All BS aside, name the fighters in your lifetime with BETTER SKILLS than Floyd, Jr...

[Left Hook Tua]

I would invite you to do the same for 130. He was only at the other divs for a few fights each.

I think that there is a risk of putting too much emphasis on "dominating a division" when a fighter has been going through the weights.

i'll do it later.

i think he fought 3-4 top 10 guys at 130.

135 doesn't look bad because at least he fought the #1 in castillo.

[Left Hook Tua]

I'm offended

joan guzman sucks.

[F l i c k e r]

joan guzman sucks.

no he doesn't. he just doesn't know how to make weight.

[Dan...]

People saying Jones are nuts. No way in hell.

On pure boxing skill Floyd is on a different level to Roy. Sure Roy had mad skills but it was those skills combined with his freakish athletic ability that made him so great. Based purely on raw boxing skills, it is Floyd over Roy all day.

I also think Floyd had better pure skills than Leonard to be honest. Sure Sugar was a very, very skillful guy but again, I think natural athletic ability played a big role in how good he was. Moreso than is the case with Mayweather.

The buck stops with Pea IMO. Whitaker's skillset was superior to Floyd's I think.

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fighters in BOLD are fighters who roy fought at least once.

as you can see , the only significant fighter that roy didn't fight that was a top ranked light heavyweight during roy's reign was darius michalczewski.

Ring Ratings at Light Heavyweight in 1999

1.Roy Jones Jr.
2. Dariusz Michalczewski
3. Lou Del Valle
4. Reggie Johnson
5. Graciano Rocchigiani
6. Michael Nunn
7. Eric Harding
8. Antonio Tarver
9. David Telesco
10. Montell Griffin

Ring Ratings at Light Heavyweight in 2000

1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. Dariusz Michalczewski
3. Eric Harding
4. Reggie Johnson
5. David Telesco
6. Montell Griffin
7. Chris Johnson
8. Antonio Tarver
9. Greg Wright
10. Derrick Harmon

Ring Ratings at Light Heavyweight in 2001

1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. Dariusz Michalczewski
3. Eric Harding
4. Reggie Johnson
5. Montell Griffin
6. Antonio Tarver
7. Julio Cesar Gonzalez
8. Bruno Girard
9. Lou Del Valle
10. Clinton Woods

Ring Ratings at Light Heavyweight in 2002

1. Roy Jones Jr.
2. Antonio Tarver
3. Dariusz Michalczewski
4. Eric Harding
5. Montell Griffin
6. Reggie Johnson
7. Bruno Girard
8. Julio Cesar Gonzalez
9. David Telesco
10. Lou Del Valle

floyd mayweather jr. has NEVER dominated a division the way roy did light heavyweight. NEVER.

not at 130 , not at 135 and definitely not at 140 or above.

Man.... I am just going to leave it at that. 2 letters: DM. And I would have still picked Roy to beat him. However the existence of DM makes it hard to back up your claim.

[cuzfozzy]

James Toney all the way baby !

[QUISQUEYA]

I would invite you to do the same for 130. He was only at the other divs for a few fights each.

I think that there is a risk of putting too much emphasis on "dominating a division" when a fighter has been going through the weights.

1998

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Takanori Hatakeyama
Roberto Garcia
Angel Manfredy
Yong Soo Choi
Genaro Hernandez
Jesus Chavez
Goyo Vargas
Anatoly Alexandrov
Arnulfo Castillo

1999
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Diego Corrales
Jong-Kwon Baek
Roberto Garcia
Lakva Sim
Yong Soo Choi
Jesus Chavez
Acelino Freitas
Derrick Gainer
Goyo Vargas

2000
Diego Corrales
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joel Casamayor
Acelino Freitas
Steve Forbes
Jong-Kwon Baek
Lakva Sim
Jesus Chavez
Yong Soo Choi
Roberto Garcia

2001
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joel Casamayor
Acelino Freitas
Jesus Chavez
Steve Forbes
Jong-Kwon Baek
Lakva Sim
Phillip N'dou
John Brown
Alejandro Gonzalez

[QUISQUEYA]

By the way, this can be a very deceptive exercise. 2006 was floyd's first full year at WW. This is how the division looked:

2006
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion

Antonio Margarito
Carlos Manuel Baldomir
Miguel Angel Cotto
Zab Judah
Luis Collazo
Kermit Cintron
Oktay Urkal
Arturo Gatti
Paul Williams
Joshua Clottey

[Left Hook Tua]

Man.... I am just going to leave it at that. 2 letters: DM. And I would have still picked Roy to beat him. However the existence of DM makes it hard to back up your claim.

dm-roy deserves is own damn thread by itself.

i blame both guys for that fight not happening.

i blame dariusz more though.

[Burner]

By the way, this can be a very deceptive exercise. 2006 was floyd's first full year at WW. This is how the division looked:

2006
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion

Antonio Margarito
Carlos Manuel Baldomir
Miguel Angel Cotto
Zab Judah
Luis Collazo
Kermit Cintron
Oktay Urkal
Arturo Gatti
Paul Williams
Joshua Clottey

Ooops...LMAO.