Reminder: if Mayweather were as great as he says, he'd take REAL risks.

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oscar @ 154 isnt a risk?

 

I can't stand mayweather.... Jesse was telling me about how he was scared shitless of the Cuban, because of how loud the pads sounded when the cuban would hit em.

 

for Floyd it is.

 

Yeah the last time....Two businessman fighting at 154

 

its all buisines for floyd

 

Real original thread clown.

 

Weren't you here claiming that Hatton was going to KO Mayweather in the run up to that fight back in '07? How come you weren't on Mayweather's case for not taking risks then? And how many of these bull**** hate thread are you going to start?

 

Sosa defense of the title

Ndou not a threat? Come on, he's not a great but to say not a risk... come on

After this Floyd moved to 140 where NO ONE wanted to fight Floyd except Witter and Gatti. (Witter Lol) - Gatti wanted to fight Floyd without a title, Floyd wanted a title. Cotto was deemed too green, Zoo fought for Showtime, and Hatton wasn't even thinking about Floyd (later declined after he beat Zoo)

The WBC then forced Mayweather to go through TWO eliminator fights to fight for Gatti's title.

Corley was coming off a SD loss to Judah.

Brussles.. horrible fight, blame the WBC.

Gatti best available at 140. Witter showed his true value that night.

Thus opting Mayweather to move up.

Mitchell at 147 - Warm up fight to feel 147.

Fight with Judah is set up prior to Baldomir beating Judah. Judah lost and Mayweather and Arum looked for an opponent. Margarito was offered a fight and opted not to replace Judah in the fight. At this time Margarito hadn't fought for almost a year and if he took the place of Judah it would of been a full year off of boxing and he declined.

Fight goes on with Judah. Good fight, ex champ.

Floyd buys his contract out from Arum. Offers Floyd a fight for 8 million against Margarito but wants options on Floyds next fight, Floyd considers it but is told he would only receive 6 million for bigger threats. He was also told a DLH fight at 20 million is not an option. Floyd declines.

Floyd fights the Lineal Champion in Baldomir. Maybe not the biggest threat but no one besides Mosley had even unified the titles prior.

When Floyd fights Baldomir. Cotto had yet to even move up to 147. Mosley opts to take the rest of 2007 off after beating Vargas.

Floyd decides makes the mega fight with DLH at 154. A good win.

Goes back to 147. Ricky challenges him, comes into the fight weighing 154 (WHAT HE WEIGHS at 140 on fight night)

Floyd is now fighting Marquez at 143. Not a great great fight but how can you people expect him to fight Cotto or Mosley after 18 months off.

If Cotto or Mosley was coming off 18 months and they decided to fight Floyd you would be shitting all over Floyd for picking on someone who should have a warm up fight.


So no matter what, it's not good enough. Not until he loses and when that happens you will deem him exposed. If I was him I wouldn't come back, he can't win in this sport.

Mosley has turned down 3 fights from Floyd so far. If Floyd fights him after Marquez, Mosley is going to be deemed too old by everyone. It's such a pointless fight.

Cotto has to prove himself still, he's coming off a margo loss and a win against who again? Let's wait till after Clottey fight.

The best part is, he's picking on "smaller" guys yet the size difference between marquez-floyd is A LOT smaller than the size difference between Floyd-Mosley/Cotto but you want him to fight these guys after 18 months off.

Give me a ****ing break. Just say I want Mayweather to lose and until he fights someone who he won't be a favorite over I won't be satisfied, because you clearly won't be.

 

so who takes real risks then...

cotto doesnt
shane doesnt
bhop doesnt
pacman doesnt

who takes risks? its not like any of these took any death defying fights that they shouldn't have won... maybe cotto to mosley.... mosley to winky... pac to hatton... floyd to oscar

its not like there is one guy out there who just takes an abundant amount of "risky" fights

 

seriously though slop throp.. who is a

"real" risk taker? realistically there is no such thing as a risk taker unless you fight someone you SHOULD lose to.. which is most cases wouldn't happen if your the better fighter & 50 - 50 fights rarely ever happen because upper echelon guys dont often have the chance to fight someone who is equal in their skill level

edit: and if you say.. well floyd could face cotto-margarito-shane-paul williams..

if floyd beat cotto or margarito everyone would say that is the expected out come
shane is the closest thing to a 50 - 50 fight
and paul williams is the only fight where floyds back would really be against the wall

and just because a guy can "knock you the **** out" doesnt mean he is a risk taker..

example.... cotto vs torres... torres isnt the best boxer... but he is dangerous or "risky" cause he can knock you the **** out... a smart boxer would dispose of torres with ease... if you get what im trying to say