Name all the fighters from Floyds era

[Larry the boss]

Who was ranked #1? Give me the names.

DLH sure as hell wasn't #1. Hatton wasn't even ranked as a WW. Marquez wasn't ranked as a WW.

Errol Spence or Keith Thurman might as well fight #1 Jorge Linares

Hernendez was #1 at 130

Castillo was #1 at 135

Canelo was #1 at 154

Baldomir was #1 at 147

Cotto was #1 at 154 in 2011

Gatti was ranked #1 at 140

Pacquiao was the #1 challenger in 2015

thats 7 right there

[Chollo Vista]

How could he have when Spinks lost to Phillips in March 08?

Cotto fought Nov 2007.

You don't think he couldn't start negotiating with Spinks for the title immediately after for a summer 08 showdown?

You can't be that dense can you?

[Larry the boss]

Yes because Floyd is a promoter/fighter. Floyd is a contractor who answers to no one. He's his own boss remember?

That means Floyd fights who he wants when he wants to fight them. If he she's a guy he's confident he can beat, he can fight him.

If he see's a guy he doesn't think he can beat, he can simply retire for a few years and come back when things die down. Sound familiar?

Floyd can fight Jeff Horn tomorrow. What's Jeff ranked? #1 maybe?

But who's the better matchup: #1 Jeff Horn or #2/3 Errol Spence?

so are you mad because HE CHOSE TO FIGHT THE BEST FIGHTERS? and hell no Horn isnt ranked #1..Thurman is #1 and Spence is #2..Horn isnt even top 5..hell he is #8

[IboxSouthpaw]

Neither side wanted the pac/Floyd fight that early .. Cows needed to be milked so let's not act like Floyd really ducked people, margachito maybe lol

[Robbie Barrett]

Cotto fought Nov 2007.

You don't think he couldn't start negotiating with Spinks for the title immediately after for a summer 08 showdown?

You can't be that dense can you?

But Cotto hadn't beaten the great Alfonso Gomez by that time. You said duck Margarito, he would have had to duck Alfonso Gomez too if he signed at the end of 07.

Keep reaching. You're ducking that Cotto ducked Mosley to fight Margarito because Margarito was seen as an easier fight..

[richardt]

I'm not being objective because I won't give Floyd credit for not facing a Top WW for 4 years?

Floyd said he had nothing left to prove in boxing when he had Williams, Margarito and Cotto waiting in the shadows. That's as objective as you're going to get.



Floyd shouldn't be congratulated for riding the bench and fighting JWW's/Lightweight's at Welterweight. I don't know about you, but ATG's don't get honored for retiring and not fighting top guys for 4 years and conveniently coming back in the nick of time.



How can you figure out who the best was with this lineup when Floyd retired

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion
Miguel Cotto
Paul Williams
Shane Mosley
Antonio Margarito
Zab Judah
Kermit Cintron
Luis Collazo
Joshua Clottey
Jackson Osei Bonsu
Oktay Urkal




P4P didn't start until 1989... Boxing has been around since the late 1800's. P4P is a flawed sample.



4 years after he was supposed to face him. Floyd beat Cotto 3 years after Floyd labeled Cotto "damaged goods". Great job at pointing that out.




Floyd fought Pac 6 years after Cotto.
Floyd fought Mosley almost 3 years after Cotto.

Are you serious right now?

Floyd wouldn't even fight Margarito unless it was for like 20 million. Get lost



Yeah, cause it makes sense to congratulate Floyd for sitting the bench and dock the real fighters for, you know, fighting.

None of your written diarrhea does anything to suppress the fact that Floyd still beat Cotto and beat guys who beat him and the fact that it is Floyd who was at the highest on PFP lists for years and highest on the ATG lists, not Cotto. Live with it or take your depression medicine because it is what is is. You are not the consensus, the consensus is.

[Larry the boss]

I'm not being objective because I won't give Floyd credit for not facing a Top WW for 4 years?

Floyd said he had nothing left to prove in boxing when he had Williams, Margarito and Cotto waiting in the shadows. That's as objective as you're going to get.



Floyd shouldn't be congratulated for riding the bench and fighting JWW's/Lightweight's at Welterweight. I don't know about you, but ATG's don't get honored for retiring and not fighting top guys for 4 years and conveniently coming back in the nick of time.



How can you figure out who the best was with this lineup when Floyd retired

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion
Miguel Cotto-beat him
Paul Williams-moved up to 154 and even 160
Shane Mosley-beat him
Antonio Margarito-lost to Williams and then got caught cheating
Zab Judah-beat him
Kermit Cintron-lol
Luis Collazo-come on son
Joshua Clottey-tough but to limited
Jackson Osei Bonsu-who??
Oktay Urkal-who??

you clearly see who the best is




P4P didn't start until 1989... Boxing has been around since the late 1800's. P4P is a flawed sample.



4 years after he was supposed to face him. Floyd beat Cotto 3 years after Floyd labeled Cotto "damaged goods". Great job at pointing that out.




Floyd fought Pac 6 years after Cotto.
Floyd fought Mosley almost 3 years after Cotto.

Are you serious right now?

Floyd wouldn't even fight Margarito unless it was for like 20 million. Get lost



Yeah, cause it makes sense to congratulate Floyd for sitting the bench and dock the real fighters for, you know, fighting.

lol................

[Chollo Vista]

Canelo was #1 at 154

Canelo was #1 at 154, not 152.

You might as well count Pac fighting Marg for the JMW title.

Baldomir was #1 at 147

Here are the Ring rankings for 2005:

Zab Judah, Champion
Antonio Margarito
Cory Spinks
Shane Mosley
Luis Collazo
Thomas Damgaard
Kermit Cintron
Jose Antonio Rivera
Oktay Urkal
David Estrada
Carlos Manuel Baldomir

2006

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion
Antonio Margarito
Carlos Manuel Baldomir
Miguel Cotto
Zab Judah
Luis Collazo
Kermit Cintron
Oktay Urkal
Arturo Gatti
Paul Williams
Joshua Clottey

If you're going to say Baldomir was #1 and there was no need to fight Margarito, you might as well say Floyd should fight Jeff Horn and there's no need to fight Spence or Thurman.

Gatti was ranked #1 at 140

Gatti was not #1. Hatton had beaten Tzyzu for 140 supremacy.

[Chollo Vista]

lol................

you trolling idiot

Floyd retired in 2007 and beat those guys you listed 3-4-5 years later if he even fought them at all

[Chollo Vista]

But Cotto hadn't beaten the great Alfonso Gomez by that time. You said duck Margarito, he would have had to duck Alfonso Gomez too if he signed at the end of 07.

You're not to bright are you?

If Cotto goes for the #1 JMW Spinks, the ONLY negotiations in early 2008 after Floyd's retirement should've been with Spinks.

I agree, Cotto should've ducked Margarito for the #1 JMW Spinks.