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Floyd's exceptionally talented for his era. Great chin, elite conditioning, timing far above his peers, great defense. etc...He wins a bunch of fantasy fights.
All it goes to show is SRR's level of eliteness. Despite Floyd's obvious level of talent....most people scoff when you compare even someone as good as Floyd to SRR.
you get the same thing when you try to compare a young, prolific baseball hitter (Mauer, Ichiro, Jeter) to Ted Williams, Ty Cobb and Pete Rose.
To compare a young prolific outfielder, lets say Tori Hunter....to "Say Hey" Willie Mays, for example, is absurd.
When you're the consesus GOAT...and when another Greatest Ever (Ali) proclaims that YOU'RE the greatest ever....it just sticks.
SRR is the best boxer that's ever laced up gloves.Comment
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Mayweather can't even win a simple Fighter Of The Decade award. When Mayweather win that award than we'll talk.Comment
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Soounds like hate to me.Mayweather better than Ali and Robinson? Ha
Posted Apr. 23, 2010 at 11:38pm
By Michael Rosenthal
When Muhammad Ali said he was The Greatest, you tended to believe him. When Floyd Mayweather Jr. says the same thing, well …
Mayweather was asked on a conference call a few days ago whether he actually believes what he has said in the past, that he’s a better fighter than were both heavyweight legend Ali and the consensus greatest-ever Sugar Ray Robinson.
He answered in the affirmative.
“Why not?,” he said. “I take my hat off to them. I got respect for Sugar Ray Robinson. I've got respect for Muhammad Ali. But I'm a man just like they're men. I put on my pants just like they put on their pants. What makes them any better than I am? Because they fought a thousand fights? In my era, it's totally different. You know? It's pay-per-view now, so things change. It's out with the old and in with the new. Things change. Like I said, Muhammad Ali is one hell of a fighter. But Floyd Mayweather is the best. Sugar Ray Robinson is one hell of a fighter, but Floyd Mayweather is the best.”
Here’s a quick why not:
Robinson could do everything Mayweather can – and much more. He had power and wasn’t afraid to use it, as Mayweather seems to be. Robinson actually took risks in order to take out his opponents and entertain the fans. And consider this: He started his career 119-1-2 during an era deep in talent and was still fighting for titles into his 40s. Robinson fought 30-plus fights against Hall of Famers.
Ali could do everything Mayweather can – at heavyweight. And, although he wasn’t as aggressive as Robinson was, he too went after his opponents more than Mayweather does. Ali dominating the richest era ever in the heavyweight division, fighting 13 times against hall of famers. And he had charisma that Mayweather couldn’t begin to replicate.
Who has Mayweather beaten? Jose Luis Castillo? Ricky Hatton? An aging Oscar De La Hoya? That doesn't stack against the likes of Jake LaMotta and Kid Gavilan or Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier.
Make no mistake: Mayweather is a future Hall of Famer and one of the best fighters of his time. To compare him to the likes of Ali and Robinson is ridiculous, however. He needs to prove a lot more before we can even entertain such a concept.
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Secondly i think Mayweather can say that because even by looking at the video you posted of SRR I see him throwing alot of punches from the hip area. I'm not sure he could get away with that with todays fighters. Plus alot of those Guys don't seem to even be on the same tier as him so that makes me wonder how many those HOF that were mentioned in the article were fighting today if they would even be considered for the the hall. Again I just am not sure and none of us can say that we know it for sure.
As for Ali, I love Love him to the fullest but we all know that many of his opponents were sub par to him. His chin got checked alot so we know that is proven. Still the point is when he was at his prime he had many who wanted to discredit him as well.
So now we're in a totally diffrent era and looking at all the fighters today I don't see how you can say that Floyd can't make a case based on some of his stats. things like his connect % and the way he effects his opponents connect % and overall work rate...Comment
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