18 Years World Champion: Will it be broken?

[Johnwoo8686]

Floyd has been the best gay boxer since Emile Griffith.

You're getting pathetic now. Just stop.

[IronDanHamza]

You guys need to quit believing everything Floyd says. I'm a Floyd fan from his pre-Olympic headgear days @ the Wyoming, Michigan National Guard Armory, but he's no 18yr champion.

130lb Champ Oct. 3, 1998-Apr. 20, 2002 (3yrs, 6mos)
135lb Champ Apr. 20, 2002-May 22, 2004 (2yrs, 1mo)
140lb Champ June 25, 2004-Mar. 23, 2006 (9mos)
147lb Champ Apr. 8, 2006-June 20, 2006 (2mos)
147lb Champ Nov. 4, 2006-June 7, 2008 (1yr, 7mos)
154lb Champ May 6, 2007-July 4, 2007 (2mos) - this overlaps with 147 reign

Retired

147lb Champ Sept. 17, 2011-Nov. 4, 2015 (4yrs, 1mo)
other titles after this one, but the above title covered his career

Add it all up & Floyd was champ for about 12 & 1/2 years. Still extremely impressive, but a solid drop from 18yrs. **** it ain't even been 18yrs since he won his 1st title ffs.

What he means is he won his title in 98 and didn't lose until his retirement in 2015.

98-2015 17 years (out of 18 years as a pro)

If you leave out 2008 the year he was officially retired then it's 16.

[bluebeam]

Bernard Hopkins could've done it with cherry picking, but he fought everyone.

Orelnas,shumenov,jones rematch weren't cherry picks?

[PAC-BOY]

Floyd Mayweather has been world champion for 18 years, although not officially I believe, taking into account his previous "retirements".

This is quite an achievement. He was obviously careful with how he handles his business, but will this statistic ever be surpassed?

When someone with common sense breaks it down the marketed career doesn't look so impressive. Who fought, when he fought them and who he didn't fight when he should have. Mix in the lies cheating and scandal...it doesn't look so good. Not only that the reputation and remembrance of being a boring lack luster'd fighter to watch who did nothing exciting.

He did make a shlt ton of money though.

[Zaroku]

18 years is a long time.
I wanted to see him fight a bit more often than 2x a year at most towards the end. But he was consistent.

[techliam]

What he means is he won his title in 98 and didn't lose until his retirement in 2015.

98-2015 17 years (out of 18 years as a pro)

If you leave out 2008 the year he was officially retired then it's 16.

Thats great, buts its not the same as being a world champion for 18 years consecutively.

9 years is a big achievement still.

[crold1]

You guys need to quit believing everything Floyd says. I'm a Floyd fan from his pre-Olympic headgear days @ the Wyoming, Michigan National Guard Armory, but he's no 18yr champion.

130lb Champ Oct. 3, 1998-Apr. 20, 2002 (3yrs, 6mos)
135lb Champ Apr. 20, 2002-May 22, 2004 (2yrs, 1mo)
140lb Champ June 25, 2004-Mar. 23, 2006 (9mos)
147lb Champ Apr. 8, 2006-June 20, 2006 (2mos)
147lb Champ Nov. 4, 2006-June 7, 2008 (1yr, 7mos)
154lb Champ May 6, 2007-July 4, 2007 (2mos) - this overlaps with 147 reign

Retired

147lb Champ Sept. 17, 2011-Nov. 4, 2015 (4yrs, 1mo)
other titles after this one, but the above title covered his career

Add it all up & Floyd was champ for about 12 & 1/2 years. Still extremely impressive, but a solid drop from 18yrs. **** it ain't even been 18yrs since he won his 1st title ffs.

This. There were other fighters who stayed at a championship level as long (not a bunch) though none were undefeated.

[IronDanHamza]

Thats great, buts its not the same as being a world champion for 18 years consecutively.

9 years is a big achievement still.

Well I'm pretty sure he never said consecutively.

He's still been world champion and undefeated since 1998.

[Rich2123]

Just about every record is broken at one point or another, and the way championships are handed out these days, I am sure at one point or another, someone will hold a belt longer.

But that's not to take away from Floyd.

[Bram]

Just about every record is broken at one point or another, and the way championships are handed out these days, I am sure at one point or another, someone will hold a belt longer.

But that's not to take away from Floyd.

Completely agree. I think it'll be possible for someone to win a 'world title' in their late teens/early 20's and jump from belt to belt for twenty years, given just how prevalent they are these days. It'll be extremely difficult, even now, but possible.