Let's take a trip down memory lane, how would Floyd Mayweather Jr. have fared against these fighters had he not retired in 2007?

[IronDanHamza]

i always thought it was very odd retiring out of that hot division after having fought zero of the top contenders at the time

Ehh, not really true.

When he "retired" in 2007 he'd only been at the weight class for 2 years and had 4 fights there.

2 of those fights were against Judah who was ranked #3 and Baldomir who was ranked #1, another one was against Ricky Hatton who was P4P #8 and who'd previously won the WBA title at 147 VS Collazo who was ranked #5 at WW.

So 3 of his 4 fights at WW at that time were vs "Top contenders".

[Smash]

Ehh, not really true.

When he "retired" in 2007 he'd only been at the weight class for 2 years and had 4 fights there.

2 of those fights were against Judah who was ranked #3 and Baldomir who was ranked #1, another one was against Ricky Hatton who was P4P #8 and who'd previously won the WBA title at 147 VS Collazo who was ranked #5 at WW.

So 3 of his 4 fights at WW at that time were vs "Top contenders".

i dont agree

when floyd announced his retirement in june of 2008 the top 3 ranked WW's were cheato, cotto, mosley with paul williams also willing to fight there

https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Th..._Ratings:_2008

[IronDanHamza]

i dont agree

when floyd announced his retirement in june of 2008 the top 3 ranked WW's were cheato, cotto, mosley with paul williams also willing to fight there

https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Th..._Ratings:_2008

He announced his retirement on December 8th 2007, not June of 2008.

I mean, you can disagree all you want, doesn't change the literal fact that out of the 4 fights he'd had at WW between 05-07 3 of them were vs Top contenders.

That's not up for debate, it's a fact. So saying he fought no top contenders is objectively false.

[Smash]

He announced his retirement on December 8th 2007, not June of 2008.

I mean, you can disagree all you want, doesn't change the literal fact that out of the 4 fights he'd had at WW between 05-07 3 of them were vs Top contenders.

That's not up for debate, it's a fact. So saying he fought no top contenders is objectively false.

he cancelled that dec retirement it says online

funny enough floyds retirement coincided with the rise of pac at that time who went on his prime run for the next few years

[IronDanHamza]

he cancelled that dec retirement it says online

funny enough floyds retirement coincided with the rise of pac at that time who went on his prime run for the next few years

How is that "funny enough" when Pacquaio hadn't even fought at WW yet at that point and Floyd announced his return on May 2nd 2009 the day before Pacquaio fought Ricky Hatton. It's the opposite of what you're implying.

It's just revisionist history from every angle. You've claimed he fought no top contenders at WW when he retired in 2007 which is objectively false.

You're now implying that he retired in 2008 because "Pacquaio was on the rise" which is also not true.

[Smash]

How is that "funny enough" when Pacquaio hadn't even fought at WW yet at that point and Floyd announced his return on May 2nd 2009 the day before Pacquaio fought Ricky Hatton. It's the opposite of what you're implying.

It's just revisionist history from every angle. You've claimed he fought no top contenders at WW when he retired in 2007 which is objectively false.

You're now implying that he retired in 2008 because "Pacquaio was on the rise" which is also not true.

in 2008 he retired with the guys i listed as the top guys all looking for fights & pac was listed as no5 WW and he went on to fight some of them, thats what i saw

[djtmal]

Lol. You mean everybody who was up next after he beat Hatton?

The whole welterweight division he avoided for two years because his hands was hurtin' according to Big Dunn his official excuse maker and shoe shine boy

[djtmal]

Cotto still would have done well because of his jab and pressure

Floyd high ring iq guarantees that parts of the fight will be at longer ranges. Cotto jab makes him competitive at range

Instead of Floyd 9-3 Cotto it’s Floyd 8-4 Cotto

Kermit is idiot

Floyd marg expect lot of clinching and spoiling tactics. Cotto doesn’t know how to clinch and lost to marg because of it

Shane still gets confused

Tall Paul is avoided because everyone [Shane Cotto manny] avoided him

freakishly tall southpaw that no one knows about because he wasn’t that good

All of those were 50 50 fights that's why Floyd ducked out of the division

[djtmal]

i always thought it was very odd retiring out of that hot division after having fought zero of the top contenders at the time

I agree. For two years absolutely.

He returned and fought a lightweight

[ODLH Chicano Goat]

Floyd is one of the best at clinching to stuff the opponent’s offense

so it’ll be a mix of running and shooting at the same time + clinching

manny didn’t clinch and went through hell to beat margarito

Shane clinched and aped margarito

Cotto didn’t clinch and took a career changing beating

Good point. Man I bet it was alot easier to become a boxing fan back then. No apps just HBOand Showtime for the big fights, promoters weren't as reluctant to work with each other. Everything's so divided now. Not to mention all the pointless interim, world and silver belts we have now.