I understand why Mayweather didnt fight Margarito after struggles with Castillio.

Oh look. Pimp C/Prom Queen is here to lick Floyd's nuts some more and defend his ducking.

 

floyd knows his limits.

 

*****s are some emotional ass females. dont you talk about their man, or theyll scratch your eyes out.

 

Anyone thinking someone like Margarito can be problem for Floyd is crazy, he would not be able to land ****, Floyd would have no chance at stopping him but he would land all night anything he wants and toy with Antonio with his footwork alone...

 

You're the hating fool who puts the blame for pbf zoo not happening on pbf knowing goddamn well it couldn't have happened because they fought on rival networks. Never mind if he fought him and beat him you wouldn't give him credit anyway saying zoo was done.:deal

 

Educate these irrational fu cks. arguably the best defensive fighter in history having trouble with a slow no defense plodder.

 

floyd don't have the power/hands too brittle to slow margo down.

cotto was also landing on him at will, margo eventually wore him down.

that's how me and floyd envision that fight would go, hence the duck.

 

Mayweather dodged everyone he didn't fight, and everyone he fought was overrated,old,green,cherrypicked,drained,handicapped by referee/location/gloves/ring size/drug testing/other, or all of the above.

 

To satisfy people like you, Mayweather would've had to fight once a month and clean out the top 30 of every division he fought in without any loss or close fights whatsoever. Even then, you ****s would say he should've went to Mexico and turned pro at 16 to get to a point in his career where he could've fought Azumah Nelson in 1996, and didn't because he was afraid and quack quack. You're never gonna be happy with whatever Mayweather does, because you just hate the man as a person.

 

I honestly believe that the hype surrounding Antonio Margarito was more due to the fact that Floyd Mayweather didn't fight and not necessarily because of what he (Margarito) had done as a fighter.

Margarito was a tough fighter, no doubt about it, but a large portion of the mystique was based on Floyd opting to fight Carlos Baldiomor and Dela Hoya over him. He had a solid body of work but whenever you heard anything about it him it was usually in reference to Floyd Mayweather.

"The Tijuana Tornado" was decent but largely overrated. When you look back at his career from roughly 2006-2009 one of the reasons he never fought Floyd Mayweather was because he NEVER WON when it counted. People always talk about Mayweather not taking a fight with Margarito as if he didn't lose to Shane Mosley when it matter, as if he did Miguel Cotto, and Manny Pacqauio. All those fights would've put him in the default position to face Floyd and he got beaten half to death by all those fighters.

What would've undoubtedly helped Margarito get that Floyd fight would've been winning when it counted. When he needed to beat Williams he lost, when he needed to beat Mosley he lost, when he needed to beat Cotto he lost, when he needed to beat Pacqauio he lost. All of those fights would've have moved him closer to fighting Floyd. Its not fair that Floyd gets the lions share of the blame when Margartio never won when he needed it to help is case.

 

Interesting perspective, refreshing reply. 10/10. :good

 

Funny how this 'rematch clause' was never mentioned until a coked-up ODLH tweeted it dayum near 6 years after the fight.

Here's what was actually being reported by NY Times the day after the fight (link)

 

Right, right, the networks. Floyd's hands were tied. What could he do??? How convenient there's always some excuse for Floyd's ducking. It's the same bull**** today with Floyd hiding behind Schafer's and Haymon's skirts and avoiding all the Top Rank fighters when everybody knows damn well that Floyd is big enough to fight whoever he wants.

Floyd never wanted any part of Tszyu. Did Floyd even try to make that fight? No. Never.

There was an interview posted on here a few times a while back with Roger and Floyd from back in 2004 and they were asked if they would ever fight Tszyu. Floyd's answer had nothing to do with networks. He said then that he would consider fighting Tszyu when Tszyu was old like Roger was when Tszyu fought and beat Roger.

The only problem with that comment was that at the time Tszyu was 35 years old, but when Tszyu fought Roger, Roger was 34 years old.

So it came across as "we will wait till he is old." But of course Tszyu was already old. They just wanted no part of him because they had seen him put such a hurt on Judah and Mitchell that they wanted no part of Tszyu's right hand.

 

You think that NYT reporter ever saw the contract? No. Of course not. Newspapers just repeat, often incorrectly, something they heard someone say. Oscar knew what was in the contract.

 

This is one of those matchups that I don't think would be remotely close. WHile Margarito does have a solid chin and good power/plaster, his downfall is he's as slow as they come. I seriously have no doubt that if Floyd met him back in 2006 instead of fighting for the lineal championship against Baldomir that he would've given him a schooling.

Castillo did give Mayweather problems in their first bout, but JLC in his prime was a much more skilled fighter than Tony Margarito. By 2005-06, FLoyd became a very experienced and complete fighter. I'd say he'd win around 9-3 and than get lambasted afterwards for not sitting in the pocket the entire fight and trading with Margarito. Margarito would more than likely be frustrated by around the 4th or 5th round after he realizes he won't be able to catch him.