Who came closer to taking the 0?

Since The Blueprint, Maidana is returning, this all of the sudden becomes relevant again.

It's called nagivating the discussion to several close choices and intentionally avoiding what would otherwise be a chitstorm of robbery talk and Floyd fans fighting with Floyd haters. If you can't see why I made the effort to avoid this, I can't help you further. Holy chit man it was a tongue-in-cheek comment anyway.

Oh, I read it. Just chose to disregard it. "General consensus?" We all know Castillo came closest to taking the 0. It's like asking, "Who's the tallest man on earth? (not including the tallest man on earth)" It's called nagivating the discussion to several close choices and intentionally avoiding what would otherwise be a chitstorm of robbery talk and Floyd fans fighting with Floyd haters. If you can't see why I made the effort to avoid this, I can't help you further.

Cotto did best.

Reading the OP would help you out there, smart one. Oh, I read it. Just chose to disregard it. "General consensus?" We all know Castillo came closest to taking the 0. It's like asking, "Who's the tallest man on earth? (not including the tallest man on earth)"

I say Maidana, then DLH, then PEDquiao in that order. I didn't add Castillo to the poll because it's a general consensus that that was a robbery and even if it wasn't, I don't want this thread derailed on that fight as a topic, let's focus on the most recent 3 fights where it was close. Discuss. Hoya barely won 4 rounds and Pacquiao maybe half that. Castillo wasn't a robbery, hold on let me get my scorecard from watching it again this past December. Here it is: https://i.imgur.com/1vZpeYe.png Close fight, Mayweather got the win, get over it. If you want to openly debate any round, I'm open for it. Now that I'm looking over his record, most notably the scores I'm trying to find a fight I thought was close and here I am at Castillo 2. I was rewatching that too, but stopped after round 5. I had Floyd up 5-Nil going into the 6th. Castillo had a good second half last time. But dam man, Floyd wasn't in a close fight since 2002 --- thats INSANE!!!

a prime mosely would have finished the deal in that second round! This!!!!!!

those 3 beat floyd.

This amateur millenial is forgetting Jose Luis Castillo. Reading the OP would help you out there, smart one.

Pacquiao beat Floyd so I guess it's him. Are you for real?

post prime maidana against the slightly ageing floyd.

This amateur millenial is forgetting Jose Luis Castillo.

LOL @ Pacquiao, that wasn't competitive.

a prime mosely would have finished the deal in that second round!

lol I explained why I didn't want to include Castillo in the OP. I’m good with that brother..... I try to respect the OP’s request... Maidana....

Pacquiao beat Floyd so I guess it's him.

Chino laid hands on Floyd.... I’ll go with Chino, since you constrained our answers.... lol I explained why I didn't want to include Castillo in the OP.

Not true. There a plenty of examples of fighters who didn't take punishment who aged quickly. Floyd was way past his prime at age 37. Anyone with a functioning set of eyes can see that. That's fair, but how you treat your body has a lot to do with it. For example ODLH had a short prime because he was irresponsible and abused drugs when he should have been in the gym.

Chino laid hands on Floyd.... I’ll go with Chino, since you constrained our answers....

Your age doesn't dictate your prime in boxing, the damage you take does, and Floyd never took much of it. 37 boxing aside isn't what it used to be either, especially to the athlete. Floyd altered his style to be more economical because he became a wiser fighter, not because he couldn't move well. His only issue was his brittle hands. Not true. There a plenty of examples of fighters who didn't take punishment who aged quickly. Floyd was way past his prime at age 37. Anyone with a functioning set of eyes can see that.