Comments Thread For: Arum: Mayweather Wouldn't Have Gone For KO Like Crawford

[Carpe Diem]

I agree with, Bob. There were countless times that Floyd could’ve scored some KO victories, but he chose not to go for them and instead systematically pick his opponents apart. With all that being said, Crawford is a good all-around boxer, but Floyd was a GREAT all-around boxer.

[boxinggod101]

Mayweather at 147 would've won 12-0 and not gone for the KO. He'd also have made 20 times what Crawford just made for doing it.

Yup............... Dont want to say that Crawford struggled in there but Floyd would have whitewashed the guy, especially prime Floyd at 31 years old...

[killakali]

It's not made up, it's facts.

16 fights at 147+ (12 at WW, 4 at 154)

27 fights at 130

7 fights at 135-140 (4 at 135, 3 at 140)

He fought a total of 23 fights above 130, 27 at 130. The majority of his career was fought at 130. He's a career 130 fighter, it's where he made his mark. In the all time list of any expert, he is considered the best ever 130 pound fighter.

what weight class did he spend more time, not fights in? We’re not comparing his first 15-18 fights fighting scrubs as he developed.

He was more active at 130 because he was younger and not making 7 figures. Look how many years he fought at welterweight with just 1-2 fights a year. Thank you. He spent more time at 147 or 154 than 130 by far.

[killakali]

Emmanuel Steward said Sharmba Mitchell was a good opponent for Mayweather.If you watch the HBO countdown to Mayweather vs Baldomir they thought Baldomir would give him a tough fight.

thats called selling the fight with Baldomir. No one tonight it was a tough fight.

As for Mitchell look at his previous fights and that is why everyone called the fight a mismatch

[HanzGruber]

who on floyds resume is even comparable to benavidez?

[-Kev-]

what weight class did he spend more time, not fights in? We’re not comparing his first 15-18 fights fighting scrubs as he developed.

He was more active at 130 because he was younger and not making 7 figures. Look how many years he fought at welterweight with just 1-2 fights a year. Thank you. He spent more time at 147 or 154 than 130 by far.

Floyd went up in weight for the money, which is why even at 135-140, his opponents were coming in at 147-150 and he was still weighing in at 138-139 in-ring weight.

Admit it, Floyd is a small guy. His last fight with McGregor was scheduled for 154, he came in 149lbs at the scale. You Floyd critics have infamously tried to make him Andre The Giant for some reason, because it makes you feel better that he can't KO dudes who are 10-13lbs heavier than him on fight night. He can't get the KO's because he's smaller, the bulk of his fights came at 130 and 135-140. It doesn't matter how many "years" he spent at 147-154, he took a total of like 5 years off while at 147-154, and he never bloated up and never rehydrated more than 3lbs at 147.

[Redd Foxx]

Young Floyd would have. "Money" probably wouldn't have though.

[killakali]

Floyd went up in weight for the money, which is why even at 135-140, his opponents were coming in at 147-150 and he was still weighing in at 138-139 in-ring weight.

Admit it, Floyd is a small guy. His last fight with McGregor was scheduled for 154, he came in 149lbs at the scale. You Floyd critics have infamously tried to make him Andre The Giant for some reason, because it makes you feel better that he can't KO dudes who are 10-13lbs heavier than him on fight night. He can't get the KO's because he's smaller, the bulk of his fights came at 130 and 135-140. It doesn't matter how many "years" he spent at 147-154, he took a total of like 5 years off while at 147-154, and he never bloated up and never rehydrated more than 3lbs at 147.

huh? What did he weigh in for Cotto? What did he weigh on n for Marquez for that 144 lb catchweight?

Floyd is a great fight fightet but he’s the same size as crawford. Thats a fact.

[-Kev-]

huh? What did he weigh in for Cotto? What did he weigh on n for Marquez for that 144 lb catchweight?

151lbs for Cotto
146lbs for Marquez

Floyd is a great fight fightet but he’s the same size as crawford. Thats a fact.

That's actually false.

At 135lbs, Crawford came in at 153lbs vs Beltran. Mayweather's highest in-ring weight at 135 was 138lbs. The lowest Crawford has ever weighed in the ring was 149lbs versus Klimov at 135lbs.

At 140 vs Postol, Crawford came in at 157lbs.

At 140 the highest Floyd ever came in the ring was 142lbs.

In fact, Floyd's highest in-ring weight was 150lbs vs Ortiz at 147.

What you said is literally false, not fact. Crawford is indeed bigger than Floyd Mayweather by a good margin.

[Roadblock]

what weight class did he spend more time, not fights in? We’re not comparing his first 15-18 fights fighting scrubs as he developed.

He was more active at 130 because he was younger and not making 7 figures. Look how many years he fought at welterweight with just 1-2 fights a year. Thank you. He spent more time at 147 or 154 than 130 by far.

You always finish up somewhere as you age, are you saying Manny was a career WW, both these guys are 130 pounders that went to higher divisions for money and fame.

Their weight alone tells you, a true WW will be close to MW on fight night.

The only reason FM and Manny could dominate at higher weight is because of how good they are, neither were true WWs.