Has Floyd fought someone as good as Chavez Sr and Leonard?

[Bigg Rigg]

I would say no. Can argue though that Floyd is better than anyone Chavez has ever fought. Whitaker spanked Chavez and IMO Floyd is the greater fighter.

[Dinamita 03]

What smaller men did they lose to in their prime? You realize Chavez is no Mayweather and no Pacquiao?

Mosley losses:
Forrest 2x- 154 - Boxer/defensive type, 6' - 73"
Winky 2x- 154 - Boxer/defensive, 5' 11" - 72"
De La Hoya II*(Arguable) - 154 - 5' 11" - 73"


DLH Losses in his prime:
Trinidad* - 5' 11" - 73" Reach
Hopkins - 6' 1" - 75"
Sturm - 6' - 73"
Mosley - 5' 9" - 71"

Size, height is not the be all, end all in boxing. It is size, height and skill. When you are bigger and taller, and skillful, it will take another big, tall and skillful opponent to take you on, most of the time, unless you run into a very, very good shorter fighter. Chavez at 5' 7" with his short 65" reach just wouldn't cut it for a prime DLH/Mosley.

Even Mayweather at 5' 8" has unusually long reach at 72".

Again, don't mistake my post with me saying "Height and reach bats anything". I am saying height/size, and reach in relation to skill is a very important combination.

I still say your completely sleeping on Chavez skill wise. He was up there but is easily overlooked because he was a "brawler" he also had the ability to get inside on bigger guys and like I mentioned his timing and ability to keep a favorable distance was remarkable. Size plays a part but I still find it laughable that you don't even give Sr. a chance in hell against these guys.

As far as Chavez not being Pacquiao or Mayweather we'll that's a completely diferent discussion but skill wise he's more than plenty skilled. Like I said I'd advise you to take a closer look at his fights as most of his skills subtle and easily ingnored.

[Ham Porter]

He is 5' 10 1/2 according to Boxrec. Look at face to face pictures between him and Hopkins, who's 6' 1". You can easily see just about a 3' difference.

Boxrec sucks and always has done for height listings. Khan used to be listed as 5-10 for the longest time and Ricky Burns still is, despite both clearly being in the 5-8 range. Hopkins himself has stated he is six foot, so that three inch difference would make De La Hoya closer to 5-9 than 5-11.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Oscar would always be trouble for Chavez,,, no matter the weight

It's just a style matchup,, and oscar would be a nightmare for Chavez

Casamoyer, corrales, not so much... Easy work for chavez

[GOD-FR33]

Nope.

Nope. He hasn't. Floyd is a great fighter but he is a bit over-rated. Social media, network TV, and pop culture has a way of making a figure appear BIGGER than what they are. Floyd's talent level, is larger than his balls. I am forever convinced that he is an insecure fighter who is good at match-making. He is the one that has to look into the mirror every morning, and face the fact that he never reached his full potential. At least I can say that he was on his way when he had a boss and couldn't pick his opponent. Now it's almost too late to join the ring immortals of yester-year. SRL is perhaps the greatest to lace up gloves. He would "F" Floyd up, Sr. style. The Chavez Sr. fight is a 50/50 one because of Floyd's reach and size advantage. Remember, Sr. had weighed the most ever up until that point, against Sweet Pea, which was a catch-weight of 143 I believe. But still, skill-wise, Floyd has never faced anyone as tough or as conditioned as those two. Manny would give Floyd all he can handle and he KNOWS it. It's his simple-minded fans that don't.

[solo20]

NO but its not Floyd fault this era blows

[Wizardsh]

I don't care who he struggled with Chavez didn't beat anyone as good. If Castillo was a chump, Chavez would've kicked him out of camp in the early 90s

Why would he get rid of Castillo he needs sparring partners to beat the crap out of them. How else would Chavez improve his skills

[-Kev-]

Boxrec sucks and always has done for height listings. Khan used to be listed as 5-10 for the longest time and Ricky Burns still is, despite both clearly being in the 5-8 range. Hopkins himself has stated he is six foot, so that three inch difference would make De La Hoya closer to 5-9 than 5-11.

You are seriously arguing about an inch or half an inch. I am sure Floyd is 5' 8" and face to face with DLH, DLH had quite a height advantage.

Maybe The Illuminati is behind Boxrec. Boxers are probably the size of Smurfs, it's all an illusion.

[Holywarrior]

Why would he get rid of Castillo he needs sparring partners to beat the crap out of them. How else would Chavez improve his skills

Yeah like Mosley too huh.

[Ham Porter]

You are seriously arguing about an inch or half an inch. I am sure Floyd is 5' 8" and face to face with DLH, DLH had quite a height advantage.

Maybe The Illuminati is behind Boxrec. Boxers are probably the size of Smurfs, it's all an illusion.

You're the one who brought up height in the first place, dunce. If you don't want to be corrected, don't use ******/wrong listings.