Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Facing the best as usual, A look at his past 5 opponents!

[Max05]

next up hospital

not Manny Pacquiao

[dibzvincent143]

that was a great list. but the real deal is what we want against than what we get. the people are the best judges, they aren't blind. majority of them sees.

[Smooth Criminal]

that was a great list. but the real deal is what we want against than what we get. the people are the best judges, they aren't blind. majority of them sees.

What does that mean?

Btw, I saw your Pacman avatar. You do realize the majority thought Pacqauio lost to Marquez, right?

[heat27]

Baldomir - Lineal WW Champion - 13lb weight advantage over Floyd, coming off a winning streak without a loss in over 8 years.

Ricky Hatton - #1 ranked Lineal LWW champion, on the p4p list, undefeated.

JM Marquez - #1 ranked Lineal LW champion, p4p2 (or p4p1 as most felt be beat Pacquaio) - coming off two KO wins over opponents who previously were never KO'd.

[Smooth Criminal]

Nice Trinidad sig. Do you think Trinidad was dominated by Hopkins because of the weight or because Trinidad was simply inferior?

You "slap your face" at Mayweather for fighting Marquez, but where is your applause for him fighting Oscar with such a disadvantage in weight?

[RimmyDelicious]

I have plenty of criticism of Floyd's career post-135, but his fight tomorrow against Shane isn't one...depending on how the fight plays out of course.

[Ravishing]

Nice Trinidad sig. Do you think Trinidad was dominated by Hopkins because of the weight or because Trinidad was simply inferior?

You "slap your face" at Mayweather for fighting Marquez, but where is your applause for him fighting Oscar with such a disadvantage in weight?

LOL it wasn't like Oscar was this Giant against Floyd. Plus, someone who has a size advantage against you can only be effective if he knows how to enforce it. Oscar's never really needed to fight like the "bigger guy" more than just Oscar being Oscar (which is what he was). Aged a bit, not competitively fighting, I really didn't see anything Oscar was gonna do to beat Floyd, but that's me.

I never call Floyd a "duck", I just say he chose the best financial options for him with the least risk possible, which Floyd subliminally makes mention of regularly.

Let's see what happens Saturday....

[Smooth Criminal]

LOL it wasn't like Oscar was this Giant against Floyd. Plus, someone who has a size advantage against you can only be effective if he knows how to enforce it. Oscar's never really needed to fight like the "bigger guy" more than just Oscar being Oscar (which is what he was). Aged a bit, not competitively fighting, I really didn't see anything Oscar was gonna do to beat Floyd, but that's me.

I never call Floyd a "duck", I just say he chose the best financial options for him with the least risk possible, which Floyd subliminally makes mention of regularly.

Let's see what happens Saturday....

Floyd wasn't "this giant" against Marquez either, for the casual readers.

[Haglerwins]

You do realize that going into the Mayweather fight that Carlos Baldomir had not lost in almost a decade? He wasn't some bum off the street. The guy had an iron chin and much faster hand speed than Antonio Margarito.

He's honestly, imo, a better fighter than Margarito.

People wanted to critizcize Floyd for not ko'ing Baldo, but all that got shut down when Vernon Forest couldn't ko Baldo... at 154.

Excellent post.

Even though unheralded, he was unceremoniously the 2nd best fighter at 147 at the time. Nobody should be knocking Floyd for that win.

And Baldo's chin was so good he wasn't even flinching at Forrest's power at '54. Viper also got free shots off on Carlos and Baldy still acted like a bee was just annoying him. It discouraged the f- out Vernon, but he just kept grinding. I don't think Margarito would've survived an onslaught of power like that. No way.

At the time, I thought they were even, but Carlos had a better chin than Marg.. and like said, better hand speed and even developed some power himself. Viper was feeling those punches, telling Larry to look at his face in the pfi. Baldomir would've given all of the other WWs some trouble back then minus Paul Williams.

[dorruel2.0]

How well would a young Cotto deal with the Kostya Tsyzu that Ricky beat?

Cotto wouldv destroyed him and take him out in half the time Ricky did.
The Tsyzu that Hatton beat was on his way out.