What is your favourite Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight?

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  • QueensburyRules
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    #11
    Originally posted by PBR Streetgang
    Chico Corrales and El Famoso Hernandez. The Corrales fight really was Floyd's coming out party where he destroyed an opponent who many thought would beat him.

    The Hernandez fight was compelling because Floyd hurt his hand so bad he touched his glove to the canvas. El Famoso put him under duress and the HBO cameras continued to pan their cameras on Hernandez's beautiful wife who was ringside.
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    - - Corrales had announced he was moving up a division as his marriage was broken by his violence resulting in criminal charges yielding a guilty verdict and prison time.

    Thus forfeiting his IBF/IBA belts, he took on l'l floydy for a payday until he could be released.

    Tyny Jesus Chavez was bouncing l'l floydy off the ropes so badly that the HBO crew had him well ahead entering the 9th. Ronnie Shields was brought in for his gravitas for any referee bias, instead stopping Jesus to make sure the money fighter gets kicked down the lucrative road. Richard Lord was his real trainer with a superb boxing record had to be restrained by security to keep him from busting up dirty Shields.

    Manny fought on the undercard vs Agapito Sanchez who threw more headbutts resulting in cuts than punches, thus Manny gets screwed with a draw on the cards.

    That Manny would've whooped that version of l'l floydy worse than Chavez did, but hey, ho, boxing is run by crooks who target soft viewers for there promotions.

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    • dan_cov
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      #12
      Miguel Cotto.

      Very underrated, high level fight. Cotto was superb that night

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        #13
        Also enjoyed when he slapped that Japanese schoolboy all over the ring

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        • daggum
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          #14
          Originally posted by dan_cov
          Also enjoyed when he slapped that Japanese schoolboy all over the ring
          that was really great. a teeny tiny 20 year old who had never boxed before and now fights at 118 pounds...he even caught floyd with a great shot but of course it did nothing since hes so tiny. floyd got mad and started beating him up and laughing at him lol

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            #15
            Originally posted by dan_cov
            Miguel Cotto.

            Very underrated, high level fight. Cotto was superb that night
            Cotto was great fight $ May had to go back to being Pretty Boy Floyd in spurts

            great match that was fought across all ranges: outside, mid, inside, clinch, backwards

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            • SouthpawRight
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              #16
              As The Best Ever: Alvarez fight

              As $ May: Oscar, Hatton, and JMM

              As Pretty Boy Floyd: Ndou & Zab

              Ndou was where Floyd finally mastered his shoulder roll shell defense

              I’ll go with Alvarez being Floyd’s greatest performance

              not into extremely one sided beatings like the one Diego took

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              • IronDanHamza
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                #17
                For action I'd say Demarcus Corley, Jesus Chavez, Augustus

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by IronDanHamza
                  For action I'd say Demarcus Corley, Jesus Chavez, Augustus
                  I thought it was Madonna 2 seeing how much you fond of Floyd hugging

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                  • IronDanHamza
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by djtmal

                    I thought it was Madonna 2 seeing how much you fond of Floyd hugging
                    Where have I ever said that sentence fat boy?

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                    • daggum
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by SouthpawRight
                      As The Best Ever: Alvarez fight

                      As $ May: Oscar, Hatton, and JMM

                      As Pretty Boy Floyd: Ndou & Zab

                      Ndou was where Floyd finally mastered his shoulder roll shell defense

                      I’ll go with Alvarez being Floyd’s greatest performance

                      not into extremely one sided beatings like the one Diego took
                      not really he was just fighting a very weak opponent who gave him opportunities to look good(which is why he was picked as an opponent) since moving up to 135 floyd should have lost the first castillo fight, won the rematch in another competitive fight, beat victoriano sosa who was supposed to be his "get back" fight but looked lackluster, so they brought in ndou because he spent most his career at 130 and had a shiny record with lots of ko's but nothing really notable on it...and after floyd looked amazing...floyd is back! star building 101
                      Last edited by daggum; 11-22-2024, 03:37 PM.

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