Give Floyd a chance to be the greatest : Please

[Addition]

Agreed. Not enough losses on his resume (0). Plus he's never even been floored or knocked out. No way can he be the best until he survives a close fight or gets knocked into the front row or loses 5 straight.

Nah, i'd say fighting OLH and wanting to fight Hatton instead of fighting worthy Welterweight opponents doesn't warrant ATG. Maybe ATG top 10.

[DiegoFuego]

Nah, i'd say fighting OLH and wanting to fight Hatton instead of fighting worthy Welterweight opponents doesn't warrant ATG. Maybe ATG top 10.

I'm sure Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran wouldn't have followed the money either.

[DiegoFuego]

I seem to remember Leonard not fighting Pryor. Leonard was criticized for it and still is. If Mayweather hadn't fought Hatton, he would have been criticized. There was no reason for Leonard to rematch Hearns so why did he do that?

[-Antonio-]

No offense to Ray Robinson, but he wasnt undefeated.

[RichCCFC]

I'd take a prime Pernell over Mayweather so I don't think so.

[J_CON]

Id favor Floyd against Sturm, Abraham and Pavlik.

Pavlik!? You are taking this way too far. Pavlik would brutally KO Floyd. The size difference would be too much.

[J_CON]

If Floyd were to beat THE credible champion at WW and Middleweight, I'd have to have him down in my top 3 greatest of all time.

He better weight untill Pavlik moves up then. THeres no way Floyd could beat him.

[Dorian]

Yer Floyd is obviously a great boxer. Would have like to seen him fight Morales, Kostya and Mosley though, I believe he would have beaten them all.

His destruction of Gatti was ridiculous.

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[.Mik.]

He better weight untill Pavlik moves up then. THeres no way Floyd could beat him.

Hence why it would be an incredibly impressive crowning achievement on an already excellent career.

[monkeyboy]

Simple question.
What would Leonard have done if he was approximately 30 and fighting in this era?
In that vein, what would Duran or Hearns do?
Would any one of them have fought the same fights as Floyd in the last few years?
Even if they had, what would the results have been?
Every single one of them would have taken aim at ANYBODY who was being described as the best. You know damn well that all of them would have gone for Winky at 154. They would have taken a shot at Pavlik (and Duran would have been beaten) because he was undisputed at middleweight.
I'll give you that they would have gone for DLH but rematching after a clear victory?
Those guys are great because they strove for greatness. The challenged themselves. They sought out fights where the outcome was seriously in doubt.
You don't need to have a loss on your tally to be great.
You need to have sought out REAL challenges.