Is Floyd Mayweather A Top 5 Talent?

[msagrain]

His post has been edited I believe, or I must've not read it fully because when I replied it simply asked if he was a top 5 ATG. And I gave my answer.

In terms of talent, I'd still say no, but he's top 10.

My top 5 most talented ever would be....

Ray Robinson
Willie Pep
Ray Leonard
Pernell Whitaker
Muhammad Ali.

i could argue joe c should be in that list its all down to personal opinion isnt it?

[eric maldonado]

i could argue joe c should be in that list its all down to personal opinion isnt it?

as far as talent goes i would put calzaghe on the list floyd should b number one nobody can box like floyd and do the things floyd does roy jones is close but his defensive skills don't compare to floyds.

[eric maldonado]

Tommy Hearns is more skilled than Mayweather or Whitaker, who's absolut overrated on this board.
Top5 talent wise is way to difficult to say. What ist the defination of talent? Is Zab Judah more gifted than FLoyd? Power is talent? Does FLoyd lack the talent to have power...
Yeah but FLoyd is very skilled. But defensively there are a few fighters with more skills tha him like Whitaker, Benitez, Pep,.... His offense doesn't impress me that much but how knows.

power is not a talent theres alot of people with power and power can be neutrilized

[Bogler]

one may not have all the skills a very skillful boxer has, but if what he has, he can use it to the max and very effectively, thereby accomplishing his needs, then he doesn't have to have all the skills. pbf may be skillful in all ways, but he's not using them all to the max to his advantage.

[Ironside]

boxing ability

What Foreman did was not "boxing ability"?

[Sweet Pete]

power is not a talent theres alot of people with power and power can be neutrilized

Power can be a talent for sure. Hearns had 12 KO's in like 200 amateur fights, it's not until he learned how to throw the right and put his true power into it that he became known as a power puncher. That is talent and skill, not just someone you're born with.

[AntonTheMeh]

What Foreman did was not "boxing ability"?

so you're telling me george foreman was a better boxer than floyd is or ever was right?

[Ironside]

so you're telling me george foreman was a better boxer than floyd is or ever was right?

I'm saying what he did takes just as much talent as what PBF does.

[eric maldonado]

you can be garbage with power if you don't know how to box but you have power doesn't make you a talented boxer. you can't b garbage and have boxing talent

[AntonTheMeh]

I'm saying what he did takes just as much talent as what PBF does.

no it doesn't.boxing ability is learned,power isn't.
listen to the beginning of this video.