Should Floyd be fed to the wolves or should he fight a B-class fighter

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  1. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    have we forgot about canelo?
     
  2. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ortiz has problems that have nothing to do with boxing. He would have been a way bigger star after the Floyd fight if he had decided he actually cared about the sport.

    Guerrero was never going to be a star but he's a damn sight more well known by the public now than he was before he got whooped by Floyd and his earning potential is the better for it. His career high purse before the Floyd fight was $1mil against Berto. He made the same amount against Kamaegi his next fight after Floyd and Kaemagi was completely unknown to casuals, and then the fight after that he made $1.5m against Thurman. So since the Floyd fight Guerrero has had 2 fights and both paydays were equal to or greater than any purse he had received before the Floyd fight. Now take into account that he received 3 fights worth of previous career best paydays the night he fought Floyd.

    Fighting Floyd can only do you good in terms of making money down the line. Haymon will happily put Garcia in with Floyd, he will not be worried about 'risking' Garcia's ability to make money because he will be enhancing it no matter what happens in the ring.
     
  3. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    This isn't the WWE fool.

    Feed him to the wolves? Get a new guy over?

    This is a real sport. You WWE watching cats need to go back to watching grown men wrestle.
     
  4. TJ Max

    TJ Max Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Right.

    Are you blind or do you have bad eyes?

    I mean there is video evidence that Pacquaio landed more punches.

    Are you in a state of denial?

    Holyfield said Pacquaio won too. He must not know about boxing.

    That touch and go style is not good for the sport. I wouldn't watch boxing if it was two guys playing tag.

    High risks should be rewarded more than a risk free style.

    It usually is. Mayweather had to sell his soul in order to get paid. The majority of people who watch him fight, watch it to see him lose.

    Why do you think people were so dismayed at his dismal performance?

    People thought he ran.

    Who will watch him fight again? Mayweather was riding off of Pacquaio for years because people hated him because he wouldn't fight Pacquaio, so they watched to see if anyone would beat him.

    Now that he "fought" Pacquaio in a risk free, terrible fight, where Pacquaio looked like he wasn't in a fight, nobody is going to pay him fight anyone but someone like GGG or possibly Cotto.
     
  5. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yawn. Holyfield is wrong. He thinks he has a well deserved draw against Lennox Lewis.

    You are wrong too.

    People will pay to see him fight anyone, history proves it.

    I don't even like Floyd at all. I'm just laying out facts.
     
  6. punisher

    punisher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Actually, he is the wolf...
     
  7. Oxygene2

    Oxygene2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Honestly, I'm wondering right now if Floyd will ever fight again.
     
  8. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    for real... if you wanna lose fight floyd jr.
     
  9. JMotrain

    JMotrain Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You might lose but you won't take much damage :lol:
     
  10. The_Destroyer

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  11. box4life11

    box4life11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Matthysse, Brook, Thurman, spence are all A level and in there prime so don't expect to see Floyd go that route
     
  12. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    There are no "wolves" left to fight.
     
  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Oh look.

    It's TJ Maxipad.
     
  14. PBA

    PBA Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This isn't the f ucking WWF. The wolf in question would actually have to be able to beat Floyd. Facing him alone has got people popularity (Ortiz/Guerrero/Maidana) and that's about as good as anyone from LWW to JMW can do. But all these fighters do after they face him is go on a run of inactivity spending the money from the Floyd sweepstakes, above mentioned fighters most notably.
     
  15. PugilisticPower

    PugilisticPower The Blonde Batman Full Member

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    I think beating anyone at 147 is fine, even bring up a 140 if he needs to, but at this point in his career, absolutely no need to take on a huge challenge and face someone who has a distinct chance of injuring/hurting him.

    I think he'll beat Golovkin in a fight, but it's the amount of damage he has to take to do that.