Floyd mayweather where do you rank him all time?

[boxingfan30]

Just noticed this thread. Floyd is great despite his attempts to keep his perfect record even at the expense of dodging opponents. He dodged Manny even though I am confident he would beat him. As far as all-time greats are concerned, it begins and ends with "Sugar" Ray Robinson. I have never heard any intelligent debate to the contrary. He is as clear-cut as the greatest of all time (GOAT) as Gretzky is in hockey, Rice as a wide-receiver, and Aleksandr Karelin as a wrestler.

I'm not much on that GOAT stuff. I think that SRR is of course the GOAT and everyone else has to follow him. The sport is different now. PED's or just standard supplements, better science, better training, etc. I have no doubt that Floyd would have given manny a boxing lesson he would still be trying to figure out. To his credit, Floyd did make pretty much every attempt back in 2009 to make the fight, but manny wouldn't agree to a cut off date. After that, they didn't want to agree to any tests. Interesting now that he is fighting Brandon Rios he now wants random testing though isn't it?

As far as style and ability, Floyd would be up there pretty high with the ATG's IMO.

[basketballfan22]

I'm not much on that GOAT stuff. I think that SRR is of course the GOAT and everyone else has to follow him. The sport is different now. PED's or just standard supplements, better science, better training, etc. I have no doubt that Floyd would have given manny a boxing lesson he would still be trying to figure out. To his credit, Floyd did make pretty much every attempt back in 2009 to make the fight, but manny wouldn't agree to a cut off date. After that, they didn't want to agree to any tests. Interesting now that he is fighting Brandon Rios he now wants random testing though isn't it?

As far as style and ability, Floyd would be up there pretty high with the ATG's IMO.

It is definitely a different era, but I have always enjoyed discussing debates about GOAT despite the MANY flaws. I would have Floyd in the top 20 for sure. I haven't analyzed it enough to get more specific than that. Manny was willing to test towards the end, but he refused to be tested within a week of the fight. I wasn't aware of the random testing with Rios though. That is very interesting.

[boxingfan30]

It is definitely a different era, but I have always enjoyed discussing debates about GOAT despite the MANY flaws. I would have Floyd in the top 20 for sure. I haven't analyzed it enough to get more specific than that. Manny was willing to test towards the end, but he refused to be tested within a week of the fight. I wasn't aware of the random testing with Rios though. That is very interesting.

and guess which agency is doing that testing? Yep, USADA, the same as Floyd.