Malignaggi: Floyd Mayweather is best ever

**BattlingNelson** · 10-09-2013, 12:03 PM

He is on showtimes payroll. Nuff said.

**hectari** · 10-09-2013, 12:08 PM

The best ever after just beating a flat footed weight drained Canelo who thought he can try and stand still and counter Floyd?

Mayweather is not the best ever, not even close, he hasn't fought guys in their prime, he ducked Pacquiao in his prime. please just stop.

There are guys who are better than him, Floyd has skills yes but he is not the best ever, idiots buying into Floyds snake oil routine, got people believing his self hype and promotion.

Also that style floyd uses will be easy for those old school guys, Paulie needs to learn about why Floyd is hard to fight today because NOBODY teaches that style he uses, so boxers today have no clue on how to fight that old school style, but that style was a dime a dozen in the 1940s. That shoulder roll style fighters saw that every day in the gyms and knew how to face it.

The type of fighters who would give those old school fighters fits are the super aggressive, athletic unorthodox, fast guys.

**ModernTalking** · 10-09-2013, 12:10 PM

Paulie: If PAC beat Cotto he's the GOAT.

**sbbigmike** · 10-09-2013, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by BattlingNelson

He is on showtimes payroll. Nuff said.

I seen no complaints when Manny was Henry Armstrong..........................

**-PBP-** · 10-09-2013, 12:11 PM

Originally posted by dynomyte1444

"I think Floyd beats everyone in history, and anyone who doesn't realize that by now is stubborn, blind, ******, or all three," he told NYFightblog. "He is the best ever."

This is a legit argument. The issue most people have is his resume, not how he would fare head to head.

**T18Z** · 10-09-2013, 12:13 PM

Paulie being paid by TMT clearly.

**dynomyte1444** · 10-09-2013, 12:14 PM

Originally posted by PBP

This is a legit argument. The issue most people have is his resume, not how he would fare head to head.

Ya i understand that myself but we have to except that no one will duplicate SRR because this is a different time

**The Big Dunn** · 10-09-2013, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by BattlingNelson

He is on showtimes payroll. Nuff said.

Originally posted by hectari

The best ever after just beating a flat footed weight drained Canelo who thought he can try and stand still and counter Floyd?

Mayweather is not the best ever, not even close, he hasn't fought guys in their prime, he ducked Pacquiao in his prime. please just stop.

There are guys who are better than him, Floyd has skills yes but he is not the best ever, idiots buying into Floyds snake oil routine, got people believing his self hype and promotion.

Also that style floyd uses will be easy for those old school guys, Paulie needs to learn about why Floyd is hard to fight today because NOBODY teaches that style he uses, so boxers today have no clue on how to fight that old school style, but that style was a dime a dozen in the 1940s. That shoulder roll style fighters saw that every day in the gyms and knew how to face it.

The type of fighters who would give those old school fighters fits are the super aggressive, athletic unorthodox, fast guys.

Originally posted by ModernTalking

Paulie: Is PAC beat Cotto he's the GOAT.

Originally posted by T18Z

Paulie being paid by TMT clearly.

If paulie had said manny or wlad all these guys would be:bukkake:

this is old anyway guys, you haven't gotten over it yet.

**Luilun** · 10-09-2013, 01:07 PM

Originally posted by dynomyte1444

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/box...r-is-best-ever

Paul Malignaggi sat ringside Sunday morning in Las Vegas, watching Floyd Mayweather turn in another virtuoso performance, rendering Canelo Alvarez -- a top-grade boxer who is a favorite probably to beat everyone other than Mayweather at 154 pounds -- an ordinary athlete. Malignaggi helped call the action on the Showtime pay-per-view offering, with Mauro Ranallo and Al Bernstein, and left the building mightily impressed with "Money" and his skill set.

How impressed, Paulie?

"I think Floyd beats everyone in history, and anyone who doesn't realize that by now is stubborn, blind, ******, or all three," he told NYFightblog. "He is the best ever."

Yes, you read that right. The best ever, no one better, not Ali, Joe Louis, the Sugar Rays ...

"Me and Floyd are not friends, I don't need to say this if I truly don't believe it," continued the 32-year-old Bensonhurst-bred welterweight, who held crowns at 140 and 147 pounds. "I'm saying it because it is simply the truth. I respect the guy but I don't know him well, I don't owe him any favors, so when I say he's the best ever it's because that's truly what I feel."

And, I wondered, did he think Floyd was THE BEST all-time before doing what he did to Canelo, or did Mayweather's classic at the MGM convince him?

"I leaned that way before the Canelo fight, but this kind of convinced me fully," said Malignaggi in closing.

Readers, weigh in. Is Malignaggi right? Where do you rate Mayweather all-time? Is he above Sugar Ray Robinson, who exited the ring with a 175-19 record? Or is the jury still out on Floyd's status in the pantheon of the ultra-greats?

Paulie, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray leonard, Muhammad Ali Joe Louis Sugar Ray Robinson would all disagree with you

Malignaggi: Floyd Mayweather is best ever