Re: A Conversation About Mayweathers Career
His ring presence was so incredibly natural to him, And it was only in a few of his fights where he looked a little on edge and uncomfortable in there, Mainly just Castillo. The 1/2 of his career was greatness, but he ended it weak and therefore I think its the second 1/2 of his career that hurts his h2h status when comparing him to other ATGs that pushed themselves to the max. If he would have taken Cotto/Margo/Williams to school...Then yeah I would have said oh Yeah maybe he does school Trinidad/DLH/Quartey in a prime to prime sense. But he didn't, and the fact that he showed some vulnerabilities and his neglect to push his career to the max just doesn't do it for me. As far as Floyd vs Tito/Oscar/Quartey....I don't favor him against any...He'd put up a great fight but I just don't think he'd win. He had amazing talent/still has amazing talent....But he didn't close his career, I mean the guy didn't have the best level of opposition around him AND HE STILL chose to take the path of least resistance. That kinda shit hurts his legacy. It's frusterating because I loved watching the guy fight but his decisions annoyed me. Tell me one true highly ranked ATG fighter that hand picked every opponent the way he did, so cautiously and carefully making sure that the best possible outcome would occur?...None!!!! He didn't represent the lb 4 lb #1 position very well IMO. He is really a super great and talented fighter though.
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