out there around the 147lb+\- range. Honestly, Floyd avoids relatively risky fighters at 147+. Sergio Martinez called him out for like 5 years ..... but Floyd avoided him ...... yet was OK and preferred fighting another Argentinian named Maidana who people give little chance of winning the fight.

The only fighter in history with his health come first.

floyd in his prime fought judah in his prime. zab was doing good in the early rounds. rocked floyd. then the scuffle happened. after that it was all floyd edit: just noticed that you did mention judah. i thought judah was good Judah was not that good at WW. He lost about half his fights there then decided to go back down to 140. Judah is also so inconsistent. At WW, Judah lost to Baldomir, Clottey, Cotto, Spinks and Floyd. So that proved that you don't need to be a Floyd level fighter to beat Judah at WW.

floyd in his prime fought judah in his prime. zab was doing good in the early rounds. rocked floyd. then the scuffle happened. after that it was all floyd edit: just noticed that you did mention judah. i thought judah was good Judah is weird. He is a lot of flash, but no substance. Sort of like the guy who can jump out of the gym, but can't make a jump shot.

Well there is no one like sweet pea these days. But there were boxers during Floyd's career that were defensive, had speed, and we're good counter punchers. Right now there is Lara, Bradley, Martinez. The boxers during Floyd's career weren't elite, nor did they have a big following (spinks, witter). So I don't think that should be held against him.

floyd in his prime fought judah in his prime. zab was doing good in the early rounds. rocked floyd. then the scuffle happened. after that it was all floyd edit: just noticed that you did mention judah. i thought judah was good

Here's the thing, there aren't too many skilled elusive boxers out there especially around Floyd's division. We do have Lara, Bradley, and Thurman who are somewhat elusive but all of those guys can be touched up relatively easily as they proved in their last few fights. Thurman got wobbled by Soto-Karass in round 1, Bradley got concussed by Provodnikov then got a leg injury against Pacquiao, Lara got dropped twice by a slow Angulo. Let's face it, none of these guys is a Pernell Whitaker and I believe Floyd would beat all of them in boring yet somewhat competitive fights.

I think Canelo is a pretty skilled boxer with underrated defense. Wouldn't call him elusive though. We'll see just how good he is against Lara.

Can you post a few names, for the sake of clarifying who are and are not "skilled, elusive boxer's" I honestly don't see too many out there around the 147lb+\- range.