At 154 and below, only Winky can beat Floyd

[Guest]

I agree, Winky would be a clear favorite over Mayweather. I think Mosley would be a pick'em fight...

[loui_ludwig]

What about Mosley, Cotto and Margarito. Don't you envisage any of them giving Floyd problems?

BTW, Hatton will KO Castillo.

Cotto is slow.

Margarito, PBF's defense is too good.

Mosley is the only 1 i can see to beat Pretty Boy Chicken.

[K-Nan]

Floyd beats everybody right now.

[Mozza]

Oscar and Cotto are completely different fighters. DLH's body shots didn't have a meaningful effect on Floyd. If they did Floyd wouldn't have smiled when he was hitting him. Cotto wouldn't fight the same way DLH did.

The point is most people who feel that Floyd can be beaten feel that raining in body shots is one of the most effective tools you can use in your quest to beat Floyd. You don't need to be the fastest fighter in the world to do this but you do need to be either powerful or accurate. In that respect, I think Cotto could potentially put a dent in his armour as could Margarito and Hatton who are prepared to take risks when it matters.

[Steak]

Only Winky and Mosley would have a chance at beating Floyd 154 and below IMO. Hatton would get outboxed all night. Winky is not going from somewhere around 170 and then to 154. I don't see it. The fights that can be made IMO are...

Floyd vs Winner of Williams/Margarito
Floyd vs Mosley
Floyd vs Winner of Cotto/Judah (If it was Judah I don't know if people wanna see a rematch)

I agree with your idea...but I think it would be better if Floyd faces Mosley first(hes considered best at WW now), in the meanwhile, the Cotto-Judah and Margarito-Williams fights take place. Then the winner of these two fights fight each other, and the winner of these 4 fighters fight Floyd(if Floyd is successful against Mosley)
Wishful thinking Im sure, but its always fun to think of stuff like that.

If Cory somehow beats Taylor, that would definately be a big fight for Floyd.
If Wright beats Hopkins, then its an absolute must for Floyd to fight Winky. I personally think Wright is a real bad matchup for Floyd, but that would be a HUGE win IF he could pull it off...especially a Wright coming off a win off of a Hopkins thats coming off a win against the recongnized #1 Light Heavyweight in the world

I doubt any of this will happen though, haha. We'll see.
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[Double]

Oscar and Cotto are completely different fighters. DLH's body shots didn't have a meaningful effect on Floyd. If they did Floyd wouldn't have smiled when he was hitting him. Cotto wouldn't fight the same way DLH did.

Cotto is also slower than DLH, which is a very bad thing for Cotto if they fought.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

The point is most people who feel that Floyd can be beaten feel that raining in body shots is one of the most effective tools you can use in your quest to beat Floyd. You don't need to be the fastest fighter in the world to do this but you do need to be either powerful or accurate. In that respect, I think Cotto could potentially put a dent in his armour as could Margarito and Hatton who are prepared to take risks when it matters.

I agree with that effecive body shots could wear down Floyd, but I feel that you do have to have great speed to compete with Mayweather. I know sometimes great power can stop speed, but in Mayweather's case that doesnt happen.

Cotto's body shots could have an effect on Floyd, but Im sure Floyd would figure out a strategy to stop the punches and Cotto is too slow to have a chance. He would stalk Mayweather, but wouldn't be able to find him. Same way with Hatton and Magarito. They would try to provide pressure, but Floyd would slip out, tie up, or block there shots. Then in the middle of the ring Floyd would destroy them.

[-EX-]

You really think Winky would go from 170 to 154 to fight Floyd?

[ROSEWOOD]

Winky is way too stiff for Pretty Boy..He would dance all around that jab and defeat that defense of Winky's..

[PRboxingfan]

I don't think that Mosley would have a chance against Floyd. I think it would be about the same as the DLH fight only Mosley doesn't throw as many combinations as DLH did and he'd try to hug it out with Mayweather more often, which would give lil' Floyd the advantage, IMHO.