Why was Floyd willing to fight Winky...but not Sergio?

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  1. YCGS

    YCGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Facts:

    Floyd, who had just fought Arturo Gatti at 140 CALLED OUT Winky, who had just won a Middleweight title against JT. They had nearly agreed to fight at 154 (with several stipulations that favoured Floyd including a fight day weigh in with an 8 lb rehydration clause) but Winky was upset at taking short money (possibly some BS from Arum) so the fight never happened. I personally blame Winky and not Floyd for that one.

    Sergio Martinez bursts on the scene, and moves back to MW in 2010 destroys Paul Williams in the rematch, calls out Floyd and says he'll do 150 CW and Floyd wants no part of it. (We all knew Manny would never accept that fight unless Sergio would go to 140 or something ridiculous. ) Yet you have Floyds legion of idiots saying Sergio was too big when Winky was bigger than Sergio and Floyd had already fought and won a title at 154 a few years before (ODH), and then did it AGAIN about 8 moths later (Cotto).

    Now watch me get called a hater, or even better a Pac****.
     
  2. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Because Sergio is a high stamina, high power, high speed fighter.
     
  3. texboxing00

    texboxing00 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    High risk, low reward. Winky was a bigger name. Its buisness guys, we cant forget about that.
     
  4. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Sergio is sooooooooooooooooooooo overated. He beat pavlik and... who else?
     
  5. Starched Him

    Starched Him Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was much younger back then
     
  6. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not enough money to fight a bigger man.
     
  7. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was Floyd ever truly willing to fight Winky? I find that hard to believe and don't remember that. Winky was VERY good, very intelligent fighter with amazing defense, and naturally bigger and stronger than Floyd. I don't remember that at all...
     
  8. boxfanlut

    boxfanlut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    8 months later? you sure
     
  9. theflyest

    theflyest Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd was desperate to be a star back then.
     
  10. 941Jeremy

    941Jeremy Active Member Full Member

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    Winky never won the title from JT. Also Floyd didn't have the same leverage at that point in his career. Sergio was as big of a name as Winky but there were better and less challenging alternatives.
     
  11. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Williams
     
  12. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    I stopped reading at "Floyd was willing to fight Winky"
     
  13. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What I remember from that was that FLoyd was the one who backed out of the fight.

    It was during the DLH/Winky negotiations where winky ducked out of the fight
    cause he felt the 6 million offer was NOT enough.
     
  14. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chacal, you should probably look at the tape of Sergio knocking Paul Williams out. It scared Mayweather.
     
  15. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    So his cable was blocked when:

    Hatton KOd Castillo?
    Mosley Kod Margarito?
    Alvarez KOd Josesito Lopez and Cintron?
    Maidana dominated Broner?
    Manny dominated Algeri?