Could floyd have gone to 160 and been successful

[KJB]

yeah agreed it would be very tough for floyd

but roberto duran, at 38 years of age went up to middleweight to defeat iran barkely, who was a big strong middeweight, he was an inch shorter than floyd, started a weigh class higher yes but was nowhere near as slick and defensively sound as floyd (duran had good defence but floyds is on a whole other level)

if a near-shot duran with defence nowhere near as good as floyds could beat a big strong middleweight like barkely why couldnt floyd do the same but against pavlik or another?

LOL dude really imagine Floyd in there with Kelly Pavlik. Pavlik would be something like 6 or 7 inches taller, 20+ pounds heavier and would never stop coming forward behind the jab. It would just be too much.
And this is coming from a guy with great respect for Floyd's abilities.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

Hell to the nO! 5'8"? No way, no how!