Did mayweather really play the weight game?

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  1. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Drainelo, Fatquez, etc etc all ways to discredit the man, but did he really?

    FACTS
    the following are unofficial fight night weights

    Gave up 10+ pounds vs corrales
    gave up 10+ pounds vs castillo
    gave up 10+ plus pounds vs baldomir
    gave up 10 + pounds vs Victor ortiz who came in at 165

    it's difficult to find a fight where he has a weight advantage over his opponent. In reality and factual history it is the contrary. Only the JMM fight can be used in the discussion.

    Can someone point to factual evidence of floyd being a large fighter for his division? All of the research Ive done shows otherwise.
     
  2. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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  3. Mexi-Box

    Mexi-Box Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    You guys are beholden to weight like it means everything. It's not just weight. It's also body frame, etc. Remember, the Floyd fans used to say Pacquiao and Mayweather were the same size? Up until Mayweather himself shot it down by saying he was so much larger than Pacquiao that Floyd fans stopped saying it.
     
  4. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    im not talking about body frame

    edit: or pac for that matter
     
  5. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    personally I don't think mayweather has ever really fought at a size disadvantage even though he has moved up in weight. apart from canelo who was bigger than him but canelo was drained. he had a big frame and not many he fought had a longer reach than him
     
  6. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    how do you explain my examples in the op and canelo only had to lose 2 more pounds anyway
     
  7. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd is busted roiding himself to teeth. His career is irrelevant. You can't evaluate a boxer's performance based on physical features when there are PED's involved.
     
  8. YesMySon

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    so castillo, corrales, ortiz and baldomir were all on PED's as well is what you are saying
     
  9. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    canelo was already struggling to make weight and as you said unofficial ring weights, mayweather refuses to do fight night weigh ins so no one knows if that's true

    and if mayweather is getting iv because he is so dehydrated from making weight then he could be a lot bigger than he lets on.
     
  10. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    lol Floyd was never busted for anything
     
  11. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Except he IVas. Hard work and medication.
     
  12. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Every boxer has used IVs
     
  13. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    It's the safest and best way to rehydrate your body
     
  14. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    this thread is not about IV or PEDs for the last time you clowns
     
  15. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Every boxer who used IV's the way Floyd did broke the VADA rules and thus is a cheater. It's an insult to their respective sports to even discuss careers of the likes of Floyd, Lance Armstrong etc.