Greatest 130 pounder of all time

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Arguello couldn't deal with constant movement and Mayweather at 130 certainly was Mayweather at his greatest.

Great point. The only loss Arguello suffered while 130 pound champion was a non-title 135 pound fight to Vilomar Fernandez. Fernandez, a light-punching mover, also gave Duran fits. I believe Floyd defeats Arguello by decision, but Arguello was the better 130 pound champion because the quality of opposition was tons better than the Pretty Boy

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Arguello couldn't deal with constant movement and Mayweather at 130 certainly was Mayweather at his greatest.

"couldn't deal"? out of curiosity, are you one of those that says Mayweather "can't deal" with southpaws?

But anyway you see Mayweather "embarassing" Arguello, so you see Arguello not landing anything? Mayweather winning every round?

Like I said, I pick Mayweather against any 130 fighter in the history of the sport (and that naturally includes Arguello), but now way he is going to embarass Arguello. Even if only because he would happily give away the first few rounds, to be very sure he knows how to stay away from that right hand. Secondly Arguello is not Diego Corrales, he has boxing skills to spend. and a mountain of experience. He is going to lose the rounds, but I highly doubt he is going to look like a fool in the process. This is a competitive fight between two ATGs.

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Great point. The only loss Arguello suffered while 130 pound champion was a non-title 135 pound fight to Vilomar Fernandez. Fernandez, a light-punching mover, also gave Duran fits. I believe Floyd defeats Arguello by decision, but Arguello was the better 130 pound champion because the quality of opposition was tons better than the Pretty Boy

I agree, except I don't think Arguello's 130 opposition was tons better, just better. Floyd fought Chicanito, Famoso, Jesus Chavez and Corrales at the weight. Pretty impressive if you ask me.

[JAB5239]

Azumah was great, but who from the top five I mentioned would you replace him with? It would be a very hard choice, as Elorde and Saddler were just as great.

Nelsons resume at that weight is comparable to that of Chavez, though I wouldn't necessaraly put him ahead of and doubt he would win head to head against Chavez. still, I can see and respect any argument for Nelson.

[JAB5239]

Arguello couldn't deal with constant movement and Mayweather at 130 certainly was Mayweather at his greatest.

You could be right. But Arguello's resume is better and Floyd never fought anyone at that weight like Alexis either.

[rorymac]

JCC was the man, the best of his era at 130

[StarshipTrooper]

JCC was the man, the best of his era at 130

Arguello stops Chavez inside of 10 assuming no referees on Don King's payroll are fixing the fight. Expect Chavez to cry for his binky afterwards.

Poet

[Miburo]

Arguello on strength of resume claims the throne at this weight. Mayweather would certainly be championship caliber in any era however.

[AztecWanker]

"couldn't deal"? out of curiosity, are you one of those that says Mayweather "can't deal" with southpaws?

But anyway you see Mayweather "embarassing" Arguello, so you see Arguello not landing anything? Mayweather winning every round?

Like I said, I pick Mayweather against any 130 fighter in the history of the sport (and that naturally includes Arguello), but now way he is going to embarass Arguello. Even if only because he would happily give away the first few rounds, to be very sure he knows how to stay away from that right hand. Secondly Arguello is not Diego Corrales, he has boxing skills to spend. and a mountain of experience. He is going to lose the rounds, but I highly doubt he is going to look like a fool in the process. This is a competitive fight between two ATGs.

I never actually said he would embarrass him, did I? Other than his HUGE punch, Arguello wouldn't bring anything out of the ordinary that Mayweather hasn't seen. Diego couldn't land on him mainly because he was just looking for one big shot and got outboxed and schooled in the process. Like you said, Arguello has great boxing skills and WILL land something on Floyd. Floyd is a master of adapting to any style and I think he will adapt to Arguello and outbox him over 12 even 15 rounds.

Arguello stops Chavez inside of 10 assuming no referees on Don King's payroll are fixing the fight. Expect Chavez to cry for his binky afterwards.

Poet

Definitely. Arguello was a HUGE puncher at 130.

[Tha_Greatest]

anyone that voted for gayweather is ******ed,