Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops Georges St. Pierre for ‘Best Fighter’ ESPY in 2008

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather Jr. — who has won six professional world boxing championships in five different weight classes — has taken home the ESPY for “Best Fighter” in 2008, toppling UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and others for the honor, according to ESPN.com.
    Boxers Joe Calzaghe, Holly Holm and Kelly Pavlik were also up for nomination.
    Mayweather (39-0) recently retired at age 30 after defeating several of the top competitors alive in the sport today, including Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Zab Judah, Jose Luis Castillo (twice) and others. He has teased with a possible move to mixed martial arts several times within the past 12 months.
    However, it’s highly unlikely that he makes the jump anytime soon.
    The ESPY, which stands for “Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly,” is ESPN’s annual awards show that recognizes the best in sports. As one person recently put it, the ESPYs are to sports just like the Grammy Awards are for music or the Academy Awards are for movies.
    St. Pierre has won nine of his last 10 fights against several of the best in the business such as Matt Hughes (twice), Matt Serra, Sean Sherk, Josh Koscheck, BJ Penn and others. He is just the third mixed martial artist to earn a nomination — Randy Couture and Rampage Jackson were considered last year, however, both fell short.






    *awaits hater remarks*
     
  2. québecwarrior

    québecwarrior Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre Full Member

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    GSP would **** Floyd all day all night singing Celine Dion
     
  3. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    goes to show you that sometimes how you market yourself outside the sport can go a longer way than what you accomplish at the sport itself.

    Also its a US award show so no surprise PBF wins it
     
  4. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    and floyd would body his ass in a boxing ring
     
  5. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    hater remarks? lmao i'll let him retireing instead of fighting the best speak for itself
     
  6. El Borracho

    El Borracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Further proof that the ESPYs are bull**** awards to eat up air time and generate ad revenue
     
  7. québecwarrior

    québecwarrior Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre Full Member

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    ok.....
    Federer would beat Woods in tenis:good
     
  8. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    st p would do floyd in mma
    floyd would do st p in boxing... end of story

    2 different sports...
     
  9. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    **** MMA. Go ahead Floyd, this is just encouragement to come back.
     
  10. crazyboy867

    crazyboy867 Active Member Full Member

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    was floyd there to accept the reward?
     
  11. Rell27

    Rell27 Member Full Member

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    Thank you
     
  12. El Borracho

    El Borracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, I'm sure winning and ESPY is the pinnacle of his career.:patsch

    BTW you're a douche
     
  13. smoochp

    smoochp Da flyest1 Full Member

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    They never showed it on TV. Just to show what the world thinks of boxing
     
  14. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    God, what for? So he can have one money making, meaningless fight a year? No thanks.
     
  15. Spitbucket

    Spitbucket Guest

    As long as Margarito and COtto are on the scene, you can forget about Fraud making a comeback!:bolt