Would Floyd Mayweather be brave enough to move up and fight a middleweight champion?

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  1. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd's reach is the same of Andre CoWard. He has never fought once in his career in reach disadvantage, and never will.

    Hell, he's scared of midgets.
     
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  2. lufcrazy

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    Doubt he has the balls to challenge Golovkin.

    Floyd v Cotto isn't too unrealistic however
     
    lufcrazy, Aug 18, 2014
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  3. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Cotto and diaz were a great team. He had cotto in the best shape be ever was in.
    When cotto fought pac is when the lack of a trainer really hurt him. He didn't even have a real trainer, He had one of his buddies trying to play trainer.

    That's why I don't give pac much credit for beating that cotto. He was lost all camp and even more lost in the Ring. .. it had zero to do with the 145 catch weight, All to do with no trainer.

    Diaz made cotto the best be could and would be, He dumped him after he lost. Way too many fighters blame trainers for them losing. Ridiculous
     
    Staminakills, Aug 18, 2014
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  4. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    Floyd would never be brave enough to run from a 38 year old retiree. (Wlad runs from an old nobody after getting killed instantly by him).

    Or run from a guy three divisions lower than him (Vitali run from little byrd)
     
    HerolGee, Aug 18, 2014
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  5. Scar

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    If he moved up and challenged the lineal champion Cotto people will be crying "He's cherry picking!!!, he must fight Golovkin who's biggest win is Curtis Stevenson!".
     
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  6. JETSKI

    JETSKI Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Be careful about using the word "brave" in the same sentence with PBF.:yep
     
    JETSKI, Aug 18, 2014
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  7. detamour

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    Who dictates to the richest most powerful guy in boxing again please? Cotto, we never made no attempt to make a fight v floyd, from his own dam mouth!!
     
    detamour, Aug 18, 2014
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  8. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    This.
     
    alexthegreatmc, Aug 18, 2014
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  9. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    So he's expected to fight 160 & 168 lbs fighters?
     
    alexthegreatmc, Aug 18, 2014
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  10. freedom2013

    freedom2013 Boxing Junkie banned

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    To be The Best Ever, he would need to suppass the achievements of Duran, Greb, Armstrong, Robinson, etc.

    Roberto Duran started at bantamweight and won the linear title at middleweight, WITHOUT needing a catch weight when he fought Barkley.
     
    freedom2013, Aug 18, 2014
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  11. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    Duran never held the lineal middleweight title. You people need to let go of that fallacious argument.
     
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  12. freedom2013

    freedom2013 Boxing Junkie banned

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    So there's no reason Floyd can't fight GGG at 160 WITHOUT a catch weight.

    Even though Duran started at bantamweight and Floyd at junior lightweight, it would narrow the gap between them on the all-time list.
     
    freedom2013, Aug 18, 2014
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  13. fighter86

    fighter86 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    His last 3 fighters were MW and possible again in Sept 13 ,he's a WW coming in at 148-150 on fight night fighting MW. :-(...How many times do I have to say this.:patsch
     
    fighter86, Aug 18, 2014
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  14. texboxing00

    texboxing00 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    People just act like Floyd has to fight at 160 because they desperately want to see him loose. I don't even think Floyd has ever came in at 154 much less campaign at 160.
     
    texboxing00, Aug 18, 2014
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  15. Joejr

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    He doesn't have too, and I don't care if he does or not but ray Robinson was fighting the best middleweights in the world and went all the way to light heavyweight

    Armstrong was welterweight champion of the world when he was a featherweight

    The best are supposed to continuely push themselves and push the limits of what is supposed to be achievable eg Hopkins

    Not just take easy convenient fights for the most money
     
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