Specifically Spence and Crawford, or even someone like Porter. His WW run wasn't really great in my opinion. Fighting the likes of old Mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero, Maidana, Berto. Only other A level fighter at WW at the time was Pac and they never fought in their peaks.
Crawford figures him out in the later rounds and stops him.
Hes more powerful than Floyd at 147 but Id still favor Floyd. Crawford beats Ugas and Spence, Id definitely say 147 Bud beats Floyd.
No one in this Era would agree to Floyd's personal usada testing program which was designed to let him get away with positive tests and illegal ivs.
We aren't sure how clean Floyd was for his ww run.
We do know he was on illegal ivs against manny and we do know that manny out landed him 120-69, while having a verified right shoulder injury.
Looking at some of the highlights of Floyd's ww run.
-dragged Hatton up from 140 and needed the help of the ref.
-dragged Marquez up from an even lower division then cheated on the scales.
-string of unimpressive victories against 40 year old mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero etc. (likely on peds at this time)
-life and death twice with maidana.
-confirmed to be cheating against Pacquiao and got out landed 120-69. Most thought manny won.
Outside of ww his recent history involves draining canelo down to 152 and going life and death with a YouTuber.
Logically speaking, we'd have to conclude that if Floyd were to undergo the same testing procedures as others, he likely doesn't fare all that well against real competition.
when did the bold print happen?
Spence already banged him out in sparring, giving Floyd a black eye and beating
I ride with Spence,but thats that bs to me that Spence goes around telling sparring stories
Stylistically Spence would be the only difficult fight for him as evident by their sparring together. Floyd handles everyone else with ease although healthy Thurman would’ve been an entertaining one.
No one in this Era would agree to Floyd's personal usada testing program which was designed to let him get away with positive tests and illegal ivs.
We aren't sure how clean Floyd was for his ww run.
We do know he was on illegal ivs against manny and we do know that manny out landed him 120-69, while having a verified right shoulder injury.
Looking at some of the highlights of Floyd's ww run.
-dragged Hatton up from 140 and needed the help of the ref.
-dragged Marquez up from an even lower division then cheated on the scales.
-string of unimpressive victories against 40 year old mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero etc. (likely on peds at this time)
-life and death twice with maidana.
-confirmed to be cheating against Pacquiao and got out landed 120-69. Most thought manny won.
Outside of ww his recent history involves draining canelo down to 152 and going life and death with a YouTuber.
Logically speaking, we'd have to conclude that if Floyd were to undergo the same testing procedures as others, he likely doesn't fare all that well against real competition.
Specifically Spence and Crawford, or even someone like Porter. His WW run wasn't really great in my opinion. Fighting the likes of old Mosley, Ortiz, Guerrero, Maidana, Berto. Only other A level fighter at WW at the time was Pac and they never fought in their peaks.
- -TBE TUE 51-0 a prime P4P ducker in any era.
I don’t think Porter troubles him. It’ll look competitive the first 4 rounds and then Porter will look like a really good amateur, fighting a really good pro. In the words of Muhammad Ali,
Crawford and Spence would give Floyd the most problems and not for the reasons people might think I say this for.
Crawford because he would be the only man with a longer reach than Floyd. That power + reach combo is gonna trouble Floyd a lot. Southpaw too.
Spence because his game is air tight. Southpaw + Bigger guy + air tight boxing technique would make a hard fight for Floyd.
Both fights would be split decisions imo and honestly, I really couldn’t say for certain Floyd wins. It would come down to who was sharper in the night.
Nobody else at 147 comes close. Jury is out on Ennis but Ennis is just a big Augustus at this point to me. In a Ennis v. Mayweather fight.
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