Anyone who thinks Mayweather ducked Margarito is ******ed

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Sizzle, Jun 7, 2010.


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  1. Sizzle

    Sizzle Active Member Full Member

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    Say what you like about Floyd, but this is one argument that is brought up often and makes absolutely no sense.

    Bare in mind I would agree with you if you argued that Floyd should've fought Cotto after defeating Ricky Hatton rather than retiring - That was a fight he overlooked and most people will agree on that.

    Mayweather had the choice of fighting Antonio Margarito, a top contender in the Welterweight division, or fighting the lineal undisputed welterweight champion for slightly more money (In Carlos Baldomir) coming off victories against two name fighters - Judah and Gatti. One a former champion of the division himself, and the other a former titlist in a number of weightclasses. Margarito had beaten virtually noone of note.

    To suggest Mayweather should've fought Margarito at this point in time is ludicrous.

    And for those who disagree - Name me ONE example, in the last 130 years or so of gloved boxing, where a fighter was MALIGNED for fighting the champion of his division, regardless of whether it was perceived to be the easier fight or not.

    When has a fighter EVER been criticized for fighting the top dog in his division? Answer me that.
     
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  2. snakeface

    snakeface The Woodside Hurricane Full Member

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    If mayweather beat Margarito..pac would fight maragacheato as well down the road.
     
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  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Pac-Hatton!!! Some think he should have fought an african american fighter instead of facing the guy that was considered the best junior welterweight at that time which was Hatton.
     
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  4. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    who the hell thinks this????
     
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  5. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    ******s obviously and theres lots of them in this site.
     
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  6. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    About time. Where have you been in 2006? :lol:
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Nallage and Nallege-aliases. That's a lot of 'people'...
     
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  8. Suga

    Suga Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl
     
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  9. the_brigand

    the_brigand I'll Eat Her Later... Full Member

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    Wow, talk about digging up an old dead nag and flogging it some more for no good reason.
     
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  10. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    :yep:yep:yep

    The same bozos who thinks Pac should of fought Tim Austin,Zahir Raheem and Nate Campbell instead of Barrera,Morales and Marquez.
     
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  11. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Last Decade



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  12. blur

    blur WLADGLASSJAW Full Member

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    dont forget jackory and toopretty
     
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  13. Sinew

    Sinew The Assassin Full Member

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    Cotto, Margarito, Williams , Berto... I dont understand how or why...
     
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  14. Quarteysjab

    Quarteysjab Guest

    excellent video that 100% exposes floyd the fraud he is. well done, academy award type short film expose of fraud.
     
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  15. zoo

    zoo Active Member Full Member

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    There's alot more to it than that. First off, Floyd didn't go straight for Baldomir, he went after his left overs in Zab Judah. Secondly he could have fought Margarito anytime after that, but choose a past it DLH and Ricky Hatton who everybody knew was pretty limited.

    I really don't get why people defend Mayweather. He has gone down on the record saying he didn't want to fight Margarito because the risk wasn't worth the reward as opposed to Hatton and DLH who represented huge paydays but at a far lesser risk.

    The fact is after the Castillo fights Mayweather stopped taking risks in the ring as that was the last great fighter he faced in their prime (and no Hatton was not a great fighter). The track record speaks for its self, he waits for dangerous fighters to be beaten (Like Tszyu and Margarito) and than moves in on their victors as long they have a style he can deal with.

    The problem now is that he is boxed in, because he has to fight Pacquiao. You can debate who was to blame about derailing their March fight, but Pacquiao has now agreed to all the terms Floyd has originally set, and now Floyd speaks of retirement like there is nothing left to proof. Sorry, but I call bull****. I also found his first "retirement" rather suspicious as it was the same time Cotto was steam rolling everybody at Welterweight.
     
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