Among any welterweights in history, who would have beaten Floyd Mayweather?

[Zaroku]

SRR, SRL, Hearns, maybe Spence....
that off the top of my head.

[badass316]

I don't think you have to dig into the ATGs in the 80s for someone who can beat Floyd. Paul Williams would have beaten him if they ever fought. Same with Margaritto. Big pressure fighters who PBF won't be able to keep off him with his pitty pat pot shots.

[Marchegiano]

I'm not sure Floyd takes such dangerous fights.

[Marchegiano]

I don't think you have to dig into the ATGs in the 80s for someone who can beat Floyd. Paul Williams would have beaten him if they ever fought. Same with Margaritto. Big pressure fighters who PBF won't be able to keep off him with his pitty pat pot shots.

Yeah, avoided Marg pretty well to boot.

[suffolkbull3]

If sparring rumors count, then amateur floyd gave pernell whitaker work. So I guess that cancels out his sparring "loss" to spence in his mid 30s.

nothing cancels anything out. Would it really surprise u if floyd gave pw work? Floyd spars different then he fights when it counts and as said spence handed floyd his ass which is why floyd kicked him out of his gym that day. Spence is a bad man!

[GhostofDempsey]

Mickey Walker
Fritzie Zivic
Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Kid Gavilan
Carmen Basilio
Luis Rodriquez
Emile Griffith
Jose Napoles
Roberto Duran
Ray Leonard
Tommy Hearns
Wildredo Benitez
Prime Pacquiao
Paul Williams
Felix Trinidad
Pernell Whitaker
Prime De La Hoya (though I had him winning)
Prime Mosley

Possibly Billy Graham, Vernon Forrest, Bud Crawford, Carlos Palomino, Khan and Thurman

[champion4ever]

Leonard, Robinson, Hearns and perhaps even Duran.

[BattlingNelson]

De La Hoya

[billeau2]

You used a fight where he was 37 years old and way past his prime as reasoning for why prime ATG's beat him.

It's a totally flawed line of thinking in literally every way and I don't know how I can make that easier to understand.

It's the equivalent to me saying Prime Floyd destroy's Armstrong because Chester Slider beat Armstrong. It's illogical it makes no sense.

Yawn ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[TonyGe]

Pac also had hand speed, foot work, power, but all were nullified by Floyd's ringmanship. Floyd outpoints his opponent every round and just cruises to victory. How do you think will Hearns approach that fighting style?

He will jab his head off and when Floyd retreats he won't follow him. What's Floyd going to do then. He will probably run around the perimeter of the ring while Hearns stands there waiting for Floyd to come in on him. It's Tommy's reach that is a big problem for Floyd. Tommy has a huge reach and height advantage. Go watch some of Tommy's fights at Welter. Hearns was a very very good boxer with huge power and fast hands.