The Talk ‘n’ Shoot Podcast is back with it’s them of historical boxing, and with Floyd Mayweather Jr‘s recent retirement, the Talk ‘n’ Shoot team looks back over his historic career and place him on the list of all-time greats.
Mayweather has come of the contemporary pound-for-pound best fighter lists where he was consistently No. 1 and his place on those lists has been replaced by several fighters, depending on where you look. Whereas Mayweather was a lock at No. 1 across the board when active, his departure has put the likes of Wladimir Klitschko and “Chocolatito” Gonzalez at the top.
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Mayweather defeated Andre Berto this past Sept. 12 in Las Vegas to move his career record to a perfect 49-0 and now, as he promised prior to the fight, Mayweather has walked away from boxing. Of course, in true Mayweather fashion, the fighter and his “The Money Team” members are walking away while telling everyone that he is the best of all-time. Certainly it is hard to argue that he has been the dominant force in boxing for over a decade, but where does he rank among the all-time greats like “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis?
Mayweather has walked away at 38 years old, so the subject of whether this is truly the last we have seen of the lucrative fighter is also discussed. The spots of two of Mayweather’s contemporaries in Manny Pacquaio and Wladimir Klitschko are also talked about.
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Check out the latest Talk ‘n’ Shoot Podcast where the team analyzes Floyd’s position on the list of all-time boxing greats. Some of the subjects include the following:
Co-host Dave Siderski of Mythical Boxing places Mayweather at #17 on his list of all-time best boxers, while some other sources online place Mayweather as high as #6. Siderski covers points in favor of Mayweather that include his longevity and dominance of the boxing scene for more than a decade, and his perfect (49-0) record that saw him defeat many of the top fighters of this era, including Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, “Canelo” Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya among many others. Also discussed at length was Floyd’s conditioning throughout his career and whether his high level of preparation meant he could not really be taxed in a twelve round fight. Mayweather also captured titles in five different weight classes.
Also, Mayweather is clearly the biggest draw in boxing history, with nearly 20 million pay per views sold and a well documented fortune in purses over the last few years. No one has ever played the”business of boxing” better than Mayweather has, as he enters retirement with roughly half a bilion dollars in earnings, but did the business aspect take over at some point and turn Mayweather into a lesser fighter?
Is Floyd Mayweather Jr really retired for good? In 2010 he “retired” for 16 months before returning, and from 2012 to 2013 he took another year off and returned. The money he has been making is too good for him to stay away long, so it may not be long before we see Floyd box again!
