Could floyd have gone to 160 and been successful

[Dynamite Kid]

oscar lost most of those early rounds.. i only had oscar winning 3 rounds the entire fight

well there is a reason that is a minority point of view

its wrong

[IMDAZED]

well theres the question...would floyds skills be enough to overcome the pretty damn substantial size difference he would have to deal with at 160 lbs? could he have been successful? or if he comes out of retirement and moves up would he be successful? (by successful i mean win a belt or two, beat pavlik or abraham)

Hey man, a lot of us are still waiting for him to fight best welters, let alone the best middles.

[SpArKeD-CoLd]

he looked a bit out of his depth at times when he faced oscar..

[KostyaTszyu44]

Mayweather isn't Duran, part of Duran's success in moving up was that he could take an unbelievable punch, could Mayweather do that? We don't know. Because Mayweather will get hit sooner or later by a middleweight. Mayweather has better defense, but as I said, skill only takes you so far.

And Duran wasn't shot or near shot at that point, he was shot around the mid to late 90s when he fought Joppy, Duran went on to have a good win over Jorge Fernando Castro and a controversial loss to Hector Camacho, not signs of a shot fighter.

duran had an excellent chin yes but he had been stopped by hearns and the wear and tear of a long career had softened his chin up....if he could still take big punches after that with his slightly worse chin i think floyd who hasnt been down if im not mistaken probably could also..floyd has no wear and tear, roberto had heaps when he was at middleweight and he still won a belt so why couldnt floyd

floyd has an excellent chin, even when he gets caught clean he still takes it well, i dont think hes ever even been down like i said ...and not ever being knocked down cant be attributed wholly to his D, he has been caught clean and still taken it well

[Derranged]

No. He's too small.

[Silencers]

duran had an excellent chin yes but he had been stopped by hearns and the wear and tear of a long career had softened his chin up

floyd has an excellent chin, even when he gets caught clean he still takes it well, i dont hes ever even been down...and not ever being knocked down cant be attributed wholly to his D, he has been caught clean and still taken it well

He took flush shots from Barkley and went nowhere, although he was seriously hurt once, Hearns just happened to be one of the biggest punches the sport has had in the past 50 years, if he lands the right shot flush, his opponent is going out, especially in the lower weight classes and Duran didn't get knocked out against until 1998 against William Joppy.

Mayweather's chin hasn't really been tested, he got caught by Judah and he went down, it was ruled a slip, he got caught by Corley and got stunned, what would happen if a middleweight hit him?

[KostyaTszyu44]

he looked a bit out of his depth at times when he faced oscar..

hmm a few times oscar had him thinking when he threw his jab but floyd was overall much better and won the fight comfortably IMO

[IMDAZED]

He took flush shots from Barkley and went nowhere, Hearns just happened to be one of the biggest punches the sport has had in the past 50 years, if he lands the right shot flush, his opponent is going out, especially in the lower weight classes.

Mayweather's chin hasn't really been tested, he got caught by Judah and he went down, it was ruled a slip, he got caught by Corley and got stunned, what would happen if a middleweight hit him?

I thought he was more than stunned by Corley I think - he was hurt; I'll never forget that look on his face.

Also towards the end of the 11th in their fight, Oscar landed a terrific right that hurt Floyd as well. Definitely stunned him. Very, very telling punch.

[KostyaTszyu44]

I thought he was more than stunned by Corley I think - he was hurt; I'll never forget that look on his face.

Also towards the end of the 11th in their fight, Oscar landed a terrific right that hurt Floyd as well. Definitely stunned him. Very, very telling punch.

and floyd landed a beautiful counter right that had the iron chinned and much bigger de la hoya buckling at the knees..forget which round

[Miburo]

As Silencers noted, he could rack up some wins but the top names would be too much.