What Boxer In History Could Realistically Defeat Floyd Mayweather?

[Diego Rodriguez]

Realistically defeat the guy who lost to Jose Luis Castillo? Gosh, I don't know.

Yeah sometimes Floyd is put on a pedestal that I just don't get.

But let me say this JLC was a bad motherfkcer at the time. Floyd doesn't get enough credit for fighting him. I'd argue this was the last top notch fighter that in his prime that he fought (2003) excluding Ricky Hatton. And I just wasn't a Hatton believer at all. JCC was in his peak or just about at it (maybe the first Corrales fight was his peak). I give Floyd a lot of credit. I think he probably lost the first fight but he won the second fight clearly. He was the better fighter but JCC gave him everything he wanted.

[HandsofIron]

The 80's welterweights are the cream of the crop - Duran, SRL, Hearns and Benitez all beat Mayweather. Aaron Pryor also beats Floyd at 140.

The 90's welters is 2nd best and Floyd would be 50-50 against Pernell Whitaker, DLH, and Trinidad.

[boxingfan91]

Idk, but.Floyd gives ANY fighter from any era trouble, nobody would run right thru him

[Hougigo]

Jose Luis Castillo

[-Antonio-]

Hearns, Pryor, Leonard, Duran, Benitez.

Edit: Robinson, Forrest, Whitaker, Prime Oscar

Floyd would probably beat everybody that ever lived from 140 under, but guys like Sweet Pea, Duran, and Benitez would have given him hell. At 147 I just don't think he's big enough to heat the ATGs

[PhillyPhlash]

I always thought Paul Williams would have beaten him. It's a shame we can't have time machines and change Floyd to a pure middleweight. I would have loved to have seen Carlos Monzon take his head off.

[MELLY-MEL...]

SRR! Prime pac, sugar ray leonard, possibly hearns, pryor, and benitez.

[Pago007]

I have 2 fighters and both or them were supreme body punchers.

Duran at 35
Cotto at 40

But, I think Floyd goes undefeated in any era. Those have a chance at winning

[jmrf4435]

I'll bet lomachenko vs floyd at 130 back in the day would have been pretty even

[jmrf4435]

I'll bet a 2008-2009 manny pacman would have given him a hard time