Floyd Mayweather - How will it end?

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  1. Jonsey

    Jonsey Boxing Junkie banned

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    Thought you didnt do things like this mate?
     
  2. rampant

    rampant Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Im confident with lack of knowledge he's up there with the best! :bowdown
     
  3. Jonsey

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    its utterly ridiclious to expect Mayweather to fight Martinez at 160lbs.
     
  4. Flea Man

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    Again, I MUST STRESS, I am not downgrading Floyd or downplaying his achievements, it's more that putting him in the 'top 20' is dismissing those that have done more, beaten better fighters, and have worked harder to achieve the tag of 'greatness' (i.e fighting more than once a year)

    It's not 'Floyd isn't good' it's 'Floyd isn't as good as these'. All my opinion of course, but I have a lot more to back up my argument that Floyd has plus points to his ring record.
     
  5. Flea Man

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    I got called a '******', go **** yourself.
     
  6. Flea Man

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    No ****ing chance. Still be 30 fighters with better resumes than him.
     
  7. shaunster101

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    :lol:

    More chance of Harrison KOing a Klitschko than those fights happening. Pie in the sky.
     
  8. Flea Man

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    There is no way I'd rank him over Hearns. And I don't have Hearns in my top 30.
     
  9. Flea Man

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    He already has him in his top 10 anyway.
     
  10. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    Floyd has found himself in a situation where he has a platform to tell millions of people who don't follow boxing that he is great. Whereas past fighters had to fight the very best to prove themselves, Floyd basically has his own tv show and millions of dollars of marketing money to turn his ordinary opponents into great fighters, beat them, and then reinforce his claims in the minds of those who bought into the marketing.
     
  11. However his career ends, he is the best fighter of his generation by a country mile. There is nobody even close to him in terms of talent.
     
  12. dftaylor

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    Why? Martinez isn't massively bigger than him. Ray Leonard managed it when he was a light-middle at biggest. Ray Robinson managed it when he'd spent all of his prime at 147, and was past-prime for much of his 160 tenure.

    Floyd always has an alibi for avoiding a challenge. Except for punching his baby mother in the mouth.
     
  13. FrochFan7

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl
     
  14. shaunster101

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    I swear, the significance of weight is completely blown out of proportion due to the ridiculous emphasis that is now placed on receiving a loss on your record. It's used as an excuse so much ('i just didn't feel strong enough carrying this extra 7lbs . . . [despite weighing the same in the ring as I do every fight and not having to dehydrate so much]) that the idea of a fighter moving from 147 to 160 makes a fans head explode.

    All this does is justify a fighter staying in is weight class and not taking the same challenges that would have been expected of them 25 years ago.
     
  15. Flea Man

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    Talent? What does that mean? I care about what fighters actually do, not how they appear.