Is Floyd Mayweather A Top 5 Talent?

[AntonTheMeh]

Is He One Of The Top 5 Most Talented Fighters Ever?
IN TERMS OF SKILLS
I BELIEVE SO.

[THe TRiNiTY]

In terms of just skill/talent? He's close. Top 15 or so. In terms of accomplishments.. He's in my top 60 or 70.

[tredh]

You could make a case saying that he is. Because he lacks nothing in terms of what is needed in boxing to a All Time Great.

[Ironside]

That's a very bold statement to make, there are a LOT of fighters who are/were extremely talented in their own way.

[Sweet Pete]

Nope, not top 5.

[ßringer]

Not even close. Consider the landscape of all time greats....

"Sugar" Ray Robinson
Willie Pep
Henry Armstrong
Sandy Sadler
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Muhammad Ali
Jack Johnson
Benny Leonard
Jack Dempsey
Sam Langford
George Foreman
"Sugar" Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Harry Greb
Archie Moore
Stanley Ketchel
Gene Tunney
Bernard Hopkins
Joe Frazier
Jake LaMotta
Ezzard Charles
Marvin Hagler
Tommy Hearns
Julio Cesar Chavez
Pernell Whitaker

The list goes on and on. There's no doubt in my mind that Mayweather makes the top 100 somewhere, but nowhere near the top 5, top 10, or even top 20 IMO.

[-Hyperion-]

nope.....................

[msagrain]

its impossible to evaluate it.

[tredh]

Not even close. Consider the landscape of all time greats....

"Sugar" Ray Robinson
Willie Pep
Henry Armstrong
Sandy Sadler
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Muhammad Ali
Jack Johnson
Benny Leonard
Jack Dempsey
Sam Langford
George Foreman
"Sugar" Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Harry Greb
Archie Moore
Stanley Ketchel
Gene Tunney
Bernard Hopkins
Joe Frazier
Jake LaMotta
Ezzard Charles
Marvin Hagler
Tommy Hearns
Julio Cesar Chavez
Pernell Whitaker

The list goes on and on. There's no doubt in my mind that Mayweather makes the top 100 somewhere, but nowhere near the top 5, top 10, or even top 20 IMO.

He didn't say based on accomplishments. He said based on talent. So you feel all those people and more are more talented than PBF?

[ßringer]

How ironic that the poll is almost a dead heat right now. Considering most of the people voting are either fans new to the sport, or teenage Mayweather lovers. Brush up on some history guys, Mayweather is an all time great but he's not even top 20, let alone 5.