Floyd Mayweather fought a who’s who of boxing stars during his illustrious career.
After making his professional debut back in October 1996, Mayweather went on to become a five-weight world champion, before retiring with a perfect 50-0 record in 2017.
During that time, he took on all comers, sharing the ring with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and Ricky Hatton.
Despite the best efforts of them all, nobody could come close to defeating Mayweather, leading to him being widely regarded as one of the best boxers of all time.
Mayweather has now reflected on his incredible career whilst on the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game Podcast and picked the man who he felt was the best opponent he ever faced, and it was an obvious choice – Manny Pacquiao.
“It’s because of his movement. He’s a hell of a fighter, and I can see why he won so many fights, and I can see why he’s going down as a Hall of Famer. It’s just certain moves he makes.”
Mayweather and Pacquiao met back in May 2015, in an event that was dubbed as ‘The Fight Of The Century.’ The two had been linked to a showdown for a number of years, with many fans feeling it came a lot later than they would have liked.
It was a huge commercial success, setting the combat sports gate record with over 72 million dollars, and generating 4.6 million PPV buys.
Inside the ring it wasn’t the same spectacle, with Mayweather comfortably winning by unanimous decision in a rather uneventful affair.
While Pacquiao may have been the toughest opponent that Mayweather faced, he opted for a different man when naming who hit him hardest in his career.
