Would Floyd Mayweather have any chance against Ray Robinson?

[them_apples]

Would he?

And why do you think Robinson or Mayweather would win.

it would be a good fight, but if I was putting money down I'd bet on Floyd.

Robinson doesnt have anyone on his resume with half the skill of Mayweather.

People pick him because he automatically gets a pass for being the p4p greatest of all time, it wouldn't matter how good someone was nobody wiull ever surpass him.

That said, There is a good possibility of a Shane Mosley occurance only with him finishing the night. He's 5'11, has the same reach as Floyd (he was slim in the shoulders as well so most of that is arm length) so it would be a good fight.

I just think Floyds defense and timing would be something Robinson would have never seen, where as Robinsons tricks would be at least somewhat familiar to Mayweather.

Mayweather 7 times out of 10.

[Forza]

Examples? Just to be clear, I'm not saying he's on Ward's level. I'm saying his career is based on the Robinson fights the way that Ward's is based on the Gatti fights. Without those fights, there's something left, but it's sort of forgettable. He's really not that much of a standout without the SRR fights.

Uh have you ever head of marcel cerdan? He was 111-3 when lamotta stopped him.

The rest of his resume is filled with guys SRR also beat.

[fishman]

Someone lost their mind. This is dykriding 101 right here. Floyd hasnt even fought the 2nd best in his time and you have him destroying the boxer most people regard as the best of all time. Hes not even the clear number one of his own time. Downright douchey.

You mofos are hilarious. SRR would be hitting nothing but air and shoulders all night.

[CasualBoxingFan]

Man, whats with all these Mayweather fantasy threads, give that **** a rest for a while, it's getting played out.

[TheGreatA]

There's always a chance but I'm not sure if it would be much of a chance.

Robinson was bigger, he was about as fast, hit much harder and overall far more proven at 147 lbs. Robinson might find Mayweather an elusive target but Sugar Ray could fight in so many ways and had so much more experience and versatility, not to mention ability, than most of Mayweather's opponents who are simply befuddled and lack any type of a plan B once Mayweather takes control.

I do not rate the skill level of Mayweather's opponents very highly. A lot of them have also shown a tendency to fold under difficult circumstances, while Robinson excelled in such situations. If Mayweather wishes to be compared to the likes of Ray Robinson at welterweight, he has a lot to accomplish in the weight division and at age 35, I'm not too sure if he has that many fights left in him.

Simply put, do you think Robinson would be confused by Mayweather giving him the elbow every once in a while on the inside, jabbing to the body, feinting and luring him into traps? This was rudimentary stuff in those days. Mayweather excels today because he possesses many of the skills from those days that have since disappeared because there simply aren't too many old school trainers around any more, just conditioning coaches, strength trainers and the like.

Floyd's father went through the "old school" and has since passed those skills to his son. That's his one great advantage over most of today's fighters.

[niceyboo3]

I know this has nothing to do with the thread. But can you imagine Floyd fighting SRR on black and white television. I think it would look funny. Shoulder rolls on the quality of cameras back then. lol

[TheGreatA]

I know this has nothing to do with the thread. But can you imagine Floyd fighting SRR on black and white television. I think it would look funny. Shoulder rolls on the quality of cameras back then. lol

[niceyboo3]

I understand the video. The point that made me lol was putting Mayweather of today in black and white videos. I know the previous boxers who've done it. I just imagined how weird it would look. Just like me imagining Floyd in those lil a$$ SRL shorts. I'm just goofy, Idk.

[Ascended]

The topic is ****** Floyd is way more skilled then anybody srr fought and Floyd fought way more advanced people its obvious he would win easy

anybody who picked son was cause of his wins its nothing on video or anybody he fought who was close to people in skill floyd fought which means everybody who ever picked srr over floyd on every site is a crazy person

[Ascended]

I too hate how people overrate past fighter just because they did it first.

They act like as if no one will ever presently or in the future beat SRR. Like he was invincible or some ****.

If he was he wouldnt have been beaten.

Based on footages that i have seen, which is as much footage as anyone here on NSB have ever seen, He looks completely beatable.

People have truly been hoaxed into believing past greats are so great its disguisting.

IMO, Floyd beats SRR 6/10 times at a minimum. Im as familair with SRR as anyone else on this board, which is not much at all, given theyve seen as much footage as i have.

I would love to be proven wrong, as i too want to see SRR in the lwoer weight classes, after hearing all the hype. He also appears to be a great guy who everyone at the time admired, so i like him for that. But Floyd is just too skilled. He presents skills that just werent used back in the days. OO boy imma get flamed.

So until there are better unleaked footages out there kept in a safe of SRR, the stuff that are out that doesnt prove anything to me. Anything else is heresay.

BTW Hearns beat SRR.

BTW 2, im fine with people calling him the greatest because of what he has done and achieved, but the dude is sooo beatable.

The reason is cause people are crazy and pretend to be blind every era before 70s looks trash compared to 70s-now its obvious all those boxers before the 70s-now would be destroyed easy

Johnson era looks trash
louis era looks trash
srr And his class looks trash
dempsey era looks trash
All these eras would be destroyed as i said by mutiple mid/high carders from 70s-now

why did you say srr would beat floyd when he never would you say you seen floyd had skills that didn't exist in srr time so what reason was it to say srr would ever beat him