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‘Not even close’ – Floyd Mayweather brutally told one boxer would have ended his undefeated record
Floyd Mayweather has been told Julio Cesar Chavez would have beaten him if the pair had fought in their primes. Mayweather retired with one of the greatest professional records of all-time, 50 professional wins without being defeated. Mayweather never lost in his 50 fights, a legend of the sportGetty ‘Money’ goes down as one of the best to ever lace up a pair of gloves, with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez trying and failing to beat him. Of course, there have always been debates as to whether past or present fighters would have been able to end his incredibly long invincible streak. Promoter Bob Arum previously suggested he felt current pound-for-pound contender Terence Crawford could have been the one. And now former world champion James Toney has named Chavez as the man who would have prevented Mayweather from retiring unbeaten. He responded when asked if Mayweather was boxing’s greatest ever: “Not even close. “Have him fight in my era. He didn’t fight the fighters that were around in the ’90s. “He waited till they retired and got out the game. He didn’t fight Chavez. He wouldn’t fight Chavez. “He wouldn’t beat Chavez. Hatton was s**t. Garbage. He beat Canelo, I’ll give him that.” The Mexican legend is also viewed as a boxing great winning world titles in three weight classes during his stint as a professional. Records too tumbled during Chavez’s career as he made 27 successive defences of his world title, and it saw him inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Chavez went 90 fights without a defeatGetty Chavez was beaten six times in his career but he had double the amount of professional outings to Mayweather, with 115 fights to his name. The pair share a mutual opponent in De La Hoya, whom beat Chavez twice in 1996 and 1998. Mayweather on the other hand beat ‘Golden Boy’ in a close encounter in May 2007. The two iconic figures never did meet but it quickly became a ‘prime vs prime’ debate among the boxing fraternity. Chavez himself echoed the sentiment shared by Toney. He added: “In our prime I think it would have been a difficult fight. “I believe that at 140lbs or 135lbs I would have definitely beaten him. I would have beaten him why because that is my weight. “I could never dial at 147lbs. I fought for the championship but no it was no my weight. You understand me I think at 135 140 would have beaten Mayweather. “Remember that I fought with his uncle and his uncle was the one who taught him, so that is why I think I would have beaten him.” Ultimately, Mayweather was the one who retired without a single stain on his pro record. Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Floyd Mayweather has been told Julio Cesar Chavez would have beaten him if the pair had fought in their primes.
Mayweather retired with one of the greatest professional records of all-time, 50 professional wins without being defeated.
‘Money’ goes down as one of the best to ever lace up a pair of gloves, with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez trying and failing to beat him.
Of course, there have always been debates as to whether past or present fighters would have been able to end his incredibly long invincible streak.
Promoter Bob Arum previously suggested he felt current pound-for-pound contender Terence Crawford could have been the one.
And now former world champion James Toney has named Chavez as the man who would have prevented Mayweather from retiring unbeaten.
He responded when asked if Mayweather was boxing’s greatest ever: “Not even close.
“Have him fight in my era. He didn’t fight the fighters that were around in the ’90s.
“He waited till they retired and got out the game. He didn’t fight Chavez. He wouldn’t fight Chavez.
“He wouldn’t beat Chavez. Hatton was s**t. Garbage. He beat Canelo, I’ll give him that.”
The Mexican legend is also viewed as a boxing great winning world titles in three weight classes during his stint as a professional.
Records too tumbled during Chavez’s career as he made 27 successive defences of his world title, and it saw him inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Chavez was beaten six times in his career but he had double the amount of professional outings to Mayweather, with 115 fights to his name.
The pair share a mutual opponent in De La Hoya, whom beat Chavez twice in 1996 and 1998.
Mayweather on the other hand beat ‘Golden Boy’ in a close encounter in May 2007.
The two iconic figures never did meet but it quickly became a ‘prime vs prime’ debate among the boxing fraternity.
Chavez himself echoed the sentiment shared by Toney.
He added: “In our prime I think it would have been a difficult fight.
“I believe that at 140lbs or 135lbs I would have definitely beaten him. I would have beaten him why because that is my weight.
“I could never dial at 147lbs. I fought for the championship but no it was no my weight. You understand me I think at 135 140 would have beaten Mayweather.
“Remember that I fought with his uncle and his uncle was the one who taught him, so that is why I think I would have beaten him.”
Ultimately, Mayweather was the one who retired without a single stain on his pro record.
