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Floyd Mayweather: is the definition of an around Boxer, Most Experts would say Mayweather is Probably The Most Complete Fighter of his generation.In addition he is also recognize as the most superior technical fighter of all time- "My goal is to be one of the best fighters who ever lived," he said. "My career and legacy are very important to me and I feel I am already ranked among the best there ever where in the sport."
Emanuel Steward, said Mayweather has a feel for the defensive game that few fighters have ever had.
- "He doesn't use a lot of slipping and sliding," Steward said. "He uses the one basic move, with that shoulder roll, but he's so good at it, and it comes so naturally to him, that he seems like he has fun trying to make a guy miss from right in front of him."
- "Mayweather gave him that shoulder roll and Oscar threw maybe 100 punches and he didn't land."
- "All you can do is face the guys who are in your era and he's faced them all and so far, he's beaten them all," Steward said. "You can't dog him for not beating Tommy or not beating Ray (Leonard), because those guys are gone. The thing about Mayweather is, he's answered every challenge he's ever been given. That's all you can ask of a guy."
Kevin Garside of the London Telegraph wrote about Mayweather after the Hatton fight:the truth was inescapable,
- "Mayweather is a genius of the ring, a gladiator in tap shoes."
Kery DavisHBO executive said about Mayweather:
- "Floyd wasn’t The Greatest of all time ,But He is the greatest of this Era."
Bernard Hopkins said about Mayweather.
- "Floyd is the best fighter in the world of this era and he showed that round after round."
When Asked:
- "Who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Hopkins or Mayweather?"
In a conversation with the Grand Rapids Press, Hopkins left no doubt as to which of them is the better fighter of their time.
- "The best fighter of our era -- my era -- is Pretty Boy Floyd," Hopkins said. "There's no doubt."
Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the best fighters to ever step foot in a boxing ring, Said about Mayweather
- "Mayweather is the best of his time".
- "He's an amazing fighter,"
- "Very economical. It's all about the eyes. He's one of the few fighters I've ever seen, like Muhammad Ali, he watches every move his opponent makes, and capitalizes on those mistakes. That's a gift. You can't teach that. Floyd's number one this era. He's proved that, against Oscar, now against Ricky Hatton. He's fought the best fighters of his era, so that puts him up there. There's a few more fights left in Floyd, and bigger and better things to come."
Eric Brown (Pacquaio Assistant Trainner) said that Floyd Jr. being a gifted pugilist would “be the only man that would present Manny with a serious challenge and it would be a difficult fight for Pac” in light of “Mayweather’s brilliance in speed, intelligence, and defense.”
If you think a guy who uses his legs when he boxes, like Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali, is a runner, then Mayweather is a sprinter.But fighters only resort to fighting flat-footed because they have no choice. Mayweather has plenty of options, but he's smart and chooses to hit and not be hit. He's a guy who weighed 148 pounds when he walked into the ring to face De La Hoya . De La Hoya weighed nearly 170.
Mayweather , has never had the challenger who could bring out the best in him like Thomas Hearns did for Leonard or like Leonard did for Roberto Duran.Mayweather is the most physically gifted fighter of his era and had no one in his weight classes who was truly close.
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