His legacy is pretty intact, however the most underrated aspect of his entire career is his management and matchmaking, it’s a blueprint now. He managed to always go in to every major contest with an advantage, whether it be age, weight, experience, location...they match made him superbly his whole career it was very smart and based on the Mayweather camps deep experience of the business.
he fought til he was 40, often against MUCH bigger opponents..... and he fought everyone
and you can't blame Mayweather for the delay with Mosley and Cotto, nor with Pacquiao..... they all had their chances
the main advantage he had is..... he was better
ALWAYS 100% prepared, NEVER over-looked anyone
dude was the consummate professional, his training regime is legendary
and who cares about undisputed, who you beat is more important..... Mayweather fought everyone, was the best fighter on the planet for about a decade, and you had to look at middleweight to find a serious threat
I get that he can be an a55hole, but stop hatin bro.....
fighters like Pacquiao/Golovkin, are waaay more "well-managed" than Mayweather..... you had to win big to land a Mayweather payday, but you had to look shot to land a Pacquiao fight and Golovkin tip-toed through the tulips for most of his career
you could point to Margarito as a miss, but he could not stop losing to fighters who were not on Mayweather's level, and had little/no chance to beat him
He literally won every damn belt at 147 some more then once, while being unified and lineal at 154..name another fighter who has done that......ILL WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen dude, to be the undisputed champion you need to have all the four major titles AT THE SAME TIME, Evander is saying the truth.
Floyd literally won every damn title including the IBO AND IBC at 147 and the Ring 2 times
In 2015 he was literally the WBC,WBO,WBA,RING,LINEAL CHAMP AT 147 and WBA,WBC,RING, LINEAL at 154
All while being p4p #1 i'm sorry but damn WHO IS EVEN CLOSE TO DOING THIS ****???
At the age of 38? no damn body came close! Most fighters who've been pros since they were 18 and fought at a championship level for 20 years are already punch drunk, broke and used as gate keepers for prospects to beat up on by the time they're 38. Unheard of!
There was never a need to fight joe blow because he was clearly the metaphoric undisputed champ of every division he fought in. He cleaned out evry division he fought in and was clearly the best in those divisions. But yes he never won all 4 at the same time.
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