I'm not going to pull any punches. I can't stand Floyd Mayweather. I'm not a fan of the way he fights and as a person, I have absolutely no use for him. I will say that I appreciate his talent and preparation. We all know that you can only get so far based on talent alone. It's tired, but true. Floyd obviously puts in the work, stays in great shape, and is as mentally focused as any fighter around. No doubt, he's many people's standard for greatness in this, the day and age in which he fights. As far as who he has fought and when he as chosen to fight them, that's a whole different story. I think he's been carefully handled. I'm sure a lot of people will cry foul with that remark, bringing up the names that he has fought and titles he has won, but I stand by my belief. I hate to keep bringing up one fight on a guy's record out of the 39 he's been in, but the first Castillo fight still weighs heavily in my mind. He can be beaten, he did get beaten in that one. Had the Vegas judges not been out of their collective minds, Mayweather would have walked out of that ring 27-1 and the aire of greatness wouldn't have disappeared altogether, but it certainly would have been tarnished. Yes, it would only have been one loss, but a loss nonetheless. And just to namedrop some of his opponents since the two Castillo fights...Victoriano Sosa, Phillip N'dou, DeMarcus Corley, Henry Bruseles, Sharmba Mitchell, Carlos Manuel Baldomir. Corley and Mitchell, let's not get too wound up with these guys. They were never what I would call top-flight. As for Sosa, N'dou, and Bruseles...what needs to be said? Yes, Baldomir managed to spring two big upsets and had a great chin, but really now, what else did he have? Mayweather dominated a wide open and basically defenseless Gatti who was a shot fighter at that point. De La Hoya was past his prime and he still just barely eaked out that split decision. Hatton was the smaller guy and yes, he dominated him authoratatively, with a little help from his friend Joe Cortez. It sounds like I'm trying to take all the credit away from Money May and in effect, I guess I am. Ultimately, my disdain for the guys may cloud my judgement to an extent, but I believe that a guy's all time greatness has to be judged in the context of the time in which he fought. Put Mayweather as a lightweight or welterweight in the 80's, maybe we don't even remember him come 1991, much less 2008.