By Yannis Mihanos: As an article writer and fan I get often caught up and get strongly opinionated and so what I am about to say is too a strong opinion and is as follows: I have this gut feeling that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0. 26 KOs) has never faced a fighter at the very top of his game.
To be more exact, I believe that Floyd has never faced a better fighter than Manny Pacquiao. On May 2nd, Mayweather and Pacquiao will be facing off in their mega-fight in front of millions of boxing fans in their HBO and Showtime pay-per-view bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
And if someone says that Floyd has fought many title holders in his career even if that is true, even if we all agree .This is a complete different story.
The fact is that with so many sanctioning bodies around boxing, today’s titles do not hold the same amount of weight as once had.
Many of the fighters of today are managed well and protected well and so they can arrive close or even get a title or two and soon call themselves champions.
In the case of Mayweather things are even more advanced since he is his own manager. He can make his own conscious decisions about who, when and why to fight.
For me the champion is the one who beats all anytime, anyplace. With that said I have never seen Mayweather facing such a champion. I have never seen him face a fighter so dangerous like Pacquiao.
I have certainly watched Pacquiao take dangerous fights and get his backside kicked by Juan Manuel Marquez and others and so I know well what he is about as a fighter. I have seen him in easy fights but also in very difficult ones.
But I am not so sure about Floyd. I have watched his brilliant displays of defense against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, his close encounters with Miguel Cotto and Marcos Maidana.
Still, I have my doubts about his selections. None of these opponents faced him at favorable conditions for them. Always was something missing. Someone else would say that the difference was just Floyd. He was just better than all the previous 47. I’m sorry to say but I don’t buy that explanation, not so easy…
Usually the best out of you comes with the right occasion or better say :the wrong occasion.
The wrong occasion is the one that you have to deal with a unique situation. It really depends on how difficult and dangerous the opponent that you are facing is.
I believe the only time this has happened for Floyd is now, and the reasons for this decision are many and previously explained by fellow article writers and fans. Just have a look around.
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