Who could have beaten Floyd?

[Boxing-1013]

I think SRL beats him at 147. 147 Hearns would be dangerous but Floyd would probably survive the early rounds and break Tommy down. His stamina usually ****** and with it his punch resistance. Duran vs Floyd would be a great even fight I think. A lot of mauling and scoring from Duran, and then some good boxing from Floyd.

[Johnny2x2x]

Hear and SRL would have had great chances.

[Monzon99]

Just run down Fraud's duck list:

Vivian Harris
Kostya Tszyu
Joel Casamayor
Ancelino Freitas
Antonio Margarito
Miguel Cotto with Arum
Sergio Martinez
Paul Williams
GGG at 154
Canelo in a real, unrigged fight
Pac in 2009-2014
Pac rematch
Keith Thurman
Errol Spence
Terence Crawford

[GrandpaBernard]

For sure beat him:
Robinson
Leonard
Hearns

50/50 matches:
Armstrong
Duran
Whitaker
Chavez

Guys that have a great chance:
Benitez
Trinidad
Forrest
Wright
Prime de la hoya
Prime Pacquiao
Arrguelo
Carlos Ortiz
Pwill
Norris

very good all things considered

The for sure guys are all much bigger than Floyd. 2 of the 3 being top 10-15 ATGs

[BM dnobagaV]

Oscar De La Hoya...

[Blue54]

147 Hearns and Robinson I give 80% Leonard is 75%
Armstrong I give 50%.

154 Lara 50%

135 Duran 50%

126 Salvador Sanchez would have 50% if he moved up.

[Legends456]

Who would have had the best chance at beating Floyd?

I think Floyd was an ATG.
That said, Sugar Ray Leonard was in my opinion a faster puncher, he had equally good footwork, and was much better at synthesizing excellent and fluid combination punches. Also, he had a lot more fight-ending power than Floyd. As for a chin, he went toe to toe with three of the most feared punchers in history (Durán, Hearns, and Hagler), and they couldn’t crack him.

As good as Floyd was — and I have a lot of respect for his ringcraft — I think Floyd takes a few early rounds to study him. SRL’s power keeps him honest and on his toes, much like the fight we just saw (Loma Lopez). I think mid-rounds, Floyd puts together two or three good moments; most likely catches SRL with a check left hook and a pull-counter. I could see SRL taking those well as stated before, he had a legendary chin. I think in the championship rounds SRL realizes Floyd has near equal footwork so he can’t “matador” him, so he starts applying more pressure (like he did in the first Hearns fight), takes some heavy shots as a desperate Floyd fights back, but uses his superior combinations to hurt Floyd. I think it would be similar to when Durán caught him, except he’d be the one catching Floyd this time: “He’s hurt! He’s hurt Mayweather!!” Sugar Ray Leonard was an all-time legend when it came to going for the kill. Drops him and stops him.