Floyd would’ve been CRUCIFIED if he 1- fought someone that only had 11 fights and 2- struggled against someone that only had 11 fights.
I dare someone to argue Bud is a greater welterweight than Tim Bradley. Bradley beat
A PRIME UNDEFEATED Devon Alexander which was like seeing Bud-Spence in their primes. he went to England has a 6-1 underdog and beat Junior Witter. He beat a prime undefeated Lamont Peterson. He beat a prime Pacquiao. Márquez was way past prime but Marquez is a HOF who just KOd Pacquiao.
I’m tired of seeing Bud get compared to Floyd. The level of competition is way different. It’s easy to look great when your competition is minimal.
I can't even refute you as I don't know what the champs have did in the 17 divisions and I'm not sure you do too.
But my guess is If a champ has stayed in one division their entire career, they will have wins over most in their weight class, just like spence has
Nah, plenty of guys who've been in one weight class their whole careers haven't been champions for 6 years & defended their belt 7 times.
Sounds good but the competition level is average compared the last era, people always throw around belts etc when they cant name fighters that stand out, they will talk about things like TCs 4 divisions but the best comp was Spence and Postal now Madrimov, in my mind its never about the belts its all about the fighters you beat.
You can only fight who's able to fight you.
I would’ve done the exact same thing…staying with Top Rank vs. Buying out my Contract en route to making nearly half a billion dollars throughout the rest of my career.
History inadvertently exonerated him when Margarito got caught. And if the fight had happened, I still think Floyd had too much wits to fall prey to Margarito’s “tee off on my chin for six rounds and I’ll catch you in the second half of the fight” strategy that he tended to apply.
You can't know beforehand that you are going to make a half a B although I think it is exaggerated in net career earnings, with good investments maybe.
" Floyd will always be that boxer that fought Baldomir over Margarito for less money, then went into a 2 year retirement during physical prime when the WW was red hot. "
I would’ve done the exact same thing…staying with Top Rank vs. Buying out my Contract en route to making nearly half a billion dollars throughout the rest of my career.
History inadvertently exonerated him when Margarito got caught. And if the fight had happened, I still think Floyd had too much wits to fall prey to Margarito’s “tee off on my chin for six rounds and I’ll catch you in the second half of the fight” strategy that he tended to apply.
" Floyd will always be that boxer that fought Baldomir over Margarito for less money, then went into a 2 year retirement during physical prime when the WW was red hot. "
Facts...
Bradley was a quality fighter. He made it work for him the talents that he had, Bud is a more complete fighter. Bradley would had given Bud a hard time during his peak. He was competitive against Pac every single time (I didn't think he won any of the fights) and handled Marquez with the plan they came in. We was able to adjust what was in front of him and always came in excellent shape.
Hard to compare these two because the totally different routes their career had and at the end is who you beat and when.
Why dont you create a celebrity colouring book I reckon you would be good at it, call it connect any dots you like.
" Floyd will always be that boxer that fought Baldomir over Margarito for less money, then went into a 2 year retirement during physical prime when the WW was red hot. "
No matter how you are going to try to spin this but the statement above is factual and there is nothing you can ever do about it.
Why dont you create a celebrity colouring book I reckon you would be good at it, call it connect any dots you like.
" Floyd will always be that boxer that fought Baldomir over Margarito for less money, then went into a 2 year retirement during physical prime when the WW was red hot. "
No matter how you are going to try to spin this but the statement above is factual and there is nothing you can ever do about it.
Why dont you create a celebrity colouring book I reckon you would be good at it, call it connect any dots you like.
Floyd will always be that boxer that fought Baldomir over Margarito for less money, then went into a 2 year retirement during physical prime when the WW was red hot. If you want to talk about legacy there were HW champs with a weight of 10 stone 7lbs.
Why dont you create a celebrity colouring book I reckon you would be good at it, call it connect any dots you like.
Why would someone go into retirement in their prime ? Name one other fighter that did this. In the 19th 20 century you had boxers being HW champ weighing 10 stone 7.
I don't think that's true.
He was champion for 6 years, in boxing's most historically rich weight class & defended the belt 7 times.
Very few people have done that.
I can't even refute you as I don't know what the champs have did in the 17 divisions and I'm not sure you do too.
But my guess is If a champ has stayed in one division their entire career, they will have wins over most in their weight class, just like spence has
Floyd went into retirement because of Margarito.
Why dont you create a celebrity colouring book I reckon you would be good at it, call it connect any dots you like.
I don't think that's true.
He was champion for 6 years, in boxing's most historically rich weight class & defended the belt 7 times.
Very few people have done that.
Sounds good but the competition level is average compared the last era, people always throw around belts etc when they cant name fighters that stand out, they will talk about things like TCs 4 divisions but the best comp was Spence and Postal now Madrimov, in my mind its never about the belts its all about the fighters you beat.
he beat prime canelo. thats better than any win floyd has for example. no big wins though? lol. and he clearly beat jacobs. i think you are referring to bad faith haters pretending ggg lost. how in the world would you get 7 rounds for jacobs? its literally not possible. i saw people on the live scoring giving jacobs the first 3 rounds...watch it back. round 1 ggg easily won with hard head snapping jabs to jacobs grazing jabs. not close. round 3 was a complete domination and people still gave it to jacobs? says a lot about their scoring accumen. so right there you have 2 rounds that are misscored and then they come back with a scorecard of jacobs by 1 point knowing they effed up their card. dervy fight could have gone either way sure and ggg was 37 so who cares. crawford just had a close one with a good fighter too. floyd vs maidana at 37. it happens. canelo stopped fighting legit guys when he was 32 years old. he also beat up and knocked out brook in 5 rounds. thats not a struggle. brook landed a couple good shots that did nothing...struggle?
ggg should have lost to jacobs and derevyanchenko. Jacobs outboxed him 7-5, derevyanchenko beat him up 9-3 or 8-4 if i am being generous, plus he couldn't beat a prime canelo. He got outboxed in the first fight 7-5, got bruised up in the 2nd fight 8-4 and got outclassed in the 3rd fight 12-0. Go cry more.
You are dumb. Spence looked good in his fights even after the accident, and now that he got destroyed handily by crawford, he is a CTE ridden? Just stop, you daft clown. ggg's resume is whack. He never had a big win as his wins against guys that were decent like jacobs and derevyanchenko, were controversial, and many thought he lost, struggled against a career welterweight k.brook.
he beat prime canelo. thats better than any win floyd has for example. no big wins though? lol. and he clearly beat jacobs. i think you are referring to bad faith haters pretending ggg lost. how in the world would you get 7 rounds for jacobs? its literally not possible. i saw people on the live scoring giving jacobs the first 3 rounds...watch it back. round 1 ggg easily won with hard head snapping jabs to jacobs grazing jabs. not close. round 3 was a complete domination and people still gave it to jacobs? says a lot about their scoring accumen. so right there you have 2 rounds that are misscored and then they come back with a scorecard of jacobs by 1 point knowing they effed up their card. dervy fight could have gone either way sure and ggg was 37 so who cares. crawford just had a close one with a good fighter too. floyd vs maidana at 37. it happens. canelo stopped fighting legit guys when he was 32 years old. he also beat up and knocked out brook in 5 rounds. thats not a struggle. brook landed a couple good shots that did nothing...struggle?
Yes, the whole entire universe saw spence as a pf p no5. Everyone overrated him.
But he wasnt. Every champ in the 17 weight divisions has as good resume as spence has, he's not did anything any champ hasn't did, spence doesn't deserve favouritism
I don't think that's true.
He was champion for 6 years, in boxing's most historically rich weight class & defended the belt 7 times.
Very few people have done that.
Crawford's best win is a CTE ridden dude with 3 title defences in 1 weight class. Errol SPence. Dude wasn't even unified, that's how much of a bum he was. He would be a complete bum on GGG or Canelo's resume. Caleb Plant has a better resume than Errol Spence.
You are dumb. Spence looked good in his fights even after the accident, and now that he got destroyed handily by crawford, he is a CTE ridden? Just stop, you daft clown. ggg's resume is whack. He never had a big win as his wins against guys that were decent like jacobs and derevyanchenko, were controversial, and many thought he lost, struggled against a career welterweight k.brook.
Spence literally blanked Mikey, outboxed the guy who was considered the better boxer.
And you may not have saw him as a top P4P fighter, but every credible ranking in the world DID
Yes, the whole entire universe saw spence as a pf p no5. Everyone overrated him.
But he wasnt. Every champ in the 17 weight divisions has as good resume as spence has, he's not did anything any champ hasn't did, spence doesn't deserve favouritism
This I am unsure of. If anything, it would be a trilogy with Crawford maybe winning the war.
I wouldn't bet on it either but my gut feeling says that's the way it would pan out but we are all just guessing.