We have already been over the Cheeto "prime Cotto" shyt before. Manny ducked the test in 2010 the fight would have went down Floyd would have wrecked him in a once sided ass kicking then hed be bushes status. Floyd been called out Kosta a bunch of times and Paul couldn't get his shyt right at the right time to make the fight happen but he would have caugh the L too.
None of this is true breh
Pacquiao ducked the test in 2010? Floyd RETIRED in 2007 and didnt come back to September 2009. He could've fought Manny in 2008 after Manny beat ODLH. Hypothetically saying Floyd would win means nothing when they've been fighting in the same division since 2008 and it hasnt been proven that Floyd could actually beat him yet, because he hasnt gotten into the ring with him where hypotheticals go out the window. Hypothetically, Mike Tyson could beat Buster Douglas
As far as everyone else goes, like I posted last year in here:
Floyd Mayweather could've fought Joel Casamayor and Acelino Freitas. They were both undefeated champions with him, in the same division for 3 years. Could you imagine Floyds resume if he unifies 130 and beats 3 undefeated titlist in the division. Im not saying he DUCKED them but he did MISS them and the fights wouldve have enhanced him.
Ok go to 135 and Floyd goes through a slight rough patch in his career. He fought the beast in Castillo twice. I watched boxing at this time, Im not researching it. When you lived through something you get a different grasp on it. Stevie Johnston was the #1 contender to the WBC belt. He had fought in 12 WBC title fights. People call Castillo the beast of the time but in reality when Castillo beat Johnston by razor close decision it was the upset of the year, thats how highly regarded Johnston was. They fought a rematch and Johnston was declared the winner. Only to find out later the judges added the scorecards incorrectly and the fight was ruled a draw. So in two fights against Castillo, Johnston had performed on par with Floyd.
After Floyd beat Castillo in their rematch a fight with Johnston loomed. But it wasnt made. Johnston was forced to fight an eliminator against Juan Lascano about a year later, lost and never got the shot. Meanwhile Floyd fought Victor Sosa and Phillip Ndou. Again Im not saying he DUCKED Johnston, but he missed him and that fight couldve been made. Johnston I believe was with Top Rank or had a good relationship with them because he fought plenty of their fighters. Stevie Johnston was a bad dude and everybody knew it. Again its convenient to say ,yeah but Floyd beats him anyway but Im not one to suggest that everytime a guy doesnt fight somebody.
Next up we have 140. Floyd fought two eliminators at 140 in order to fight for the WBC belt that Arturo Gatti had. He was the big dog at the time. I suppose he could have angled to go after the best fighter in the division which was Kostya Tszyu. The fight was never made. Tszyu is regarded as the best 140 pounder of this era, how is that not legacy defining. He was also the unified and RING magazine champion.
Now we go to 147. You talk about Paul Williams. You dont even get the science behind certain things. They said Floyd wanted no part of Margarito and he was offered 8 million to prove it. Instead he fought Baldomir which was understandable because he was the RING champ. But Paul Williams instead fought Margarito. Youre NOT following me, so let me help. Williams and Floyd are under the same management. Williams beating Margarito in a sense takes an opponent away from Floyd. Brilliant move. More knowledge for you. Floyd, Vernon Forest and Andre Berto are all under the same management. Did you know that Berto fought for Floyds vacant belt at 147 and Forest fought for Floyds vacant belt at 154. Look it up bro.
Im trying to give you insight on the maneuvering. So at 147 we have Margarito who stormed back into contention, Williams who was a monster and destroyed Quitana in the rematch, Cotto was a huge draw on the east coast and he had just beat two well known black fighters in Mosley and Judah. Remember Floyd has never done his thing in the Garden.
You take those guys plus Pacquiao and you have roughly 10 fighters that Floyd couldve fought and it would have enhanced his legacy. What did I say wrong? It doesnt mean hes not great because he is. It just means that he made several business decisions instead of legacy decisions. But you have to take into consideration that some of the legacy defining fights, also make BIG business sense.
Every fighter I named was IN the same division at the same time for an extended period of time that Floyd was. I know that everything is not his fault. But when you have that many fights NOT happen, it does raise an eyebrow.
All facts breh. All fighters he could've fought that would've upped his resume. All fighters he ducked/dodged/missed/manuevered around or whatever you wanna call it. Bottomline, he's never stepped foot in the ring with ANY of those fighters and those are fighters that he would have gotten props for.
Prime Joel Casamoyer, Acelino Freitas, Stevie Johnston, Kostya Tszyu, Antonio Margarito, Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao....that's 8 prime fighters, all in Floyd's division at 1 time or another, all highly regarded at the time the fights were talked about, and all 8 were missed
then mentions Ray Robinson who fought 200 professional fights.. and nikkas like Ali and Leonard who fought all the greats of their era's...
FLOYDS THE ONE WHO SAID IT.... I just repeated it. Dont get mad at me for taking your idols logic and throwing it back.. In fact, whether or not Ali fought a couple tuneups before he fought Frazier or not still doesn't change how stupid Floyd sounds for comparing his fight vs Marquez to Ali fight vs Frazier.
