When was the last time you saw Floyd fight and said "WOW that was a great fight"?

[Syf]

I hate that word preservationist. This was the only style Floyd could be successful with. If he was a ****er, he would have gotten ****** out 2 weight classes ago. It takes sheer will and discipline to stick to a gameplan for 20 years. Specifically in a sport like boxing that drains you physically, mentally, and psychologically, a sport that literally robs you of your body then your mind, and ultimately your soul. Mayweather was able to succeed using his mind. He is merely an exception to boxing's graveyard. Not the rule. For that he should be canonized. In memory of Ali, Dempsey, Chacon, Conn, Louis, Patterson, Pep, Pryor, Norris, Quarry, SRR, Sadler, Spinks, Taylor, Hearns. All great American fighters that are devoid of all their faculties. Mayweather will walk away unscathed. Not just inside of the ring, but more importantly, outside of it.

Nice speech...

I applaud Mayweather for being healthy and able to enjoy his riches and whatever familial ties he hasn't already burned... He's clever, he's a tactician, he's that guy that seems to be 3 moves ahead of everyone else at the chess match. But, all of this...pedestrian admiration...does not stir my blood the way boxing legends have. The true warriors. True, many of them have ended ignominiously, and that is a shame, but the sheer shine of them when they were bright supersedes any remorse we may feel about their twilight years. They honorably and faithfully gave their lives to the fight. This is something that cannot be measured or weighed. It is not a "figure" or a statistic or an amount of freakin money. It's a feeling that transcends all of that. The fight should be honored.

Everybody dies, it's how honorably and courageously they've lived that makes the difference. All else is dust and of this world.

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ive never been able to sit through a fight of his

[ADP02]

Actually the only time one can say that is if the opponent steps it up. Not because of Floyd. Floyd stinks out the joint most of the time.

[GoldenGloveLove]

My condolences on your loss.

[Showtime..]

Re watching that **** again in normal without being so hyped (and again) in half-speed with a breakdown of every landed punch, Pacquiao out worked Floyd to win 8-4. I really see why he thought he won, because he did!

Compubox and commentary were so f^cking biased towards Floyd it made me sick re-watching it. Those showtime commentators paid off, then judges of his paid off, Bayless with the allowing of a ton of head pushing & clinching.

Based on effective aggression, number of punches landed, and strength of punches (as well as his God-awfully underrated defense); Pacquiao won rounds 2-4 and 6-10. Floyd 1,5,11-12. Every round was competitive of you break it down, but Pacquiao clearly won those 8.

Whatever though, Floyd crafted everything in his favour even if he didn't deserve it (ditto for Maidana 1). Floyd could fight God and rob him.

****ing 10-2 doe

[b00g13man]

Re watching that **** again in normal without being so hyped (and again) in half-speed with a breakdown of every landed punch, Pacquiao out worked Floyd to win 8-4. I really see why he thought he won, because he did!

Compubox and commentary were so f^cking biased towards Floyd it made me sick re-watching it. Those showtime commentators paid off, then judges of his paid off, Bayless with the allowing of a ton of head pushing & clinching.

Based on effective aggression, number of punches landed, and strength of punches (as well as his God-awfully underrated defense); Pacquiao won rounds 2-4 and 6-10. Floyd 1,5,11-12. Every round was competitive of you break it down, but Pacquiao clearly won those 8.

Whatever though, Floyd crafted everything in his favour even if he didn't deserve it (ditto for Maidana 1). Floyd could fight God and rob him.

****ing 10-2 doe

Looooooooooooooool

[spytactics]

I don't know about actual fight, maybe Maidana I because he made Floyd work a hell of a lot.

The performance against Canelo was great though. But the last time i watched him and thought "wow" was against Marquez. I know Marquez was blown up at the time and everything but still, Floyd's movement, speed, accuracy, IQ and defence at that point just looked incredible and completely at their peak. He was sharp as hell then. I actually believe around 2008-2009 we would have seen the best Mayweather but he didn't fight. He was still super quick and sharp but also had the ring IQ of an old master, since then his IQ is still there or maybe he even has to use his brain more but his physical skills have gone downhill. It proves his greatness in the ring i suppose, beating guys like Canelo when you are past prime.

Sometimes it's not easy to see the decline when you watch all his fights but when you revisit older fights, you realise he's not even close to what he was in some ways.

Haha...when you fight an opponent who goes up two weight divisions for the first time in his career...and you don't make weight...what a comfortable position for floyd to look like a genius in the ring. The only props I give that ****** basterd is that he wins the fights even before stepping into the ring...

[Real King Kong]

I like the corley and burton (augustus) fights

[mann187]

Cotto was an exciting fight i thought with him getting bloodied up and made to work by a tough game Cotto. First 8 rounds were great back and forth then Floyd took over.

[RetroSpeed05]

Guess Cotto fight, i liked the Chino fight, but that more to do with Chino.