His constant hand picking of mediocre and old opponents (In his last four bouts, he faced Marcos Maradonna twice, an aged Pacquiao who needed shoulder surgery and Andrestolene Bertoloid) leaves no lasting iconic memories or images whatsoever that I can think of but I am wiling to listen if you think otherwise.. He's so pillow fisted a former Flyweight hurt his competition easier (Hatton, Oscar, Cotto, Mosley)..
he had the chance for a historical moment and he bottled it for 5 years waiting for pac to lose. he finally faced him and pac still landed the much cleaner punches so you can't even say that was impressive. he was impressive on paper the way sven ottke is impressive on paper but to anyone who actually follows boxing nothing amazing jumps out. just all around solid career. its hard to be solid for so long but id rather be great for a short period like leonard.
Yeah mate, Floyd Mayweather's career is comparable to Sven Ottke's. In your warped brain only.
Mayweather will be remembered as one of the all time greats. Sooner you come to terms with that the better, for you.
I think FMJ fans tend to overplay some of his performances & opponents.
Take Diego.. Quality operator & a top LW of his time but not an ATG. They will try & tell you he was a p4p monster yet what they don't say is these p4p rankings had him ahead of the likes of Bhop & Lennox Lewis at the time which in retrospect looks ridiculous! Secondly look at who he had he had beaten? Angel ManLady & Derrick McGainer! Exactly! Who?! Yet this is a p4p monster?! Let's also not forget that he probably lost all 3 fights Jolene Casamayor (getting dropped 3 times & even having a significant weight advantage in one) He also lost to borderline journeyman Joshua Clotted cream (Dropped twice losing nearly every round!) Schooled by Floyd & knocked out in 4 by Castillo! Don't get me wrong he was warrior & gave us a great fight but lets not turn it into something it isn't! I think the tendency to over play these type of fighters is because they know deep down he lacks any prime ATG's. Corrales never beat an elite fighter in his career. No disrespect to him (RIP) but he didn't.
Gatti is another one.. I mean if I were a Floyd fan I would be ashamed of constantly citing this fight & performance! He does have some genuinely good wins & performances like Canelo & Genaro Hernández yet I have seen this one cited on many occasion! Gatti by this point had those two wars (1998 Fight of the Year) with Ivan Robinson. His 3 (2 of which were Ring FOTY) wars with Ward. Dissected in 5 by Oscar & even managed to get stopped by Angel ManLady.. Do people cite Gatti in reference to say.. Oscars career all the time? No. Why give Floyd over the top plaudits for this? Because it was a dissection? Well why not dig up the bones of Alexis Argüello & punch them around a bit too?!
Come on be real.. Floyd has some top wins no need to overplay these two which I keep seeing being done on forums.
.....you proved you didnt if you think Casamayor won fight 2.....nuff said
JC 3-0 Corrales. Dropped him x3 & fought him over the weight limit once too..
JC>Corrales RIP.
I said Corrales was a better fighter. He beat better overall competition...go watch the fights instead of troll
A dodgy win over Casamayor & a win over Castillo (+3 official losses to both) is better than two wins (one a stoppage win!) & a loss over ATG HW Holyfield?
Yes? I just **** myself..
Dude you did say Bowe is less of a fighter than Corrales. That is crazy.
I said Corrales was a better fighter. He beat better overall competition...go watch the fights instead of troll
You could say that about every country.
Imagine if all the Eskimos started boxing rather than Seal huntingi?! I mean its hardly an invested in, popular sport in the north pole is it?
dude i didnt post that ^^^^...if you are gonna quote me at least use one of my posts
Dude you did say Bowe is less of a fighter than Corrales. That is crazy.
Folder full of lame Mayweather memes, GGG avatar, thinks Philippines would be the best at everything if they tried.
I think we cracked this case guys :lol1:
Incorrect. I think they would have more success but the best? No. Manny & Villa are proof they can be great boxers..
I do get confused in nightclubs by many of them though.
Boxing and Basketball are the two most popular sports in the Phillipines. :dunce:
So is c_ckfighting..
But imagine if they had a really top implemented amateur programme for decades (say US, Cuba & EE) & it was less of a tropical, mud hut slum land with access & exposure to the sport like the US has had over the decades! Just saying..
therealpugilist:
Reality:
Stop pretending to be a fan of Corrales.
If this is what gives Floyd historical greatness then Casamayor must be a god!
dude i didnt post that ^^^^...if you are gonna quote me at least use one of my posts