How come PPL say Mayweather hasnt fought the best of his era??

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  1. LordSouness

    LordSouness Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Given Hatton was the undisputed king of light welter, and was a pound-for-pound top 10 rated fighter and Cotto wasn't either of those things (Cotto wasn't until after his wins against Judah and Mosley in 2007), yes, I do think the Hatton fight was unequivocally bigger than a Cotto fight in 2007.
     
  2. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    Hard to argue against that, the scene here in Vegas shows that too. Brits took over my city but left crying :lol::lol:
     
  3. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    this is not trolling.

    Floyd has fought the best of his era and even the worst haters cant argue that.

    last one left is Pacquiao, that fight will happen just like all the others you guys said that wasnt.

    "He scared of Mosley and just fight a light in JMM, no way he signs that fight, Mosley KO's worse then Margarito"

    "hell never fight Cotto, a boxer puncher with a good jab is the worst thing for Floyd"

    "canelo is another mega fight that ppl want to see and Floyd will not sign this. a young prime fighter with power and will have huge weight advangte in his corner! Floyd to scared of the ginger, wont fight him
     
  4. kirk

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    I remember when HBO showed a graphic in 2007/8 on how on fire the welterweight division was.... the graphic showed


    Prime Williams (undefeated)
    Prime Margarito
    Prime Cotto (undefeated)
    Shane Mosley

    Those were the 'it' fighters (besides Mayweather) at the time,
    Instead of him taking on one of his worthy, primed challengers.... he went on 'vacation' for two years... while they all beat eachother up :patsch

    Regardless of the reasons, or the excuses, Mayweather only faced two of those fighters, one of them two years after that graphic (who would go on to lose 4 of his next 5 fights), and the other one he fought 4 years after it.


    Outside of Canelo, Hatton and Hoya, he has never really fought the guy the fans wanted him to fight at that particular time (usually because it was the most perceived threat at the time)


    I don't necessarily hold it against him that he never fought the above names, and when he did, it was past its expiration date (imo), because to me theres semi legit reasons as to why those fights didn't occur.


    But the fact to me is that regardless, he almost never fought who the fans wanted him to fight at the particular time....


    Of course, that's not even touching upon that he is involved in the biggest non fight to ever happen in the history of the sport of boxing.
     
  5. Imperial1

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    If he doesn't fight Manny all this other **** is irrelevant
     
  6. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    yes division was beasty back then. we can go on and on about the reason he retired or what not. ppl said he was scared but I truly think (But this first point is fact) is that he had a rematch clause with DLH, didnt want to fight that fight because he wanted to call the shots and DLH wasnt gonna have it (and thank the lord that rematch didnt happened, that fight sucked) so the only way to get out of rematch clause is retire. very smart on his part

    anyhow I think he made alot of fights that ppl wanted at the time. PPL wanted Corrales fight, ppl wanted immeadiate Castillo rematch and thought that wasnt gonna happen because he so called lost the first fight. PPL wanted the Judah fight FOR REALS!! saying "he took Baldmior lightly, he wont take Mayweather lightly at all. fight needs to happen because Judah is as fast if not faster, south paw with power, floyds krpytonite."

    everybody wanted that Mosley fight bro. and like I've said before nobody thought he would took it! "He just fought a light weight in JMM, no way he fights Mosley a true WW that will KO Mayweather"

    so I kinda of see your point but i put many other fights that the public did want to see him in and he made those fights
     
  7. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    it cant be irrelvant bro.

    Floyd's career is not based on 1 man, i know ppl hate to hear that but its true. Now will it hurt Floyd if he nevers fight Pacquiao...OF COURSE!! Will he still make the HOF and be one of the best of all time if he doesnt fight Pac...OF COURSE!!

    Same thing for Pac. if he never fights Floyd i will hold it against him but hes still an ATG no matter if the fight happens or not. it might not hurt him as much as Floyd (Floyd has alot more haters, ppl think hes ducked the best etc etc) But in my eyes (and Roach confirmed) Is Pac didnt make the fight when it mattered the most. so while Floyd might get beat up in the long run more then pac over the years, Pac just like Floyd wouldnt have fought THE best fighter of the era.

    PPL will then look at what each fighter did since those talks broke down and Floyd clearly has him beat by a long while and fought tougher fights so it goes both way bro.

    ANyhow NO way 1 fight makes a man's career
     
  8. Imperial1

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    No matter how you slice his career will be defined by the Pacquio fight if he doesn't fight him he will be remebered more for that than all of his accolades ..Sure he will be brought up in some conversations but if he doesn't have Mannyn on his resume history will not be to kind to him.
     
  9. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    Histroy will still have him top 50, 10 titles in 5 weight classes, only fighter to go undefetead in mutiple weight classes EVER! Top 5 defsive fighter ever, HOF.

    I get what u mean but theres nobody that can take all those things away from him
     
  10. Super Hans

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    Because he's shamelessly continues to duck Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Kell Brook and Frankie Gavin.
     
  11. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    SHut up troll! after he spanks pacquiao then hes ducking Khan right??

    Then after Khan, what else?? SHould go to MW and fight GGG right??

    never ends with you bro, just STFU Please :nono:nono
     
  12. Super Hans

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    I never requested he fight journeymen like Maidana twice, Ortiz and Guerrero. He's avoided the 4 legit threats at 147.

    Pacquiao pummels him
    Brook batters him
    Khan kills him
    Gavin good boy Golovkin's him.

    :deal
     
  13. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    journey Maidana?? HE WAS THE WBA CHAMP!!! he no journey man you clown.

    Ortiz Was WBC Champ and Guerrero was a top 5 WW.

    Brook has 1 good win. Khan needs to stop begging and get in the ring. I dont know who Gavin is.

    nobody kills him so why do you troll this hard?? theres nothing else for you to do. PornHUB maybe?? U dont play video games?? got any hobbies?? watch a movie or something. Equalizer and Lucy are awesome movies!!

    Theres gotta be something else you can but put **** on here you dont beleive :dead:dead
     
  14. Super Hans

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    Whoope de doo. A lot of journeymen get titles these days.

    Look at the likes of Broner who Maidana beat who was handed it in a robbery to a cherry picked fighter.

    Fact- Maidana and Ortiz have lost to every decent fighter they have been in the ring with- and some who aren't that good.

    Stop trolling. :hi:
     
  15. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    so now Broner-Pauile was a robbery...right....