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1% eh? I'd watch a Pac fight any day over a boring Floydie Track Meet. That IV cheat gets NONE of my respect. And I'm FAR from alone.
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Originally Posted by Green Hornet View Post
Enough of this....the biggest evidence is Floyd toyed with Pacquiao one on one. It was not close, and will not be close even if they fight again.
^^^^ THIS!!! ^^^^ Too bad you Floydiots won't acknowledge your hero is a cheat.
You're way off bubba. Floydie, your idol, is a CHEAT. He used an IV for the Berto fight, finally got caught, probably used it for at least a dozen other fights. Your idol is a BUM who cheated the system. Dig???Comment
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#09 – Floyd Mayweather (49-0)
Floyd Mayweather is a divisive figure, to put it lightly. For his legion of devoted fans, he is nothing less than the greatest fighter in history and, presumably, the greatest welterweight, too. For those that seek to undermine him -- due, in many cases, to personal disdain for one of boxing’s more unpleasant characters -- he belongs nowhere near the top ten welterweights in history. This being the case, I’ve endeavored to stay away, as far as it is possible in this entry, from opinion. I’ll deal in fact.
Floyd Mayweather defeated more ranked welterweight contenders than Thomas Hearns (rankings by Ring/TBRB). He defeated more top five contenders than almost anyone outside the top ten, aside from the likes of Jackie Fields – but Fields also lost to a handful of welterweights. Mayweather was unbeaten.
Mayweather defeated more welterweight lineal champions than Barney Ross. Working by the scorecards of the judges he was, for the most part, in non-competitive fights at the weight. He made a past-prime Manny Pacquiao, his #1 contender at the weight, look like a journeyman. He defeated more #1 ranked fighters (champions or top rated contenders) than all but the most storied of fighters. He boxed only three unranked men at the weight, two of whom were soft touches (Sharmba Mitchell, his first fight at the weight, and Andre Berto) and Ricky Hatton, the light-welterweight champion of the world and universally recognized pound-for-pounder, who he knocked out.
He was one of the few men to become a two-time lineal world-welterweight champion and the only man who ever did it without losing a fight, coming out of retirement to do what Barbados Joe Walcott and Benny Leonard both failed to do. During his welterweight career, moments of true danger were extremely rare; he was run close just once, in the first fight with Marcos Rene Maidana, a narrow victory he rendered wide in the rematch.
What Mayweather didn’t do was beat everyone who was available. He probably should have taken on Antonio Margarito, and Paul Williams was ranked very near the top when he was active in the division. That said, fighters who beat everyone available are close to non-existent. But if it pleases, you can zip on down to the entry on Henry Armstrong to read about a worse offender.
Nor did Mayweather show either great longevity (at the weight) or have the opportunity to beat another great welterweight, outside of Manny Pacquiao, who he had a chance to meet in his prime and failed to do so (for whatever reason). This is why Mayweather is not #1, nor anywhere near it. The top ten is well within his range however, which I make somewhere between fourteen and eight.
Outside of the ring he was an arrogant, loudmouthed, woman-beating bully bereft of class. Inside the ring he was a genius.
Other Top Fifty Welterweights Defeated: Shane Mosley (#29), Manny Pacquiao (#22).
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Mayweather is the better boxer, Pac is the better fighter. Mayweather will make you miss, Pac will hurt you. Mayweather will do what it takes to guarentee a decision in spite of the fans, Pac will go for the gold and the fans get there monies worth. Mayweather buys overpriced cars buys ***ellery and buys food and builds shelter for his people.
Some people like the Mayweather persona some people admire the Pacquiao dogma in life. I guess that's about it.Comment
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Did Floyd and Manny ever fight? If so, who won? #endthreadComment
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Actually no they didn't fight. They had a game of tag, Floyd was given the nod. Floyd made a great deal of money and avoided engaging in a fight. Manny thought outside the box and landed a couple a hard punches. The fans were not happy with either of them. The fans experienced the sales scheme called "bait and switch. The sport of boxing took a big hit for it. And Manny lived happily ever after with his family his legions of friends and the millions of people in his country. Floyd in spite of this let down and rip off cannot be denied as being on of the best of his generation. We don't know if he will live happily ever after though.Comment
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i have to agree with ricky on this one.. how can he put manny on top when he cant remember his fight with manny. ? "left hook roll over, left hook roll over" lolComment
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