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Originally Posted by mh2365
The thing is all those fighters from the 80's that some are in love with would be no different now. I seriously doubt you would see too many SRL's vs. Hearns these days. They had to fight to get the $$$ back then ... now SRL could fight Bruce Finch on Showtime for 4 mil .....
They would be exactly the same as PBF, getting to this status and then picking and choosing. Plus people act like ODLH and Hatton are chopped liver. Of course those same people were predicting PBF to lose both of those fights.
The haters always say he never fought the top fighters at JWW .... well he just did and destroyed him ... but then they claim he was picking on a smaller fighter. Those who hate will never see him as an all-time great ... which he most certainly is.
The only type of fighter who has ever given him problems is a swarmer ... Duran would have beaten him ... SRL would have been tailor made for PBF.
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Ray was tailor made for Floyd, how so? Wouldn't it be more of a case where neither guy had fought anyone like that before? Who did Floyd beat who was anywhere close to Ray @ his prime? I think Floyd is better but when Ray beat Benetiz to win the WBC WW crown, Wilfred's maybe a poor man's version of Floyd. Coming into that fight, Wilfred was 38-0-1. Ray also provided a 32-0 Hearns with his 1st loss & Ayub Kalule was 36-0 before Ray went up to 154 to get his WBA belt before fighting Tommy.
You were right about Oscar but was that a prime Oscar? Also, has Hatton ever looked good @ 147? Some think he lost to Collazo. Do you mean Hatton as the top JWW he beat?
Floyd's best & most impressive win to me was destroying the 33-0 Diego but that was @ 130. Maybe Floyd is a better P4P fighter but if they fought @ Ray's best weight (147), I just think Ray would have been too strong for Floyd but we'll never know & debates like this are fun!