Mayweather was already an all-time great* before he stepped into the ring with Manny Pacquiao. The Pacquiao win does elevate his standing a little bit more, after all, Pacquiao is still a level above the pack at welterweight, but you have to take into account that Pacquiao was a lot more shopworn at that stage than Mayweather. Aggressive fighters generally have a shorter shelf life than defensive masters like Mayweather, who can go through a whole fight well within their comfort zone, taking very little punishment. Pacquiao had started his decline from around the time of his fight with Antonio Margarito, culminating in him getting knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather had declined too, but not to the same extent, he struggled a bit against Miguel Cotto and Marcos Maidana, but still managed to win those fights clearly enough*To clarify, I don't think Mayweather is a top 5 or even top 10 fighter of all time, he probably lurks around the top 20. There are a fair few other fighters historically whose achievements outstrip those of Mayweather’s. Mayweather has still had an extraordinary career, in the long, long history of the sport, there is only a handful of fighters who have achieved more than him.
Havent seen him box.But lets be realistic; he wont be another Manny.Very few Boxers sons surpass their fathers, the upbringing and drive is different for the son of a multimillionaire going into a brutal sport, they have the name and the money behind them and the genetics - so they have obvious advantages, but they are rarely as good.The exception is Floyd Mayweather Jr - but read into his upbringing and he had a tough, tough time, and Mayweather Sr was never the best fighter.
Overrated & now past his prime. But good maybe even very good in his prime but not great. The one thing I can't stress enough is the quality of opposition has gone way way down in the last 20–30 years. A lot of one belt champions today might not have even broke into the top ten 30 years ago. Everyone talks about how fast Pacquiao is he's not a heavyweight for a lightweight or a welterweight he's about average hand speed maybe a little faster & as far as power he used to have a tremendous punch when he was a featherweight & a pretty good punch at lightweight but at welterweight his record is 12–4 with 2 ko's & he's been knock out once. Now if I was boxing a fighter who was 12- 4 that's a good record I would be living in the gym but with 2 ko's in 16 fights I wouldn't be too concerned with his power. He probably should be fighting at lightweight. A real welterweight will be at least 155 when he enters the ring usually 160. The four fights with Marquez the first three regardless who won we're all close and all went the distance. Look up their records They are similar they both have 55-60 wins around 7 losses Pacquiao I believe has 39 ko's & Marquez has 40 ko's Marquez has never been knocked out Pacquiao has been knocked out three times once by Marquez. Ok their fourth fight I consider all their fights one big long fight and Pacquiao got knocked out in the 42nd round that's the way I look at it. So why is Pacquiao much more popular to the average fan. He's not slow he's always coming forward always throwing punches and he's a southpaw. But for me to take Pacquiao series his next fight needs to be either Keith Thurman, Terence Crawford or Errol Spence
What time is the boxing between joe calzhagi and roy jones jr and what channle?
9PM Eastern Time and 6PM Pacific Time in the US on the 8th November. You can watch it online wherever you are in the world in a few clicks at watchliveboxing.com. I've been using them since the Hatton Mayweather fight and I highly recommend them.
Wilder would win fairly easily and probably by KO. The weight disparity is too much to overcome. Mayweather is by far the more skilled fighter but even skill (and speed) can only carry you so far when moving up in weight. Mayweather fought mostly between 147 and 154, having originally come from, I think, 135. I would guess most heavyweights are 220–240 lbs. although the min is 200.In recent times Roy Jones Jr. was a very popular and successful boxer who went up to heavyweight, mostly just as a media stunt. He fought most of his career at super middleweight 160 lbs then later moved up to light heavyweight. For his heavyweight fight against John Ruiz he weighed 193 and Ruiz 226. Roy Jones won the fight but keep in mind he had already been fighting at ligh heavyweight which has a limit up to 178 lbs. Also, not to take anything away from John Ruiz, but he was hand picked for Roy Jones. He wasn’t one of the bigger and more dominant heavyweights, he was slow, and known to take a punch (not much defense). Roy Jones was able to hit and not be hit.Now, the boxer that has moved up the most weight classes and still been able to compete at the highest level, winning belts and taking out former champions, is Many Pacquiao. In my opinion. He started at flyweight and has passed through numerous divisions all the way to middleweight I believe.
Mayweather lost rounds in most of his major fights. Even by the judges' standards, and they usually gave him a lot more credit than I would. I thought he pretty clearly lost five rounds in a row to Connor McGregor, for starters. I thought Maidana pretty clearly beat him in their first fight and won a handful of rounds in the second, as well. Pacquiao won a handful, as well. In fairness, I really only started scoring his fights regularly in approximately 2009, so my context on this isn't complete, but off the top of my head I can't think of any 120-108 type fights. He dominated Shane Mosley pretty comprehensively overall, but got hurt in the second round and clearly lost that one. Robert Guerrero never seemed like a threat to win, but even he won at least a few rounds, I think.Mayweather tended to give away the 11th and/or 12th when he thought he was well ahead, in addition to rounds the other guy otherwise won.I don't remember my exact scores without looking, but the only two fights that I can recall off the top of my head where he potentially won every round as I remember them, would be Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto. Although I have the sneaking feeling Berto may have won a couple himself. And I'm not certain he didn't give away a round or two late in those fights.Mayweather's defense allowed him to create a stalemate, more or less, whenever he wanted to, which impressed the judges enough that he could win those rounds with very little additional effort most of the time- often legitimately, occasionally not. But he was never special in terms of dominating rounds and doing so on a consistent basis. If you are looking for fighters who barely lost rounds at all at their peak, you would be better-served to check out the Klitschko brothers.
Who is better at boxing Muhammad Ali or Floyd Mayweather?
At boxing, hands down, Muhammad Ali, INDEED the Greatest. In his younger days, no other boxer had his hand speed or foot work. NO ONE in boxing did. In his later years, he adapted and used his footwork to stay just out of range of the punches, causing his opponents to reach and fall victim to his superb counter-punches that came from unexpected angles, or he worked angles before it was even fashionable, and his lightning quick jabs that had two effects, stung (like a bee) his opponents or caused them to swell and were cumulative in their effect to wear them down. Even when he was against the ropes, his defenses were superior to the "great" boxers of his era. He took on all of the hardest punchers unlike Fraud Marybedwetter who cherry-picked his opponents, and was whupped by several boxers who were cheated out of the wins: Shane Mosely, DeMarcus Corey, Marcos Maidana and Juan Manuel Marquez. An argument can be made that Cotto and Manny Pacquiao tied or edged him out on points but were cheated by the crooked paid-off judges; even the TV commentators were outraged. Fraud Marybedwetter also fought boxers coming off layoffs for serious injuries and those looking for a hefty retirement payday. And it's a shame, really, since he is naturally gifted, talented and skilled but he simply lacks the cojones to be considered among the very elite best. Muhammad Ali stands alone as the very GREATEST of all.