Why no hateful threads about B-Hop's tune up?

Because honestly, it really doesnt need a whole lot of explaining.


Hopkins has got done facing the best around him currently (JC and Pavlik, being the best at 160, the best at 168 ) and has openly said hes going after even bigger fish (dawson/johnson or adamek, again... the best at 175 and the best at cruiserweight for gods sakes) and a soft fight in the middle for a mid 40's man i dont think is too much to ask.

Mayweather continues to not fight the best in his OWN weight class, again... last fight against a top 10 welterweight 2006 (its almost 2010 now).... and billed THIS as some sort of super fight he so generously blessed the boxing world with, which is WHY people hated on it.

Fact is... the JMM fight was not a bad fight at all to shake off the rust, but thats about where it stops. The hate comes with all the other baggage that mayweather brings to the table, not just with him, but with this fight (acting as if its some LEGIT superfight) then, doesnt even come in at the contracted weight.


also, theres a bit more on the pound 4 pound 'king' as him and his fans call him, to take certain types of challenges, then a guy whos already in his 40's and is STILL gunning for the best in divisions. Their expectations are totallly differant....

really i dont see much of a comparison....

IMO at least :good

 

Bottom line....

its easier to accept a guy that has just faced

the best there is at
160
168
and is going on to the best at
175
200

taking a touch up in between fights, being in his mid fourties and all


then a guy who continues to say hes the best in the sport period, as do his fans, yet the boxing world continues to wait and wait and wait for him to fight the creame of the crop in his division.... and its going on 2010 and were still waiting.


its just apples and oranges really imo

 

You have a pretty jaded view then imo...

You seem to be trying to find excuses why Hopkins has continued to fight the best in every division and continues to chase big time opposition despite all logic saying he should be winding down, and trying to somehow discredit it.

It cant be done....

Facing the best is facing the best.... period. Your saying that because one is popular he becomes mayweatherish in cherrypicking opponents?

Ali was popular....
Tyson was popular...
SRL was popular....
Oscar was popular...
Trinidad was popular....

Hell... we can go with right now,
Pac.... he is fighting a welterweight right now who is better then anyone Mayweather has fought within his own division (welterweight) and arguably more dangerous then anyone mayweather has fought period.


using popularity and money as an excuse for not making fights happen is not the greatest stance when compared to true great fighters and what they do.
because while some fighters use their popularity and money generating abilities to fight the best out there, some on the other hand use it to avoid and dodge....

how you use it kinda tells the story there.... and its how mayweather has used it in a way that has turned a lot of people against him, and also has fooled guys like you into thinking once you become popular and a draw, it some how excuses you out of fights that should get made.

and back to the point of the thread.... its pretty simple, the two are not really that comparable.

How can you really not see the differance, between the hopkins tune up and the jmm tune up? lol... P.P... the differances are glaring. Nobody will say (rationally) that the JMM fight wasnt an acceptable fight for shaking off some rust... but like i said, all mayweather would have to do is say the words and we could have Mayweather vs Cotto, Mayweather vs Mosley, Mayweather vs Margarito (though im not interested in that fight now due to margaritos cheating, destruction, then suspension it was at one time a good matchup) i dont CARE about 2006.... we are talking about right now, these are fights that boxing has been waiting for and waiting for, and instead of making these fights happen, mayweather does everything BUT.... with the lone exception being Ricky Hatton fight which was a solid win (and one boxing had wanted, just... at 140, not 147)

So it completely changes the backdrop and environment in which the argument is being made in this case.

but whatever... im outta here, just thought id give my .02 on the issue P.P... its not like i cant see where your coming from, i do and its not completely off base eather, i def see your point... but i think you have to bring a little logic and ration into the picture.

 

Besides the fact that hes gunning for

Dawson
Johnson
and
Adamek



While trying to get a Mayweather vs (insert elite 147lber here) is like pulling teeth....
and instead of using his fame, wealth, and fortune to make the fights... he uses it to squash them (oh they need me i dont need them, why would i fight mosley he has 5 losses? gee... how many did baldo have? lol..)

it goes on and on and on so much that its tiring....


meanwhile, nobody is really asking **** from Hopkins.... and he has a cushy job at GBP to pay his way, and yet hes gunning for guys like Dawson and Adamek....

its really pretty easy to see imo...


but i will say as far as a tune up and just shaking off some rust, jmm by himself was not a horrible opponent... if mayweather goes on to actually fight the people boxing fans has wanted him to fight for the last 3 years.