By Jonathan Bail:
Mayweather-Mosley on cards
I’m a person who has a love boxing and i’m on the internet almost everyday checking out various boxing websites for the latest fight news.
But I come across a lot of biased opinions or people that have not got a clue about the sport. Yes, ok everyone is entitled to their own opinion and has their own favourite fighters but this Mayweather-Pacquiao saga will not go away, I agree Pacquiao is an exciting fighter and has been sensational the last 3 years but lets be real in terms of being great. I see a lot of people saying Pacquiao is the better fighter and has the better record, whoever says this really needs their head examining and here’s why:
Floyd Mayweather 40-0 (25 KO’s)
Floyd is a 6 time world champion in 5 weight classes and is still undefeated. He was ring magazine’s number one P4P fighter from July 2005 to June 2008. He was also named ring fighter of the year in 1998 and 2007.
He has victories over an abundance of excellent fighters that include:
1996: First professional bout against Roberto Apodaca who he knocked out in the 2nd round.
1999: Mayweather won the WBC Junior Lightweight championship against Genaro Hernandez who had never been beaten at this particular weight. His corner stopped the bout after round 8.
2001: Mayweather fought Diego Corrales, at the time Corrales had never been defeated or even knocked down. Mayweather won every round and knocked Corrales down 5 times and Corrales’ corner stopped the fight.
2002: Mayweather stepped up to lightweight and faced Jose Luis Castillo twice for the WBC and Ring Lightweight belts. Mayweather won both bouts and on the night of the second bout Castillo outweighed Mayweather by 9 pounds. Castillo weighed 147 and Mayweather weighed 138 (for those who say he only fights smaller fighters).
2004: Mayweather moved up to Junior Welterweight and fought DeMarcus Corley. He knocked Corley down in rounds 8 and 10 but won the bout by UD.
2005: Mayweather fought the great Arturo Gatti for the WBC Super Lightweight title. Floyd landed with almose every big shot he threw in a total dominance of Gatti and Gatti’s corner stopped the bout after round 6. Giving Mayweather a 3rd world title.
2005: Floyd went on to fight Sharmba Mitchell at 147 in a none title bout which ended in round 6 after a straight right to the body.
2006: Mayweather fought Zab Judah for the IBF and IBO world welterweight titles. Mayweather won by UD with the official scorecards of 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109.
2006: Up next was WBC and the Ring welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir who was totally dominated and Floyd won by UD.
2007: Mayweather stepped up to face Oscar De La Hoya for the WBC Super Welterweight title which required Floyd to step up from 147 to 154lbs. Mayweather won by split decision.
2007: He fought the undefeated Ricky Hatton and defended his WBC Welterweight belt totally dominating Hatton and eventually getting him out of there in round 10.
2009: He came out of retirement to face the excellent Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in a totally outstanding performance between 2 world class fighters, but Floyd made Marquez look like an amateur.
2010: Mayweather-Mosley is scheduled to happen on May 1st in a much anticipated bout for Mosley’s welterweight title.
People might say this is a very biased article but if you look at it in boxing terms and fighting the best you’ll see that Floyd’s record is nothing short of excellent which started all the way back in 1996. 13 years later he’s still at the top.
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