Looking back on Floyd Mayweather's career.....who was the best fighter that he beat?

[Newzz]

Floyd Mayweather has 45 names on his resume. 45 have tried and 45 have failed....he's 46-0 and looks to be getting very close to that 50-0 mark


Thinking about his resume and all his accomplishments which, in my mind, make him the best fighter of the last 25 years, who would you say was the best single fighter that he beat? The 1 definite fighter that would beat any of Floyd's other opponents in a boxing match at an equal/close weight class (130 vs 135, 135 vs 140, 140 vs 147, and 147 vs 154). The catch is, each fighter is at the same age/prime they were when Floyd fought them....not at their individual best, just where they were in their careers when Floyd fought them.


His most notable opponents by weight class:


130: Genaro Hernandez, Angel Manfredy, & Diego Corrales

135: Emmanuel Augustus, Jose Luis Castillo, & Phillip N'Dou

140: Demarcus Corley & Arturo Gatti

147: Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Carlos Baldomir, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz, Robert Guerrero, & Marcos Maidana

154: Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, & Canelo Alvarez




I would say the best opponent he faced from 130-135 is Diego Corrales, from 135-140 is Jose Luis Castillo, from 140-147 is kinda tough.....Ima go with Zab Judah, and from 147-154 Im going with Oscar De La Hoya

 

[BuyandSave]

Floyd Mayweather has 45 names on his resume. 45 have tried and 45 have failed....he's 46-0 and looks to be getting very close to that 50-0 mark


Thinking about his resume and all his accomplishments which, in my mind, make him the best fighter of the last 25 years, who would you say was the best single fighter that he beat? The 1 definite fighter that would beat any of Floyd's other opponents in a boxing match at an equal/close weight class (130 vs 135, 135 vs 140, 140 vs 147, and 147 vs 154)


His most notable opponents by weight class:


130: Genaro Hernandez, Angel Manfredy, & Diego Corrales

135: Emmanuel Augustus, Jose Luis Castillo, & Phillip N'Dou

140: Demarcus Corley & Arturo Gatti

147: Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Carlos Baldomir, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz, Robert Guerrero, & Marcos Maidana

154: Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, & Canelo Alvarez




I would say the best opponent he faced from 130-135 is Diego Corrales, from 135-140 is Jose Luis Castillo, from 140-147 is kinda tough.....Ima go with Zab Judah, and from 147-154 Im going with Oscar De La Hoya

Zab Judah over Shane Mosley?

 

[Newzz]

Zab Judah over Shane Mosley?

I would take the Judah that Floyd fought to win over the Mosley that Floyd fought....yes.

 

[BuyandSave]

I would take the Judah that Floyd fought to win over the Mosley that Floyd fought....yes.

I don't agree but I see where you're coming from.

 

[Newzz]

I don't agree but I see where you're coming from.

It's a tough decision....Im not sure my damn self

 

[BuyandSave]

It's a tough decision....Im not sure my damn self

I agree with the rest of your list but I just can't put Judah over Mosley. Even though the Mosley that Floyd fought was over the hill he was still coming off of dismantling Margarito and was a much better technical boxer than Zab (even in his prime). Like I said, I see where you're coming from because of how Judah was lighting Mayweather up for the first couple of rounds but I honestly feel like even a 38 year old Shane would have been able to knock him out in the later rounds. That's not to say it wouldn't be a close fight.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

If we talking about boxers in their prime and the significance of the bouts than it's...

Corrales
Castillo
Hatton
Canelo
Dela Hoya
Mosley
Judah

In that order too.

Most of those dudes were in their prime or close enough to it. If they were a lil past it (Oscar and Shane) they were still serviceable and decent threats. All those fighters are also HOFer's are at least borderline (Judah, Canelo still young) Also most of those fights took place at weights were the opponents was at least decent at.

I feel these are the victories you really can't throw shade at even though some haters will. Yeah you can nitpick them (anybody's record can be nit picked), but they were still legit good wins.

Just my opinion though.

 

[patscorpio]

in terms of their status at the time of the fight...diego corrales no question for me...this is a flawless fight in every sense of the word against a very dangerous prime fighter

 

[Mook]

Marcos and you know it

 

[Newzz]

Marcos and you know it

 

[THE MACHINE]

Great thread. Im gonna go with

Corrales
Castillo
Canelo (13 years older and 18 lbs lighter, I think this performance will look better with each Canelo fight)
Hatton
Cotto
De la Hoya
JMM (coming off the long layoff to pitch a shutout)
Mosley

 

[H.I.M.]

DLH

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Mosley wasnt prime but he got the closest.

As his career progress...the win over CANELO will become his greatest.

 

[Tide Run This]

Prime Chico

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Corrales, Canelo and Oscar
beat the fukk out of Diego
Gave Canelo a 1st week in camp boxing lesson
Went up to 154 to educate DLH