Rank your list of credible threats to Floyd Mayweather

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  • IronDanHamza
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    #131
    Originally posted by soul_survivor
    Come on Dan, Maidana, Garcia and Thurman are the last 4 fights you want?

    You think any of them are going to provide a better opponent than Pacquiao, even a past it Pac who is pretty much done. That's ridiculous.

    The top 4 biggest threats

    Pac, this is the truth

    GGG, I don't want a middleweight champ goin down to 154 and beating up on a welter but GGG has said he is cool to go down to 154 and Floyd is supposedly the number one guy at light middle, so why not? Plus Floyd was pretty adamant he'd fight Martinez at a catchweight of 150-154...which leads me to

    Martinez, size, strength, speed, reflexes and power, highky doubt the fight gets made now but Martinez retaliated to Floyds proposition...ain't heard a peep from Floyd on that matter in years

    Bradley, the best welter currently after Floyd, a Pac rematch if it happens will tell us more

    Honourable mentions to Lara for he is one of the best at 154 and Khan, due to his style (Roach version).
    I just know that Mayweathers not going to fight above his weight unless there's big money which their isn't.

    I'm not interested in Pacquaio until I see where he's at because at the moment I have no idea.

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    • BennyST
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      #132
      Originally posted by UTEP
      Floyd, the 3 time junior Middleweight champ should fight..........



      Lara

      Pac

      and Bradley



      Definitely not Danny Garcia. A 3 time junior Middleweight champ shouldn't be fighting a 140 lb. champ.
      Really? Why not? He's also been a jr lightweight champ, lightweight champ and, like Garcia, a jr welterweight champ.

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      • BattlingNelson
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        #133
        Martinez
        Golovkin. Both at 160.

        Pacquiao at 147.

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        • bojangles1987
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          #134
          Pacquiao
          Bradley

          It gets tough after that. If Lara fights and beats the ginger, I'd put him there. If Garcia keeps improving, him as well. People need to give up on Martinez or Golovkin, neither is moving down and Mayweather isn't going to middleweight for them.

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          • shade darkar
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            #135
            Originally posted by IronDanHamza
            Were Mormeck and Pianeta the top guys in the division? No.

            Is Khan? No.

            These aren't credible fights.

            Was Povetkin? Was Haye? Was Chagaev? Yes.

            Is Pulev? Is Fury? Is Stiverne? Yes.

            Is Maidana? Is Thurman? Is Bradley? Yes.

            These are credible fights.

            Just because Klitschko and Mayweather are seemingly vastly superior to everyone in their division doesn't mean it's not credible for them to fight the best and top guys in their division.

            That's just ridiculous and simply just unfair. Anyone else can fight these guys at either WW or HW and they're credible but because the Champions are so good they aren't credible?
            are maidana thurman or bradley likely to put up a competitive fight against floyd? i dont think so. this is what im saying, as a fan, why would i want to watch a mismatch?

            if you are clearly superior to your welterweight counterparts, why not move up and find a bigger tree to chop? why not add something to your legacy? sergio martinez is there for the taking, why not add the lineal middleweight title to your resume, surely thats better for everybody? fans get a good fight to look forward to and its win win for both fighters.

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            • teddycanyon
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              #136
              He's had some trouble in the past with cagey boxers (Zab Judah) and had difficulty with two of his three fights at the 154 weight limit (De La Hoya and Cotto) so I would say that the fighters that might stand to give him the most trouble would be slick boxers at the junior middleweight limit — namely Lara, and possibly in the distant future Demetrius Andrade.

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              • duwdu
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                #137
                Originally posted by shade darkar
                well as a fan, who wants to watch a mismatch? why fight guys you are far superior to? why not move on to the next challenge?

                mayweather vs guerrero isnt credible if you ask me. mayweather vs ortiz isnt credible. mayweather vs khan isnt credible.

                klitschko vs Pianeta isnt credible, mormeck etc etc
                So, by your way of reasoning, if the 160-pound division were to be currently weak also, you'd simply look for a credible threat for Mayweather to fight at 168? And, if not, you move on up still?

                Gottcha.

                P34c3

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                • GRUSTLER
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                  #138
                  I always felt that Sergio Martinez was the only fighter/boxer to beat Mayweather because of his capabilities of adjusting on the fly and finding openings to be effective. To beat Floyd a fighter has to out think or think as fast as him. As much as people say and want to believe it but Manny had/has no chance because Manny has no defense and can't dodge a counter right. Floyd is just too accurate and smart for Manny. Lara has become an interesting opponent for Floyd in my opinion.

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                  • junior gong
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                    #139
                    Floydspastics still crying up in here?

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                    • orechia
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                      #140
                      Paulie Malignaggi has the best chance of beating Floyd. Only way to beat him is with a great jab, and speed.

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