floyd mayweather jr- what more could he have done?

[Scary]

Never challenged himself. That's why he'll never be remembered that well. He had a masterful way of stinking up the joint with his presence.

Holy crap, your a noob. You'll remember him though.

[Larry the boss]

How many guys did Mayweather fight in their prime? Not many if any.That 'O' is the weakest ever.

Judah
Corrales
Castillo
Hatton
Ortiz
Canelo

all were world champions and prime with 3 being undefeated and on the p4p list

[Larry the boss]

Before 2009 he refused Marg and Cotto didnt he? Add Williams at 147 and Kostya at 140.

I still remember when that guy on ESPN asked him why his come back fight was a lightweight JMM and Mays reply was cos he called me out. ESPN guy then said Marg and Cotto were calling him out too and May started stuttering lol

That sums up his career and his intellect.

thats a damn lie.. only 2 fights he was getting grilled about was Pacquiao and Mosley

[alexguiness]

Floyd could have done more - he could have taken more riskier fights, Prime Pac, Williams, Margarito, hell even Khan lol.

He could have also taken more risks with his style and used more offensive skill, without ever really risking defeat.

At then end of the day he CHOOSE to minimize risks to his record (and health) and maximize his earnings.

It was Floyd / Haymon's decision, and a good one from a business perspective.

As for a pure boxing perspective, Floyd COULD have taken risks but he didn't NEED to.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

Judah
Corrales
Castillo
Hatton
Ortiz
Canelo

all were world champions and prime with 3 being undefeated and on the p4p list

I don't consider that a prime Canelo, tbh.

[IronDanHamza]

Always thought Mayweather would go on to be more appreciated than he was during his career, and this thread is not the first of it's kind post-Mayweather-retirement.

Would be funny to see Mayweather become overrated historically in the future. Though it's difficult to overrate someone who is easily an ATG.

He will become overrated IMO due to the fact how impressive his resume is on paper.

His resume is impressive regardless but on paper it's ridiculous.

In 20 years time the new fans will look back and see that Mayweather was 5 weight champion, 4 of which Lineal, beat 10 fighters ranked #1 in the divison being fought in and beat 7 fighters ranked in the Top 10 P4P, 20 odd world champions beaten.

Like I said, on paper it's a recipe to get overrated.

But obviously Floyd is one of the ATG's anyway.

[Larry the boss]

Floyd moved up because he could no longer make the weight and 147 was the money division. Floyd also turned pro at 19. GGG would have gone through 3 weight classes if he turned pro at 19 as well. The canelo fight with mayweather is similar to what ggg would do now. Move up to 168 for a big money fight and come down weight again.

GGG turned pro at 24 right?? and has moved up 0 pounds...Floyd at 24 was still at 130..so kill that excuse

[Larry the boss]

I don't consider that a prime Canelo, tbh.

why??? he was a unified champion 13 years younger then Floyd and a p4p fighter

[Larry the boss]

The IBF he did not.

unify=to unify more then 1 title..so now you are acting like a Brook win would have meant something???3

Floyd literally won every damn belt at 147

Wbc-2 times
Ibf
Wba
Ibo
Wbo
Iba
Ring
Lineal-2 times


he won all those titles at 147

[uppercut510]

fought paul Williams, margarita, and GGeeG according to the maniacs around here, if he fought n beat PW and marg nobody would give him any credit