Floyd "Money" Mayweather may not be exciting but he is the best

If Floyd was any other nationality other than American he wouldn't even be considered.

He is the best........in many peoples opinions. He isn't the best in many others opinions also, depends on who you ask. He is one of the best in negotiations in getting things his own way so he has the best chance to keep his zero. Whether its a CW with Canelo, glovegate with Maidana. Or getting lucky decisions against Castillo. He is one of the best if not the best in not challenging himself and trying to create a unforgettable legacy and puts limits on what he can do. So is possibly and underachiever which is ironic considering he has achieved quite a bit in boxing. He wont fight GGG at 16o when Bradley will. He wouldn't fight Sergio when Miguel did. So Floyd has always missed the boat really, not been a trailblazer. U having such high reputation by basically being a Mayweather hater shows what this forum is all about.

He is the best........in many peoples opinions. He isn't the best in many others opinions also, depends on who you ask. He is one of the best in negotiations in getting things his own way so he has the best chance to keep his zero. Whether its a CW with Canelo, glovegate with Maidana. Or getting lucky decisions against Castillo. He is one of the best if not the best in not challenging himself and trying to create a unforgettable legacy and puts limits on what he can do. So is possibly and underachiever which is ironic considering he has achieved quite a bit in boxing. He wont fight GGG at 16o when Bradley will. He wouldn't fight Sergio when Miguel did. So Floyd has always missed the boat really, not been a trailblazer.

Floyd is not exciting for those that bet against him.

FLOYD proved on may 2nd 2014 he is the best fighter in the world. I cant believe people are still arguing that other fighters are better than him.

Best business man in the history of boxing....so much so that if he is not floored or severely hurt in a round, he automatically is given the round by judges - because an L on Floyd's resume will cost the sport of boxing tens of millions of dollars. No he wins the rounds because.....he actually won the rounds,hell he has been almost robbed with Oscar,and Canelo for crying out loud so save that nonsense

Great Fighter, I like the way he manages his opponents also his great defense. But to say he fought the best, sorry but to fight the best you need to do it in their prime, and May fought a bunch of guys out of their prime. In my opinion to rate him as "TBE" or a top10 ATG, he should need to go divisions up, a long time ago, and not fight the Ortiz-Gerrero-Maidana level opponents. He should had challenged himself with bigger or stronger guys and not just stay confortable in WW(not a bad thing though). I insist great fighter, but that's it. What?? the man fought the #1 fighter in every division he has been to..and stay comfortable at ww?? he fought at 154 3 times(his 5th division) you know some fighters max out,he never even stepped on the scale at 154...you seem like the type to just refuse to give him credit man

By the time Floyd was Ward's age he had already moved up five weight classes, winning titles in every division, had defeated over ten world champions, and was universally recognized as the best fighter in the world. Floyd has also never been dropped by a fringe contender the way Ward has been. Andre Ward may have one hall of famer on his resume while Floyd has several. I think its an open and shut case at this point who the best fighter of this generation is. Bingo,i have no idea how he even tried to compare the 2

If Ward moves up to 175 and beats Kovalev, Stevenson, Beterbiev etc and retires undefeated i'd rate him equal to Mayweather. IMO we need to see Andre Ward finish his career before saying Mayweather is the best of this generation. Mayweather and Ward are not from the same generation...and even if Ward did that how can that compare to Mayweather?

He is good, even great, but not the best. Pacquiao beat him IMO and is better. Pacquiao fights. No duck then hug, headlocks, push the face and head, running, no resorting to psychological warfare, trying to get all the advantages like Floyd admitted he always does, (glove choice, ring-size, even groin protector use.) Floyd has also admitted to doing illegal things like the vampire-facial. He has great reflexes, and speed. But how great are those attributes really without the duck and hug, push the face/head, headlock and run plus the other advantages and cheats above?

I gave Mayweather credit for being the best of his generation and voted for him being the best based on his accomplishments in his amazing undefeated 48 fight career. However as Mayweather likes to say, at this particular time I don't think he is pound for pound the best fighter in the world. He is 38 and past prime. I rate GGG, Gonzalez and Rigo as better fighters than Mayweather pound for pound today.

I hear you. Now can we talk some fighting?

Best business man in the history of boxing....so much so that if he is not floored or severely hurt in a round, he automatically is given the round by judges - because an L on Floyd's resume will cost the sport of boxing tens of millions of dollars.

Money is the best BOXER of his generation there are no better boxers today. He may not be exciting to watch but he is the very best boxer today. He's fought just about everybody he had to fight to prove that. The only guy he may have legitimately ducked is Margarito but that probably had more to do with him not wanting to work with Arum than anything else. If you disagree discuss why. I think everyone pretty much agrees with him being the best right now but his fans buttholes start bleeding when u bring up how boring he is sometimes.

Great Fighter, I like the way he manages his opponents also his great defense. But to say he fought the best, sorry but to fight the best you need to do it in their prime, and May fought a bunch of guys out of their prime. In my opinion to rate him as "TBE" or a top10 ATG, he should need to go divisions up, a long time ago, and not fight the Ortiz-Gerrero-Maidana level opponents. He should had challenged himself with bigger or stronger guys and not just stay confortable in WW(not a bad thing though). I insist great fighter, but that's it. He has fought in multiple divisions already he maxed out at jr MW, I disagree he has fought many good fighters in their prime in the past including Corales and Castillo and even Gati who wasn't much of a challenge but in his prime non the less. As for his most recent fights you may be right about those choices.

He's entertaining enough for those that enjoy his amateurish, point scoring style. There's no denying his talent though and his resume and accomplishments will be tough for anyone currently fighting to beat.

Great Fighter, I like the way he manages his opponents also his great defense. But to say he fought the best, sorry but to fight the best you need to do it in their prime, and May fought a bunch of guys out of their prime. In my opinion to rate him as "TBE" or a top10 ATG, he should need to go divisions up, a long time ago, and not fight the Ortiz-Gerrero-Maidana level opponents. He should had challenged himself with bigger or stronger guys and not just stay confortable in WW(not a bad thing though). I insist great fighter, but that's it.

My purpose as a non fan of Floyd Mayweather was to post a thread that would generate an honest and grown up discussion by informed boxing fans. If the mods feel I am doing something wrong and if I violated a rule please delete this thread and ban me if it is warranted. Thanks You didn't violate any rules to warrant a ban. Chill.

I'm glad you made this thread, it's a unique take on a subject that's rarely discussed in here. Well done you. :lol1: no question. Floyd's a bum. Deal with it. If Margarito would have signed to TNT promotions though....who knows?

My purpose as a non fan of Floyd Mayweather was to post a thread that would generate an honest and grown up discussion by informed boxing fans. If the mods feel I am doing something wrong and if I violated a rule please delete this thread and ban me if it is warranted. Thanks