No it's not. He was the smaller man or came up in weight to fight: Castillo (twice), Corley (an exhibition really,a good fighter but a journeyman), Baldomir, and De La Hoya.
By your math, you now have to find 12 smaller fighters. I'll spot you two: Hatton and Marquez.
Didn't say 3 smaller, said 3 which weren't not the most competitive fights available...again Dude, and we can go back and forth all day, in the here and now (I would say 2006 to present as an estimate), Floyd has ducked MOST of the real challenges in the weight classes he was a part of. He would use the politics of the sport to his advantage, i.e. who had belts at the time, etc. to qualify his penchant for doing so. Honestly, I have no respect for this multiple weight class title bullshit as a definition of ones true accomplishments, thats why if you notice, I never mentions the contention that Pac has won in 7 classes. Too many belts, to saturated. Every fighter has some touches and
some hard fights, my point is, lately, Floyd has done his best to tap dance around the best challenges out there, using contradictory logic to qualify his reasoning why, and I as a true boxing fan, need to speak to that shit.
Ultimately, as a fan spending their money, I don't give a fuck about the business of boxing, who is the bigger draw, etc. and due to the fact that we are talking about Floyd, he is the focus of this discussion, but honestly, that is a global problem in the sport in general. No body is fighting the best competition out there, everyone has a reason, and I aint about to knock their hustle. Anybody has the right to make as much money with as little resistance as possible. But unlike most of you, I am not going to sit here and glorify Floyd as an all time great and shit, when when you cut to the chase he has not fought the level of competition throughout his career to warrant being mentioned in the same breath as the Robinsons, Leonards, Haglers, etc. The fact that he sincerely believes he should be bothers me.
In addition, I don't feel, Oscar, Pac, Mosley, etc. should be mentioned in the same breath as those guys either. I just want best fighters to fight the best fighters...
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