Fighters past and present that could/ve beaten Floyd Mayweather

[$tate of Mind]

This is a breakdown of some fighters that I think would've had the best chance to beat "Money May" in order:



1. Thomas "Hitman" Hearns- this guy is the absolute worst match up for Floyd. Tommy was an excellent all around boxer with tremendous reach and power. Hearns length, power, and overall boxing ability would be too much for Floyd. Hearns also possessed a lethal jab. Hearns threw his jab with the intent to do damage. I think Herans could KO Khan with a jab. I think Hearns stops Floyd. No way does Floyd fight him if he was still fighting today.


2. Sugar Ray Leonard- bigger, stronger, and faster than Floyd. SRL is the total package. Heart, skill, will, you name it he had it. SRL is too big, strong, and skilled for Floyd imo. However, I think Floyd gives Leonard a decent scrap due to his defense and ring IQ but I see Leonard winning a clear UD.


3. The late great Vernon Forrest (RIP)- he's the modern fighter that I think has the size and best skill set to beat Floyd. Vernon was a terrific all around boxer with tremendous length. His height and reach wouldn't allow Floyd to control distance. I think Forrest wins a close SD.


4. Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran- Duran was relentless. This guy was about as tough and skilled as they come. Duran would've been on Floyd all night and he had a vicious body attack. He would make Floyd work the hardest. I think Duran wins by UD.

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5. Sergio "Marvilla" Martinez- this guy is the only active fighter around Floyd's weight class that I would favor to beat Floyd. Sergio is an excellent athlete with underrated boxing skills. Sergio is big, fast, and powerful. I think he would have Floyd on the defensive and probably win a UD.

[DLT]

Not truly fair since 3 of those guys are clearly P4P much bigger than Floyd. All 3 of Hearns, SRL, & VF were not only WW's in there very 1st division but they were big WW's. Again, I always tell people that if you want to be fair to Floyd then stop comparing him to guys like SRL & Hearns head up in a WW fight.

If you want to be fair then do it in a P4P sense and compare them at WW to Floyd at SFW. If you do that then he easily stacks up with them. He also looked better at higher weights then they did. Just for you to ask if he could beat them when he's in his 4th weight class and they are in there 1st shows how great he truly is.

With that being said, he beats VF pretty easily to me and beats Duran too. SRL & Hearns could give him hell because of the size so I wouldnt be shocked at any outcome in those fights. VF may have given the pre JMM version of Floyd problems because Floyd was not a true WW.

He would only come into the ring at 146 pounds and looked weaker then most of the WW's but since his comeback he's looked bigger and I think he can now handle guys like VF, Margarito, & Cotto much easier then before just because they wont be able to bully him around like they may have been able to 1st.

See Mosley as a prime example. Before JMM that fight may have went differently but now that Floyd is solidly built at the weight, he couldnt outmuscle him like he thought. I had to edit because I didnt see Sergio's name until just now but again I think there is no way Sergio can beat him with the way he keeps his hands down all fight, but again a naturally 4 or 5 weight classes bigger guy

[Doctor_Tenma]

As DLT said, not all that fair. I like to match Floyd up against greats from 130-140 because Mayweather was a lot quicker back then and threw combinations. To me it's a given that both Leonard and Hearns beat Floyd.

Now at 135 I'd pick Duran over Floyd, possibly even Whitaker (That's 50-50 IMO).

[$tate of Mind]

Not truly fair since 3 of those guys are clearly P4P much bigger than Floyd. All 3 of Hearns, SRL, & VF were not only WW's in there very 1st division but they were big WW's. Again, I always tell people that if you want to be fair to Floyd then stop comparing him to guys like SRL & Hearns head up in a WW fight.

If you want to be fair then do it in a P4P sense and compare them at WW to Floyd at SFW. If you do that then he easily stacks up with them. He also looked better at higher weights then they did. Just for you to ask if he could beat them when he's in his 4th weight class and they are in there 1st shows how great he truly is.

With that being said, he beats VF pretty easily to me and beats Duran too. SRL & Hearns could give him hell because of the size so I wouldnt be shocked at any outcome in those fights. VF may have given the pre JMM version of Floyd problems because Floyd was not a true WW.

He would only come into the ring at 146 pounds and looked weaker then most of the WW's but since his comeback he's looked bigger and I think he can now handle guys like VF, Margarito, & Cotto much easier then before just because they wont be able to bully him around like they may have been able to 1st.

See Mosley as a prime example. Before JMM that fight may have went differently but now that Floyd is solidly built at the weight, he couldnt outmuscle him like he thought. I had to edit because I didnt see Sergio's name until just now but again I think there is no way Sergio can beat him with the way he keeps his hands down all fight

I based this on boxing ability. I understand that Floyd is smaller than Hearns, Leonard, Forrest, and Martinez. I give Floyd a shot to beat Forrest and Sergio and maybe a small one against Duran. But I would favor all the guys I mentioned against him.

[$tate of Mind]

As DLT said, not all that fair. I like to match Floyd up against greats from 130-140 because Mayweather was a lot quicker back then and threw combinations. To me it's a given that both Leonard and Hearns beat Floyd.

Now at 135 I'd pick Duran over Floyd, possibly even Whitaker (That's 50-50 IMO).

I think Floyd beats Whitaker.

[DLT]

I based this on boxing ability. I understand that Floyd is smaller than Hearns, Leonard, Forrest, and Martinez. I give Floyd a shot to beat Forrest and Sergio and maybe a small one against Duran. But I would favor all the guys I mentioned against him.

well I was listening to this one boxing show after Mayweather-Mosley where the expert guy said Floyd is the best one he's seen in the last 30 years and the only one around the weight class he gave a shot to beat him was SRL. He said he thought Floyd was too fast for Hearns

[Cotto's Father]

here are the ones i thing that would beat him









im done

[$tate of Mind]

well I was listening to this one boxing show after Mayweather-Mosley where the expert guy said Floyd is the best one he's seen in the last 30 years and the only one around the weight class he gave a shot to beat him was SRL. He said he thought Floyd was too fast for Hearns

Dude Floyd is without a doubt an ATG! Floyd is the best fighter I've seen in my lifetime and to me he's the beat fighter of this era. I'm a huge Floyd fan but I would just favor these guys to beat him but that doesn't mean he couldn't win.

[IronDanHamza]

There is a long list of fighters who could beat Floyd Mayweather.

Epsecially at 135, 140 and 147.

The only weight class where I would favour Mayweather over most is 130.

[Fighting Pride]

If you're talking about prime, none of them would beat him. Mayweather wouldn't fight any of them, and if he did he'd make sure he fought them when they were most vulnerable (old, coming up in weight) and when they'd have little chance. That's pretty much how he operated in his time at 140-147. Sad, but true. Just look at the list of fighters he fought, and list of fighters he could've fought at those weights.