Why was Floyd Mayweather never the undisputed champion in any weight class

[BangEM]

I’m a Mayweather fan but the guy was one of the biggest cherrypickers in the history of boxing. That’s one of the benefits of having great boxing minds who understand styles and matchmaking around you.

Mayweather ducked everyone with a style that would give him problems. The cherry picking almost went wrong against Castillo, Zab Judah and Maidana but he survived. However, one thing I’ll give him credit is his ability to perform better in rematches.

Imagine a Mayweather who wanted to emulate Ali by fighting everyone and fighting outside Vegas - what would his record look like? I’d say there will be 3 losses on his record.

So when talking about top-3 GOATs in boxing - always mention these 3 before debating if Mayweather belongs in the top-10 or not (I have him 9 on my list): Ali, Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard.

[Roadblock]

No he just moved through the weight classes chasing money and fame, if you cant get a fight with another guy with all belts he probably would have on the way through, but I think he would have had to fight a few guys in a division and it would have taken him too long, from very early on Floyd wanted to fight Oscar that was his purpose his target.

[BangEM]

No he just moved through the weight classes chasing money and fame, if you cant get a fight with another guy with all bouts he probably would have in the way through, but I think he would have had to fight a few guys in a division and it would have took him too long, from very early on Floyd wanted to fight Oscar that was his purpose that was his target.

But he fought in many weight classes and his search for money/fame came at the latter stages of his career.

Let’s call it what it’s - he avoided bad style matchups throughout his career and never took the fight if he knew the person has a chance of beating him.

[hugh grant]

Lol perform better in rematches? When was that? After being gift decisions winning rematch should be easy. Floyd would get more credit for beating Castillo and maidens in rematch if he lost 1st fight. PAC beating Bradly in rematch and tribology is legendary

[hugh grant]

But he fought in many weight classes and his search for money/fame came at the latter stages of his career.

Let’s call it what it’s - he avoided bad style matchups throughout his career and never took the fight if he knew the person has a chance of beating him.

Floyd has fought many champions but not necessarily toughest available.

[BangEM]

Lol perform better in rematches? When was that? After being gift decisions winning rematch should be easy. Floyd would get more credit for beating Castillo and maidens in rematch if he lost 1st fight. PAC beating Bradly in rematch and tribology is legendary

He performed better in rematches against Castillo and Maidana.

Pac vs Bradley was more of Arum’s hack job to milk a fight he had no business milking. He just did it because Pac ran out of people to fight and they were waiting for the Mayweather fight to materialise.

That’s a classic example of the corruption in boxing because the matchup was one-sided.

[BangEM]

Floyd has fought many champions but not necessarily toughest available.

Pac got chinned too many times to be top-10 ATG

[hugh grant]

Pac got chinned too many times to be top-10 ATG

No, there's no rule book that makes laws up like that. So being chinned 3 times in a 27 year career is a goodvreturn

[Roadblock]

But he fought in many weight classes and his search for money/fame came at the latter stages of his career.

Let’s call it what it’s - he avoided bad style matchups throughout his career and never took the fight if he knew the person has a chance of beating him.

Fame and fortune came when he reached his target, Oscar! it just ran wild after that.

Avoiding can be pointed at any fighter at any time in history, doesn't mean its true.

[BangEM]

Fame and fortune came when he reached his target, Oscar! it just ran wild after that.

Avoiding can be pointed at any fighter at any time in history, doesn't mean its true.

Can’t say the same about Ali and Ray Robinson. Even Ray Leonard to an extent.

You can’t go through 5 divisions without establishing yourself as being the undisputed best in any of them. It’s called: cherry picking and avoiding dangerous fight.

Even Crawford has achieved more than Floyd in the regard and if he can become undisputed at 147 and beat Josh Taylor - he’s GREATER than Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather’s unbeaten record is almost as trash as Rocky Marciano’s unbeaten record. You don’t see people calling Marciano the GOAT. Same is applicable to Mayweather albeit he’s greater than Pacman because he beat him and they’re the same era.