If Margarito Replaced Hatton When He Fought Mayweather...

Mayweather by UD.

 

Don't quote me on that... But I know it's SOMETHING like that.

Whatever it was, yes, it was pretty intense.

But training and WINNING a fight are 2 different things. My personal opinion is Floyd.

 

Floyd by ud or late stoppage.. he's to slick for margo

 

Larry Merchant stated that.

 

If Mayweather is durable, then he wins. Otherwise, Margo KO's him in the late rounds. It's hard to gauge mayweathers durability because of his great defense, but margo's constant punching and heavy hands would land even if on the arms or shoulders.

 

Dude, I've seen you mention this or something similar about a thousand times already, and I think you're being ignorant as to why people were praising Cotto while apparently mocking Floyd.

9/10 when I see people criticize Floyd it's for fights where Floyd dances around and throws one or two shots at a time and gets out of there. Not for the way he fought Gatti, Chaves, Corrales, and others where he was more willing to open up offensively. Which is precisely why Cotto was being praised. Sure, it was clear that he was moving around the ring and getting chased, but he damned sure was opening up offensively, throwing three and four punch combos. That's the difference man.

 

If it wins him fights what is there to disrespect or hate?

 

Just because it wins him fights doesn't automatically make it crowd pleasing. Look, I'm not one of the outright anti-PBF guys here but I have made posts complaining about the pot shotting style he's employed sometimes because it makes for boring fights and they stand out against the fights where I've seen him be outright destructive on offense. The Baldo and DLH fights are perfect examples of this. Yes, he clearly won both fights (I have no idea how the DLH fight was split decision) but I'll probably never watch either of them again

 

And I don't doubt it. Again, I'm not really knocking Floyd for fighting DLH the way he did as I'm sure trading with him would have been a huge tactical error. All I'm saying is that it made for a boring fight coming from a fighter I knew could do better. I mean in his next fight he put on a damned good show against Hatton.

p.s. On topic, I think Mayweather would get a wide UD over Margo. As was mentioned earlier, he's got the stamina to do what Cotto was doing to Margo through 6 for a full 12.

 

Well Floyd has had his share of toe to toe battles in fights as displays of pure boxing and movement, if you don't like them then don't order them, that simple. In boxing there are styles and the majority seem to appreciate toe to toe battles than pure boxing skills, just watch what you enjoy the most, criticism of a certain style and calling it "boring" is disrespectful to legendary fighters that had the very same style. As I said, if you don't like it then stick to the style you like, I personally enjoy all styles in boxing as a true fan of the sport as a whole.

Asking a certain fighter with a certain style to change his style completely to please fans is weird, that's his style based on what he was naturally blessed, not everyone can do that.

 

I'm sorry man that is absolutely ridiculous. For one, you can't just mystically know when PBF is going to please and when he isn't. The DLH fight could have been called before hand, but the Baldo fight? Give me a break, the guy has a sub 30 KO percentage. Fans had every reason to expect Floyd to unload on him at will, which he certainly could have.

Secondly, what one finds boring or entertaining has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you respect a fighter. That's entirely up to the individual, it's not some kind of high road low road arguement.

Third, you said yourself and we've all seen Floyd open up offensively plenty of times. I wouldn't say his style is to pot shot away, some times he fights like that other times he doesn't.

 

What is ridiculous about this?, you think him opening up and exchanging with Baldomir to excite a few fans was a MUST?, what you are saying is ridiculous and silly man. Why exchange and give Baldomir an advantage when he has the tools to make the man miss all night?, it's like saying drop your hands low and take some punches to please a few fans when you can easily block them or avoid them.

As I said to you before, this is hardly complicating. If you don't appreciate THAT style in boxing then stick to what you appreciate, complaining about a certain style is silly, just don't watch it. As a TRUE fan of the sport I appreciate all styles and enjoy them, if you don't then stick to what you enjoy please. You saying that Mayweather should drop his style and exchange to please fans is silly, you know the man's style and if you don't appreciate it then don't watch it, asking him to change it is what's really ridiculous.

 

PBF vs Corrales, Gatti, Hatton, Chaves = entertaining
PBF vs Baldo, DLH = boring

Same fighter, different results. What part of that are YOU not understanding?

And stop with your "true fan" bull ****, different strokes and all that.

 

What is there you don't understand from what I am saying?, I know it's the same fighter but when he knows he doesn't need to exchange and rely on his movement more to secure an easy victory based on his naturally gifted abilities then I don't think I'm making this any more complicated.

If he thinks it's better to use his boxing abilities to secure an easy victory then he knows exactly what he's doing and coming out victorious is the proof. Asking him to entertain as he did in other fights is stupid.

No, I won't stop with the "true fan" stuff, it's the truth. If you find some of his fights where he uses beautiful boxing ability boring then I might as well flash that in every single reply to you.