I'm gonna explain this to you the easy way. In the pound for pound charts...follow me? there are 10 guys, 10 guys ranked the best in the world. Now, in most sports, and in boxing too...when one guy loses, the guy below him moves up? You with me? This isn't too much is it? Now Floyd Mayweather is undefeated and always has been. He won titles in 3 weight divisions as he made his way up the pound for pound chart. As everyone around him like Mosley, Forrest, De La Hoya, Trinidad, Barrera, and Morales fell with losses...Mayweather remained undefeated and stayed right there around 4 and 5 for a good couple of years. Then Roy Jones lost, and suddenly it's between Hopkins and Mayweather for pound for pound king in 2004. Now Mayweather only fought and beat Corley while Hopkins had an impressive stoppage of De La Hoya to remain p4p king while Mayweather settled for 2nd...that is...until Hopkins lost in 2005, 2 weeks after Mayweather put on a once-in-a-lifetime beatdown of Gatti that showed his mastery of the sport. all he had to do technically was win to keep the spot, but he looked amazing doing it to really put his stamp on it and seal the deal. Mayweather is pound for pound king #1 until he loses. that's the way it is and the way it always has been. otherwise, you think Roy and Hopkins would have been #1 for so long? **** no, they fought nobody from 2000-2004.
WELL THEN DELA HOYA AND BALDI SHOWED THIER MASTERY OF THE SPORT TOO THEN, OH AND ANGEL MANFREDDY......AND ABOUT FOUR OTHER PEOPLE...
and none of them looked nearly as amazing as Mayweather. you have to admit, seeing Mayweather dismantle Gatti the way he did made him look like one of the all-time greats
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