Is Mayweather an ATG?

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  1. causality

    causality Well-Known Member Full Member

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  3. illwill007

    illwill007 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A lot of fighters duck, avoid, or don't want certain fights. As said a million times before, boxing is a business. We as fans are not privy to the details surrounding negotiations, promoter disputes or any other intricacies surrounding the business. Managing risk is a cornerstone of any business model. I think it's naive to think that any of your favorite fighters don't avoid certain situations(and it doesn't mean they are scared). Look at Donaire and Rigondeaux. I think Donaire whoops him and makes it look rather easy, but he doesn't want to fight because there's not a lot of money to made in that fight.
     
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    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    Try telling that to *******s.

    They think promoters click exhibition match, then chose the fighter for red and blue corner
     
    oibighead, Oct 23, 2012
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  5. D4thincarnation

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    Mayweather is top of the charts though, no one can match him for ducks and excuses, no one.
     
    D4thincarnation, Oct 23, 2012
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  6. Thread Stealer

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    Yes, this is true.

    Regardless, Mayweather's resume, while still one of the top ones among this generation, is fairly thin by ATG standards. Some of it is his fault, some of it is timing and circumstances, but it is what it is.

    He ranks as an ATG, but could/should be higher.
     
    Thread Stealer, Oct 23, 2012
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  7. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I say Mayweather would have destroyed Margarito.
     
    VG_Addict, Oct 23, 2012
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  8. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Margarito brutally lost every time he stepped up without plaster wraps. He was a tomato can joke.
     
    turbotime, Oct 23, 2012
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  9. D4thincarnation

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    And Mayweather was still frightened of the fight:scaredas:
     
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  10. Hook!

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  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mayweather would have embarrassed Margarito even more than Pacquiao did.
     
    VG_Addict, Oct 23, 2012
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  12. Hook!

    Hook! Proud member of team G. Full Member

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    Margo wouldn't have landed anymore than 40 punches over the 12 rounds.
     
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  13. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    He accepted to fight and Arum turned down the contract.

    He didn't want Floyd embarrassing his mexican cash cow :yep
     
    turbotime, Oct 23, 2012
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  14. D4thincarnation

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    But Castillo could out land Mayweather and land over 200

    GTFOH

    Fact is Floyd was too chicken to test himself.
     
    D4thincarnation, Oct 23, 2012
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  15. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Yup. Ignore that D4 fool he's a disgraced pacturd from boxing scene :lol:

    Margarito lost to friggen Williams.
     
    turbotime, Oct 23, 2012
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