{"id":285770,"date":"2025-07-23T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:40:10","slug":"floyd-mayweather-couldve-lost-to-a-boxing-superstar-according-to-an-all-time-great-i-still-aint-sure-who-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285770\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather could’ve lost to a boxing superstar, according to an all-time great…’I still ain\u2019t sure who won’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Floyd Mayweather had a razor-close fight with a massive rival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his dazzling career, \u2018Money\u2019 showcased remarkable defensive skills, making even the best of competitors miss wildly as he effortlessly danced out of the way of their punches.<\/p>\n

However, while most fell significantly short of claiming a victory against Mayweather, a few talented individuals gave the icon a run for his money.<\/p>\n

And one legend believes a six-weight world champion potentially did enough to have gotten his hand raised against the boxing genius.<\/p>\n

Sheesh: Floyd Mayweather used \u2018devious\u2019 tactics to become a legend, according to Hall of Famer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FloydPhoto credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS\/AFP via Getty ImagesRoy Jones Jr. says Floyd Mayweather could\u2019ve lost to Oscar De La Hoya<\/p>\n

Roy Jones Jr.<\/a> believes Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> might\u2019ve edged Floyd Mayweather<\/a> in their clash on May 5, 2007.<\/p>\n

At the time, \u2018The Golden Boy\u2019 was the face of boxing, with De La Hoya earning more than Mayweather did for their fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The bout served as a passing of the torch moment, with Mayweather claiming the victory and becoming the biggest star in the sport.<\/p>\n

However, some, including \u2018Captain Hook\u2019, believe the decision could\u2019ve gone the Mexican-American\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Ring Champs with Ak & Barak, Jones Jr. said: \u201cHe fought Shane Mosley<\/a> at 38 years old, and it still was a good fight, and Shane almost took him out at 38. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe fought Oscar De La Hoya at an old age and we still ain\u2019t sure. If you go look at the fight, I still ain\u2019t sure who won that fight, but this an old Oscar De La Hoya, if you an all-time great, Oscar De La Hoya didn\u2019t do that when he fought Julio Cesar Chavez<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Floyd Mayweather, according to one of the greatest fighters of all time<\/p>\n

Jones Jr\u2019s comments come amid a heated back-and-forth between himself and Mayweather.<\/p>\n

The pair have been trading vicious verbal blows, which has resulted in hype for a potential bout.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, a legend says prime Jones Jr. knocks out Mayweather<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather had a razor-close fight with a massive rival. In his dazzling career, \u2018Money\u2019 showcased remarkable defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,34978,32435,106858,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-285770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-floyd-mayweather","10":"tag-oscar-de-la-hoya","11":"tag-roy-jones-jr","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114903778825919804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}