I voted for everyone but judah.
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Did Floyd Mayweather beat 10 (future) Hall of Famers ?
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Originally posted by BRITISH LlON View PostI just went through Mayweather's record and was kind of "surprised" that I saw 10 potential (future) Hall of Famers on his record.
Here are those 10 fighters:
Diego Corrales
Jose Luis Castillo
Arturo Gatti (he will be inducted this year)
Zab Judah
Oscar De La Hoya
Ricky Hatton
Juan Manuel Marquez
Shane Mosley
Miguel Cotto
Genaro Hernandez
let me just say that:
- 6 of them are borderline Hall of Famers which in my opinion will ALL end up in the Hall of Fame even though some people say they don't deserve it. (Hatton, Genaro Hernandez, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah)
- 2 were way past their prime (Shane Mosley, and some people might say also De La Hoya)
- 1 was way out of his weight class at the time of the fight (Juan Manuel Marquez)
- The 10th guy is Miguel Cotto, who gave Floyd hell in my opinion and some people say Cotto was also way past his prime.
Vote on the poll and explain which of these 10 opponents of Mayweather should be in the Hall of Fame (some day).
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Originally posted by The Weebler II View PostGatti, Cotto, Mosley, De La Hoya were past prime.
Hatton, Judah, Marquez were not fighting at their best weight class.
So that leaves Corrales , Castillo and Hernandez(?) as his most legit wins, the last one in 2002.
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Its a valid argument TS. Floyd clearly started targeting past prime, out of weight name fighters to enhance his legacy long term without doing it the hard way. You know, by fighting them prime at their weight classes (where floyd was fighting). Luckily for floyd, he has enough apologists that give him a break on his comp because of "politics".
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Originally posted by Walt Liquor View PostIts a valid argument TS. Floyd clearly started targeting past prime, out of weight name fighters to enhance his legacy long term without doing it the hard way. You know, by fighting them prime at their weight classes (where floyd was fighting). Luckily for floyd, he has enough apologists that give him a break on his comp because of "politics".
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Originally posted by MurkaMan View PostNah! Floyd did duck and dodge, but he didnt return to INTENTIONALLY target old fighters! Oscar wasnt even a real fight, it was a money fight! Mosley, cotto, Juan, where the best to fight at the time, besides pac who he ducked! But the question is, which of them are hall of famers, and which are not! Nothing else.
oscar is always a pass. obviously.
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Originally posted by The Weebler II View PostGatti, Cotto, Mosley, De La Hoya were past prime.
Hatton, Judah, Marquez were not fighting at their best weight class.
So that leaves Corrales , Castillo and Hernandez(?) as his most legit wins, the last one in 2002.
and if cotto is past prime then what was the 35 year old floyd?
you act like floyds best weight is 147..the man started at 130..hatton began at 140 and so did judah.....
shane was the #1 ww and p4p#3 and people claimed floyd feared him=great win
oscar was a top 5 154 fighter and a champion their and had a huge size advantageLast edited by Larry the boss; 01-08-2013, 09:19 AM.
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Originally posted by dc3383I have to laugh at this f**kery; when Floyd fought Zab that was Floyd 2nd fight at 147 but that wasn't Zab best weightclass do I have that right. So a 35 yr old Floyd isn't past his prime but a 32 yr old Cotto is that quite interesting also. If those De La Hoya, Shane and Marquez aren't good wins for Floyd they can't b good wins for other fighters remember that.
Zab is a good win
both Cotto and Floyd were a little past it... still a great win...
now mosley is a little tricky.... great win for cotto.. floyd fought him over 3 years later.. still a DECENT win.... but not a good win for pacquiao or canelo
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Originally posted by dc3383I have to laugh at this f**kery; when Floyd fought Zab that was Floyd 2nd fight at 147 but that wasn't Zab best weightclass do I have that right. So a 35 yr old Floyd isn't past his prime but a 32 yr old Cotto is that quite interesting also. If those De La Hoya, Shane and Marquez aren't good wins for Floyd they can't b good wins for other fighters remember that.
Zab is a good win
both Cotto and Floyd were a little past it... still a great win...
now mosley is a little tricky.... great win for cotto.. floyd fought him over 3 years later.. still a DECENT win.... but not a good win for pacquiao or canelo
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