Its hard to compare Floyd Mayweather to the earlier great welterweights because he doesnt fight as often and nor does he fight 15 rounds. Its unreasonable to consider him the greatest welterweight of his own era because he didnt fight the greats of his era in their primes. He ducked Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Moseley in their prime, and Vernon Forrest, who would have destroyed him, died in his prime and Pernell Whitaker and Chavez were too old to fight him, but he wouldnt have beaten either of them in their prime. He is still running from Pacquiao for some odd reason. He definitely is not the greatest Pound for Pound of all time because hes not even the greatest of his era. B Hop, Andre Ward, Roy Jones, Joe Calzaghe, and James Toney were/are far better boxers in their prime. He is definitely a Hall of Famer and he is ONE of the greatest, but he has ducked far to many fighters to be considered THE greatest.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 21:03:31 +0000
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