Did Floyd ever take a "Risk" in his career?

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Corrales, JLC 1, JLC 2, Zab, Oscar, Mosley, Canelo, Pacquiao, Maidana 1, Maidana 2, Cotto.

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Corrales, JLC 1, JLC 2, Zab, Oscar, Mosley, Canelo, Pacquiao, Maidana 1, Maidana 2, Cotto.

Canelo, Pac, Maidana and Cotto all have big astericks.

Didn't go near a younger 147 Cotto, instead a Cotto who nearly took ancient Mayorga 12 round & looked on the drop off.

Maidana was on paper tailor made, forced him to wear foam gloves & still got took hard early in the first fight requiring a rematch.

Canelo. Green and drained like powdered milk. Smart pick for his resume though & still a decent win, could have been a better win though, again classic Floyd driving the playing field as far to his side as possible.

Pacquiao? 7 years too late. Who's to blame? who knows, Arum & Floyd. If you payed $100 for this fight in 2015

Sorry to rag on Floyd but it has to be done. Who are his two best victories?

[Ochoa780]

Canelo, Pac, Maidana and Cotto all have big astericks.

Didn't go near a younger 147 Cotto, instead a Cotto who nearly took ancient Mayorga 12 round & looked on the drop off.

Maidana was on paper tailor made, forced him to wear foam gloves & still got took hard early in the first fight requiring a rematch.

Canelo. Green and drained like powdered milk. Smart pick for his resume though & still a decent win, could have been a better win though, again classic Floyd driving the playing field as far to his side as possible.

Pacquiao? 7 years too late. Who's to blame? who knows, Arum & Floyd. If you payed $100 for this fight in 2015

Sorry to rag on Floyd but it has to be done. Who are his two best victories?

Anybody can put an asterisk on any fight...

What a ****** ass thread..

Any time any fighter steps into the ring hes taking a risk.

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Canelo, Pac, Maidana and Cotto all have big astericks.

Didn't go near a younger 147 Cotto

Maidana was on paper tailor made, forced him to wear foam gloves & still got took hard early in the first fight requiring a rematch.

Canelo. Green and drained like powdered milk. Smart pick for his resume though & still a decent win, could have been a better win though, again classic Floyd driving the playing field as far to his side as possible.

Pacquiao? 7 years too late. Who's to blame? who knows, Arum & Floyd. If you payed $100 for this fight in 2015

I don't do the conspiracy theories.

154 Cotto is still a problem. Arguably in better shape there and inarguably less chinny at the weight.

Maidana is risk for anyone, specially for an old ass man and rematching him at that? Risk. Cause he could've lost like GGG did to Canelo in the 2nd fight.

Canelo was the equivalent of Mayweather when he fought Corrales. Superstar talents and fighting that as an older guy is a risk. He could've easily been Canelo's claim to fame.

Pacquiao 7 years late is still Floyd older than Pacquiao. It's still a risk to fight Pacquiao, even to this day, where he's doing a George Foreman and making guys like Lucas, Broner, and Thurman look like chumps.


Conspiracy theories and absent minded hate aside, they are risky fights. Period.

[djtmal]

Don't base it on the odds before the fight like we do with every other pro fighter because that way we can actually answer the question honestly.

Instead, create a different measure just for Floyd where you list the guys he didn't fight and claim they were the only risk fights.

Got it.

The thread starter didn't say did Floyd take any risks based on the odds before the fight.

Any logical thinking person is going to look at who he fought, who he could have fought and make an assessment.

I think it's fair to say prior to Hatton, Hernandez and Corrales were a little risky, post Hatton Floyd didn't take risks man. He just didn't.

You really need to get off the woe is me Floyd bit. It looks weak.

[True-Boxing-Fan]

The Canelo fight was a risk. Moving up and fight Castillo who was world champion was also a risk

Which with anyone with a working brain knows he lost.

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Which with anyone with a working brain knows he lost.

clearly lost that fight. must say a gift win.

[The Big Dunn]

The thread starter didn't say did Floyd take any risks based on the odds before the fight.

Any logical thinking person is going to look at who he fought, who he could have fought and make an assessment.

I think it's fair to say prior to Hatton, Hernandez and Corrales were a little risky, post Hatton Floyd didn't take risks man. He just didn't.

You really need to get off the woe is me Floyd bit. It looks weak.

You created a thread asking him to fight Shane because you felt Shane would beat him. He fought him 6 months after you made that thread. Now you're posting he didn't take any risks post Hatton.

That just defies logic.

Post Hatton, after age 30,he fought Shane, JMM, Cotto, Manny and Canelo. That is 5 sure fire 1st ballot HOF'ers. If those fights aren't considered risky then maybe we need to re-evaluate Floyd and consider him a top 5 ATG.

[The Big Dunn]

Which with anyone with a working brain knows he lost.

Completely disagree with you my friend.

[True-Boxing-Fan]

Completely disagree with you my friend.

You know Dunn, friends cant always agree on everything.

You and I agree on a lot of things in life and in boxing, but sorry my friend there is no way he actually won that fight.

He got the W on paper but in reality there is absolutely no way he won. I could be good with a draw in some ways, but to say he won. Absolutely not