By Anthony Mason: A long time ago, I made an article explaining why Floyd Mayweather is not a top 45 pound for pound boxer of all time, but I made a big mistake. I forgot to mention several other fighters better than him, making Floyd actually outside of the top 60 greatest pound for pound boxers.
Let me just start off by saying that Mayweather is definitely a very skillful boxer, and he has accomplished some big things for the standards of his era. His defense is masterful, his counter-punching and timing are incredible, and his ability to adjust is remarkable.
That being said, professional boxing has been around for over 100 years and has a very, very rich and deep history. Some are going to wrongly assume that ranking Mayweather in “only” the top 65 or 70 of all time is an insult, when it is in fact a huge compliment. To be one of the top 65 or 70 of all time in a sport with so much history and so many great fighters is nothing to be ashamed about. At the same time, the good but far from great accomplishments of someone like Mayweather cannot be blown out of proportion and placed ahead of the truly great. The ones who have already been there and done that have earned their spot in the top 60, and Mayweather will remain behind them barring some incredibly unbelievable accomplishments in his last few fights.
Before we shed light on the career of Floyd Mayweather, let’s take a look at what the experts say about him. You can try and disagree with me, but these guys are the most knowledgeable.
1) “Floyd Mayweather would have been ordinary in my era”
Roberto Duran
2) “(Floyd) still hasn’t fought, defeated the really quality, elite welterweights of his era. Let alone talk about being the greatest of all time.”
Emanuel Steward
Steward specifically mentioned Mosley and Cotto with regards to the top welterweights of his era. It was only after Mosley had nearly reached 40 and after Cotto was past his prime that Mayweather fought them.
3) “Floyd ain’t no gangster like he thinks he is.”
Bernard Hopkins
Notice how before the great Bernard Hopkins was heavily involved with Golden Boy and promoting Floyd’s fights, he had this to say about Mayweather. It was only after being majorly involved promoting with Golden Boy that Hopkins praised Floyd’s accomplishments. That’s obviously just to sell tickets, since Hopkins already said what was initially on his mind.
4) “I’m so impressed with (Floyd), not by who he fights, it’s how he prepares himself.”
Sugar Ray Leonard
5) “(Floyd) is able to win his fights because I don’t think the status of fighters is as great as they were years ago.”
Marvin Hagler
6) “Boxing has gotten soft. If you put Floyd Mayweather in my era, I know a number of guys that were in my weight division that would beat him.”
Terry Norris
Some names that come to mind include Julian Jackson, Mike McCallum, and Terry Norris himself.
7) “(Floyd’s) at the right time because there’s nobody out there.”
Marvin Hagler
8) “Show me an undefeated fighter and I’ll show a guy who’s never fought anybody.”
Whitey Bimstein – an all-time great trainer involved in the careers of Tunney, Dempsey, Greb, Barney Ross, Fritzie Zivic, Benny Leonard, and more.
Clearly a 46-0 record by itself doesn’t mean much. Before we look at the “great” career of Mayweather, there’s a few more important points that need to be addressed.
1. Mayweather’s Undefeated Record and Longevity
This is not impressive by all-time standards. Floyd has only fought 46 times in 18 years with a nearly two-year vacation – only 2.5 times a year. With so much inactivity, one would at the very least expect Floyd to be undefeated regardless of age, especially with his quality of opponents. As we will soon see, the quality of these 46 fighters is not very high relatively speaking. Even Brian Nielsen was 49-0 at one point. Records by themselves do not mean much.
2. Floyd’s Status as a 5-Division Championship
In boxing today, there are 17 weight classes and over 70 available belts, compared to the original 8 classes and 8 titles. The fact that someone like Adrien Broner is considered a 3-division “world champion” is a testament to how meaningless it is to hold belts in multiple divisions. Broner has won belts in more classes than Bernard Hopkins, but does that make him a greater boxer? Absolutely not. Floyd’s 5-division championship status does not propel him amongst the best. It’s not about the number of wins or number of belts, it’s the quality of your victories, which will soon be analyzed for Floyd.
3. Floyd Is Not the Greatest Defensive Boxer of All Time
It is difficult to assess Mayweather’s skill defensively, when compared to all-time greats, since he has never fought upper-echelon competition. By the modern standards they may be elite, but that is not the case for all-time standards. The fact that he in actuality lost to Castillo and struggled badly against Maidana, who his own uncle stated was a low-quality opponent, brings serious doubt to this claim. It’s very hard to place him in the realm of Pep, Whitaker, Locche, or even a peak and focused Benitez. Then you also have guys like Charley Burley and Holman Williams.
4. Floyd Is One of the Biggest PPV Stars in the Sport’s History
This is a testament to Floyd’s greatness as a businessman, not a testament to his accomplishments in the ring. Anything outside of boxing itself does not add to your accomplishments as a boxer.
5. All Great Fighters in History Have Lost, but Floyd Has Not
Exactly. The greatest fighters fought some of the highest quality of competition in or near their primes, something the likes of Marciano and Mayweather cannot say, so it’s natural that they would have losses. This goes back to the first point. Floyd has the benefit of never being tested by high-quality and prime opponents like Frazier, Lamotta, Saddler, Walcott, Holman, Marshall, Chase, etc. so the fact that other great fighters have lost does not make Floyd anything special. It makes him different, but not in a good way. Ricardo Lopez also retired undefeated in 52 fights – more fights than Floyd – but most would not rank him higher than Mayweather. As always, records do not indicate greatness by themselves.
6. Floyd has the Best Plus-Minus Ratio in Compubox History
Compubox is a very recent invention, and has multiple flaws. One can look at Holyfield vs. Bowe 2, a fight that Holyfield clearly won despite punch stats favoring Bowe. Compubox never tells the effectiveness of shots, and can easily count glancing shots as power punches. Compubox is very unreliable and, combined with Floyd’s dearth of quality opponents, proves very little.
7. Floyd Has Beaten X Amount of “World Champions” and Hall of Famers
This goes back to Mayweather being a 5-Divison belt holder. With 17 weight classes and over 70 belts, weak competition such as Ortiz, Broner, Guerero, Bika, and more are able to pick one up and proclaim themselves as a “world champion.” With regards to Hall of Famers, Mayweather himself has stated that Arturo Gatti is a C-level fighter. On top of that, we have to see if these other Hall of Fame opponents were still at a Hall of Fame level by the time they got to Floyd.
8. Floyd’s Opponents Were Ranked on the Pound-For-Pound List at the Time
That does not mean much, because the rankings are very subjective. Diego Corrales and Naseem Hamed at one point were ranked ahead of Lennox Lewis and Bernard Hopkins, even though that is far from the truth.
9. It’s Not Mayweather’s Fault if He Fights in a Less Competitive Era
That is true. But since it is true, Mayweather does not deserve extra credit or praise for benefiting from a weak era. You cannot blame him for being in this era, but you cannot reward him for it either.
10. Today’s Boxers Are Not Superior to the Old School
“I picked up a little bit from them, each one, and made Sugar Ray Leonard… I’ve learned so much from the old fighters, and owe them a great deal of gratitude.”
Sugar Ray Leonard
There is a huge misconception that today’s boxers are more advanced and athletic. That topic is too long to be addressed here, so feel free to see on this topic when you have time.
Now, let us take a look at “all-time great” career of the so-called Best Ever, Floyd Mayweather.
1) Genaro Hernandez – Never beat an elite fighter in their prime. Only a champion due to the weakness of the division. His only “notable” win was an almost 40 year old Azumah Nelson who never won another fight in his career.
2) Diego Corrales – Never fought one elite fighter in their prime outside of Mayweather. Beating someone who got dominated by Clottey and Casamayor is not impressive by all-time standards. The fact that the 2000 pound for pound rankings ranked Corrales ahead of Hopkins and Lennox on the basis of beating weak competition like Juuko and Manfredy shows the farcical status of the ranking system. If Mayweather is special for beating Corrales, then so are Casamayor, Clottey, and Casamayor. Obviously that is not true.
3) Jose Luis Castillo – A solid fighter, but far from someone that stands out on an all-time great career. His biggest wins were the likes of Corrales and Casamayor.
Despite his relatively ordinary status, he was able to clearly defeat Mayweather in the first fight only to get robbed. Mayweather is the only elite fighter to ever lose to Castillo – not a very good distinction. No excuses can be made about Mayweather’s shoulder. Evander Holyfield fought to a disputed decision loss against Michael Moorer with a torn rotator cuff, and Moorer was a far greater boxer than Castillo. On top of the torn rotator cuff, Holyfield was battling a serious heart condition at the same time. If he arguably won his fight with Moorer under those conditions, there is no excuse for Floyd’s close but clear loss to Castillo.
4) Arturo Gatti – Mayweather specifically referred to Gatti as a paper champion and a C-class boxer. He himself knows this is not an impressive win, and it is obvious this does not propel him amongst the greats. Gatti being a Hall of Famer is irrelevant, because that does not indicate the quality of a victory. Considering that this C-class paper champion was Mayweather’s only title fight at 140, it lays serious doubt to his claim at being a legitimate 140 lb champion as well as his 5-division “champion” status.
5) Zab Judah – Judah has lost in literally almost every meaningful fight he ever had, such as Spinks, Baldomir, Tzyu, Cotto, and Clottey. This victory is far from impressive. He may have been an undisputed champion, but he never beat an elite fighter to obtain that title.
6) Carlos Baldomir – Baldomir has never beaten an elite boxer in his career. He may have held a belt, but by all-time standards that does not account for much. This victory does not make Mayweather special. Baldomir may have been undefeated for several years, but he also did not fight any high-quality opponents (by all-time standards) in that time span, including Judah and Gatti.
7) Oscar De La Hoya – In his last 4 fights prior to Mayweather, De La Hoya was 2-2. In actuality, he was 1-3 when factoring his gift decision over Sturm, his lone victory being the consistently inconsistent Ricardo Mayorga. Oscar was completely past his best and lends little credibility to this victory when compared to all-time standards. He may be a Hall of Fame fighter, but he definitely wasn’t at that level when he got to Mayweather.
8) Ricky Hatton – His best wins are Kosta Tzyu, who did nothing outside of beating Zab Judah, a shot Castillo, and low-quality Malignaggi, who has lost against every notable opponent he ever fought. For him to be ranked ahead of the likes of Winky Wright on the pound for pound rankings is a testament to their unreliability.
9) Marquez – One of only two credible wins on Mayweather’s resume. Marquez was in his prime, but this win is still somewhat diminished due to Mayweather not making weight as an extra advantage on top of Marquez coming up 2 classes. A good win, but this one good win in 18 years isn’t going to put him with the greatest. Even a great boxer like Ken Norton isn’t in the upper echelon of all-time great heavyweights for beating Muhammad Ali.
10) Shane Mosley – By the time he fought Floyd he was almost 40 years old. He went 1-3-1 after the Mayweather fight, proving how past his prime he was. Leading up to the Mayweather fight, all he had done was beat a Margarito that was also at the tail end of his career. Like Oscar, Shane was a Hall of Fame fighter who was no longer at that level by the time he got to Floyd. Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright had already masterfully defeated much, much better versions of Mosley, so Mayweather doesn’t get special treatment for this win.
11) Miguel Cotto – A good victory, despite being slightly past his prime after his loss to Antonio Margarito. But again, we are talking about the all-time greats here. Are two good wins in 18 years enough to propel you to that level?
12) Canelo Alvarez – Even now, Canelo has zero legitimate wins over elite boxers. Trout is solid, but not elite. Erislandy Lara, the only elite boxer that Canelo has fought besides Floyd, was robbed. He may be a big pay per view attraction and a star in that sense, but his accomplishments as a boxer leave much to be desired.
13) Marcos Maidana – Zero wins over elite boxers. Roger Mayweather himself has confirmed this. The fact that Floyd struggled badly with Maidana while greater fighters struggled against the likes of Norton, Benitez, Lamotta, Zivic, Conn, Walcott, etc is a big indication in the gap of quality between Mayweather and the greats.
Here is a quick recap of Mayweather’s career.
With the exception of Marquez (undersized by 2 weight classes on top of Floyd missing weight), literally all of Floyd’s wins come against the following
1) Boxers who have NEVER beaten one top level fighter who was also in their prime
Hernandez, Manfredy, Corrales, Baldomir, Judah, Gatti, Ortiz, Castillo
2) Washed up fighters past their best
Oscar, Mosley, Cotto – albeit slightly.
3) Padded record fighters who have NEVER beaten a top fighter in their life
Hatton, Canelo, Corrales.
4) People who are given misleading and overrated rankings on the pound for pound list
Corrales, Canelo, Hatton.
5) Weak competition in general
Canelo, Ortiz, Guerrero, Corrales, Baldomir, Mitchell, Ndou, Hatton, Juuko, Gerena, Vargas, Corley, Bruseles, Chavez, Sosa.
Now let’s see how Mayweather stacks up against the top boxers in history. A list of greater fighters has been assembled, and they are named in NO PARTICULAR ORDER of ranking. Remember that this list is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER of ranking. It is simply a list of boxers that have accomplished more than Mayweather. Again, this list is in NOT ranked in any particular order.
1. Sugar Ray Robinson – Simply the greatest of all time. He beat the likes of Angott, Zivic, Lamotta, Basora, Brimm, Gavilan, Olson, Turpin, and more, some of them multiple times. He defeated the lightweight champion Sammy Angott (whose belt was not on the line), established himself as the greatest welterweight and middleweight of all time, and was on his way to becoming light heavyweight champion before a heat stroke. While Mayweather has only 46 fights in 18 years, Robinson fought almost 12 times a year for 11 years, and only lost once in 131 fights against the greatest competition ever.
2. Henry Armstrong – In an era with only 8 titles and 8 classes, Armstrong held 3 titles simultaneously from featherweight to welterweight. He also should have won the middleweight title against the great Ceferino Garcia, but was wrongly given a draw. Also beat the likes of Angott, Zivic, Ross, and more.
3. Sam Langford – A natural lightweight who even campaigned at heavyweight. Put Floyd Mayweather in with Jack Johnson and he wouldn’t even make it past the first minute, let alone the distance. Beat the likes of Joe Gans and Stanley Ketchel as well as heavyweights like Sam McVey and Harry Wills.
4. Harry Greb – The only man in history to beat the great Gene Tunney. While Floyd is 46-0 in 18 years, Greb went 49-0 in 1919 alone against competition like Billy Miske, Bill Brennan, and Willie Meehan (who beat Jack Dempsey). Also beat the likes of Mickey Walker.
5. Muhammad Ali – Greatest heavyweight of all time. No need to explain victories over Liston, Patterson, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Foster, etc.
6. Willie Pep – Greatest defensive boxer of all time, who beat the likes of Chalky Wright, Sandy Saddler, Jackie Wilson, Phil Terranova, and more.
7. Joe Louis – While Floyd has just 46 fights in 18 years, Louis had 25 title defenses alone in 11 years, when there was only one belt to hold. Victories over Conn, Walcott, Schmeling, and Sharkey.
8. Ray Leonard – Beat Benitez, Hearns, and made Duran quit. Moved up to middleweight and won a decision against the great Marvin Hagler that is still debated to this day. Also had an underrated win against Ayub Kalule.
9. Marvin Hagler – one of the greatest middleweights of all time with famous wins over Hearns and Duran, as well as losing a hotly debated decision to Leonard. Also has great wins over Briscoe, Mugabi, Antuofermo, and Hamsho.
10. Roberto Duran – the greatest lightweight of all time, beating the likes of Marcel, De Jesus, and Buchanan, moved up to welterweight to beat Palomino and an undefeated Ray Leonard, and at middleweight gave a tough fight to Hagler as well as beating Iran Barkley who had just knocked out Thomas Hearns.
11. Tommy Hearns – Beat Benitez and knocked out Duran. Robbed in a rematch against Leonard and even beat Virgil Hill after Hearns had passed his prime.
12. Roy Jones – Beat Bernard Hopkins, an undefeated James Toney, Thulani Malinga shortly before he defeated Nigel Benn, Montell Griffin, a past prime but still game Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill, underrated boxers like Reggie Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, and Eric Harding, and even moved up to heavyweight to beat John Ruiz. Even after weight draining, he was able to beat Antonio Tarver before it caught up to him.
13. Bernard Hopkins – Only man to stop Glen Johnson, beat an undefeated Trinidad, beat a better version of De La Hoya in better fashion than Mayweather, immediately jumped up 2 weight classes after very close losses to Taylor to defeat Antonio Tarver. Also has great wins over Wright, Pavlik, and Pascal, as well as a robbery against Calzaghe.
14. Ezzard Charles – Beat the extremely underrated Charley Burley twice, as well as the likes of Jose Basora, Jimmy Bivins, Archie Moore, Lloyd Marshall, Elmer Ray, Walcott, and the list goes on. Even at heavyweight gave Marciano huge problems.
15. Archie Moore – Great wins over Jack Chase, Lloyd Marshall, Holman Williams, Cocoa Kid, Jimmy Bivins, and many more.
16. Jersey Joe Walcott – Defeated Jimmy Bivins, Joey Maxim, Elmer Ray, was robbed against a past prime but still great Joe Louis, and a great knockout of Ezzard Charles.
17. Evander Holyfield – Undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight, and he actually fought the top competition to win those titles. Defeated Qawi, and at heavyweight beat old but good Foreman and Holmes as well as an undefeated Bowe, Moorer, Ray Mercer, and even after his prime was able to beat Mike Tyson.
18. Lennox Lewis – Great wins over Tucker, Morrison, Mercer, Holyfield, as well as defeating Vitali Klitschko even at 38 years old and well past his prime.
19. Larry Holmes – Beat the likes of Norton, Cooney, Shavers, and arguably beat Mike Spinks. Even after his prime he beat Ray Mercer.
20. Joe Frazier – Victories over Bob Foster, Muhammad Ali, Ellis, and Quarry.
21. George Foreman – Knocked out Frazier and Norton in two rounds apiece. Even in his old age, he beat Qawi, Cooney, and Moorer.
22. Jack Johnson– His ducking of Langford even after his first victory wasn’t good, but nevertheless he beat top competition like Ketchel, Fitzsimmons, Burns, Jeanette, and McVey.
23. Pernell Whitaker – A better defensive fighter than Mayweather. When Whitaker was past his prime, he beat a prime version of Oscar only to get robbed. When Floyd was in his prime, it took him an effort to beat a past prime Oscar. Chavez was also robbed in his fights against Chavez and Ramirez. He had great wins over McGirt, Vasquez, Haugen, and Azuma Nelson.
24. Tiger Flowers – Big wins over Micky Walker, Lou Bogash, Jock Malone, and three competitive fights over Greb that have been debated.
25. Barney Ross – Defeated Ceferino Garcia, Tony Canzoneri, and Jimmy McLarnin.
26. Mickey Walker – Tiger Flowers, Jock Malone, and Jack Britton were huge wins.
27. Gene Tunney – defeated Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Gibbons, Carpentier, and others.
28. Joe Gans – Dobbs, Elbows Mcfadden, Jack Blackburn, Barbados Joe Walcott, Steve Crosby are great wins.
29. Benny Leonard – wins over Britt, Welsh, Kilbane, Britton, and more.
30. Bob Fitzsimmons – a middleweight who won the heavyweight title over Corbett. Big wins over Philly Jack O’Brien and Peter Maher.
31. Jimmy McLarnin – defeated Canzoneri, Glick, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, and more.
32. Tony Canzoneri – beat Bill Petrolle, Kid Chocolate, Klick, Dublinsky and Lou Ambers.
33. Jake Lamotta – only man to defeat a prime Sugar Ray Robinson. One of the few to defeat Marcel Cerdan. Also beat Basora and Zivic.
34. James Toney – knocked out Michael Nunn, stopped Iran Barkley, beat Mike McCallum, and even did fairly well at heavyweight for a past prime middleweight, including beating an aging Holyfield, a controversial loss against Peter, and a draw against Rahman.
35. Carlos Monzon – great list of wins including Briscoe, Benvenuti, Griffith, Valdes, Moyer, and Mundine.
36. Emile Griffith – defeated Briscoe, Dick Tiger, Benvenuti, Joey Archer at middleweight and Luis Manuel Rodriguez at welterweight.
37. Jack Dempsey – undersized HW who beat guys like Meehan, Willard, Gunboat, Morris, Brennan, Miske, Carpentier, Firpo, Sharkey.
38. Gene Fullmer – defeated a past prime but still great Sugar Ray Robinson as well as Basilio and Paret.
39. Kid Gavilan – high quality wins over Beau Jack, Castellani, and Ike Williams.
40. Mike Tyson – unfortunately we didn’t see his full potential, but his demolition of an undefeated Michael Spinks and a past prime but still very good Larry Holmes are huge wins. Also had solid wins over Tony Tucker, Razor Ruddock, and Frank Bruno.
41. Jose Napoles – one of the greatest welterweights, who also beat Curtis Cokes and Emile Griffith.
42. Marcel Cerdan – Only had 4 losses (2 DQ) in 15 yrs and 115 fights. Among Cerdan’s victims are – Delannoit, Dick Turpin, Tony Zale, and Holman Williams.
43. Sandy Saddler – beat Willie Pep in 3 of 4 bouts and had many other huge wins.
44. Eder Jofre – huge wins over Gomez, Lopez, Jimenez, Jamito, Caraballo, Medel, and Caldwell.
45. Young Corbett III – great win over Jackie Fields for the welterweight title. Also beat Ceferino Garcia, Mickey Walker, and Billy Conn.
46. Billy Conn – Yarosz, Corbet III, Tony Zale are huge wins, and the fact that he gave Joe Louis such a tough fight is also remarkable.
47. Bobo Olson – Beat top dogs like Gavilan, Turpin, Castellani, and Joey Maxim.
48. Harry Wills – Beat Sam Langford several times, also defeated Firpo, Tut Jackson, Joe Jeanette, Sam Mcvey several times, and more.
49. Randy Turpin – Ended Sugar Ray Robinson’s long win streak and took his middleweight title. Also beat top competition like Charles Humez and Tommy Yarosz.
50. Sammy Angott – He defeated Petey Sarron, and also won the lightweight title against Lew Jenkins. Shortly after that, he beat the undefeated Willie Pep. Angott would later on TKO Ike Williams to add to his great resume.
51. Ike Williams – career is loaded with big wins like Beau Jack, Kid Gavilan, and Sammy Angott.
52. Lou Ambers – Defeated Cocoa Kid, and avenged a loss to Tony Canzoneri to win the lightweight title. While Floyd was complaining about his shoulder after struggling against Castillo, Ambers fought through a broken jaw to beat Fritzie Zivic. He also avenged a loss to Henry Armstrong and won the lightweight title again.
53. Holman Williams – One of the most underrated fighters of all time, and one of the most prominent amongst the “Black Murderer’s Row.” Went back and forth and traded losses with the equally underrated Charley Burley. Also beat Jose Basora, Lloyd Marshall, and Archie Moore.
54. Charley Burley – As mentioned above, he won and lost several times against Holman Williams. He defeated Fritzie Zivic twice and Jack Chase three times. He also completely dominated Archie Moore, dropping him four times en route to an easy decision. In another fight, the middleweight Burley was outweighed by 70 pounds against a mediocre heavyweight in J.D. Turner. Burley ended up stopping him in 7 rounds. Floyd has not even fought an elite and natural junior middleweight in their prime – Cotto being undersized for that weight, Oscar losing two of his last four fights, three in actuality, and Canelo being far from elite.
55. Lloyd Marshall – Defeated Charley Burley, knocked out Ezzard Charles, beat Jake Lamotta, avenged a loss to Holman Williams, and defeated Joey Maxim as well as Jack Chase.
56. Cocoa Kid – defeated Holman Williams multiple times, Jack Chase, and Chalky Wright.
57. Jack Chase – defeated Lloyd Marshall, Archie Moore, and the underrated Aaron Wade.
58. Beau Jack – very underrated fighter who defeated Lew Jenkins, Sammy Angott, Juan Zurita, Bob Montgomery, Henry Armstrong, and Fritzie Zivic.
59. Elmer Ray – defeated both Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott as well as Lee Savold.
60. Bert Lytell – beat Holman WIlliams, Charley Burley, and Cocoa Kid.
61. Jimmy Bivins – Defeated Charley Burley after only 15 fights. Beat Joey Maxim, then defeated Ezzard Charles, knocking him down three times. Also knocked out Lloyd Marshall and Archie Moore. His win streak only ended after losing a split decision to Jersey Joe Walcott.
It’s easy to forget so many great fighters as the years go by, but their accomplishments will be there. The media hype and business of boxing today will not be able to hide this.
Mayweather’s clever marketing is good for his business, but the way his career has gone, and with the era he is in, there is almost no chance for him to put himself in the top 60.
There is no shame in that, of course. Being one of the top 65 boxers of all time in a sport that’s been here for over a century is no joke. It’s just that the history of boxing is too deep and rich for a relatively unimpressive career like Mayweather’s to be ranked any higher than that. The great accomplishments of so many other fighters cannot be brushed aside, and Mayweather will have to take a backseat to them.
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