Floyd Mayweather has never beaten an elite fighter in his prime

[SweetPbfAli]

Wasn't Corrales perceived to be elite and in his prime when Floyd fought him? We can go revisionist and talk about what happened to Corrales afterwards but we're speaking of when they fought. I remember it being a pick'em fight. Also, what's considered "elite". There's some qualifiers that need to be addressed.

[New England]

But Corrales was not at his best.

He wasn't focused because he was waiting to be sentenced for beating up and injuring his wife.

floyd's got a jail term over his head at all times

i'm not seeing you bringing it up.


corrales wasn't an elite fighter historically, but he was absolutely an elite at the time of the mayweather fight. floyd was not supposed to drop him several times and knock him out.

looking at the rankings, corrales was actually the top 130 lber in the world from what i can tell.


not elite doe

[IronDanHamza]

Wasn't Corrales perceived to be elite and in his prime when Floyd fought him? We can go revisionist and talk about what happened to Corrales afterwards but we're speaking of when they fought. I remember it being a pick'em fight. Also, what's considered "elite". There's some qualifiers that need to be addressed.

Saying Corrales wasn't elite is like saying Golovkin isn't elite now.

Corrales was considered to be one of the 5 best fighters in Boxing, undefeated, #1 at 130 and was knocking out everything in his path with ease.

If that's not elite then what is?

Jose Luis Castillo the greatest Lightweight of his era. That's not an elite fighter?

Undefeated Ricky Hatton not an elite fighter even though he'd been on the top 10 P4P list for years?

What's the standard for "elite"? Prime ATG's only? If so then how many fighters have wins over prime elite fighters?

[El-blanco]

There are opinions and there are facts.

You're entitled to dispute one of them.

So, because you believe he has, that makes it a fact? It's a fact he's won multiple titles, because there is actual proof of that. What you're suggesting is subjective. I doubt you understand the difference.

[-PBP-]

Pound for pound rankings at year end 2000:

1. Shane Mosley
2. Felix Trinidad
3. Roy Jones Jr.
4. Oscar De La Hoya
5. Diego Corrales
6. Naseem Hamed
7. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
8. Lennox Lewis
9. Erik Morales
10. Bernard Hopkins


Damn shame how you guys sleep on Diego Corrales. He would have been hyped to the max on some Matthysse/GGG type of hype if NSB was around back then.

[Box-Office]

floyd's got a jail term over his head at all times

i'm not seeing you bringing it up.


corrales wasn't an elite fighter historically, but he was absolutely an elite at the time of the mayweather fight. floyd was not supposed to drop him several times and knock him out.

looking at the rankings, corrales was actually the top 130 lber in the world from what i can tell.


not elite doe

Not to mention Corrales was unbeaten going in to the Mayweather fight, the kid didn't know how to lose.

Although his top wins: Castillo, unbeaten Freitas and Casamayor were post-Mayweather, so the version Floyd boxed hadn't achieved those things, so there is that.

[Box-Office]

Pound for pound rankings at year end 2000:

1. Shane Mosley
2. Felix Trinidad
3. Roy Jones Jr.
4. Oscar De La Hoya
5. Diego Corrales
6. Naseem Hamed
7. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
8. Lennox Lewis
9. Erik Morales
10. Bernard Hopkins


Damn shame how you guys sleep on Diego Corrales. He would have been hyped to the max on some Matthysse/GGG type of hype if NSB was around back then.

Or picked apart to be made to look like a bum, works both ways.

[El-blanco]

Pound for pound rankings at year end 2000:

1. Shane Mosley
2. Felix Trinidad
3. Roy Jones Jr.
4. Oscar De La Hoya
5. Diego Corrales
6. Naseem Hamed
7. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
8. Lennox Lewis
9. Erik Morales
10. Bernard Hopkins


Damn shame how you guys sleep on Diego Corrales. He would have been hyped to the max on some Matthysse/GGG type of hype if NSB was around back then.

He reminds me of the hype broner got. Once he stepped up he got beaten badly on multiple occasions and won a few big fights. That's not elite.

[solo20]

Wasn't Corrales perceived to be elite and in his prime when Floyd fought him? We can go revisionist and talk about what happened to Corrales afterwards but we're speaking of when they fought. I remember it being a pick'em fight. Also, what's considered "elite". There's some qualifiers that need to be addressed.

"pick'em fight" only to people who don't know crap about boxing none of my friend's at the time thought it was going to be a close fight Corrales along with Hatton are garbage fighters

[Chrismart]

Yea excellent deflection. And once again, u have no argument so u just deflect and make personal attacks. Typical weak bs that goes on around here. But like Irondan said, whether u like it or not, he's beaten elite prime fighters. Period.

And 'whether you like it or not' people won't agree to whatever your opinion is. They have their own. If you're that precious that that upsets you so much, go and bump an old thread about it. Oh, you already have.