Who exactly has Floyd Ducked????

I just re-read this thread.

Me and you are not going over this again.

 

If I see a baseball flying at someone's head and they aren't paying attention, sometimes I will have a freudian slip and yell "FLOYD!"

 

he never really ducked ne one. there are solid fighters that we have like 2 see him fight but that is for every great fighter. there are always solid fighters that we would of like to see them fight, but in all likeness the great fiter would win. if mayweather/cotto fought mayweather would win easily .

 

frightfully so... don't school me on mayweather's heroic epic battles!

 

Maybe i'll pop in this tape... says "Floyd sends tiger woods home early"

 

Vegas is amazing for fights.

I was in the MGM during tyson vs holyfield...

I saw jack nicholson, playboy bunnies.... met busta rhymes and a wayne's brother.

 

130 - no one
135 - no one
140 - Tszyu (He fought once at 140 against Gatti, very similar to Whitaker making a pitstop at 140 against Pineda.)
147 - Cotto, Margarito (I don't buy the Williams argument because there was no mainstream interest/money in a PBF-PW fight at the time. But yes, he ducked Margarito. He could've fought him numerous times, and this was BEFORE Plaster-gate. And he should've fought Cotto. While Cotto became WBA 147 champ in 12/06, Floyd did have bigger fish to fry moneywise in taking fights against DLH and Hatton. But afterwards, he "retired" while Cotto was in the middle of his reign at 147, complete with a win over Mosley. Floyd missed the bus for that fight.)

Floyd deserves props for taking on Mosley, albeit past Mosley's prime and after losing to Cotto. He could've taken on a much worse welterweight to pad his record, but he didn't. I think this fight will do a lot to quiet people that he hasn't taken on a legit welter.

 

Mayweather fought 3 times at 140, not once.

Demarcus Corley, Henry Bruseles, and Arturo Gatti.

 

No one. Margo is the only guy you could make a solid argument that he ducked.

 

But even with that argument, it makes sense that he avoided Marg and moved on to bigger and better things. It's like these clowns wanted him to be stuck with Arum for 8 more fights. No thanks. I will skip the small payday, escape Arum and go make $20 million with Oscar in a fight that Arum couldn't make happen.