Mayweather has consistently avoided the best available opposition (Great Article)

[dc3383]

If these fights were so diesel the names alone would be stand by themselves. You wouldnt need to add ketchup to make them taste better.

When we talk about SRL's resume, the only thing you need to write are the names. You dont need to say Duran was the #1 WW and LW champ. Or that Hearns was a blah blah... you just write HEARNS, HAGLER, DURAN, BENITEZ, NORRIS, etc.

see the difference?

If thats the case a Paul Williams or a Antoino Margarito dont compare with those names. Nobody Floyd would beat compares to those guys not Manny not GGG or Sergio.

[junior gong]

names alone do not make the entire case,i am pointing out where the fighters were when Floyd fought them,they were on top of their divisions and champions. that makes a huge difference

No it doesnt! Ortiz and Berto were **** and we live in an age where real boxing fans know 'titles' arent worth very much these days.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

very good points. but I would hope you as an objective person who has no problem with fair criticism would point out not only the things you support but the things that are not true.

you can read my post history and see that i do just that. I dont hate floyd. i love watching him fight. but im not going to ignore the choices he's made. Nor will I proclaim him the Don just because a bunch of ****** people make uneducated comments about him.

[illmaticfighter]

it is funny they try to act like Manny is fighting the best

Rios=just lost never fought at 47 a punching zombie
Jmm=got koed by him even though he's not really a 47 pounder and has yet to clearly beat him
Jmm=a cherrypick thought he finally could beat him got outboxed
Bradley=best fight he's had but hasn't looked that good at 47 besides beating carlos arbregu
Shane=was there to collect his retirement check
Clottey=**** **** ****
Margo=a cherry pick and cw


are these the best?none of these fighters were current champions at ww,none were even top 3

and these are his past 8 fights

what a atg this guy is

[Frank Ducketts]

Pacman at his peak (2009) vs floyd would have been the greatest fight of all time.
For several reasons, floyd dos seem invinsible, but Pac at that time was freak of nature, a rare fysical human force that even Floyd would have trouble taming

Unfortunaly Pac`s greatness was his unhuman fysic, without that he is like ironman without his suit.

Floyd would've and still will beat Pacs ass. While drug testing exists, expect Pac to get annihilated by Floyd if they ever fight. Rios may beat Pacs ass.

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

Hauser's a guy I respect and a good writer but his articles recently have frankly been awful.

I agree, He used to write some really good stuff. No fact checking will come back to bite you every time.

[hugh grant]

Its not exactly a secret that FLoyd has cherry picked, he is in actual fact quite famous for it.

He should have fought Pac and Sergio already when they were hot.
Pac and Sergio were his Duran and Hagler equivalent. In a career you will be lucky to have these on your resume.

Sergio has had a few dodgy performances of late, so again Floyd has left it late. You have to get the timing right. Floyd is either too early or too late.
Canelo was a good opponent, but the CW has taken the gloss off of it.

[Verstyle]

You can make excuse for maybe one, at the very most 2 fights not being made, but Floyd has avoided many more top fighters than just a couple.

He also has fought a lot of his big names on his record with the were on the downward slope or well past their prime.


This will be apart of Floyd's legacy, no matter how much some might try and hide it.


The stuff on boxing forums will not be remembered it is the stuff on is written in print by well respected authors that future generation will look back on to judge fighters.

name all these fighters he avoided

[Frank Ducketts]

you can read my post history and see that i do just that. I dont hate floyd. i love watching him fight. but im not going to ignore the choices he's made. Nor will I proclaim him the Don just because a bunch of ****** people make uneducated comments about him.

What are some of the uneducated comments about Floyd that you've heard?

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

Why is he 'biased'? Because he's been critical of him in the past??

Is this what passes on planet floydiot? - "Aww no! He criticised Floyd....he a hater/haterz etc."

Exactly! He's been critical then and he is now. That's the very definition of bias. You can call me a Floydiot all you want but the proofs right there. He wrote pages alleging Floyd failed tests without any real evidence.