Floyd Mayweather NEVER DARED TO BE GREAT

[RussB23]

FROM 1996-2015 FLOYD BEAT THE "WHO'S WHO" OF BOXING AND NEVER LOST!!! hate all you want but name me someone who did more who isnt a victim of Mayweather

Floyd is the best fighter of his era no doubt about it. But he really is a fighter who took no risks and didnt give 2 ****s about the fans or actually entertaining the fans. Hes all about money and thats not a bad thing, but he just lacks those legendary classic fights on his resume.

Part of it is that he fought in a way that was taking zero risks, if he could just jab the whole fight and use his defense to a decision he would. He did not care about entertainment at all, his pre fight all access and 24/7 was more entertaining than most of the actual fights. If he actually wanted to he could have stopped more of his opponents or atleast tried to make it exiting but he never did even though he was capable with his skillset. Thats most fans knock on floyd, hes too risk adverse. Sure if he took more risks he might have lost but he . cares way too much about his "0" . The truth of it is that fans will always love guys like SRL and tommy hearns more and thats why they will be ranked ahead of floyd by most.

[The Viper]

Wow this has turned into a epic discussion/back and fourth, Larry Spence is pissed!

[Larry the boss]

Floyd is the best fighter of his era no doubt about it. But he really is a fighter who took no risks and didnt give 2 ****s about the fans or actually entertaining the fans. Hes all about money and thats not a bad thing, but he just lacks those legendary classic fights on his resume.

Part of it is that he fought in a way that was taking zero risks, if he could just jab the whole fight and use his defense to a decision he would. He did not care about entertainment at all, his pre fight all access and 24/7 was more entertaining than most of the actual fights. If he actually wanted to he could have stopped more of his opponents or atleast tried to make it exiting but he never did even though he was capable with his skillset. Thats most fans knock on floyd, hes too risk adverse. Sure if he took more risks he might have lost but he . cares way too much about his "0" . The truth of it is that fans will always love guys like SRL and tommy hearns more and thats why they will be ranked ahead of floyd by most.

Floyd never really even used a jab at all until late in his career and how did he not take any risks??? He has one of the best resumes in history

[chrisJS]

was his resume better then Mayweather's?? hell no!! not even close.thats the best you got?.SINCE 1996 NAME ME A GREATER FIGHTER THEN MAYWEATHER WHO HE DID NOT DEFEAT

You said 50-0 (no fighter ever did that) and clearly they have.

Hopkins IMO is a greater fighter. I actually consider Pacquaio too and the washed up Pacquaio for Floyd counts even less than Holmes did for Tyson. Roy Jones too but his best year was 1994 but he's still a greater fighter than Floyd but like Floyd & Pac I'm su****ious of PED use.

Name one great fighter Mayweather fought in or near their prime?

[Larry the boss]

You said 50-0 (no fighter ever did that) and clearly they have.

Hopkins IMO is a greater fighter. I actually consider Pacquaio too and the washed up Pacquaio for Floyd counts even less than Holmes did for Tyson. Roy Jones too but his best year was 1994 but he's still a greater fighter than Floyd but like Floyd & Pac I'm su****ious of PED use.

Name one great fighter Mayweather fought in or near their prime?

50-0 no losses or draws..how hard is that to understand?..and how is holmes worth more then Mayweather beating Manny in a unification bout when Manny was p4p #2?? do ya'll just create your own reality??? and how is Roy greater then Mayweather?? name his top 10 wins please!!

[chrisJS]

Definitely not his favorite fighter....his favorite fighter got treated like a bytch by Floyd.

Something a 12 year old would say. "Waaa waaa my dad is bigger than your ma waaa waaa".

Think about you Floyd "fans" is that you only root for him because people told you he's the best and had he lost one or two of those decisions you'd have given up on him. Floyd is the casuals favorite. The type of fans that never even coughed up money to attend his fights. I've been to more Floyd fights than most his fans here combined lol

[TheBigLug]

usually it's only great fighters that cause people to write a novel of an opening post about them.

[chrisJS]

50-0 no losses or draws..how hard is that to understand?..and how is holmes worth more then Mayweather beating Manny in a unification bout when Manny was p4p #2?? do ya'll just create your own reality??? and how is Roy greater then Mayweather?? name his top 10 wins please!!

Prime Toney is better than perhaps Floyd's best 5 combined

Hopkins also probably better than a lot of Floyd's combined

McCallum was old but that's still better than Mosley, De La Hoya wins for example

Hill again better than perhaps anything Floyd did

Johnson
Ruiz
Tarver I
Griffin
Harding
Tate

Now there's not a TON of depth but the top end is so much better.

[RussB23]

Floyd never really even used a jab at all until late in his career and how did he not take any risks??? He has one of the best resumes in history

I never said his resume isnt good. It is. But he still took zero risks on his approach to boxing. He didnt care about the fans or entertaining them.

You look at SRL, Tommy hears, Duran. All those guys have those career defining fights that fans remember for a long time. Floyd lacks that its just true man. He was way too careful.

[Larry the boss]

Prime Toney is better than perhaps Floyd's best 5 combined

Hopkins also probably better than a lot of Floyd's combined

McCallum was old but that's still better than Mosley, De La Hoya wins for example

Hill again better than perhaps anything Floyd did

Johnson
Ruiz
Tarver I
Griffin
Harding
Tate

Now there's not a TON of depth but the top end is so much better.

Before Toney Lost to Roy he had beaten who???

When Roy beat HOPKINS HE HAD BEATEN WHO??

You sound desperate

Johnson
Ruiz
Tarver I
Griffin
Harding
Tate

who the **** had any of these people defeated?