ESPN Readers rank Top 10 All Time P4P Fighers - Floyd is #5

[jimboinbigd]

People talk about Floyd's resume and I challenge anyone on this board to show me a better resume over the last 5-7 years. Floyd has beaten 7 World Champions and 5 future HOF'ers in that span.

To be honest, people talk about being "informed vs not informed" here, but the biases are so over the top that I'm not so sure the Boxing IQ here is any higher than the "Casuals" to be honest about it.

[DeadLikeMe]

But according to people on here I thought everyone was going to remember Floyd as a coward fraud duck?

[CixKix]

I think 2 important things can be determined by the results:

ESPN has no idea who are the best boxers of all time so its taken with a grain of salt.

Clearly the casual sports fan feels very different about floyd than hardcore fans. This may explain why he sells so much. Casual fans believe they are paying to watch one of the 5 greatest boxers ever.

So these same casual fans that seem to not know what they're talking about/seeing when they voted Ali & SRR as 1 & 2 (And you had no problem there), have no idea when they rank Floyd at #5 all time?
Talk about picking the corn out of a pile of shyt, jesus!

[Fetta]

But according to people on here I thought everyone was going to remember Floyd as a coward fraud duck?

History will be very kind to Floyd with the only knock being a loss to Canelo.

[jimboinbigd]

History will be very kind to Floyd with the only knock being a loss to Canelo.

And after Floyd gives up 15-20 lbs on fight night and dominates or TKO's him...then what?

You and the others going to cry about the 2 lbs the day before Canelo said "he'll easily make 152" that he also said would help him with his quickness?

You clowns are watching an ATG right now and you're too ****** to even realize it. smh...

[The Big Dunn]

So these same casual fans that seem to not know what they're talking about/seeing when they voted Ali & SRR as 1 & 2 (And you had no problem there), have no idea when they rank Floyd at #5 all time?
Talk about picking the corn out of a pile of shyt, jesus!

My dude, relax. You are missing my point.

There are a number of guys not on the list that we as hardcore fans would know that casual fans wouldn't. That's why I think the list is problematic. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But everyone's opinion isn't informed or unbiased.

[junior gong]

And after Floyd gives up 15-20 lbs on fight night and dominates or TKO's him...then what?

You and the others going to cry about the 2 lbs the day before Canelo said "he'll easily make 152" that he also said would help him with his quickness?

You clowns are watching an ATG right now and you're too ****** to even realize it. smh...

You do realise that cheesy feta is an arch floydiot? He doesnt really think Canelo will win, he knows floyd is going to win as do the rest of us. He's only done that so he can try and elevate the stature of the win higher than it should be. Either that or he is just really dumb.

[James_Toney]

list is garbage... no ezzard charles.... gtfoh

[The Gambler1981]

How many casual fans know Archie Moore or Henry Armstrong or Harry Greb, do they even have the vaguest ideas of what those guys did, they might know the name Willie Pep and the legend of him winning a round without throwing a punch but do they know Barney Ross (if they know the name it will be because that is Sly's name in The Expendables) who Pep always had a tough time with.

Hell even with Ray Robinson if you asked someone to explain why he is great you will get some kind of stock answer that is short on real insight.


I don't fault them on that though, they are what they are and really if you got down to brass tacks most people here might know the names but when it came down to reasons they would sound a lot like a casual fan explaining why Ray Robinson is the best.

[MrTambourineMan]

You do realise that cheesy feta is an arch floydiot? He doesnt really think Canelo will win, he knows floyd is going to win as do the rest of us. He's only done that so he can try and elevate the stature of the win higher than it should be. Either that or he is just really dumb.

Pathetic, isn't it.