Is Mayweather career under rated??

Fights Lost Pacquiao 7 Mayweather 0 Draws Pacquiao 2 Mayweather 0 Catchweights Pacquiao 4 Algieri, Marq, Cotto, Margarito Mayweather 2 Canelo, Marquez Titles Lost on Scales Pac 1 May 0 Times Knocked Out or TKO Pac 3 May 0 KO % Pac 54.9 Floyd 54 Opponents Fought 2 or more times Pacquiao 4 Bradley Barrera Morales Marquez 12 Fights Mayweather 2 Maidana, Castillo 4 Fights Vacant Titles Fought For Pacquiao 8 4-2 in those fights Mayweather 2 2-0 in those fights Notable Undefeated Fighters Beat Pacquiao 3 Algieri, Bradley, Thurman, Mayweather 3 Corrales, Hatton, Canelo Olympic Medals Pacquiao 0 Mayweather 1 (Bronze) Notable Opponents coming off a loss or being KO Pacquiao: Morales, Barrera2, Clottey, Mosley (L/D), Rios, Broner, Larios, Margarito(?) Mayweather: Judah, Corley Notable Opponents coming off KO/TKO win Mayweather Corrales Canelo Berto Madaina Cotto Mosley Marquez Hatton De La Hoya Baldomir Gatti Sosa Castillo (TKO Juan Macias prior to facing Floyd) Castillo (KO Verdell Smith prior to rematch) Pacquiao Barrera Hatton Vargas Matthysse Marquez 3 Championship Fights Against Similar Opponents Oscar 34yrs 154lbs W Cotto 30yrs 154lbs W Hatton 29yrs 147lbs KO Mosley 38yrs 147lbs W Oscar 35yrs 147lbs TKO Cotto 27yrs 147lbs KO Hatton 31yrs 140lbs KO Mosley 39yrs 147lbs W Opponents with 30+ KOs Mayweather 12 MM MP Cotto Canelo Hatton ODLH ShaneM Sharmba Gatti Ndou Castillo Marquez 12-0 4KO Pacquiao 8 Hatton Marquez ODLH SM LM Barrera Morales 10-1-2 5KO Career Earnings Pacquiao 490M Mayweather 800M PPVs over 2M Pacquiao 1 Mayweather Mayweather 4 ODLH *McGregor Canelo Pacquiao PPVs Against Similar Opponents Pac/Cotto 1.25 May/Cotto 1.5 Pac/De La Hoya 1.3M May/De La Hoya 2.4M Pac/Mosley 1.3M May/Mosley 1.4M Marquez/May 1M Marquez/Pac 3rd fight 1.3M Pac/Hatton 850K May/Hatton 850K Promoted Fighters Who’ve Won World Titles May 4 Smith, Jack, Davis, Bey Two great fighters but numbers don’t lie. Many of you keep talking about cherry-picking and what not. It looks like Floyd fought fighters when they were at their best according to the numbers.

Comments (8)

under rated by some and over rated by some he did pick and choose when he fought people, that was very frustrating for fans i think, i mean just recall the pac stuff yrs ago, they should have been forced to fight ufc style, no excuses, my opinion of course

5y ago

ralex

I think so

5y ago

RHand_Southpaw

While I agree with you break down,and you did speak some truths..You embellished a lil on the padded rec comment..While I do think he did not fight some big fights at their proper time..He did still fight some of the biggest names in the sport and dominated them.. Where would you rank him all time?? Personally i think it's tough to rank people all time so I don't. There are too many weight classes and too many good fighters. There are also different eras too. I think Floyd was the best of his generation but TBE? Not in my opinion. There are a ton of asterisks for me that surround Floyd and to me his antics outside the ring speak louder than what he did in the ring. Id rather a tough fighter who has some losses but fought everyone over Floyd. Take Duran as a good example of someone like that. Or maybe take a look at what Lomachenko is doing right now at 135. It would be pretty tough to argue that he wasn't the best in every division he was in at the time and he's fighting everyone. Im a legacy guy but businessmen always find a way to con you and that's who Floyd was. I dont discredit the names on his resume but we can't pretend theyre the best version or even a good version of themselves. Take Canelo vs Kovalev for example. Sure, Canelo was moving up in weight but was a crazy 4 to 1 favorite. Kovalev was just cashing out and no where near his prime self. Yet, Canelo fans pretend like they beat the undefeated Krusher. Cotto in 2013 was not the same dude as Cotto in 2006. Things like that.

5y ago

RomeByKo

Numbers and data can be easily used to cherry pick statistics. Who do you think produced the stuff I keep seeing copy and pasted? Was it a Floyd fan? Yeah, Floyd has a pretty good resume but that's it. It's padded. Floyd did never fought the best available competition and was way more PR than truth. As great as he was he never challenged himself yet proclaimed himself the best. Read the bold Now understand that Mayweather never fought the best when they were their best and instead chose to pick on these fighters years after the fight should have taken place. Take a look when he was at 140 Tzsyu Cotto Hatton Were the best available but Floyd is on record not wanting any of them. He called Gatti a paper champ yet decided to fight him for his title and then pretended like he was some all time great. Sure. I think Floyd could have beaten these guys at 140 but he didn't. Hatton was undefeated and his best weight was 140. But Floyd forced him to move up to 147. Was Hatton his best? Cotto was undefeated and a KO artist but Floyd waited years and let cotto go through wars before facing him. Was Cotto his best? Tszyu was at the top of 140 yet Floyd didnt want to fight him and he eventually lost to Hatton. Who did Floyd fight at 140? And that extends to a lot of other names too. Was Pac his best in 2015 or would he have been better in 2009? Did he need those 2lbs against Canelo? How about when he fought OLDH and barely won despite a lot of people not quite agreeing with it and then subsequently retire so he didnt have to fight a rematch. And that was only to again retire because he didnt want to fight the current welterweights only to come back once they all beat each other? I agree he has a good resume but did he fight the best when they were the best? NO While I agree with you break down,and you did speak some truths..You embellished a lil on the padded rec comment..While I do think he did not fight some big fights at their proper time..He did still fight some of the biggest names in the sport and dominated them.. Where would you rank him all time??

5y ago

RomeByKo

I think Floyd gets a lot of credit tbh,anyone who would say anything to negative must have an agenda..Floyd imo is a top 6 of all time,and he is consistently put in the top 10..So I think he's right where he should be..

5y ago

hugh_grant

Floyd's had a great career. You can mention him in same breath as calzaghe and marciano.

5y ago

RHand_Southpaw

Two great fighters but numbers don’t lie. Many of you keep talking about cherry-picking and what not. It looks like Floyd fought fighters when they were at their best according to the numbers. Numbers and data can be easily used to cherry pick statistics. Who do you think produced the stuff I keep seeing copy and pasted? Was it a Floyd fan? Yeah, Floyd has a pretty good resume but that's it. It's padded. Floyd did never fought the best available competition and was way more PR than truth. As great as he was he never challenged himself yet proclaimed himself the best. Read the bold Now understand that Mayweather never fought the best when they were their best and instead chose to pick on these fighters years after the fight should have taken place. Take a look when he was at 140 Tzsyu Cotto Hatton Were the best available but Floyd is on record not wanting any of them. He called Gatti a paper champ yet decided to fight him for his title and then pretended like he was some all time great. Sure. I think Floyd could have beaten these guys at 140 but he didn't. Hatton was undefeated and his best weight was 140. But Floyd forced him to move up to 147. Was Hatton his best? Cotto was undefeated and a KO artist but Floyd waited years and let cotto go through wars before facing him. Was Cotto his best? Tszyu was at the top of 140 yet Floyd didnt want to fight him and he eventually lost to Hatton. Who did Floyd fight at 140? And that extends to a lot of other names too. Was Pac his best in 2015 or would he have been better in 2009? Did he need those 2lbs against Canelo? How about when he fought OLDH and barely won despite a lot of people not quite agreeing with it and then subsequently retire so he didnt have to fight a rematch. And that was only to again retire because he didnt want to fight the current welterweights only to come back once they all beat each other? I agree he has a good resume but did he fight the best when they were the best? NO

5y ago

Get_em_up

Great breakdown of 2 ATG fighters. There will always be people that say something bad about the other but honestly both are ATG legacy guys

5y ago