I'm talking about the the top four guys who gave this generation it's essence, soul, character etc. just the top four mentioned in my post who put out the highest profile, and supposedly most meaningful or significant fights. I am obviously accrediting them spokesmen, if you will, for the entire generation. Not sure why it was not apparent once reading the text in my post , or why anyone would try and judge an entire generation including many whose names have yet to be defined, that's insensible.
Where does it say I have problem with boxing?? I am only talking about the fact that the majority of this gen's biggest wins or losses are mired in the most valid controversy I have witnessed. When the majority of the highest profile fights that defines a gen have some very negative controversy surrounding the fights, I feel I am just at labeling it in a negative manner.
The guys who think I am saying only Floyd defined the gen are not even worth responding to for many reasons...reasons that would give me a headache if I had to explain...
This is a great generation, and its getting better. We have Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, Ward, Donaire, Rigondeaux, and many more. Up and comers taking on each other. This whole notion that fighters are scared of each other is crazy talk. Mayweather ducking Pacquiao is crazy talk made by the most die hard *******s. How do you duck a man bt asking him to take a blood test? How did he have any idea that Pac was going to reject a blood test? I guarantee you that if Floyd fought and beat Pacquiao, everyone would be saying he should have fought Margarito, Pacquiao is too small or that blood test made him weak. But let's not go back down that path. It's regrettable that the fight never happened, but there are plenty of fights that never happened in each era. Lets appreciate the one's that did happen.
This generation is softer ,fighters careers are over after 1 loss , undefeated records are a joke ,guys retiring then coming back ..Part time fighters ,fighting only once a year is what kills the sport .The Heavyweight championship has lost all of its prestiege and there aren't any undisputed champs ..You have to be blind not to notice how weak of an era this is !
Floyd fights in a weak ww era with cans that are very happy to fight him for a good payday. Put Floyd vs these fighters: - 1999 version of Trinidad @ ww - 2000 version of Mosley @ ww - 2002 version of Vernon Forrest @ ww - 2007 version of Cotto @ ww - 2009 version of Pacquiao @ ww - 2009 version of Paul Williams @ ww or / catch weight. - 2004-2005 version of Winky Wright @ ww / cw. - 1997 version of ODLH @ ww. and you wouldn't see his "0" anymore. Aactually Floyd ducked a 2007 Cotto & 2009 Pacquiao who both were in the same divison like him i.e ww. I'd add here and Paul Williams too as a ducked fighter by Floyd. :yep - when I look at Floyd's resume I see: one big loss ( Castillo ) , cherrypicking and ducking ( prime Pacquiao, prime Cotto and PW ) at finest !:yep When I look at Pacquiao's resume I see: "I don't duck anybody and I'm willing to fight anybody cuz I'm a f.ucking true warrior" :yep:deal
This era of boxing isn't THAT bad, obviously the heavier weights are very disappointing. The HW division used to be the most exciting of all divisions, but since there's a lack of talent in that weight class a lot of the smaller weight classes have made boxing still somewhat relevant. Boxing is so much different than any other professional sport in the sense that as the sport continues to evolve, the level of competition is no where near where it was from the 1940's-80's. Every other major sport has continued to accel such as Soccer, American Football and basketball. Doesn't help that fighters these days only fight twice or 3 x's a year at most compared to some of the ATG's who would fight 3 x's a month. But that was more due to the financial struggles of back than. Still, 2013 has been an excellent year for boxing, probably the best since the turn of the century. Hopefully it continues to go on the up and up.
So when the **** did the top 4 guys matter for boxing as a whole? And where the **** is Ward on that top 4? To me, he was p4p#1 this generation. You have your panties in a bunch because a super mega fight didn't pan out. Guess what, it happens. And in this sport, more than once. I can tell you have not been a fan for awhile. It's all good. I am still ****ing pissed that a Bernard/Roy Jones rematch didn't happen when hops was undisputed at 160 and Roy was undisputed 175 champ who just won a heavy title. But at the end of the day, boxers get paid too much so what do you expect? Pricing themselves out always happen. Never count on a fight until they are both in the ring.
Where's the controversy in Pacquiao-Marquez 4?, Ward winning the supersix?, Froch demolishing Bute?, Matthysse crushing Peterson?, Garcia sparking Khan?, Thompson beating Price x2?, Pacquiao over DLH?, Rigondeaux over Donaire? and MANY more examples out there. Fact is, you will find controversy in all sports regardless of generation, it's your choice to judge fairly and accordingly.
did you just blatantly ignore the video posted with the most shameful duck of the decade? lets start with the obvious
Back in the day it was about pride, respect and making a living. A PRIZE FIGHTER fought the best, win or lose, and took high risk in limited time off between fights. Now it is more about the record, BIG PAYDAYS, and not the spirit of boxing. :smoke
lol, the top four fighter's probably created about 40% of the revenue and brought in at least 10% new fans for the entire sport and you're asking how they relate?? Gotta love the guys that show their intellect level right off the bat...