Comments Thread For: Mayweather on His Place in History, Fighting Khan

[hitking]

??? Floyd fought Marquez after he lost to Pacquiao
How does that make them #1 and #2?

I could have sworn Floyd fought JMM after he beat Casamayor and Juan Diaz. But you missed my point. I'm wasn't talking P4P ratings. I was talking how they "rank" in the era as a whole. Most would say Floyd and Pac are 1 and 2. Which is why their fight at one time would have crowned best of the era. But if neither ever fought again, JMM has an argument that he's the #2 guy in the era over Pac. When Roy Jones fought Bernard Hopkins. They weren't rated 1 and 2 in the era at the time. But in hindsight, they were. Very similar situation with Floyd and JMM.

BTW, I would say at least 60%, and probably more, of he people that watched Pac-JMM II felt JMM won. So that ****s in the face of your argument anyway.

[zuz]

??? Floyd fought Marquez after he lost to Pacquiao
How does that make them #1 and #2?

Marquez has never lost to Pacquiao.

Just like Lara hasn't lost to Williams, just like Mathysse hasn't lost to Judah and Alexander, like Dirrell hasn't lost to Froch, like Campillo hasn't lost to Shumenov and Cloud, etc.

Marquez lost to Arum and corrupt topranked judges not Pacquiao.

[Boxing lives]

Marquez has never lost to Pacquiao.

Just like Lara hasn't lost to Williams, just like Mathysse hasn't lost to Judah and Alexander, like Dirrell hasn't lost to Froch, like Campillo hasn't lost to Shumenov and Cloud, etc.

Marquez lost to Arum and corrupt topranked judges not Pacquiao.

like castillo didn't lose the first fight with floyd. there now its complete

[jbpanama]

Agree what floyd says that fighters today are better and stronger, both technically and physically. Tbh, most of the opponents the champions of the past fought were complete bums by today's standards.

Some truth to what U say, but RAY Robinson, went to Europe and had
30+ fights in 40 days are so, KO'ing Most; so there were a lot of Bums,
in that Group..., Check the Record....Had a dance Act in Paris too!

With Fraud's Fragile Hands, can U imagine Our Hero Doing anything like that???

[zuz]

like castillo didn't lose the first fight with floyd. there now its complete

Clear 114:112 to Floyd.

Agree... it was a close fight but wasn't a bullshit.

[Supreme75]

Clear 114:112 to Floyd.

Agree... it was a close fight but wasn't a bullshit.

Oh please that's bulls**t. Castillo won the first fight (by your own fuc**d up logic).

You can't have it both ways, flowmo

[Boxing lives]

Clear 114:112 to Floyd.

Agree... it was a close fight but wasn't a bullshit.

clear win? lmao nice try. It was a clear Castillo win I've seen it several times and Floyd got outworked that night. He lost clearly. Any unbiased observer can see that. Even HBO has made mention of that fight. It has an asteriks next to it that reads "Floyd really lost this one". Floyds knew it too thats why he fought the rematch.

[Ham Porter]

lol beggin Khan to fight on his under-card telling him to earn it to save his flop ppv

and with the same breath saying some boxers dont need to earn it

disgusting

and all the maidana lovers thinking chino stands a chance against floyd, if canelo cudnt do it, what chance does a slow plodding midget stand

Pretty much. Mayweather never wanted anything to do with Khan - not in 2011 and not now. He's absolutely terrified of fighting another boxer of comparable or greater speed, especially now given his advancing years. He knows Khan would expose certain vulnerabilities in his game and that's why the fight will never happen.

[bojangles1987]

"Fighters today are bigger, better, stronger."

Yet 35 year olds and 40 year olds and a 50 year old are embarrassing all these bigger, better, stronger fighters and are the best fighters in the world.

[hitking]

"Fighters today are bigger, better, stronger."

Yet 35 year olds and 40 year olds and a 50 year old are embarrassing all these bigger, better, stronger fighters and are the best fighters in the world.

Is that a sign of the greatness of the older guys? Or, a depleted talent pool among the yung'ns? I think its a lil of both. But I do lean more towards the guys like Floyd, Pac, JMM, Wlad,B-Hop, Martinez and the rest of them still holding it down are special talents.