Will Mayweathers Legacy Survive Like Sugar Ray Robinson’s?

floyd666By Edgar Solorzano: Current pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather is one of the most gifted fighters in the sport of boxing. Many believe he just runs for a great number of rounds to outpoint fighters. Only problem, in the sport of boxing it is nearly impossible to outpoint a fighter just by running. Mayweather has gained power since his 2003 fight against Victoriano Sosa. A fight that Sosa believed he won, even though he only connected 14% of his punches while Mayweather connected 55%.

Floyd earned $2.8 million for his fight against Sosa, yes, that is still more than what Maidana earned for his biggest fight in his boxing career. Only in the sport of boxing can a construction worker build a giant building and earn less if the public is not familiar with his name. Ten years later, Floyd has managed to earn millions of dollars for a single fight, far more than $2.8 million.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr: A Reply to the Critics

floyd66888By Joshua Blessman: I recently wrote an article on Boxing News 24 entitled “Floyd Mayweather Jr: The Best Ever and Why the “O” Matters.” In it, I contend that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26 KOs) is truly The Best Ever (TBE) because he is the most extraordinary athlete the sport has ever seen and the only elite fighter in the history of boxing to face the top level-opposition of his time and remain undefeated. As anticipated, my position was met with criticism in the form of comments. Many of these comments are the same that I have heard in different media outlets. While these criticisms may seem valid, they lack serious merit.

Below are my responses to common criticisms of Mayweather that have been presented by boxing commentators in various media forums.

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Who is the greatest middleweight?

By Gavin “Neds” O’Connor: The middleweights are boxing’s thoroughbreds; a mixture of the power of the heavyweights and the speed and skills of lighter boxer’s. The list of great middleweights is to a true boxing fan, like recalling the great moments in your life (in a sporting scenes). Take in point the unforgettable Harry Greb (107-8-3, 48 KO’s). Marcel Cerdan – who knows how good or great he would have been but for the dislocated shoulder in the 3rd round against Jack Lamotta or the tragic circumstances of 27th October 1949.

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Who can defeat Mayweather? No one but Sugar Ray Robinson and Leonard

floyd11233By Bob Smith:  Since the origin of this site in July of 2007, many have struggled to dethrone Floyd Mayweather Jr, but all have failed.  Actually, his unbeaten streak extends to 1996, or an amazing 18 years ago, despite fighting world champion after world champion, and despite defeating undefeated fighter after undefeated fighter.  He is, should be, and will be the pound for pound #1 fighter in the world, and one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport.

His work ethic, conditioning, ring generalship, and defense are arguably the best in the past 50 years of the sport, and perhaps ever.  Who then can defeat Mayweather?

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Ali, Robinson, Leonard, Mayweather; the art of movement

005Mayweather-Schaefer-CaneloIMG_0043(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Robert Elmore: When there is a certain person that stays on top of his game in any sport, and no major flaws can be pointed out, that’s when people reaching for straws. They search high and low for anything they can use to disrespect the person on top. The anti Floyd Mayweather Jr. movement have resulted to such things.

This article is not for those who educated about the sport. It’s for those who uneducated. One of the straws being reached for is this thing called movement; getting out of the way punches; the float like a butter fly sting like a bee; the Cus D’ mato hit and not get hit style.

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Today marks the anniversary of the death of two legends

robinson443342323By Mark Havey: Few men truly transcend the sport of boxing and become legends. This era of boxing is less likely to produce these icons. We witness numerous champions per weight division. Some champions are given their shot before they really deserve it.

Most champions are not even seen as the best in their weight class. There will be fans that remember a time when the best faced the best and champions feared no one. These days things are different. That is the reason current icons will never be fit to wrap the hands of former greats.

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Mayweather Jr, Sugar Ray Robinson and the fantastic four!

mayweather34342By Tom Drury: This article is going to state the most notable facts and career defining moments of these six great fighters and legends of the sport. Most fans out there will agree with me when I say “Sugar” Ray Robinson stands alone when it comes to the sweet science, in my eyes, fans and boxing experts worldwide he is the “greatest boxer of all time”.

Robinson was the originator of many things in sport namely boxing, his performances at welter-weight and middle-weight prompted sports writers to create the pound for pound list comparing fighters regardless of there weight.

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Mike Tyson knows best….

Image: Mike Tyson knows best....By Rusty Nate: This is not an article to provoke the hard core bloggers or start arguments. Its more of a little write up about the interview i watched and what stood out for me.

I don’t know who watched the Sky Special on Ringside last week (I had to record it and watch it back as I was at an event).

I managed to get round to watching it last night and found my self overly excited at the upcoming Mike Tyson interview at the end of the program.

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Sugar Ray Robinson: What we all missed

Image: Sugar Ray Robinson: What we all missedBy Denzel: Joe Echevarria. His name doesn’t ring a bell does it? This is the name of Sugar Ray Robinson’s first professional opponent. After a reported amateur record of 89-0 including 69 of those wins coming by way of knockout (unofficially Ray had 125 amateur fights, some unregistered and went undefeated in all of them), Ray turned professional in 1940 and won his debut by 2nd round TKO. Ray retired in 1965 with a record of 173-19-6 with 2 no-contests and 108 KO’s.

A lot of Sugar Ray’s later fights were videoed, and many of us have watched these tapes mesmerized by the skill, poise, power and speed shown by ‘Sugar’. The thing is when Ray Robinson was in his absolute boxing prime, boxing at lightweight and welterweight,most of his fights weren’t filmed, which is a crying shame!

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Who is the greatest of all time?

Image: Who is the greatest of all time?By Mark Havey: Boxing writers, fans, boxers and trainer have always debated as to who is the greatest. There has been so many formidable, courageous and talented boxers. They have given inspiration and entertainment. I have spent so many good times debating with friends on the subject and I think it is a brilliant way to test who knows boxing, and who claims to know.

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