Why was Clottey ever considered a top ww??he never beat anyone

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  1. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    No, just you and the other *******s claim to "know" he ducked the tough guys at 147.

    Clottey :rofl please GTFO. Cotto was the only decent fight for him at 147 that he missed.

    He beat Mosley who was coming off of pushing Margarito's **** in, and that you and all the other idiots were claiming to "know" that Floyd was never going to fight Shane.
     
  2. Thatman

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    :deal
     
  3. Bazooka

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    He retired/Ducked the division as it became obvious to Floyd if your going to struggle with a semi retired and shot DLH only to win by a single point, what do you think is going to happen against these younger guys? what do you think is going to happen in the rematch?

    He did not retired, he announced it sure, he took time away sure, but it was all for one purpose and that was to duck all of the top fighters that were there for him to face.
     
  4. Bazooka

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    Shane Mosley was juiced out of his eyeballs going into that fight, that is pretty ****ing obvious look at how he looked the moment he had to under go OSTD in his first fight since..
     
  5. Rumsfeld

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    :yep
     
  6. turbotime

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    No, Mayweather just doesn't block punches with his face like Margarito does.
     
  7. Thatman

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    In a rematch, Floyd would have already had em figured out, Oscar would have came in weak at 147 and probably got stopped.

    In your opinion it was to duck all the top fighters. That is your opinion but you have nothing to back it up. So again, he had been on the sport as a pro, for more than 12 years at the time, and was consistently fighting 2-3 times a year. So again, you have 0 to back up that he left to duck the division. He left to heal his body, which had been taking a pounding for so many years. He came back better. I have more to support what I am saying than you have to support what you are saying. He did not "leave" because the division was hot.:rofl
     
  8. Rumsfeld

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    I don't think he left "because the division was hot", but it was an orchestrated move by Floyd. Nobody believed that retirement charade.
     
  9. Bazooka

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    This is where you all get me, You all talk **** about Pacquiao fighting DLH @147, However just prior to that, when Floyd and Oscar were going to rematch at this weight, you were all for that ****.....

    So how is it not okay for Manny to do, What Floyd was going to do anyways? Explain
     
  10. Bazooka

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    Exactly, yet these ****ers here want to call it retirement, the man was waiting for the dust to settle so he could come back and take the last man standing and usually when you do it that way, the last man standing is a zombie
     
  11. TheHitman81

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    lets not forget his sub par performance during the fight either. All he did was stand there with his hands up hoping to make it out on his feet
     
  12. Thatman

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    He was going to retire after the Oscar fight but did not. He stayed for the Hatton fight. Floyd had planned on taking time off after 2007. It wasn't something he just pulled out of his ass. He even said it post Baldomir.
     
  13. Rumsfeld

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    Well, I think what you say is true, in part. But I don't think it was entirely about waiting for the dust to settle. I think it was more a financial decision. I think they banked on the fact that when the dust did indeed begin to settle, that...

    Floyd coming out of retirement + Someone emerging from the dust = Bigger long term earnings


    It's tough to blame Floyd that the strategy worked. But at the same time, as a fan, it was disappointing that he decided to retire at the exact time things did seem to get so interesting, especially since at that point Floyd's resume at 147 wasn't exactly stellar.
     
  14. Thatman

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    Floyd had already done the fight at Oscar's weight. Now it was time to do it at Floyd's weight. Floyd already beat Oscar at 54. 47 woulda been better and Oscar was the one who said he was willing to do it. Manny did not fight Oscar at 54 and then fight him at 47. He had him come down to 47 in the first place which is fair as Manny was moving up. But in all honesty, whatever the case, Oscar had not made 147 since 2000.
     
  15. Rumsfeld

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    How does this change or contradict anything I said? I claimed it was an orchestrated charade, and it most certainly was. Your own post actually supports my claim.

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