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Many say Floyd has to clean out the welterweight divison to get their respect, some say he needs to beat, whats in their opinion, the top welters. Anyone who really knows boxing knows that doesnt have to happen for Floyd to be considered an all time great because 147 is not Floyd's natural fighting weight. Floyd beats anyone his size and has and even bigger. Nobody said in order for Florida to be considered really the best team they need to beat a few NFL teams, even still Floyd has beat some really good welters and even a junior middleweight. Even before Floyd turned pro he was fighting at weights below 115 pounds.
Floyd is doing things that are really unimaginable, skipping your starting weight and jumping 17-24 pounds, you deserve to choose your fights, not to mention being in a position to do just that. Floyd doesnt need Paul Williams, first of all he is too big, again 147 isnt Floyd's natural weight and 147 shouldnt be P. Will's fighting weight, trust me he kills himself to get there. If boxing was like it really should be, with weigh-ins being 3 hours before a fight, which would make sense, since that way you wouldnt have fighters killing themselves to make weight to gain an advantage. Having a weigh-in 3 hours before a fight, the fighter wouldnt take that chance of being so weak that the guy who didnt struggle to make weight would actually have the advantage. This way, Oscar would have started fighting no lower than 147 and we would not be talking about him and the Hall of Fame in the same sentence.
Taking all this into perspective should allow one to really give Floyd his just due.
Floyd is doing things that are really unimaginable, skipping your starting weight and jumping 17-24 pounds, you deserve to choose your fights, not to mention being in a position to do just that. Floyd doesnt need Paul Williams, first of all he is too big, again 147 isnt Floyd's natural weight and 147 shouldnt be P. Will's fighting weight, trust me he kills himself to get there. If boxing was like it really should be, with weigh-ins being 3 hours before a fight, which would make sense, since that way you wouldnt have fighters killing themselves to make weight to gain an advantage. Having a weigh-in 3 hours before a fight, the fighter wouldnt take that chance of being so weak that the guy who didnt struggle to make weight would actually have the advantage. This way, Oscar would have started fighting no lower than 147 and we would not be talking about him and the Hall of Fame in the same sentence.
Taking all this into perspective should allow one to really give Floyd his just due.
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