I read a thread the other day which posed the question of who would be a tougher opponent for Mayweather Cotto or Margarito? and everyone seemed to wright off Margo's chances against Mayweather by saying things like if Cotto boxed Margo's head off early on imagine what Mayweather could do. Now this annoyed me a bit because Mayweather is just as much of a slow starter as Margo is and imo Cotto would beat Maywether soundly. I must say that in my opinion both Margo and Cotto would KO Hatton in 5 and you can add Paul Williams to that list as well. I even think Mosely's performance against Collazo at least equaled Mayweather's against Hatton considering Mosely lost less rounds against Collazo than Mayweather did against Hatton. Which one of Mayweather's performance's gave people the impression he was the best Welter arouned? was it his win against Judah? Baldomir? Mitchell? an ageing De La Hoya? or Hatton? because none of these win's are that impressive and in the case of De La Hoya (I missed the fight) debatable. I even think that Mayweather lost two fights at lightweight against Castillo (especially the first one) but somehow people now forget that. I am not slating Mayweather I think he is a great fighter and he has definetly achied a lot but I do think he is over rated a little. He was never really the best pound for pound fighter by right in my opinion (even though he is a great) and I do not think he would have beaten a prime De La Hoya or Mosely at any weight.
i like the sound of margarito - floyd and i really hope this happens sooner rather than later. cotto may be carved out of wood and a better technical fighter, but margarito's intimidating and granite chinned without that technical skill and i like that foil to floyd. i really hope this happens.
i like the sound of margarito - floyd and i really hope this happens sooner rather than later. cotto may be carved out of wood and a better technical fighter, but margarito's intimidating and granite chinned without that technical skill and i like that foil to floyd. i really hope this happens.
Floyd UD. Margo I don't think has the will to break pbf, and he won't care when his punches don't affect him, knowing ful well he can cruise to a UD. Bascially he won't suck him in like he did Cotto
Your post is so horribly flawed that I don't know where to begin.:-( You obviously lack boxing knowledge to suggest that Mosley's peformance against Collazo equalled PBF's against Hatton. Hatton won one round at best against PBF and was stopped. Not to mention how many clean shots did Hatton hit PBF with? Collazo hurt his hand in his fight with Mosley. PBF's performance against Hatton's was an ATG performance adapting to Ricky's style and beating him at his own game. While Shane's was just good. You further lose credibility when you say Cotto would beat PBF soundly. Nobody and I reapet nobody beats PBF soundly from 154 and down, he's simply too good of a defensive fighter to allow it.:deal You're a joke a joke who can't be taken serious. You say PBF has two losses while I agree the first PBF-JLC fight was close the 2nd one isn't up for debate. PBF clearly won going away and if you can't admit that then quit. Margo relies on people being infront of him with no defesne to work his magic. He also relies on being the bigger man in the ring and wearing you down late so he can break you down with his superior stamina and punch restience. PBF is a stylistic nightmare for a limited and plooding guy like Margo. He can't fight while he's moving and his feet have to be set to get off. He was made to look amateurish against Cotto in the early rounds but Cotto couldn't sustain the pace PBF can and would make him look worse. Cotto doesn't have the skills footwork, defense, stamina or chin to beat a guy like Margo but PBF does. You're not going to beat an ATG like PBF if you lack good handspeed, good footwork(Margo can't cut off a ring to save his life nor can he close the distance), the lack of a good jab to keep PBF honest. Simply put Margo is far too limited to beat a complex defensive counter-puncher like PBF. PBF will stay on his bike frustrating Margo with his ability to hit Margo and not take punishment in return. This is the replay of PBF-Baldo. PBF wins this fight by wide UD:deal
Floyd's first excuses were if Bob pays me enough I will fight him, then it was who has he beat to deserve to fight me? etc Those excuses were eliminated then Floyd just creates new excuses. Then it was I'm not fighting him because of Arum. When he comes back next year it will be I will fight him when he avenges his losses. Did Baldomir have to avenge his nine losses? Margarito is a star on the threshold of becoming a superstar on the Chavez level. Margarito vs. Floyd would sell over 100,000 if it were held in Mexico City. This would be a real fight where the buzz would explode the PPV #s. HBO wants the fight but for having said it Floyd calls them ractist. Fact is Floyd will never ever ever go near Margarito because he is afraid of Margarito. The name Margarito turns him into a coward. THey say there are no guarantees in boxing but yes there are. One is that Mayweather will never ever even consider a fight with Margarito, no amount of money could pesuade him. Why? Because he doesn't want to get brutally savagely knocked out by Margarito. ///New Book: "Heavyweight Armageddon: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle."///
Do we have to continue making new threads about this topic? There's 50 other threads about this fight already. So I'm gonna go get a better thread and we can debate in there
You anti Floyd fanatcis don't know why Floyd never fought AM. You see this Viddler humor video and think Floyd got punked plain and simple. You fanatics only hear and see what you want to see. Floyd has beaten a better class of fighter than AM. AM has won and lost to the best while Floyd has beaten the best. Floyd had no problem fighting AM until he read the back end of his possible new contract with Top Rank for the next couple of fights and what he was to be paid. Floyd wanted to do it his way, and he did. Believe it or not, Floyd as much as you all think he despised Dlh in fact got some business advice from Dlh promoting himself. AM doesn't have the style or speed to beat Floyd. AM was lumped up bad by Clottey even though he won, outboxed by a tough Williams, and his best win is over a ex140 lb fighter. No, AM can't beat Floyd imo.