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Mayweather was way more ripped when he fought Jesus Chavez.
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That means Floyd fought and defeated Jesus by TKO.Comment
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Prime Jesus, not the one Julio Diaz beat.
Mayweather bleeds greatness. Ever read that article?Comment
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Fine. I'll post it up for you, ungrateful scum.
Routing Arturo Gatti last week in Atlantic City did nothing to increase Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s stature in the eyes of those who follow boxing closely.
Anyone who has been watching for the past four-and-a-half years knew long before the first bell of Mayweather-Gatti that Mayweather is, and long has been, the best fighter in the world.
Those who believed otherwise were hopeless romantics wishing for a real-life replay of "Rocky!" or were blinded by deep-seated hatred toward Mayweather.
Ricky Hatton might have beaten Gatti that night, but he wouldn't have done it as easily, as convincingly or as devastatingly one-sided as Mayweather, who won the WBC super lightweight title by stopping Gatti after the sixth round at Boardwalk Hall.
Miguel Cotto, too, might have gotten past Gatti had it been he and not Mayweather across the ring from Gatti. But it would have been a dogfight, not the one-sided butchering that the 340,000 who bought it on pay-per-view witnessed.
Mayweather vs. Gatti was about as even as a college football game between Miami, Fla., and William & Mary. Miami would win by eight touchdowns or more. Mayweather came up with the boxing equivalent of a 56-0 victory against Gatti.
There is no one active in boxing today -- from undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins on down -- who can come close to matching Mayweather's gifts.
Mayweather, at this stage, can only be judged against history. He's that good.
Main Events vice president Carl Moretti, who promotes Gatti, didn't hesitate when asked if he believes there is an active fighter who could pose a serious challenge to Mayweather.
"No, not really," Moretti said. "Mayweather is first and there is a big, big gap until you get to No. 2."
After the fight, Gatti said he went "head-hunting too much and forgot the plan." He intimated that had he fought a different fight, the outcome might have somehow been different.
But Moretti, whose personal feelings for Gatti run deep, said silently that nothing would have changed no matter what Gatti tried.
"Floyd is just so unbelievably talented," Moretti said. "They're on different levels. That's just not a fight Arturo would win."
Mayweather is now 34-0 and has won WBC world titles at 130, 135 and 140 pounds. Records and titles alone, however, aren't by themselves a measure of greatness. It's who you fought and when you fought them that matters.
My father idolized the late former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, the only man to retire undefeated. Whenever we would talk boxing -- which was often -- we would eventually wind up in an argument about Marciano's place in history.
He firmly believed and couldn't be convinced otherwise that Marciano was the sun, the moon and the stars, the greatest man ever to step foot in the ring. All he would do was to point to Marciano's 49-0 record and say, "See."
And I would ask, "Yeah -- but against whom?"
Marciano's competition wasn't top notch and without beating first-class competition, it's hard to accurately place him. Marciano, for all of his toughness, was a 185-pounder with short arms who would have had fits trying to get anywhere near big, strong, rangy men like Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes and George Foreman.
Mayweather, though, doesn't have that problem. He destroyed Genaro Hernandez to win the super featherweight title in 1998, when he was 21, at a time when Hernandez was unbeaten at 130.
He twice defeated Jose Luis Castillo at a time when there was near-unanimity in the boxing world that Castillo was the top-ranked 135-pounder.
He's posted other wins over such luminaries as Diego Corrales, Jesus Chavez (now the WBC super featherweight champion), Carlos Hernandez and Angel Manfredy.
The record of his opponents in world title fights, minuses their losses to Mayweather, is 40-18-2. These are men who have been successful at the highest level of competition, but each has been routed by Mayweather.
If it wasn't clear before, it should be now: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of boxing's all-time greats. Few men who have stepped into the ring in boxing's long history have had the skills he possesses.
Love him or loathe him, you have to admit that Pretty Boy Floyd is a fighter for the ages.Comment
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Read that three times.
Once forward, once backward, once whilst wanking.Comment
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Recently Floyd Mayweather Sr. made an apperance at an open house for the Factory in Duluth at their new boxing training facility. Mayweather Sr. who was there helping youths with tips on training, was quoted by the Gwinnett Herald in regards to his estranged son, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Although Mayweather Sr. and Jr do not have much of a relationship, Mayweather Sr. is still very proud of his son and hopes one day they will reconcile.
In regards to his son, Mayweather Sr. stated: "I'm very proud of all that he's accomplished. I taught him all of the basics and it's great knowing he did something positive with his life."
Mayweather Sr. feels his son will come around one day and patch things up. "I try not to worry about things too much because I know he'll one day come around. But for now, I'll let him do him and let me do me," said Mayweather Sr.
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Oscar said Floyd's power is very underrated.
Just thought you'd guys like to know that.Comment
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Who cares if Cotto waxes his balls? Does that dissapoint some of you?
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