with one more win mayweather surpasses sugar ray robinsons 40-0 starting record...

[Southpaw Stinger]

too bad Floyd is nearing the end of his career and Sugar Ray's path to greatness just began after his first loss to Lamotta

Aye, Ray was like 21 years old for that loss to Lamotta (who was like 16lbs heavier) Ray fought three times that month, one of those was a win against Lamotta (one of five) When was the last time Floyd fought three times in one month?
After the loss, Ray went on like a 93 fight undefeated streak.

A great insult mentioning Floyd in the same sentence as the great Robinson.

[tesla_power]

who did sugar ray robinson fight in his first 40 fights anyway? the only guys i heard of are jake lamotta, sammy angott, fitzy zivic....dont act like these guys are miles ahead of the 15 champs floyd faced....**** most of them were slow no skill small overmatched white guys just with hearts and chins...i bet arturo gatti would even go undefeated against those 40 guys...**** i bet 30 of em were like ricky hattons....if floyd wins this saturday, and i understand if he runs 12 round go ahead and criticize, but if he outclasses mosley and starts 41-0 he will have gotten off to a better start then sugar ray robinson....

Yeah. I often wonder myself why SRR is rated higher than Finito, Marciano, Calzaghe, even JCC Jr. Hmmm.

[JAB5239]

too bad Floyd is nearing the end of his career and Sugar Ray's path to greatness just began after his first loss to Lamotta

Robinson's first loss came two and a half years after turning pro and it is arguable his resume up to that point is better than Floyds with or with out Shane on it and as a pro for 12 years. TS is just a moron who has no clue what he's talking about unless it attached right between Floyds legs.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

I dont approve of this thread.

[tesla_power]

Robinson's first loss came two and a half years after turning pro and it is arguable his resume up to that point is better than Floyds with or with out Shane on it and as a pro for 12 years. TS is just a moron who has no clue what he's talking about unless it attached right between Floyds legs.

Maybe we could ask the TS is he rates Calzaghe higher than Floyd?

[daggum]

if mayweather wins he ties the great julio cesar chavez jr at 41-0. mayweather vs chavez jr aka the greatest event in mankind history. can you imagine the marketing they could do for that superfight? if they were able to fool 1 million for the marquez fight my early prediction is 6 million. hell i just fooled myself im in!

[Boxingholic]

Why *****s got to be so dummed?

[trk]

2nd if greatness was matched in undefeatedness then these would be the greatest fighters ever (no particular order)

Edwin Valero - 27-0 all knockouts
Joe chalzaghe - 46-0
rocky marciano - 49-0
Julio Cesar Chavez - 90-0 one of the greatest mexican boxers ever, and in my opinion top 5 ATG

Any good boxer can get a long streak of wins against weak opposition, but what makes Mayweather's record impressive is he has remained unbeaten despite facing a lot of very good opponents.

Edwin Valero - 27 KO wins, but they were basically all against bums.

Rocky Marciano - Spent most of his career fighting bums, only started fighting real contenders near the end of his career and barely managed to beat some guys in their 40's who used to be good.

Joe Calzaghe - 46 wins, 2 of them current/former lineal champions and an additional 8 who current/former alphabet titlists (so he beat 10 champions total).

Julio Cesar Chavez - started off his career 89-0-1, but during that time he only defeated 2 current/former lineal champions and 7 current/former alphabet champions (9 champions total). Pernell Whitaker is probably the only Hall of Fame quality opponent Chavez fought during this run, he dominated Chavez but got badly robed by the judges and ended up with a draw.

Floyd Mayweather - only 40 wins so far, but (if my count is correct) that includes an incredible 8 current/former lineal champions and 6 current/former alphabet champions (14 champions total). There are very few boxers who have accomplished as much as Mayweather has without suffering any losses.

[Wreckless]

The *****s are at it again! lol

[carlos slim]

please dont try to tell me sugar ray robinson wouldve won 10 of 12 rounds against mosley i dont care how old he was...ray robinson lost to randy turpin of all euro chumps..plus pbf defensive and quick counterpunches is what did in mosley robinson wont fight like floyd....moral of the story = stop clinging to your disproven beliefs you old chumps....