POLL: Is Floyd Mayweather Jr too small for middleweight?

[-PBP-]

Danny's definitely going to be strong at 147. He didn't look good to me at the weigh although Angel said he doesn't have problems making 140.

Mayweather-Grizzley Bear - 3 Million PPV buys.

Mayweather would sholder roll everything he throws.

LOL. I think he can beat most of the current welterweight contenders. He takes a one sided L possibly in may but hopefully he takes it as a learning experience.

[sugarsmosley]

Sooner or later, we will be hearing how Wlad wants to meet Floyd at 168, and that with the right diet and nutrition, he can make it happen.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I always remember when Mantequilla Nápoles challenged Monzón in 1974 (I watched that fight). Monzón was a beast but Mantequilla was highly skilled and didn't throw flowers. The fight was totally lopsided, a slaughter. Definitely Floyd is too small. Moving up to beat a bum wouldn't make sense.

Agree with the bold, not saying Barker is a bum but it should at least be meaningful. As for the thread, Floyd is too small, in a sense I'd like to see it but it isn't fair that he would have to go this route. Floyd has seen 5 weight classes already, he's done enough moving up.

[firstborn]

I love how folks say he should do it to enhance his legacy. It's easy to endorse taking such a huge risk when you're not the one putting it all on the line, they have weight classes for a reason!

[TBear]

I am the lone "no" vote. Duran turned pro at bantamweight and was good enough to step up all the way. Camacho turned pro at 127 and fought at up to 168.
Oscar De La Hoya won a title at 130 and later challenged Hopkins at 160 for the title.

This is more about "not wanting" to take the risk at middleweight than it about "not being able" to.

[New England]

You crazy if you think Golovkin can Ko Floyd.
He wouldn't land a glove on Floyd. Far too slow

then why doesn't he fight wladimir klitschko? there's more to winning a fight than being faster, man.

eventually floyd mayweather is going to get to a man who is simply too large to lose to him. golovkin would walk right through the mayweather punches, and land the jab. if cotto can get floyd on the ropes do you really think golovkin will have any issues doing the same? can golovkin not go to the body? does he not throw in combination? can he not cut off the ring? does he not have a tremendous uppercut?

he's a fighter that floyd mayweather will likely never fight. a small WW doesn't have to fight gennady golovkin. the reason is the size. one is a strong MW who has been there for 10 years as an amateur and pro, with a great chin and a huge punch.

[-PBP-]

For those of you that were watching boxing back in the 90's, it seems like history is repeating itself:

Atlantic City - Negotiations for Pernell Whitaker and Roy Jones Jr. to split the 21-pound difference in their natural weight classes and meet at 158 for the pound-for-pound title fell apart last night at Convention Hall. They were broken up by Argentine Julio Cesar Vasquez, who fought a lot better than the last Julio Cesar, the one whose last name is Chavez, that Whitaker met.

Vasquez lost his WBA junior middleweight title to Whitaker by a lopsided unanimous decision, but not until after he knocked Whitaker down for the second time in his career in the fourth round. Whitaker moved up to the 154-pound division as a trial run for a possible Jones fight and found out he simply doesn't have the power to make his living at that weight.

Whitaker's manager, Lou Duva, and Jones' attorney, Stanley Levin, both said they were involved in preliminary negotiations for a fight at an agreed-upon weight from 156-158. But after the blows he received last night from the aggressive Vasquez, Whitaker said, "The closest I'm coming to Roy is on a basketball court . . . {Fighting Jones} is preposterous. He's 168 pounds." Jones and Whitaker both love basketball and plan to put together teams for a charity match.

[IronDanHamza]

I am the lone "no" vote. Duran turned pro at bantamweight and was good enough to step up all the way. Camacho turned pro at 127 and fought at up to 168.
Oscar De La Hoya won a title at 130 and later challenged Hopkins at 160 for the title.

This is more about "not wanting" to take the risk at middleweight than it about "not being able" to.

What did those fighters weigh on the night of the fight in those fights though?

Did they walk to the ring and walk around at 10 lbs less than the Division during that time?

[Derranged]

So nobody crapped their pants on the ferris wheel eh?

Yea I'm not buying that .

[PAC-BOY]

So nobody crapped their pants on the ferris wheel eh?

Yea I'm not buying that .

no...but i did stay at a Holiday Inn express once!