Not only did Holyfield have a torn ligament in his shoulder like Mayweather, but he also was fighting against a heart condition on top of that. Now, here is where I am confused. Who did Jose Luis Castillo defeat that made him such a great lightweight? Stevie Johnston? Verdell Smith? Julio Diaz? Joel Casamayor? This is a pretty average list when compared to the all-time great lightweight competition.
Once again, Floyd showed that the lightweight title, like the pound title, only belonged to him because of the weakness of the division. It has been proven with in-depth contextual analysis that Mayweather cannot lay claim to any legitimate titles held in these first two divisions. By all-time great standards? Not even close. Jose Luis Castillo would never have come close to touching the belt in a competitive era.
Mayweather only fought Arturo Gatti at this weight. Gatti is known for being a very exciting fighter, but he is also severely limited at the professional level. Excitement does not make a fighter elite. Every time Gatti fought good competition, he lost. That is clear as day. To this point we have not seen one legitimate championship-caliber opponent defeated by Mayweather.
Here, Mayweather somewhat redeems himself. He easily beat Marquez, although it is important to note the incredible size advantage that Mayweather had, not making weight against a fighter coming up two weight classes.
His win over Ricky Hatton is not as impressive as most think considering Hattons unimpressive opposition, but it is enough to establish a legitimate claim to the title. Finally, after years of dilly-dallying against weak competition Mayweather finally became a legitimate champion in his first weight class.
Oscar was in his last four fights and in actuality when factoring the Sturm robbery. Canelo Alvarez is also not an impressive win for Mayweather yet. Canelo needs to prove himself against an elite fighter in his prime before he can be considered a good win, and he will get his chance against Erislandy Lara.
Mayweather does show legitimacy as a champion with a win over a past his prime but still game Miguel Cotto, however. So Floyd shows that he is a legitimate champion at two weight classes. No more, no less. Mayweather has been the best since , but he is clearly not the all-time great that blind sheep following the herd make him out to be.
Berto could go up to junior middleweight, and still have the same power. Anyone else love the possibility of a fight between him and Miguel Cotto? The great Mexican featherweight should be able to follow in the footsteps of other great lighter weight fighters and dominate in multiple divisions. Montiel has an epic fight awaiting against one of Pacquiao's countrymen, Nonito Donaire. I think Montiel could be successful at both the junior featherweight and featherweight divisions.
In many ways, he's the heir apparent to Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines. You have to wonder if he could move up in weight and dominate like Manny has. My bet? Ward's one of the recent Olympians along with Andre Dirrell and Andre Berto who've carved out pretty successful careers, but he hasn't had as much attention. I think he could do quite well if he ever decided to jump to light heavyweight.
Enjoy our content? The man described by many observers and publications as among the greatest — if not the out-and-out best — pound for pound boxer in the history of the sport is preparing to return to the ring for an exhibition bout against Logan Paul , three years after he last laced up his gloves to take on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, a fight that Mayweather wrapped up in the first round by technical knock-out.
Paul is hardly an experienced boxer, with one fight and one loss to his name. Standing at 1. The year-old five weight class champion measures 1. The bout set the PPV record for a non-heavyweight fight with 1. Mayweather won his first title at super-featherweight , where the upper limit for boxers is pounds Mayweather then moved up another division to light welterweight pounds , working his way past DeMarcus Corley and Henry Bruseles before beating Arturo Gatti inside six rounds to claim the WBC light welterweight championship.
But it was arguably at light middleweight pounds where Mayweather really made his name, beating six-division champion and WBC light-middleweight titleholder Oscar de la Hoya on a split decision and considering retirement after the feat.
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