Many sports and boxing publications have considered Floyd Mayweather, Jr to be the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world, however, The Ring Magazine previously rated him as the number two pound-for-pound boxer in the world behind Manny Pacquiao, and has since been removed from their rankings as well as most others due to inactivity. Few years back he defeated great fighters like De Marcus Corley, Diego Corrales, Jesus Chavez, Jose Luis Castillo, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Shane Mosley.
There are 3 reasons why Floyd Mayweather, Jr will not be considered one of the greatest fighter of all time.
1.) To be the best, you need to fight the best. Floyd Mayweather, Jr surely is a good fighter but not great enough to qualify as one of the greatest. He did beat excellent fighters early in his career, but those fighters he beat were rather on their downhill slope or opponents that were not A+ fighters and seemingly choosing fighters he knew he could beat basing on their styles.
2.) A True champion and a great fighter must never make excuses to fight. In boxing, we all know that great boxers fight anybody regardless of their size. Muhammad Ali did it when he fought Sonny Liston, Sugar Ray Leonard bravely fought Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Evander Holyfield fought courageously beating fighters 10-15pounds over his weight, Sugar Ray Robinson did the same. Floyd Mayweather's excuse not to fight Manny Pacquiao is just a plain cowardly behavior using lame tactic allegation of Manny Pacquiao taking performance enhancing drugs-steroids. The olympic style drug testing is just another reason to duck Manny Pacquiao. Does Floyd Mayweather think he can just revise the Nevada State Athletic Commission rules in boxing just like that? One rule to change such policy must be applied to all fighters and not just to Manny Pacquiao. Come on Floyd, Is Manny Pacquiao such a big mighty boxer that must be feared in the ring. Give me a break! Manny Pacquiao is a blown up 118 lb welterweight. You are naturally a much bigger fighter than him.
3.) Muhammad Ali talks smack a lot off the ring and in the ring. The difference between Muhammad Ali's talkativeness compared to Floyd Mayweather's nagging-is the oral defamation content of his words. His loud mouth lead him to Manny Pacquiao's law suit against him for slander. Wikepedia stated, "On September 9, 2010, it was reported that Mayweather was being sought by police for questioning after his former girlfriend, Josie Harris, filed a domestic battery report against him. Harris has accused Mayweather of battery in the past, but those charges were later dropped in July 2005 after Harris testified that she had lied and that Mayweather had not, in fact, assaulted her. Mayweather was taken into custody on September 10, 2010, but was released after posting $3000 bail. Initially, Mayweather was charged with felony theft stemming from the disappearance of Harris's iPhone, but on September 16, 2010, two felony coercion charges and one felony robbery charge were added to the case, along with one misdemeanor domestic battery charge and three misdemeanor harassment charges. If convicted of all charges, Mayweather could face up to 34 years in prison".
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