He has, BY FAR, the best hit / don't get hit % differential in history....
Basically, if floyd lands 50 shots and gets hit 16 times...
Sugar Ray Lenoard lands 50 shots and gets hit 40 times (as an example)
I don't have the EXACT numbers off hand, but the WHOLE POINT of being a boxer, is to hit, and not get hit....
Now, somebody could make an argument that "floyd's punches don't hurt as bad as x fighter", and this could be true... But still, if floyds hit / don't get hit percentage is 2 or 3x better than someone elses, they don't hit 2 or 3x HARDER than floyd (maybe 1.3x harder, something like that), but STILL not enough to make up for all the punches floyd lands and how many times he makes people miss.
That stat is the MAIN reason.... But then add in the fact that:
ALI went like 35-0 before his first loss
Sugar Ray Leonard went 27-0 before his first loss
Sugar Ray Robinson went 40 - 0 before his first loss
Floyd is 44-0 .... So, they all lost BEFORE him, even if we aren't going to play the undefeated card.
There is NO WAY, ANYONE can look at these 2 FACTS, and say Floyd isn't AT LEAST top 5 to top 3 ALL TIME...
I say he's
#1 ... Maybe 2nd to Sugar Ray, since we don't know Sugar Ray's compubox stats (but they say it was off the charts like Floyds)