We simply have a new age of boxing fans. There is really no comparing Floyd to Leonard or Ali unless you are truly a huge fan of Floyd. I respect that. A person's judgement will always be inaccurate when they analyze fighters with their heart and an inexperienced knowledge of the sport. If you put Floyd in the 80's era, he stays at 135. There's no way in hell he moves up to 147. We live in the era where "skills pay the bills". But students of the sport and older boxing fans know that simply isn't true. If you didn't have the power to keep guys like Chavez Sr, Leonard, Duran, Hearns, Pryor, etc off of you...they would walk right through all that skill and destroy you. Fighters aren't built that way in this day and time.
What do you think Floyd means when he say he is a bank robber? He said he is robbing the bank. Younger fans aren't catching it. Older experienced fans know exactly what he means. He is making some of the biggest paydays in sport's history by beating C class fighters. Floyd calls himself a throwback fighter because he knows todays era is not on the same level. And in all honesty, that is why he and Pacquiao can move so far up in weight. Can you imagine Hearns, Leonard, and Duran fighting in this era. No, can you imagine them fighting Floyd's opponents??? No one would even buy the ppv because they know it would be a waist of money. The results would be brutal KOs. Floyd's resume is good for this era. Still too many misses for my liking. I've watched some of the best throughout the years and their level of opposition. Is Floyd capable of fighting on that level...yes. But has he actually fought that type of A class opposition...NO!
I respect anyone's opinion. But I notice that most Floyd fans need to bash past greats to elevate Floyd. Let Floyd go out and fight other greats and elevate himself. His fans find themselves debating and defending him while he sits back, make the easy fights and laugh about it while he's making these huge paydays. Floyd knows the truth. Its a shame that his fans don't. When you bash an all time great like Leonard and discredit his resume, the credability is ****** out of the post and your boxing knowledge will always be questioned. Floyd is a great fighter that has built his reputation off of overhyped C level fighters, and a few A level fighters that were way past it. He has became a very rich man in doing so. He is not the best ever and probably can fight until he is 50 with the level of opposition he is facing.
What do you think Floyd means when he say he is a bank robber? He said he is robbing the bank. Younger fans aren't catching it. Older experienced fans know exactly what he means. He is making some of the biggest paydays in sport's history by beating C class fighters. Floyd calls himself a throwback fighter because he knows todays era is not on the same level. And in all honesty, that is why he and Pacquiao can move so far up in weight. Can you imagine Hearns, Leonard, and Duran fighting in this era. No, can you imagine them fighting Floyd's opponents??? No one would even buy the ppv because they know it would be a waist of money. The results would be brutal KOs. Floyd's resume is good for this era. Still too many misses for my liking. I've watched some of the best throughout the years and their level of opposition. Is Floyd capable of fighting on that level...yes. But has he actually fought that type of A class opposition...NO!
I respect anyone's opinion. But I notice that most Floyd fans need to bash past greats to elevate Floyd. Let Floyd go out and fight other greats and elevate himself. His fans find themselves debating and defending him while he sits back, make the easy fights and laugh about it while he's making these huge paydays. Floyd knows the truth. Its a shame that his fans don't. When you bash an all time great like Leonard and discredit his resume, the credability is ****** out of the post and your boxing knowledge will always be questioned. Floyd is a great fighter that has built his reputation off of overhyped C level fighters, and a few A level fighters that were way past it. He has became a very rich man in doing so. He is not the best ever and probably can fight until he is 50 with the level of opposition he is facing.
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