Has a Mayweather fight even come clost to being FOTY?

:deal

 

Mayweather/Demarcus Corley (of all people) had what I considered to be a candidate for Round of the Year back in 2004.

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Did you just recall that off the top of your head, round, year and everything....that's great sometimes I wish I stopped puffing the magic dragon when I still hand a bit of motivation left in me. I mostly recall fights based on vauge almost grayscale flashes. Some fights stick out more than others. :rasta

 

I remembered the fight/year/ and that it had one great round. I had to look up what round it was. Round 4

 

You should probably look up the word engage, slug. Anyone in boxing...EVER...who has thrown, and taken punches...has engaged.

 

In terms of rounds...

Mayweather v N'dou Round 5 is a must watch if you haven't seen it before...


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Perfect statement.

Exciting ones include:

vs. Hatton (an aesthetically pleasing inside fight)
vs. Augustus (action fight)
vs. Ndou (tons of punches thrown)
vs. Ortiz (lot of action and drama for 4 rounds)
vs. Gatti (dominant though)
vs. Gerena (round 1 is great, dominant)

 

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he fought margo or cotto back then, he

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have.

 

LOL, The ******* Rams his Own head against the steel door.

 

Not when his opponents can't make it a close fight... One sided victories don't get FOTY.

 

as good as that may sound it's not entirely true. Mayweather jr has had struggles and competitive fights, they just haven't been FOTY candidates. Not everybody has the opportunity to participate in one and Floyd's not at fault for that. The only legitimate critic Floyd deserves is not always facing the opponents most fans want to see him against.

 

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That's a senseless statement. There WERE no PPV numbers for Ali or Leonard during most of his career. That's like saying classical music is more popular now than it was in the 19th century because more albums are sold today.

Leonard was more popular and more mainstream and he fought even LESS often. In fact, most top level boxers only fight twice a year on average. Boxers have historically been the single most popular athletes in the world and they *routinely* ply their craft less often than athletes of other sports. There's no question that the most popular athlete of the 80s of Mike Tyson, who was seen much less often than, say, Michael Jordan.

Well then, wouldn't you expect him to get mainstream coverage if he's an "event"? Until it was negotiated in the HBO fight contract by parent company Time Warner, I don't recall any information about him on CNN, or Time Magazine, or even Sports Illustrated, for that matter. It was just another sports happening, and was treated that way.

That's like arguing that Novak Djokovic is mainstream because he's a household name in Serbia. The "white media" IS the mainstream media.

Oh, well, if your mother thinks so...

It's NOT simply personality. It's personality, plus the fact that he's undefeated. It's a streak he's cultivated with brashness.

Put it this way, Oscar's numbers are basically unaffected by whether he wins or loses because he was genuinely loved. When Pacquiao loses, he'll also continue to do record business for the same reasons.

If Floyd ever loses (and I doubt he will), his PPV numbers will plummet. I guarantee it, because a big part of the intrigue about him is now over.

 

And...

vs Chavez (Mayweather stays in the pocket and breaks down an ultra-aggressive Chavez)
vs Castillo in the first fight (Round 11 has some wicked exchanges in the trenches)