Lightweight Mayweather fighting 6 foot Welterweight Diego Corrales

[oc9979]

He was number one ranked Jr MW becasue he was the best Jr MW at the time. FACT

Also he had a title as well.

he beat mayorga
barely beat sturm
lost to shane mosley
lost to hopkins
basically he lost 3 fight and won one and he is the best at the weight?

[Ishy Aytan]

he beat mayorga
barely beat sturm
lost to shane mosley
lost to hopkins
basically he lost 3 fight and won one and he is the best at the weight?

You must be ******ed, the fights with Sturm and Bhop were at middleweight.

[oc9979]

You must be ******ed, the fights with Sturm and Bhop were at middleweight.

how can he be number 1 at 154
if shane mosley beat him in his last fight at 154. then he moved up and lost went down and beat mayorga that won that vacant title in a fight with Michele Piccirillo.
while at 154 mosley beat de la hoya, winky beat mosley.

[Mary Jane]

how can he be number 1 at 154
if shane mosley beat him in his last fight at 154. then he moved up and lost went down and beat mayorga that won that vacant title in a fight with Michele Piccirillo.
while at 154 mosley beat de la hoya, winky beat mosley.

Mosley has admitted that he was roiding before their fight. Plus, DLH was robbed in that fight.

[Ravishing]

While De La Hoya was not rated #1 at 154, I think it is obvious that the De La Hoya in the Mayweather fight would have beaten any other 154 lber at that time. And yes my friend, Judah and Baldomir were the best at 147 at that time, it's just it was a very down division at the time since zab lost to a journeyman who was now the undisputed champ, so floyd had to beat both. Margarito was an unknown champion with a loss Santos before. Marg is a cheater anyway, he doesn't matter.

I actually think Vernon Forrest and Shane Mosley would've given De La Hoya hell in 2007 as far as 154lb guys go. Floyd saw the dollar signs and knew Oscar on his resume was a good look either way.

Floyd's about his business and fighting the "Real" tops at either division wouldn't be as rewarding as say a fight with...Ricky Hatton maybe?

[AntonTheMeh]

ahhh......i remember when floyd use to take on the best in his division.

been a while......good times.

[Jim Jeffries]

I actually think Vernon Forrest and Shane Mosley would've given De La Hoya hell in 2007 as far as 154lb guys go. Floyd saw the dollar signs and knew Oscar on his resume was a good look either way.

Floyd's about his business and fighting the "Real" tops at either division wouldn't be as rewarding as say a fight with...Ricky Hatton maybe?

Oscar had only one fight in the 2 1/2 year period before he fought Floyd, and even that one was a year prior. He was 9 years removed from his peak at #1 p4p and had clearly been declining for some time. Nice win for Floyd, but not exactly of the "prime ATG" variety.

And yes Corrales was a very good win for Floyd. We have these early weigh ins for a reason, and some fighters try and take advantage of the rule to come in a lot heavier. But most of the adv that they gain is canceled out by the decrease in strength,stamina etc that they lose by weight draining themselves. See Williams in the first Quintana fight.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I had picked Mr boat buyer over Chico, but damn sure not by a KO, and such a 1 sided one at that. Now that was the Mr boat buyer I used to luv. No hesitation, aggressive as hell, goin right after the toughest comp and kickin ass. WTF happened?

He is coming after Pacquiao and Shane

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Funny how no one had a problem with this fight and everyone had no problem picking Mayweather to lose.

5 knockdowns later and Corrales' corner waving the white towel, we were witnesses to greatness.

That was a great win for Floyd but your thread is slightly mis-leading. If anyone was weight disadvantaged, it was Corrales. It was widely publicised in the build up that he had to kill himself to make 130. He'd given up his super featherweight title to move up to 135 but Floyd wanted it at 130.

[AntonTheMeh]

That was a great win for Floyd but your thread is slightly mis-leading. If anyone was weight disadvantaged, it was Corrales. It was widely publicised in the build up that he had to kill himself to make 130. He'd given up his super featherweight title to move up to 135 but Floyd wanted it at 130.

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