Floyd Mayweather Jr: The Greatest Boxer Ever?

This past weekend, Mayweather united the Light Middleweight belts for a second time by beating Canelo Alvarez handily.  Thats right, the 36 year old Mayweather easily beat the undefeated 23 year old Alvarez.  This fight just reinforces what I have thought for the past 5 years: Mayweather is not only the greatest pound for pound boxer in the world, but the greatest ever.

Here are some of the highlights from Mayweather's illustrious career that deserve noting:

• He has held title belts in 5 different weight classes, and has even swapped back and forth between Light Middleweight and Welterweight twice.
• Has never lost a fight
• Won the Ring Fighter of the Year award in '98 and '07, tied for the largest time gap with Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson
• Won the BBWA fighter of the year award in '07 at the ripe age of 30
• Has never lost a fight
• Is the highest grossing athlete of the past 5 years (not counting endorsements)
• Beat the likes of Miguel Cotto, Victor Ortiz, Ricky Hatton, Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales, and Juan Manuel Marquez...These are some of the biggest names in boxing in the last 10-15 years
• And oh yeah, he has never lost a fight, despite fighting all those names above

All of these stats put Mayweather above all competition in the world today, and put him at the very least next to Muhammad Ali as the greatest ever.  Ali's stats through age 36: 56-3 with 37 KOs. Mayweather: 45-0 with 26 KOs.  We will see what happens in the coming years but at this point I believe Mayweather is on the list of Greatest Boxers Ever.  Now lets just hope that Pacquiao finally decides to let himself be drug tested so that Mayweather and him can fight.