All I gotta say is mike stepped in the ring with 4 ATG's (granted he lost to two of them) where as Floyd is still waiting for his first. Its tough because of his losses and short "prime" but I give the edge to Tyson for his pre-prison run.
Floyd stepped in with 3 future all-time greats and has one on the menu. He beat all three easy. Am I missing something. I had to leave space for arguement on Mayweather vs Roy but I gotta put my foot down on this one.
in boxing years he was rather old. his career was on a downturn, dont think he was shot but he definitely wasnt prime. it was a good win, does it count for as much as u claim it does? no way.
So, if these guys were in their mid to late 30s in real time years,
All I gotta say is mike stepped in the ring with 4 ATG's (granted he lost to two of them) where as Floyd is still waiting for his first. Its tough because of his losses and short "prime" but I give the edge to Tyson for his pre-prison run.
what's worse is the first HALL OF FAME opponent floyd faced, oscar, it took floyd to be 32 years of age to do it not to mention vs a 35 year old oscar. If you compare all the other great hall of famers in history, they faced hall of fame opposition MUCH YOUNGER than floyd did. For example, pac faced his first hall of fame opponent when he was green & in his mid 20s.
You can do this with almost every great fighter. Floyd took a really long time to face his first hall of fame opponent & it was against oscar.
Originally posted by studentofthegam
Floyd stepped in with 3 future all-time greats and has one on the menu. He beat all three easy. Am I missing something. I had to leave space for arguement on Mayweather vs Roy but I gotta put my foot down on this one.
Floyd has never ever faced a great hall of fame opponent in their prime.
btw,
oscar, shane, & marquez ARE NOT ALL TIME GREATS. Hall of Famers yes, but not all time greats.
So, if these guys were in their mid to late 30s in real time years,
Baldomir
DLH
Marquez
Mosley,
what does that make them in "boxing years"?
ummm floyd has other names on his resume...and even with that said, he has more names on his resume as well. theres no way holmes + spinks = or > than:
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