What woulda happened to Floyd without Arturo Gatti? May he rest in peace...

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  1. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Didn't fight Tszyu, Margarito fought past it versions of Oscar, Mosely, Pac, Cotto. Coincidence? I don't think so.
     
  2. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    lol What does Margarito’s “past-it” fights have to do with Mayweather?
     
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  3. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Avoided dangerous guys and waited for others to be past it. Everyone knew Gatti had no shot it is probably one of the most overrated performances in history.
     
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  4. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    The only fighter Mayweather may have legitimately ducked is Paul Williams at 147. Otherwise, it is just whining from the haters. IF Tsyzu had beat Hatton and Mayweather didn’t fight him, then you may have a point. In reality, Mayweather fought and beat the man that made Tsyzu retire.
     
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  5. ad4m88

    ad4m88 Active Member Full Member

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    How do you know it wasn't the other way round? You know like how cotto and Mosley both admitted they didn't want to fight Floyd earlier in his career, Floyd before the Odlh fight was more willing to take chances due to wanting to become the biggest star possible was only after the Odlh fight when he became the A side that he got picky
     
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  6. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Okay, here's my personal take, from life connections:

    In this year, about 2005, right? So, I was into online gaming real hard, like real hard. Some people said I was something of a "party animal." But I ain't even needa play the drums. A lot of you don't know this part of this story so BUCKLE THE EFF UP. The platform was something called "Pogo" and it used to be a hub for swinging people in their earliest retirement years, when they can still enjoy it and who came over from AOL's instant messenger cyber hobbyists. That's where someone come in and they go "A/S/L?" to see if you wanna hookup and then someone else goes "lolz lmao y u wanna cyber?" and they you like "Yeah." and then they don't answer you for a real long time. Sometimes ever. But still a lot of you would wind up on Pogo playing chess together. And I would play chess while I was waiting to get answered a lot of the times.

    So, I started playing this one girl whose name will remain namedless. But her username was something like BetteezBamBam27, I think. Well, she wasn't twenty-seven, I know that. But anyways, she keep telling me her backdoor man is some dude who a much better chess playerest than she was and he was some tan looking guy who worked out a lot but also wore like those old worldy golf caps or whatever you call em, I think they made of tweeds. And that he might get jealous. Over the course of months I'm talking this girl up and finally she says her man wanna play me at chess and if I lose I can fight him at boxing to get even but to chill out because it's cool and we don't have to fight if I don't want but I'm like "A/S/L?" and he's like on the keyboard goin "Y U wanna cyber?! lol" and I was like "Yes. If YOU want to." and he was like "Bro, quit clownin' around, let's play chess and I will wipe U R A@@ like a baby! lol!" and I was like "Babies don't wipe my a@@, wut?" he was like "No, I mean I will wipe YOUR A@@ like YOU ARE A BABY! At chess OR BOXING! lolol lmaoz!"

    I'm like "I don't understand whatever you are referencing. I said that I wanted to cyber earlier but not like that. Not about like diaper fetishes or whatever you are saying. But you right, let's play chess. Where you from homey? They like chess in the park a lot out there?" He said he was from more than one place (impossible) and that it was from Candida and Italy and Jersey and all these places like that that's foren sept for Jersey I think he meant the American one. I started playing him best of seven. It went LATE into the night like seven, eight hours of big time video gaming. Finally, I emitted that I use a pee cup to get through gaming nights like that and he thought that was dumb and that I needed to "Man up." and hold in my bodies internal natural waters to hone in on my mind. I made a lot of small talk with this dude because he did seem good at the game and, also, very wise. Also, cool dude, right?

    So, a while goes by and I've asked him about the boxing part if he ever foughted as a professional. He said...-YES! So, we talked some more about things like Olive Garden and whether or not it was good and some stuff about tattoos and if he'd get a tattoo that was electernotic and became like a digital mark of the beast. Dude said hey he believed in that but also that he grew up with his people using like a white or good version of that magic, and not the evil one what's created the black magical kind. Well, anyway, you're not gonna believe who this guy was that he turnt out to be! Gatti's cousin's pool guy. He said that Gatti used to play chess too but then he fell in love with his own power and a few months before Floyd fight got signed? He stopped playing chess ALTOGETHER. Ruined his whole game. That's the only reason why Floyd signed to fight him. He had connections in that world, with Pogo gaming and everything and HE KNEW Gatti was no longer going to be a technician by the time he got to take advantage of him. Floyd is not a good guy...but boy is he smart.
     
  7. Pimp C

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    Stop! He called Tszyu in a post fight interview in the ring wtf are you talking about? He very much wanted to fight him and the fight probably could've happened if Tszyu didnt quit on his stool against Hatton.
     
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  8. Pimp C

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    Stop! Facts like these aren't liked around here too much because of agendas.
     
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  9. Pimp C

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    That's bull****. One guy mentions another guy's name but doesnt want the fight while the other doesn't but does. Pbf called out oscar Mosley and Tszyu in that video and fought them all with the exception of Tszyu who btw was not better than them as well but pbf didnt want to fight him??? The easiest fight of them all. I mean you cant make this type of logic up lmfao!
     
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  10. Braindamage

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    LOL, Tszyu and Mayweather were fighting on diffrent networks. Keep in mind, Showtime and HBO only worked together on major fights. Mayweather wasn't the big name yet and Tszyu wasn't popular. No way were the networks gonna put that fight together at that time. Anyway, if FM would have whooped Tszyu, he wouldn't get credit. Tszyu was old. That's why I didn't give Hayton full credit.
     
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  11. Pimp C

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    Preach had he fought and beat him then he would've been seen as a cherry pick because of his age and no credit given just like in some of his other wins listed here but since pbf didnt fight him pbf was scared and would've been destroyed. These haters have no shame.
     
  12. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They had no reason or obligation to fight Floyd until he was in their division. Anyone can call out a boxer who has more exposure.
    What do you expect to be shown here? Tszyu wasn't some trash talker who did calls outs.

    And they fought for different networks, don't you get that?
     
  13. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    Look dude, I was responding to the post saying Floyd had no interest in fighting Tsyzu. You jumped in and took the discussion sideways. Everything I said was true. Mayweather did call out Tsyzu and Tsyzu never showed any interest in fighting Mayweather. lol. If you have a problem with facts that’s something you should seek help about.
     
  14. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Took it sideways? Was just addressing your points, relax dude. You just seem hung up on some pointless call outs... OOh...Mayweather called out a fighter from another network. That impresses you? Calling out a guy who you have no intention of fighting? :lol:

    Why would I have a problem with anything here? Do you take this crap too serious or something? Take a day off or two if you get riled this easily.
     
  15. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    I don’t get riled at all. I have dealt with you before and you always seem to be anxious to get in a disagreement. Maybe you need to get laid to take the edge off. Nothing on here is that serious. Trust me.