5 Titles in 5 Divisions or 20 Straight Title Defenses?

[mikec]

think about Floyd compared to Joe.
Floyd 4 titles in 4 divisons, faced and beaten 10 world champions all while moving up in weight.
Joe has faced 4 world champs while staying at the same weight in 20 defenses!
Thats NOT a good thing.

first off, PBF won his 140 belt from Gatti when there was obviously toughen competition there. and his 147 belt from Baldy when he had tougher competition there as well and he only gave up his 154 belt b/c " there was tougher competion there in 154 for him... si this 5 divisions **** is sugar coating it doesn't mean ****.

Replace gatti with Kosta, Cotto or Hatton and Baldy with margarito, cotto, Williams or even Cintron... and then PBF would be a "real 5 division champ"

[Guest]

that's a good point. Mayweather only struggled once in his career, but he was fighting as a lightweight for the first time against one of the biggest lightweights you'll ever see WITH an injured shoulder. What's Hatton's excuse for getting handled by Collazo in many rounds and winning by a round or two?

It just showed he's not a great fighter. A true great like Duran, even though he was about the same size as Hatton, had no problem moving up from lightweight to welter and beating a legend in Sugar Ray Leonard. Hatton couldn't even handle a fringe contender like Collazo...

[robjr]

really really depends on who you fight.. Cuz floyd fought some hurtin champs.. with some contraversial **** in there too.. (castillo)

but then calzaghe resume bites to when it comes to defenses...

so it depens on who ya fought..

ok im prepared for all the fanboys to b!tch about this post...

[niceguy45]

i'd say 20 title defenses are way more impressive than 5 titles in 5 different weight classes, the reason it's simply cuz those 5 titles could be simply just 5 fights obviously going-up in weight.....defending your title 20 times ? that's impressive in my eyes

[niceguy45]

first off, PBF won his 140 belt from Gatti when there was obviously toughen competition there. and his 147 belt from Baldy when he had tougher competition there as well and he only gave up his 154 belt b/c " there was tougher competion there in 154 for him... si this 5 divisions **** is sugar coating it doesn't mean ****.

Replace gatti with Kosta, Cotto or Hatton and Baldy with margarito, cotto, Williams or even Cintron... and then PBF would be a "real 5 division champ"

thank you for clarifying the difference there....

[-EX-]

20 title defenses is nothing if you fight guys who are naturally smaller than you and are nowhere near your skill level. Moving up in weight your fighting guys who are physically stronger and are much more powerful.

Who has Calzaghe beaten? Cab drivers and door to door book sellers?

[Sin City]

It doesn't matter how many titles you have, its who you fought to get them.
It doesn't matter how many times you defended your title, its who you defended it against. So **** off.

[-EX-]

first off, PBF won his 140 belt from Gatti when there was obviously toughen competition there. and his 147 belt from Baldy when he had tougher competition there as well and he only gave up his 154 belt b/c " there was tougher competion there in 154 for him... si this 5 divisions **** is sugar coating it doesn't mean ****.

Replace gatti with Kosta, Cotto or Hatton and Baldy with margarito, cotto, Williams or even Cintron... and then PBF would be a "real 5 division champ"

Kosta was washed up and fought Hatton that same month. Cotto had a fight June 11th in 05. Mayweather fought Gatti the same month. Cotto or Hatton is gonna fight 2 people the same month? Margarito sucks and won a vacant belt. Cotto was signed to fight someone else at 147 when Mayweather-Baldomir was made. Williams, and Cintron are not big names. Paul had just fought in August. Mayweather-Baldomir was in November. Cintron also just fought in October in 06. EVERYONE WAS OCCUPIED.

[Sin City]

Kosta was washed up and fought Hatton that same month. Cotto had a fight June 11th in 05. Mayweather fought Gatti the same month. Cotto or Hatton is gonna fight 2 people the same month? Margarito sucks and won a vacant belt. Cotto was signed to fight someone else at 147 when Mayweather-Baldomir was made. Williams, and Cintron are not big names. Paul had just fought in August. Mayweather-Baldomir was in November. Cintron also just fought in October in 06. EVERYONE WAS OCCUPIED.

and out roll the excuses.

[Spontaneous]

Moving up and winning titles in higher weight classes is more impressive and shows more skill than staying at one weight.

I agree, but this is close. On the poll, I would say even.