Is Floyd The Best Fighter In The Last 30 Years?

[letsgobrady]

By like a **** hair. Dirrell has a lot more work to do it mightve even been premature for me to put him on that list now that I think about it.

pacquiao is not even in the same league as dirrell skill wise

[r.burgundy]

in the past 20 years i would say him and james toney,oscar should be neck and neck.oscar deserves a win over cheato trinidad and mosley on his resume.toney deserves wins over ruiz an sam peter on his resume.a win over prime tito would trump anything floyd has done.based purely off of skill floyd is 1 of the best to ever lace em up,but based off of skill and resume i would put oscar and james toney ahead of him

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

pacquiao is not even in the same league as dirrell skill wise

Dirrell can be sloppy at times. But Overall hes more skilled then Pac and alot of boxers for that matter.

[PH|L]

it's funny how pacquiao is fighter of the decade and all this other **** yet floyd is the one that is talked about as possibly the best ever

Goebbels wrote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

[Kingstan315]

I didn't think this thread was about Pac but I see his name still comes up. so is he supposed to be the best in the last 30 yrs then? If so how would he fair against guys Like SRL, Herns, Duran and Hagler????

[PH|L]

I didn't think this thread was about Pac but I see his name still comes up. so is he supposed to be the best in the last 30 yrs then? If so how would he fair against guys Like SRL, Herns, Duran and Hagler????

how the **** you want Pac to fight Hagler man?

p4p I got Pac behind Duran and SRL, equal or slightly ahead of Hearns and in front of Hagler.

[Boxin']

Dirrell can be sloppy at times. But Overall hes more skilled then Pac and alot of boxers for that matter.

Dirrels footwork reminds me of Bambi on ice.



No way he's more skilled than Pac.

[Haterfree]

Answer to the OPs original question: YES

[Portman]

no. hell no.

Better than Floyd in the last 30 years off the top of my head:

Pacquiao
RJJ
Hearns
Hagler
SRL
Duran
Whitaker
JCC
Arguello

Floyd is the definition of the sweet science THESE days imo.

[Njord777]

You can't measure a fighter based on untapped potential or what you believe might be their skill level. Ten years from now, when Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn't fighting people much of where he stands in ATG and HoF lists will be based not just on perceived skill but on his actual in-ring accomplishments.

I think Floyd Mayweather's assertions of his abilities isn't fully correlated with his resume. You can blame that on whatever factors you want, but its not as if he cleaned out 140 or 147 - and he fought at 154 but nobody expects him to do much at that weight.

It looks like he might go down as a very good boxer - very skilled - but I doubt he'll be considered the best since the 70's.

He might not even retire undefeated.