How Great is Floyd if his best win came against a 39 year old?

[Slick_Rick]

great performance by floyd, but this was not his greatest win. beating a monster in corrales, who was undefeated and in his prime was more impressive than an almost 40 shane, past his prime.

I agree, I rate the Corrales and Castillo II win way above this one.

I think the hype around the fight has clouded people judgement, I mean just look at some of the PPV predictions, the early numbers suggest around 1.2m which are good numbers, but 2m+, come on...!

[Slick_Rick]

so in almost two yrs an some months the only fight floyd has had is a active fight against a lightweight the fight before that was against as you guys put it a ricky hatton fighting in a division he didn't belong in.

an this all prepared him for a fight against the 38 yr old best welterweight in the word.

but on the other hand in almost 2 years an some months shane mosley had knocked out 170 pounds ricardo mayorga and the number 1 welterweight in margarito.

if floyd had lost looks like i would have had a valid excuse for why.

So your excuse would have been Floyd's cherry picking history.

Shane was not rated the best weltweight, according to the ring he was number 2, a position he maintained for 18 months without fighting anyone. (He was no.1 but was dislodged by Pac.)

[-Nova-]

floyd's best win was against hatton and corrales

[illmaticfighter]

So your excuse would have been Floyd's cherry picking history.

Shane was not rated the best weltweight, according to the ring he was number 2, a position he maintained for 18 months without fighting anyone. (He was no.1 but was dislodged by Pac.)

my excuse would be according to certain people floyd hasn't had a decent opponent in 3 years while shane knocked out the number 1 welterweight a year ago.

shane also had two training camps with an experienced trainer in ****m while floyd trainer is consider to be a crack head to certain poster on this site.

[jump-man]

good win but not great, sort of reminds me of Joe beating roy and b-hop

theres a big difference when ur 38 compared to 33.... big DIFFERENCE

[JK1700]

good win but not great, sort of reminds me of Joe beating roy and b-hop

theres a big difference when ur 38 compared to 33.... big DIFFERENCE

5 years isnt a major difference. Mosley wasnt shot, He is still elite

[jump-man]

it is when ur pushin 40, just look at jordan when he was 38 compared to 33, or Roy Jones

only chance shane had was to catch him, and that was slim at best, for a 38 year old fighter who has slowed down.. COTTO was matchin Shane for speed and that was 2 years ago.

athletes slow down rapidly when theyre in their mid to late 30's that is a fact.

[GoogleMe]

Quit whining. Mosley was a great win, but Coralles, Castille 1 + 2, ranks way higher!

[GoogleMe]

Baldomir came off an 8 year winning streak when he defeated him also.

[cameronpaul]

nice to see floyd buckle a bit, but honestly, a guy buckles and everyone goes mad, his hand did not even touch the floor=he was fine. he still is the best fighter out there by a margin and pacs gonna have to do more than wobble him once, i mean can you actually imagen pac winning rounds over and over and actually putting flloyd down....no, it aint gonna happen. im not particulary a floyd fan but you got to give him credit. and to all you saying this was his best win or arguing about who his best win was its simple...he was 7'2 and 500 pounds "ITS THE BIG SHOW"