Floyd Mayweather, Jr Top 5 Greatest Fighters
Posted: 08 Dec 2019, 11:40
Now, on ESPNDeportes and ESPN First Take and other ESPN boxing history-related programs, the great Floyd Mayweather, Jr picked in his view the top 5 greatest boxers ever just like Sugar Ray did his ranking when Ray was asked.
This was Pretty Boy Floyd's perspective and personal opinion list: I am going to start from #5 to #1.
5. Muhammad Ali: Floyd credits Ali for all what he did in boxing. He said that Ali and all the great fighters before him opened the door or paved the way for him. The reason he said that he is better than Ali, (and some people also think like Floyd about that), that Ali took too many shots to the head. That Ali also lost to Ken Norton 3 times, (I thought that I was the only one that thought so), and that he lost to a guy with just 7 fights in Leon Spinks. He credits Ali because he was the first black athlete to stand up for black Americans rights. But, he said that boxing is to hit and don't get hit. And Ali's condition at the time before he died in 2016 was the fact of too many blows.
4. Julio Cesar Chavez: Chavez according to Floyd was something else. A special fighter in his view. He said that Chavez was 80-0 (actually, it was 87-0), before he even got his first loss. All the Mexican people in the audience applauded. Did he mention that to please the Mexicans in the audience? I don't know. But, Chavez won 3 World titles in 3 weight classes. And he beat, according to Floyd, his uncle Roger twice.
3. Pernell Whitaker: Floyd says that not many people gives this great master of boxing much credit. The rule of boxing to him is to hit and don't get hit. And Pernell was one of those great masters at that. Floyd said that he, Whitaker, completely dominated and beat Chavez. And that Sweet Pea was robbed blind. Floyd also mentioned that Whitaker in his prime NEVER LOST A FIGHT. He started losing at the end of his career.
2. Roberto Duran: And the commentators in ESPNDeportes raised eyebrows like always. It looked like they couldn't understand that pick. Floyd said that Roberto was a special fighter that fought from Lightweight to Middleweight and won 5 World championships in 4 different weight classes. A remarkable fighter that in the beginning, he was unstoppable and beat the great Sugar Ray Leonard. Now, the commentators were trying to reason with him that Leonard beat him in the second match in the famous "No Mas". Floyd's answer was that look at the beginning of his career. He jumped 2 weight classes and whupped Leonard. He had underrated boxing skills. After the "No Mas" he redeemed himself winning two more world titles. That's why he said that he, Floyd, is the greatest because he never lost and never made up mistakes.
1 Floyd Mayweather, Jr: If course, in his view, the best ever is him. And many people believe that he really is the best ever, believe it or not. Ironically, Sugar Ray Leonard in his picks, he excluded himself. But Floyd puts himself as THE BEST FIGHTER EVER. Is it humbleness for Leonard? Is it arrogance for Pretty Boy Floyd? You guess. Floyd said that he is the greatest ever because, (not in this order):
1. He never lost a fight.
2. He beat 15 World champions in a shorter amount of time.
3. He was the best fighter for two straight decades (2000s and 2010s)
4. He made the most money. (About almost $900 million dollars in earnings)
5. He sold more PPV sales than any boxer, dead or alive
6. He beat every significant fighter of his era from jr Lightweight to jr Middleweight
7. He was champion for 18 years out of 19 years in the ring. And he was champion in 5 different weight classes.
8. The rule of the game is to hit and don't get hit. He said that he was the best at that and people should recognize him for that. That he took the sport of boxing to another level. And that his mental and physical condition are still intact. And he is rich for life.
Your thoughts in Pretty Boy Floyd's selection?
This was Pretty Boy Floyd's perspective and personal opinion list: I am going to start from #5 to #1.
5. Muhammad Ali: Floyd credits Ali for all what he did in boxing. He said that Ali and all the great fighters before him opened the door or paved the way for him. The reason he said that he is better than Ali, (and some people also think like Floyd about that), that Ali took too many shots to the head. That Ali also lost to Ken Norton 3 times, (I thought that I was the only one that thought so), and that he lost to a guy with just 7 fights in Leon Spinks. He credits Ali because he was the first black athlete to stand up for black Americans rights. But, he said that boxing is to hit and don't get hit. And Ali's condition at the time before he died in 2016 was the fact of too many blows.
4. Julio Cesar Chavez: Chavez according to Floyd was something else. A special fighter in his view. He said that Chavez was 80-0 (actually, it was 87-0), before he even got his first loss. All the Mexican people in the audience applauded. Did he mention that to please the Mexicans in the audience? I don't know. But, Chavez won 3 World titles in 3 weight classes. And he beat, according to Floyd, his uncle Roger twice.
3. Pernell Whitaker: Floyd says that not many people gives this great master of boxing much credit. The rule of boxing to him is to hit and don't get hit. And Pernell was one of those great masters at that. Floyd said that he, Whitaker, completely dominated and beat Chavez. And that Sweet Pea was robbed blind. Floyd also mentioned that Whitaker in his prime NEVER LOST A FIGHT. He started losing at the end of his career.
2. Roberto Duran: And the commentators in ESPNDeportes raised eyebrows like always. It looked like they couldn't understand that pick. Floyd said that Roberto was a special fighter that fought from Lightweight to Middleweight and won 5 World championships in 4 different weight classes. A remarkable fighter that in the beginning, he was unstoppable and beat the great Sugar Ray Leonard. Now, the commentators were trying to reason with him that Leonard beat him in the second match in the famous "No Mas". Floyd's answer was that look at the beginning of his career. He jumped 2 weight classes and whupped Leonard. He had underrated boxing skills. After the "No Mas" he redeemed himself winning two more world titles. That's why he said that he, Floyd, is the greatest because he never lost and never made up mistakes.
1 Floyd Mayweather, Jr: If course, in his view, the best ever is him. And many people believe that he really is the best ever, believe it or not. Ironically, Sugar Ray Leonard in his picks, he excluded himself. But Floyd puts himself as THE BEST FIGHTER EVER. Is it humbleness for Leonard? Is it arrogance for Pretty Boy Floyd? You guess. Floyd said that he is the greatest ever because, (not in this order):
1. He never lost a fight.
2. He beat 15 World champions in a shorter amount of time.
3. He was the best fighter for two straight decades (2000s and 2010s)
4. He made the most money. (About almost $900 million dollars in earnings)
5. He sold more PPV sales than any boxer, dead or alive
6. He beat every significant fighter of his era from jr Lightweight to jr Middleweight
7. He was champion for 18 years out of 19 years in the ring. And he was champion in 5 different weight classes.
8. The rule of the game is to hit and don't get hit. He said that he was the best at that and people should recognize him for that. That he took the sport of boxing to another level. And that his mental and physical condition are still intact. And he is rich for life.
Your thoughts in Pretty Boy Floyd's selection?