Mayweather admits cashing in on handpiacked opponents:

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  1. DABOZ

    DABOZ Well-Known Member Full Member

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  2. -GhettoWizard-

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    handpicking world champs and earning millions. sounds like a good gig
     
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  3. DABOZ

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    Floyd Mayweather says his undefeated record has been partly built on the backs of handpicked opponents who didn't always provide the toughest fights but did help him become the world's best paid athlete.
    "Sometimes they say, 'Well, Floyd Mayweather's opponents was handpicked.' That's a good thing," Mayweather said during a conference call with reporters to hype Saturday's world title fight against Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
    "I commend my team ... when I sit back and I think about my career, I say 'you know what? I had a cool career. I didn't take any punishment'.
    "If they say these guys were handpicked, they was handpicked to make $40 and $50 and $60 million, then you know what? Keep handpicking them. If they're going to keep paying, keep handpicking them."
    Mayweather, who Forbes magazine lists as the world's highest paid athlete, has been criticized for dodging a potential mega fight with Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao.
    The two have tried several times over the past few years to get the deal done for what would likely be the most lucrative fight in boxing history. But each time negotiations broke down when they couldn't come to terms on a variety of issues, including drug testing and share of the revenue and purses.
    Pacquiao's camp blames Mayweather for the holdup, saying even when they agreed to all his demands -- including drug testing -- the American would come up with new increased demands to scuttle the blockbuster fight.
    "Floyd's statement speaks for itself. Now we know why he won't give the fans the fight they want most," Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach told AFP on Tuesday.
    The fight with Alvarez is the second in Mayweather's six-bout, 30-month contract with American cable network Showtime that could pay him more than $200 million. After Mayweather beat Robert Guerrero in May, he said he wanted to fight again in September - marking the first time since 2007 he will be in the ring twice in a calendar year.
    Mayweather's guaranteed purse for the Alvarez fight is reported to be a record $41 million which would surpass the previous record of $32 million he received for fighting Guerrero.
    Organizers are also hoping that this fight will eclipse the 2.44 million record pay-per-view sales and sales of more than $130 million racked up by the Mayweather and Oscar de la Hoya fight in 2007. Mayweather will also get a cut of the pay-per-view money on top of his guaranteed purse.
    Mayweather, who is undefeated in 44 fights, says he will take nothing for granted when he faces World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welterweight champ Alvarez in a 12-round showdown of unbeaten fighters at the MGM Grand Hotel.
     
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  4. damian38

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    Floyd is a good businessman/fighter, sure he handpicked some of his opponents, but that can be said about almost any champion in any era, did Ali not fight guys like Evangelista or Coopman? how about Louis' "Bum of the month" club?
     
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  5. twenty1

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    This will be defended by *****s.
     
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  6. boxsensei

    boxsensei Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So fighting non HOF's like Margarito or wit all due repsect Williams, would have been not handpicking???

    I don't see him admitting to anything, so much as he's being sarcastic, saying you know what, if you want to claim that my oppoents have been handpicked, well I've sure made a hell of a lot of money of these so called handpicked opponents.
     
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  7. Stylez G.

    Stylez G. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pretty much.
     
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  8. TJ Max

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    I can't say that I blame him.

    His fanatics are responsible for this. That's why we are paying $75!!!

    Honestly, hopefully Canelo does stop him, and puts and end to this madness.

    I like to watch Floyd fight, but not for $75!!!

    He's making a sucker out of me.
     
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  9. C.J.

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    Agreed all champions take occasional "easy" fights including Ali. But mow tell me Who did Ali duck?? What opponents were the fans clamouring to see that Ali ducked??? None & No one. Floyd made every excuse in the book, & some that were not, to make sure he didn't have to fight Paquaio. Same thing with Margarito, Tony scared Floyd shitless. Floyd handpicked ALL his opponents plus forced his stipulations eg Catch weight , only fighting at home with hometown Commission & officials etc. Has he EVER fought anyone on a level playing field???????????:patsch
     
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  10. Ahurath

    Ahurath Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is it. I mean handpicked come on guys. Floyd mayweather has fought ALOT of REALLY REALLY good opponents if you can't see that you are blinded by hate.

    What a crule fate that is.
     
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  11. -GhettoWizard-

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    ali had no choice but to fight in the division since it was the heavyweight division :rofl what a ****ing ******ed comparison. who the hell was margarito :patsch
     
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  12. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    You must either be extremely naïve or plain dumb. Floyd avoided Margarito, Williams. & Martinez as well as Manny Paquaio WHY???
    Purely because he knew in his heart, even with all his unreasonable demands being met , any one of the was capable of kicking his butt and taking his beloved 0
    Why has Floyd made so much money fighting hand picked opponents?? Because fools like you paid to watch them. Personally I wouldn't pay 75c to watch a cowardly woman beating punk run and hide & steal a fight. I hope Canelo creams his ass then everyone would see what Floyd really is as he does a Hamed & self implodes:good
     
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  13. Pimp C

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    :deal
    That's exactly what he's saying he saying it because the critics accuse him of doing it. I guess Oscar, Hatton, Cotto Mosley an now Canelo were all handpicks? No they were fights people wanted to see, fights people said PBF was scared of making after the fights they all become hand picks. That's why he can't win with haters no matter who he fights it will be seen as a hand pick.
     
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  14. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Fcuk that cheating POS Margo he's a bum. PBF would have beat his ass all over the ring and shut his ass out and afterwards people would have called him a handpick:deal. You're irrational, PBF would have set a compubox record for power punches landed and connect % against that plodder.
     
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  15. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Too bad your bitchass will once again go to bed angry when PBF tools Canelo on fight night. Then you can once again come on here and spout **** about how PBF is scared of Margo and Canelo was a hand pick.
     
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