All the ATG's had a career defining fight. Which was Floyd's?

[El Jesus]

Go back and pick up a full broadcast copy of that fight. And you will see and hear what i have been saying and what people have been saying leading up to that fight.



I knew you weren't a boxing fan when Ivan Robinson was coming up as a pro.

Why dont you just accept the fact that Chico lost that fight fair and square. You are willing to give Chico every excuse in the world, yet when mayweather complained of shoulder issues in the first castillo fight, a fight in which he won, you whine your ass off about it, even though he rematched him immediately.

If you are going to say Chico was weight drained, then you must awknowledge that mayweather was injured in that 1st castillo fight.

[Burner]

Like I said..Floyds career defing fight was how he waxed Corralles with ease.

5 knock downs..cmon kids.

Anyone who thinks Floyd doesnt UD Cotto is ******ed..I mean enough is enough.

[MikeBrew328]

If Mayweather NEVER fights Cotto, or doesn't fight again, he won't even be in the discussion when people talk P4P all time. Leonard retired but came back to fight the best out there, and I hope Mayweather follows suit but I hope he doens't take a 3 year layoff and decide to come back at 34, only to have his legacy tarnished. He should suffer now, fight now, get everything done, then live the rest of his life as a champion as Ali would say. He holds too much responsibilty to a sport that has been extremely good to him, gave him wealth. He owes boxing that.

Fortunately, I'd find it very hard to retire at THIRTY NINE and 0 losses. One more win would put him at 40-0. Plus, all the millions of dollars he would make for every fight, he's gonna come back. It's guaranteed. Give it if not the end of the year, a couple years. Once they give the title away, and take away his highly regard Pound for Pound #1 title, which he loves so much, he'll be back. If it makes dollars it makes sense.

[ferocity]

I haven't read all this thread, so I don't know what other people said, but the problem with Floyd was that there was no-one good enough to give him that fight. I cannot think of a single boxer who would realistically be even close. Best I can up with is Kostya Tsyzu and a prime Casamayor maybe, but I don't actually think either would have beaten him.

Now I know you're all going to say Cotto, but I personally just don't agree. Cotto is strong powerful, quite fast etc etc, but I think if we're realistic we all know it would just be some kind of bizarre hybrid between the Hatton and ODLH fights, ultimately dominated by Floyd's trademarked potshot leading to UD technique, with a few Hatton style exchanges along the way.

I disaggree Castillo, Hatton, Delahoya, Chavez, Hernandez, Judah all gave him tough fights. Floyd just doesn't fight enough to slip as other champions who have fought consistanly have slipped(they think they don't have to train hard, they get injured, etc) And Floyd has picked his opponsition very carfully. Part of boxing is hype....

[ferocity]

Why dont you just accept the fact that Chico lost that fight fair and square. You are willing to give Chico every excuse in the world, yet when mayweather complained of shoulder issues in the first castillo fight, a fight in which he won, you whine your ass off about it, even though he rematched him immediately.

If you are going to say Chico was weight drained, then you must awknowledge that mayweather was injured in that 1st castillo fight.

Mayweather that i recall never had surgery on his shoulder. Every fighter that looks like **** its because some problem. He ain't the first to give excuses. The second Castillo fight is a lot closer then most recall.

[Burner]

Mayweather that i recall never had surgery on his shoulder. Every fighter that looks like **** its because some problem. He ain't the first to give excuses. The second Castillo fight is a lot closer then most recall.

He had a torn rotator cuff.......

Watch Floyd in both fights..its night and day.

[ferocity]

He had a torn rotator cuff.......

Watch Floyd in both fights..its night and day.

i've already said the second Castillo fight was just as tough for Mayweather, more boring from what i first recalled and close

[Williamb45]

Thats not what we are discussing here. Tell me out of the list that you just pull out who stands shoulder to shoulder with say duran.

Thats a tall order for anyone to stand shoulder to shoulder with top 5 greatest fighter. Not eve PBF stands shoulder to shulder with Duran.

[larryx]

corrales was good but the hatton fight put him on that other level

[Easy-E]

Ali vs Frazier
Duran vs Leonard
Hagler vs Hearns
etc......

Which fight did Floyd have that put him on the map with past atg's? What was his "legacy" fight?

Corrales or Hatton.
Two undefeated champions who Mayweather outclassed and demolished.