No one has fought more high level fights in their careers than Floyd

[Canelo and GGG]

its debatable ,many fighters had many many fights on high level ,Floyd had grat career no daubt.

[soul_survivor]

Almost half of Floyd's fights (24) have been against either the #1 contender, a champion or elite fighter. I can't think of a fighter who has fought more high level talent than Floyd.

Here's the list:

Manny Pacquiao
Marcos Maidana (2x)
Canelo Alvarez
Robert Guerrero
Miguel Cotto
Victor Ortiz
Shane Mosley
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ricky Hatton
Oscar De La Hoya
Carlos Baldomir
Zab Judah
Sharmba Mitchell
Arturo Gatti
Jose Castillo (2x)
Jesus Chavez
Diego Corrales
Gregorio Vargas
Angel Manfredy
Genaro Hernandez


Every single one of those guys were legit when Mayweather fought them. They were either #1 contenders or champs.

Who in the history of boxing has faced more high level fighters than Floyd?

Maidana, Ortiz, Vargas, Baldomir....oh wow that's desperate

[-Kev-]

sharmba mitchell was what??? angel manfredy was what??? gregorio vargas was what??? judah was what??? etc...bold faced lie to say they were #1 contenders or champs. also there are 4 champs in this era compared to 1 or 2 in the past so not really a fair comparison. would victor ortiz be a champ in any other era...would gatti? would maidana? nope , nope and nope. the other guys he fought like mosley, hoya, pac and cotto were past it. still good but past it. baldomir? come on now. he still has no prime great wins. floyd is the kind of guy that would wait till prime leonard became old and then fought him after leonard fought donny lelonde. hey he was still champ so it must be a good win right? he was a champ!!!

Manfredy was top 5 SFW. Judah was #3 WW.

Gregorio Vargas was not in the top 10.

Gatti was #1 ranked JWW by The Ring whether you like it or not. What era he was in is irrelevant because now you're going to have to apply that same logic to any other boxing champion in boxing, even fighters you like.

"The other guys he fought were past it".

And Floyd was in his prime?

[Gigantes]

Pacquiao's win over Bradley is better than all of those listed

[JK1700]

26-0-0 vs world champions. That's a record that will take a long time to break.

[daggum]

Manfredy was top 5 SFW. Judah was #3 WW.

Gregorio Vargas was not in the top 10.

Gatti was #1 ranked JWW by The Ring whether you like it or not. What era he was in is irrelevant because now you're going to have to apply that same logic to any other boxing champion in boxing, even fighters you like.

"The other guys he fought were past it".

And Floyd was in his prime?

he said they were #1 or champs. they clearly were not.

gatti would not be champ in any other era simpy because he would not have beat kostya tszyu unless you think he would???

thats a laughable argument. if floyd didnt fight anyone good while he was in his prime guess whose fault that is? floyds! you dont get extra old man points for fighting other old men. well they were both faded therefore its a great win??? on what planet? is horn getting the same credit for beating pac as floyd got? did pac get the same credit for beating mosley? no because those guys were clearly faded fighters. whether the guy beating them is prime or not is irrelevant. their level was clearly levels below where it used to be. im sure floyds level dropped too but thats the whole point. he never proved himself in his prime against prime fighters and your argument actually confirms it.

[daggum]

26-0-0 vs world champions. That's a record that will take a long time to break.

would you rather be 26-0 aginst world "champs" in a 4 belt era or have prime benitze, hearns, duran, and hagler on your resume? what sounds better. a vague number that doesnt reveal the quality of competition or all time great names actually in their primes?

[taino78]

To be honest, floyds best notable win in that list is diego corrales. At the time corrales was undefeated, feared. And floyd clowned him. The one guy i feel would have gave floyd problems and maybe even his only L was paul williams.

[Bjl12]

Cotto fought a better version of Pacquiao, Mosley, Canelo also fought Margarito in his prime, fought Austin Trout and dared to be great and went up and challenged Martinez for the MW title. Also fought Judah and Clottey.

[Johnny2x2x]

His card has a lot of quality depth. Might not have the ATG on there largely because of his era, but 26-0 vs champs and always taking on legit guys is really risky.