Floyds is so great, look at this list of worldbeaters he tackled early on.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Bump for the cat who said canelo only fought Mexican cab drivers.

[MPX309]

So tell me, how does a fighter whose early in his career get to fight elite fighters straight away? Ok maybe not so much the case now, but genuinely speaking back then things were a little different.

[Kuyukut]

catchweight king floyd is a fraud!

[torosboxing75]

Where's Horus?

Can you please pass the popcorn thank you.

[GRboxing]

First ballot Hall of Famer and ATG. UMad?

[maguirre]

Robert Apodaca- so bummy, doesn't even have a record listed. Where did they find this guy? Skid row? A bit more research finds that RA, the only RA that Floyd could beat on, was in his very first fight at the time he faced Floyd.
Weights: Mayweather 131 lbs., Apodaca 130 lbs.
SO

Reggie Sanders- world beater with a 1-1 record. I think he beat Leon Spinks.
Weights: Mayweather 131 lbs., Sanders 132.5 lbs.

Jerry Cooper - 6-3. a step up, but again, as with the two previous champions Floyd faced, it was against smaller men.
Weights: Mayweather 130 lbs, Cooper 129.5 lbs
ASO

Edgar Ayala - another Skid Row Promotions brawler with no record listed. Further research reveals this was his very first fight as well. I think this is the first fight to give a sign of what happens when Floyd steps up his competition. It gets a bit rough, so he lowers the standard for his next opponent, in this case, Edgar Ayala.
*its been said Ayala was picked because he was a good draw with the LA underpass crowd.

Weights: Mayweather 133 lbs, Ayala 131 lbs
ASO

Kino Rodriguez - This tall guy at 5 feet five and half inches came into the ring as Floyds most regarded and experienced opponent.

9-9-2 with 3 coming by stoppage or KO.

Weights: Mayweather 132 Rodriguez 130.
ASO

Bobby Giepert - Floyd, feeling invincible after defeating the Kong-like Kino, steps up in talent opposition again to take on the like sized Bobbo with a record of 19-8 (6 losses by KO at that time).

Weights: Mayweather 132 lbs, Giepert 133 lbs

*lets give a handclap here folks, he fought someone who finally wasn't smaller.

Tony Duran - The amazing 12-15 Tony Duran. Amazing in that up to that point, 12 fights ended by stoppage or KO, of Duran, not for!
Weights: Mayweather 129 Duran 133

* we like this, Floyd fighting guys similar in stature. Way to go big boy!


Larry O'shields - all five foot 6 of him with his gaudy and flamboyant record of 12-3-1 with 5 KOs, by him. Floyd getting a bit braver by the fight!
Weights: Mayweather 132 O'shields 131.75
ASO

Jesus Chavez - before you soil your chonies with seminal residue, let me remind you, not that Jesus Chavez, but the 1-13-1 Jesus Chavez. Did I mention that 11 of those 13 losses were by KO or stoppage?
1-13-1. In case you were wondering, Chavez stood a Godzilla-like 5 foot 5. Well, only if you had the toy.

Weights: Mayweather 130.5 Chavez 130
ASO

Louie Leija - Floyd steps it up big time, in a big way. Slaying the like sized Leija in 2 rounds knocking him down a few times. Heres the downer, and its totally not unlike Floyd,
but this was after Louie had just suffered a KO loss in his previous fight. Starting to notice some patterns developing. Floyd for some reason, can't stand latino fighters.
Weights: Mayweather 131 Leija 132

Felipe Garcia - The "Sears Tower" in boxing, standing in at a whopping 62 inches, here you have an opponent who was 20-18 at the time, but had been the loser in 10 of his previous 13 fights. It took Floyd 6 rounds to KO the midget in denial.

Weights: Mayweather 133.5 Garcia 130
ASO

Angelo Nunez - Finally, a bigger fighter, but, one who had lost his previous 3 fights.
Weights: Mayweather 130 Nunez 133




Shall I continue with another year of beating world champs and bigger men?

This is typical record of so-called undefeated fighters. Yes, please continue.

[BoxingGenius27]

True but Pac got KO'd by the same type of opposition early

[Interloper]

All pro fighters start out fighting no-hopers and bums early in their career. Do you even follow boxing?

[Vasyl’s dad]

All pro fighters start out fighting no-hopers and bums early in their career. Do you even follow boxing?

Longer than you've been alive. There is a method to a thread like this. However, when people say "Canelo fights only cab drivers", I don't see you in there demanding justice.

[Vasyl’s dad]

True but Pac got KO'd by the same type of opposition early

yea, and? Hopkins and Marquez lost their first fights. I guess it means they couldn't improve on their early careers. I guess Manny getting stopped early means there is no way he would have become an 8 division titlist.