A Mayweather Revisionist's worst nightmare:

Opposite extreme.

 

It's all true but in the end I do know if his great fear could be justified. He should have just taken on his demons and faced him to silence the critics as well as any self-doubt he may have had.

 

If Floyd beat Casamayor at Welterweight, he'd take more heat than he does for not fighting him. It would be thrown in the garbage, saying Floyd handles the weight better than Casamayor and that Floyd is in fact a coward for waiting to get him out of his proper weight class. It's pathetic, but it's what would have happened. There's always a way to find fault if you're an idiot and try hard enough.

 

1. That's your problem if you don't do research. It just shows the lack of effort you bring to your arguments and makes you not worth debating with, since you really don't back yourself with facts. Just mindless hearsay.

2. Develop your own opinion. Saying this sort of thing doesn't add to your case. Neither does linking forums as evidence.

 

Well I am in the camp of he could and perhaps should have fought Casamayor at 130 when they were both title holders. Remember, PBF had 9 title defenses in between when he won his belt and Casamayor lost his to Freitas. It's easy to see why people say he should have fought him...he had opportunity and Casamayor was the WBA champion for all of that time period. Ring had Casamayor #2 behind PBF right before he vacated and Casamayor lost.

 

Sure, I'll agree he could have fought him there, but saying at 147lbs he should have chosen him over Mitchell really isn't valid based on the fact that Mitchell had already set foot in those waters and Casamayor had not.

Will you agree that Floyd's win would have been severely downplayed had he taken this fight at 147lbs?

 

Downplayed more than the Mitchell win? Hard to tell.....at that point, everyone was so focused on him not fighting Margarito, I don't think anything he did would have mattered.

Not sure how good Casa would look at 147. Of course, PBF has been fine, and Casamayor is a very good fighter.

 

Don't worry, it's clear to anyone following that you've not been gaining any ground.

 

That's possible.

 

There's an ignore list? :yikes

Na, I knew that. I think it's a bit lame though.

 

:deal

 

Easy way to avoid having to defend your points though. Useful tool for him.

 

What, are you ****ing kidding me?

Hatton TKOed Tszyu when Tszyu was the undisputed champ at 140.

And Cotto...look it up yousrself, he fought a series of undefeated contenders at 140.

 

Was Arturo Gatti really the #1 ranked by Ring at 140 when PBF fought him? I find that very hard to believe.

 

I know. It seems hard to believe, but he actually was.

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Junior_Welterweight--2000s