Lets Dwell On The Fights Floyd WANTED For A Change (Part 1)

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  1. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    Floyd has recieved a lot of criticism over the years, some unwarranted and some he rightfully deserved. The most popular criticism has been that he has constantly ducked the top competition. This seems to be a consensus view, but I will play devil's advocate and defend Floyd on this very issue. Though their is absolutely no question that his opposition and display of talent from 130-135 was superb, his reign at the upper weight class is what's in question. So, lets take a look at the fights he WANTED and the fights he didn't take that are questionable.

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    Floyd WANTED Hamed at a catchweight: Merchant (Floyds biggest critic) even said Hamed would be afraid to take the fight, we've all seen the footage.

    Floyd WANTED Frietas at 130: Frietas denied the fight claiming he was moving up to 135 after Casa, though he lied and continued to campaign at 130.

    Floyd WANTED Tszyu at 140: Unfortunately, Zoo was on his last legs and was inactive, lost to Hatton and retired.

    Floyd WANTED Hatton at 140: Hatton's father (manager) said their was no way he would put his son in the same ring as Floyd at that time.

    Floyd WANTED Cotto at 140: Arum refused saying Cotto was too inexperienced.

    Floyd WANTED Mosley at 147 & 135: Mosley claimed he needed his tooth fixed and deserved a vacation. At the lower weights he demanded 7 figures close to 10 mil, which frankly = blatant duck.

    Floyd WANTED Winky Wright at 154: Winky turned down 3-5 mil because Floyd would recieve more.

    Now I know Floyd has his own way of turning down fights over the years (Part 2 of this thread), but think about this for a second. Had Floyd fought and beat all of these guys, their is absolutely no question he is a Top 10-20 ATG fighter. By not making these fights his legacy will no doubt be affected. But, their is still time.

    To Be Continued....
     
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  2. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Actually Mayweather is the one that said cotto was too green for a fight.
    Its in some interview after the gatti fight i think.
     
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  3. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    This shouldn't take too long...
     
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  4. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    I'm already prepared for the typical responses, even though my second thread will be hailed as the holy grail.
     
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  5. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hate to let you in on this one smitty but PBf has been said and quoted as saying.

    He would never fight Tszyu until he was Roger's age and older like when Tszyu beat a past prime Roger. But what makes this funny is when he was quoted as saying this in a press release Kostya was already the same age as Roger was 34.

    So this means PBF was not interested in Tszyu and never wanted him. To say otherwise is plain stupid. Everyone knows this.
     
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  6. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    You didn't come up with no excuse for Casamayor.
     
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  7. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    Part 2 of thread ppl...Dwell on this for now.
     
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  8. TroubleLurks

    TroubleLurks **** spell check Full Member

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    Mosley jumped 2 divisions to chase the biggest name in boxing...Oscar. Floyd couldn't fill a high school gym back then.

    Mosleys vacation was planned in stone BEFORE the Vargas rematch... Floyd called him out knowing full well that Shane wasn't fighting 3 times that year. Not to mention the whispers of Oscar wanting Floyd first.

    Floyd asking for 20 mill in Feb = blantant duck:hey
     
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  9. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    Eye for an eye I suppose..
     
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  10. TroubleLurks

    TroubleLurks **** spell check Full Member

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    Appears to be. They will fight in the future.
     
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  11. smitty_son408

    smitty_son408 J ust E njoy T his S hit Full Member

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    I pray they do:bbb
     
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  12. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Void wants to fight Christy Martin if he can get her out of retirement, HBO will jump at the chance to show that fight.
     
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  13. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    So basically its the chickens coming home to roost for SHane. He dismissed Floyd back in the day, now Floyd dismisses him.
     
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  14. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    WTF he did say he wanted to fight Winky, but when Winky agreed to fight him Floyd didn't step up.
     
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  15. zarman

    zarman Guest

    i also remember mayweather telling magarito he would fight him. marg must have chickened out. :rofl unless there where serious offers down on the table it dont mean **** and in most of these cases there were non.
     
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