The man that gave Floyd is toughest fight.

The toughest fights void ever had was against Castillo. That's right, even the rematch in which Mayweather fought as conservatively as possible and Castillo still took four rounds from him. Void will never acknowledge Castillo as his toughest opponent because of the controversy of the first fight, which is silly because Castillo was very good in his prime and likely the best fighter Mayweather ever beat (in terms of where he was when Mayweather fought him.)

Emmanuel Augustus, most underrated fighter ever. They should do a movie with this guy. He was taking fights with 3 days notice and schooled some yound promising guys. Got robbed many times. Had 3 lossed in his last 4 fights before fighting Floyd but managed to make Floyd work like no other guy I've ever seen. IMO landed the most punches on Floyd than any other fighter. This fight was a classic. Look at 39min50, only guy who has brought Floyd in hell. Good entertaining fight, and he had the right ideas, but the notion that it was his toughest fight is only perpetuated by Floyd! If Floyd were to talk truthfully then he would say that Castillo was his toughest fight because he arguably lost the first fight and the 2nd was tight! Cotto and Maidana gave him fits too! 1. Castillo 2. Cotto 3. Maidana

You guys still beating off to one of the worst prize fights in boxing history. Career low punches for both boxers lol. It was a masterclass doe. :wank:

Um... he was until about 3 or 4 years ago.

the Tards don't know him doe.

lol all these floyd fan acting like floyd just beat a prime pacquiao... lol... any1 with 2 good eyes could see that pacquiao was a washed up congressman.... But floyd is older doe

Floyd always pays respect to Augustus. He had just come off a layoff and this was supposed to be an easy one but Augustus bloodied Floyd's nose up and pushed him. Great fight.

Emmanuel Augustus, most underrated fighter ever. They should do a movie with this guy. He was taking fights with 3 days notice and schooled some yound promising guys. Got robbed many times. Had 3 lossed in his last 4 fights before fighting Floyd but managed to make Floyd work like no other guy I've ever seen. IMO landed the most punches on Floyd than any other fighter. This fight was a classic. Look at 39min50, only guy who has brought Floyd in hell. To me the interesting thing that Augustus did in this fight : - Be willing to get countered, you cant avoid it against Floyd, Hatton and Maidana understood it and tried all they could to still land their punches - Use unconventional boxing and combos. Augustus was doubling the uppercut, tripling the right hand, shifting, going southpaw then switching again, moving his head in all direction, etc... When you're fighting conventional, Floyd will know everything youll do 10 seconds in advance and adjust and counter you. If you get unconventional it will limit his ability to time you. - When Floyd is on the ropes, don't flurry on him, jab him, jab him as much as you can. Augustus landed a ton of punches by jabbing in the ropes, Cotto succeeded too at a certain point. - You cant give Floyd the pace of the fight, if you fight at a slow pace, it will be an easy fight for Floyd. You need to speed up the fight by cutting the ring and mauling him. Maidana and Augustus did that well. To this day I really think that the two guys who understood how to give Floyd a tough fight and had the heart to stick to the gameplan were Augustus and Maidana, props to them. Augustus was a legend. The stoppage in his fight vs Floyd was bull****. He had a great chance for victory. Great performance. Sublime slipping and countering by Augustus.

Castillo came closest. Most believe he did it. But Burton/Augustus was a terrible victim of the sport of boxing. He was rarely given a fair shake. I didnt say Augustus was the closest to beat FLoyd. I said he gave Floyd his toughest fight and made him work more ban anybody, and i still believe that.

Castillo was the toughest fight Floyd had, because he almost lost. It makes me laugh when people point to the Maidana or Mosley fights as being tough, because Floyd got wobbled... and yet he still won between 8 and 10 rounds in each of those fights.

Castillo came closest. Most believe he did it. But Burton/Augustus was a terrible victim of the sport of boxing. He was rarely given a fair shake.

lets be real agusutus was a human punching bag.. he has a horrible record but thats because he took damage willingly.. where is he now? dead? brain dead?.. he was dumb, he won 2 rounds tops that fight he just fought floyd at a time where floyd engaged more.. Castillo gave floyd his toughest fight and this fight was before castillo which was way floyd said that..

Pretty sure Castillo gave Floyd a tough fight too, even their 2nd fight was close for Floyd standards

Burton to floyd was what mccallum was to james toney. Another above average practitioner of the shoulder roll who could slip and punch while remaining in the bladed stance. No one else has really been able to effectively fight that way against floyd since

Guy was a punching bag in there Be a punching bag and get hit 5 shots to land 1 of yours, great strategy.

Yup I thought about making this thread but didn't wanna get banned. I'm sure some one is just itching for a reason to get me banned :lol1: http://youtu.be/Fynh0fEnOXQ Manny Augustus> maidana> cotto> oscar> jlc> zab> chop chop> Reggie sanders>>>>>>>>> fraud of the decade FLoyd has always shown respect for Augustus, he understood the skill this guy had.

Yup I thought about making this thread but didn't wanna get banned. I'm sure some one is just itching for a reason to get me banned :lol1: http://youtu.be/Fynh0fEnOXQ Manny Augustus> maidana> cotto> oscar> jlc> zab> chop chop> Reggie sanders>>>>>>>>> fraud of the decade

Agustus was a G, and hella entertaining. Yup, a straight G, I really liked that guy. People were seing a monkey in the ring, I saw a guy with a really solid ring iq.

Another point, Augustus actually accepted to get countered all night but was rolling with the punches the best he could while closing the distance. At the opposite of Pacquiao who wasnt willing to accept Floyd counters and tried to avoid them, however it nullified his offense and it wasnt able to close the distance that way.

Agustus was a G, and hella entertaining.