Comments Thread For: Mancini: If Mayweather Beats GGG, Top 10 of All-Time

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You're right Kev, moving up to middleweight and beating the #1 middleweight in the world means little. Beating Berto, now that would make him top ten!

lol these guys

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Pretty sure Floyd has more than one fight.

No duh but he's nowhere near the top 10 right now. It'll take more than 1 fight to crack the top 10.

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He's already in the top 10.

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You have to do something unbelievable and historical to be considered one of the 10 greatest boxers to ever compete

Out pointing old mosely, stalling the pacquaio fight for 6 years, weight draining canelo, filling record out with guerrero/ortiz type guys

That's a decent run but if that's one of the 10 greatest boxers to ever live the sport of boxing is pretty lame, he was mostly just a careful opportunist

Now, an aged Floyd beating a prime Gennady Golovkin for the 154 and 160 titles? that would blow away the rest of his career and be a historical feat

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He's already in the top 10.

what's your list?

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If Floyd can beat GGG at 160, he would be the best of this era. Right now he is one of the best of this era, arguably the best of this era.

It woud be equivalent to SRLs win over Hagler. Apart from GGG is not quite as good as Hagler yet, but I take into consideration Floyd is a lil smaller than SRL.

It would be greater than srl vs hagler


Floyd started @ 130...SRL started as a solid welter 5'10"... Gold medal @ 139

GGG isn't the lineal champ Floyd already beat cotto


If he beat GGG and beat cotto again


That's 5 lineal titles n beating boxing's so called bogeyman on a 20 ko streak

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Floyd is going to get a lot of credit after he retires. I think as more time goes on, the more people will say how great he was. The truth is people don't like him because to many people he comes off as a very unlikable character and it's difficult for people to give high praise to those they dislike. As time passes, those feelings will too and people will be able to recognize his ring accomplishments and fighting skills for what they truly are. Something about aging that allows people to forgive and forget, look at Tyson he was one of the most hated athletes in the world for a time and now he's everyone's favorite retired boxer. Even Ali was hated by millions of people during the height of his career.

This post says it all about Floyd. Only difference is I'm not waiting till he's brain damaged or bankrupt looking for a gig to give him his just dues.

[therealpugilist]

got Floyd top 20 all time


Skill wise... Talent wise and dominance in prime... I say top 5

My top 5 all time by my criteria is...SRR, Roy Jones, Floyd mayweather, Muhammad ALi( Ali was coming into his own in the late 60s we missed his absolute best), Sam langforde

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Point about Tyson:

He definitely went from hated to beloved after he stopped boxing

BUT his all time ranking definitely didn't go up... If anything it seems like it immediately went down. Once the media blitz and intense image slowed down and experts looked at his final record they said meh.

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what's your list?

It's hard to be objective when coming up with lists. So many factors to take into account e.g. WW2 & Civil rights era. How is it fair to compete with Thrilla in Manila from a historical point of view? Black America vs The Establishment. Louis vs Schmeling. The significance of those events can NEVER be topped. Nostalgia clouds the mind.

From what I've seen with my own eyes Mayweather is a better Boxer than Louis, Pep, Ali and SRR. However I know greatness doesn't equate to skill set.

1. SRR
2. Ali
3. Floyd
4. Pep
5. SRL
6. Louis
7. Armstrong
8. Greb
9. Joe
10. Moore

Of the top of my head, might seem more realistic in a decade or two.