Duran, Leonard, Hearns & De La Hoya moved up to middleweight. why not Floyd?

[unotme]

If mayweather and his team believe he is d greatest of all time why doesn't he have the bal** to move up to middleweight and test him self? Is he afraid to fail? Is weight really an issue? Is he too short? Is he afraid of guys like GGG, Martinez?

[TonitosWay]

In all fairness I think they're naturally bigger than Floyd so they got away with it.

[The Problem Child]

Heck, Triple G OFFERED to make 154... Hey, Pacquiao is in his own division lol. Martinez is willing to come down too... But no, Floyd thinks they live too far away.

[The Big Dunn]

Floyd began his career at lighter weights than hearns and leonard-who both began at ww.

Duran moved up to MW because he ate, smoked, and sniffed everything he could and didn't take care of himself. Floyd keeps himself in tip top shape like BHOP or Hagler.

Hagler never went to 168 so I guess he had no balls and didn't test himself.

[Vasyl’s dad]

In all fairness I think they're naturally bigger than Floyd so they got away with it.

Duran started at 118. DLH 130.


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[Citizen Koba]

If mayweather and his team believe he is d greatest of all time why doesn't he have the bal** to move up to middleweight and test him self? Is he afraid to fail? Is weight really an issue? Is he too short? Is he afraid of guys like GGG, Martinez?

I don't want this discussion.

Last time FMJ - GGG was even hinted at it became impossible to discuss Golovkin for weeks without the thread being swamped by enthusiastic Floyd fans.

Please, please pull the thread TS.

NEVER WILL HAPPEN AT 154 or 160

[Ham Porter]

I'll happily criticise Mayweather for avoiding fights in his own weight class but he's a natural welterweight and should only be held accountable for not making fights in his own division.

[dontrell]

Floyd's a natural WW. He trains year round like B-Hop, and probably harder than B-Hop due to special enhancements. I don't mind him not fighting at MW.

[TonitosWay]

Duran started at 118. DLH 130.


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What dies that mean? The guy was 5'11

Duran is the only exception; he was something else.

[Humean]

Apart from Duran Mayweather is obviously smaller than the other fighters named. I would say though that if Mayweather is comfortable fighting Canelo who weighed 165 pounds then surely he can fight Golovkin with some sort of catchweight or other such method to prevent Golovkin being 170 on fight night. The flip side to that though is Canelo is probably about as big as he can be (Middleweight probably his last stop) whereas Golovkin can go to at least 168. In short Golovkin is bigger than Canelo? The fact that Mayweather is a small welterweight means it is perhaps harsh to expect him to fight proper sized middleweights although he would be interesting if he did.