I agree that PBF is a smart businessman. Heck, I even think his trash talking is more of a conscious effort to make him a more distinguishable figure in boxing. So yes, I agree that most of what PBF has done is very smart from a business perspective. But does he get the respect of the fans for doing that? No. At the end of the day all fighters earn the respect they get. And the only way to get that respect in boxing is to go after the real challenges. I'm not saying he won't, but until he does, haters will always hate him because he hasn't done anything to earn their respect since he got to to the top. He set himself up to be the villain. So he shouldn't complain about not getting the respect he wants.
are you talking about the same white people that like Roy Jones and Pernell whitaker two very cocky fighters too. dont bring race to this man it has nothing to do with anything.
The boy who cried wolf eh. Lets put it this way, if he fought the best opposition consistently none of this this would even be an issue would it ? Floyd has made things the way they are, he could of conducted himself properly and fought the best fighters and everything would be fine. Believe it or not he is not the only fighter throughout history who has been viewed as arrogant, but all the guys that endured that criticism fought the BEST which negated/subdued any ill feeling. Mayweather has not done that and he is paying the price for it. "Maybe there's more to the hate than just that" Is this an attempt at pulling the race card ?
Morales was the best at 130 and if Hatton was ruined after one loss than all the fighters Floyd fought other than Ricky and Corrales were ruined too.
:happy Thats what I dont get, why do these guys get so emotional in defense of floyd? A new guy made a thread about floyd getting arrested for impersoning a welterweight, and the usual nutthuggers were so offended by it, like he was talking about them or something. Eze even called him a ******. Fow what? Why are you guys acting like its your personal responsibility to defend floyd from anyone who says negative things about him
Floyd beat Hatton in his (Floyd's) own weight division at l47. He forced Hatton to go up in weight. Pac beat Hatton in the latter's division at l40 where he was unbeaten. Hatton lasted only 3 rounds w/ Pac but he was competitive against Floyd before he got knocked out.
best at 130, but he was clearly a goner and that moved up to 135 killed him, any morales fan out there knows its not the same morales anymore. and its a different thing for every fighter, clearly hatton didn't look good in his last 2 fights after floyd and prior to pac. I've been saying that even before the pac fight which is why i pick pac by KO
That post is pathetic. This is Boxing son, not NWA. You fight the best you get your props, even if some people( dumb asses) view you as boring..........Whitaker or arrogant loud mouth (Muhammad Ali) Fight the best =respect The race arguments never stand up, its just a desperate attempt to cover up short comings.
clearly u need to read the article, and most of the things i posted. Its annoying to repeat it again and again. And styles makes fights, you've been here long enough to know that
i posted an article, i didn't write all those stuff u idiotatsch and why am i inviting mostly pac fans? This thread ain't all about pac and floyd. I don't remember them hating on floyd before..care to explain why? Is his return viewed as a threat?