Which of these Hall of Fame boxers would have the best chance to beat Mayweather?

[Bushbaby]

Duran-At 135 woulda been too strong & aggressive for Floyd
Hearns-Too big,strong,Monster right hand preceded by a blinding jab at 147
Sugar Ray-At 147 just as fast,stronger,better offense,same ring generalship
Trinidad-147 too much pressure & too big & strong,plus equal stamina

[QueensburyRules]

Which of these guys would have the best chance to beat Floyd?

I would go with Duran because he was tough as hell, very smart and knew every trick in the book. I'm not sure whether he would beat him but I know that if Floyd did beat him in his prime, It would have been a hard fight. Simular to the Castillo fights.

What do you think? Who has the best chance and why?

- - Roberto knocks out Castillo and sends l'l floydy squallin' fer his daddy.

This was l'l floydy "retirement" phase where he fights 5x in a six year period to pay he "billionaire" taxes and the like.

Take him out of MgM and Vegas officials, he gonna loose his bowels Bigtime, but of course Vegas where his Uncle Al live in an infrared lit underground bunker sending out his sycophantic vampires in daylight training to do his bidding.

[Willow The Wisp]

Floyd would certainly be faced with the 6 best opponents he'd ever faced, H2H.
No knock against Floyd, an all-time great by all means, as are each of those fantasy fight opponents listed.
Floyd was probably at his best at 130 - 145 lbs. That would certainly play a major roll against that group.

Floyd's best opponents read as something similar to this:

1. Manny Pacquiao, 145. 57-5-2. W 12
2. Canelo Alvarez, 152. 42-0-1. W MD 12
3. Oscar DeLaHoya, 154. 38-4-0. W SD 12
4. Juan Manuel Marquez, 142. 50-4-1. W 12
5. Miguel Cotto, 154. 37-2-0. W 12
6. Diego Corrales, 130. 33-0-0. TKO 10
7. Shane Mosley, 147. 46-5-0. W 12
8. Ricky Hatton, 145. 43-0-0. TKO 10
9. Jose Luis Castillo, 134. 45-4-1. W 12, W 12
10.Marcos Maidana, 146. 35-3-0. W MD 12, W 12
11.Robert Guerrero, 147. 31-1-1. W 12
12.Genaro Hernandez, 130. 38-1-1 - (Stopped by ODLH 3 years prior, His final fight).
13.Zab Judah, 145. 34-3-0. W 12
14.Arturo Gatti, 140. 39-6-0. W TKO 6
15.Carlos Hernandez, 128. 33-2-1. W 12
16.Andre Berto, 145. 30-3-0. W 12
17.Victor Ortiz, 147. 29-2-2. W KO 4
18.Phillip Ndou, 134. 31-1-0. W TKO 7
19.Angel Manfredy, 130. 25-2-1 W TKO 2
20.Jesus Chavez, 129. 35-1-0. W TKO 9
21.Sharmba Mitchell, 145. 56-4-0. W TKO 6
22.Carlos Baldomir, 147. 43-9-6. W 12
23.Justin Juuko, 130. 33-2-1. W KO 9
24.Carlos Rios, 129. 44-2-1. W 12
25.Victoriano Sosa, 134. 35-2-2. W 12
26.Demarcus Corley, 140. 28-2-1. W 12


Now the above represents a very fine, hall of fame level body of work. Regardless of whether or not you are a fan of this fighter, it is undeniable that his cumulative record between 1996 and 2015 earns him the right to be called an all-time great. His business acumen and surgical selection of opponents only credits him further.
His skills are a pleasure to behold.

However........

He would not beat everybody on the list provided, in my most humble opinion.
Nothing in his entire body of work suggests to me that he would.
Predictions?.....

Julio César Chavez............W 12
Roberto Duran....................L. 12
Pernell Whitaker.................W. 12
Thomas Hearns.................KO BY 6
Sugar Ray Leonard............TKO BY 11
Felix Trinidad......................L 12

Too big, too strong, too good covers my answer to Why.

[Silence]

None of them. Tommy could come close with his truly cobra arms.

[markusmod]

Duran would be the biggest bet for me.

[Anthony342]

None of them. Tommy could come close with his truly cobra arms.

Yeah but only because he'd fight them out of their prime or have them weakened by random blood testing.

[Silence]

Yeah but only because he'd fight them out of their prime or have them weakened by random blood testing.

A Rocky fan says that? 90 yo Louis, 87 yo Moore lol.

[QueensburyRules]

- - l'l floydy fans been steadily thinning after he guaranteed their paychecks that week that he be KOing Logan.

OOPSY P00PSIE slither & slide as Logan whooped him from stem to stern, pillar to post like the poor dearie was a wet rag doll.

l'l floydy fans had to go home empty handed to scrounge some cornflakes for the kiddos and wifey for the coming week.

Anyone remember his Japanese exhibition where he #1 behemoth bodyguard got beat up and knocked out by a little Japanese journeyman?

Priceless!!!

[Anthony342]

A Rocky fan says that? 90 yo Louis, 87 yo Moore lol.

Difference is Rocky didn't wait until they were out of their prime, he fought who was available at the time he himself was in his prime so yeah, I do say that. Louis had his last pro fight before June 25, 1948 before his 1950 comeback. At that point his career, Marciano had only 1 pro fight. So Rocky was supposed to fight the heavyweight champion for the title at that point? And Moore fought mostly at light heavy at that point. Difference is Marciano wasn't known for avoiding challengers. He didn't retire at 39-0 and avoid a younger Miguel Cotto, Margarito and make Pacquiao jump through hoops to make that fight take 6 years to happen.

[DeeMoney]

Mayweather is an ATG, but the welterweight 'Money' version was a bit different than the younger PBF version. If we assume that this is Money May going up against Hearns, as Hearns never fought below WW, then we have to figure this is the Money fighting style we get.

Money May was an elusive defensive wizard, with tremendous speed, reflexes, and timing. He utilized the blade defense to perfection and remained out of the reach of his opponent, while using said reflexes to score points with lightning fast counters (especially a quick straight right).....but therein lies the issue I see him having with Hearns.

As far as I could tell, the only man Mayweather ever fought, who had a longer reach than he did, was De La Hoya; and DLH's reach was just barely longer than May's....and DLH was older and near the end of his career.

Hearns is significantly longer and taller than May, and though May is quicker and has better timing, he will have to pay the price to get within range to ever actually land something. And as much as boxing fans like to play with Willie Pep card, winning rounds by making the opponent miss and not needing to land on their own, Floyd would actually have to land to get rounds. Moreover, Hearns is no slug, he has enough speed and reflexes to make May pay for getting close enough to do any damage......

And thats my last point on why Hearns takes this, damage. Hearns' primary flaw is thought to be his chin, the thing is WW May did not have that much relative power. Hearns is willing to take shots now and then if need be to land something big. May plays it safe, but is too short to get in range to damage Hearns, which he cant anyways. His speed is negated by Hearns length. Just a bad matchup for May.