The Paradox of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
January 13th, 2010
by Niko Tricarico: The public cried, “Outrage!” They screamed in vain for Pacquiao and Mayweather to find some sort of an agreement. It was the most anticipated fight in the history of the sport! It has to happen! It must happen. How could it NOT happen? Without this fight what state is boxing in? It’s a super fight that even the casual boxing fan was pining for. It’s over. Boxing is ruined. No Pacquiao and Mayweather? Boxing is…oh no! What IS boxing without Mayweather? He’s so good. He’s so charismatic. He’s so engaging. What is boxing without this great contributor to the sport?
With fights like (Rafael) Marquez/Vasquez, Pacquiao/Hatton, Pacquiao/(Juan Manuel) Marquez, Cotto/Margarito, Williams/Quintana, Berto/Collazo, Marquez/Diaz, Cotto/Clottey, Margarito/Mosely, Cintron/Angulo, Williams/Martinez, Hopkins/Pavlik, Taylor/Froch and not to mention the Super 6 tournament on Showtime, these have been two of the best years in boxing of recent times. And why? Because great fighters were fighting great opposition. The truth is that for all his brilliance inside the ring, Floyd Mayweather is bad for boxing. When someone with his talent and skills refuses to engage in great fights, fights that test his mettle and would secure his legacy while initiating others, then they are thumbing their nose and flipping off the sport and the boxing public that enabled their success in the first place.
Once Pacquiao fights Joshua Clottey on March 13, win or lose, he will have faced tougher opposition at Welterweight in less than one year than Mayweather has in four. And he will have done it without being a braggart or an insufferably obnoxious jerk. Floyd should be ashamed of himself. But he probably isn’t. Floyd should want to prove himself. But he probably won’t. Floyd should do this, Floyd should do that.
But what Floyd will do is verbally pot shot other fighters and make it seem as though he is the star attraction in boxing. He calls himself the greatest without facing great opposition. He points to his undefeated record and in the same breath, points to the blemishes on everyone else’s. He points to fighters losing to other fighters whom he has never faced and probably never will, which is a point Brian Kenny failed to impress upon his brash interviewee on ESPN. He’s searching for a March opponent? Fight Paul Williams!
The saddest aspect of Floyd Mayweather is that he could beat all of the top Welterweights. He would outbox Cotto, Clottey, Collazo, Berto and even Margarito. Many look to Sugar Shane Mosely as the man to shut Mayweather’s mouth, but Mosely gets dominated by technically proficient fighters (Winky Wright beat him, Vernon Forrest beat him and even De La Hoya was winning both fights until Mosely was able to goat him into a brawl). Paul Williams would not be an easy win and has probably the best chance to beat Mayweather, but at least he would be testing himself against another great fighter. Why Mayweather refuses to fight the best in the division is a mystery. He’s not a coward. He makes his profession as a fighter. If he were a coward he would never have chose boxing in the first place.
Sorry to disappoint you Floyd, but until you fight at least three top ten Welterweights your declarations of greatness are empty. Floyd Mayweather is, for me, like Sushi. The longer I go without it, the more appealing it becomes. Then when I have some I remember that it’s not worth the memory.
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@Lex
Come out of dreamworld. No matter how you justify it, deep inside you know the truth and just deny it but we never had this great uproar against FMJ just as recent as last year, fans were still still considering him the best then and now fans are waking to the truth that indeed FMJ evade some of the boxers who is a threat to his ’0′ not a bad thing though but dont do it at the expense of another boxer by staining what the other boxer had achieved.
Try to move on.
Lex, You just hit the nail on the head! Kosta Tszyu was an established champion for like 5 years. If Mayweather fights him over in Australia, he could have made more money and fought the best, but once again, he finds the easier path! Do you remember Shane Mosley when he one the title? Vernon Forrest was calling him out and that was a no money fight at the time, but guess what? He knew if he won, it was a big thing for his career, because guys were avoiding this guy like the plague. Mosley lost, but can you ever say Mosley avoided someone if he was tough and the money was right? Probably not! Mayweather has found excuses from 140-147 on why he can’t fight the best. I remember him being confronted by Margarito and Mayweather told him that he would fight him after baldomir. Of course he was lying, he wanted no part of him at that time. I know your a big fan of Mayweather, just like I was a big fan of Roy Jones, but they share a couple of things. They’re very talented, reluctant warriors! I watched Roy talk his way out of fighting guys after he beat James Toney. (Nigel Benn, Gerald McClellan)and I used to say this guy could be one of the best ever, if he had the balls to fight the best available competition. Trust me when I tell you this, if Mosley smokes Berto in a couple of weeks, he won’t fight him, if he sees a little slippage or he loses, then he will fight him!
Swift;
Tszyu beat Judah in 2001. Mayweather never fought at 140 until 2004. At this time Tszyu had a fight lined up with Sharmba Mitchell. Floyds second fight at 140 set him up for a shot at Gatti’s title. This is the fight that made Floyd a PPV fighter. This is the fight that made Mayweather’s name known outside of boxing circles. Would Tszyu have been a tougher opponent than Gatti? Yes, but it would have been a terrible business move. And by the time Floyd beat Gatti, Tszyu had already quit against Hatton. It seems by the time Floyd fought at 140, Tszyu had “grown old”.
No top 5 WWs??? Their were at least 5 WWs better than Judah, Baldomir, De La Hoya? Hatton did look terrible but he had all the hype and people were calling him great. Just because Floyd showed Hatton for what he is, you can’t blame him. And really, Kosta was good, but come on. And Al Haymond is why Williams-Mayweather won’t happen. Plain and simple. When Cintron and Mosley fall to Floyd, I hope some of you haters give him credit. You can hate him all you want, but Cintron and Mosley are two of the top WWs and they are Floyd’s next two opponents.
Lex, P-Will and Floyd have the same manager, but that’s not what is stopping the fight. Floyd has never even mentioned p-will’s name, while he has called him out several times. Everyone should already know Floyd was a great fighter and took the best on until he got to 140 which was almost 5-6 years ago! I’ll run some of his excuses for not fighting top guys. Kosta Tszyu doesn’t want to fight in the U.S. Mosley didn’t want to fight 2 times before. Margarito has to wait in line. Cotto never called me out. Do you see a pattern here? How in five years has he not fought a top 5 welterweight or the best 140 lb fighter at the time (Tszyu)?? Hatton looked like complete garbage when he fought at 147 against Collazo that’s why he ran back to 140 in the first place. I’ll give him credit for beating delahoya because it was the biggest money fight out there, but he one by what one point?? Tell me how Floyd didn’t fight Kosta Tzsyu when they were both at 140??? I’ll tell you why, he saw the Zab Judah fight…
floyd living in his past,guess that what happen if you think so highly of yourself .he must have keep watching his old utube,and now he cant stand the chance of losing, as he has said no one can beat him, so its cherry picking time.who care they call me chicken, I call it smart.
BOXERS loose more blood during rounds than whats required for a blood test!
Yes if Floyd is running from top fighters how is Manny not? By beating Floyd’s leftovers? Oh, thats right he beat a shot Cotto. Google Cotto shot and there are hundreds of articles suggesting or calling Cotto shot BEFORE he ever fought Manny.
Mayweather called out Mosley twice, and Mosley ran. Williams has the same manager as Floyd and that manager. Al Haymond will not let his two best fighters get in the ring together. Floyd destroyed Corrales, and moved up in weight while Corrales stayed at 130 for 3 more years, so Diego wasn’t weight drained. He scheduled Judah before Judah lost to Baldomir. Baldomir beat Judah, Gatti, and some guy named Clottey-why does that name sound familiar?- before Floyd humiliated him, with a broken hand for the last 6 rounds. Floyd moved up in weight to fight Oscar at Oscar’s weight 154. 31-1 with 30 knockouts Ndou. A Genaro Hernandez undeafeted at 130. Castillo twice, the first time with a torn rotator cuff and two badly injured hands. Jesus Chavez. Gatti and Hatton were both over-rated, but going into his fight with Floyd people were acting like Hatton was the second-coming of Christ. And how is boxing better when all the PPVs combined during Floyd’s 21 month retirement are less than floyd’s previous 2 fights? Less interest and less viewers is good for boxing???
Motown hitman by reading some of your post I know you are clueless about boxing. Pac starching these two was no big deal but he didn’t it much better Fasion than Chicken Boy, it dawrf his victories of the wash up fighter and a hype fighter. Pacquiao has the edge because he stopped Cotto something Mosley failed to do. He has a victory over an elite Welter weight. That is what floyd is lacking a win agnist an elite Welterwieght,oh and Floyd’s lacking a pair of balls
Lou…you probably gave Pac all the credit in the world for beating DLH and Hatton didn’t you? The same guys you are dogging as it pertains to Floyd’s fight yet Pac fights these guys and he’s the next best thing to sliced bread.
Explain that logic please!!
wowzabean,
As far as Pac being better at a higher weight than JMM…before they both moved up one could not speculate how they would look. It was only after they actually went up at weight were we able to determine that Pac was better at the higher weights. The problem I have is that when Pac moved up to WW he gained the same amount of weight that JMM gained…yet nobody talked smack about DLH fighting Pac (before the fight) and the reason they didn’t talk smack after the fight is because DLH got dominated, conversely everyone got on Floyd’s case AFTER the JMM fight because Floyd dominated JMM. Would any of this “Floyd only fights smaller guys” talk been coming out if JMM had a better showing?? Probably not! Nobody really criticized Floyd for fighting Hatton because he (Hatton) gave a “decent” showing but after Floyd dominated JMM everyone went on the “Floyd fights smaller guys” tangent.
Ultimately Floyd fought JMM at WW and DLH fought Pac at WW. Both Pac and JMM put on the same amount of weight for their respective fights. The only difference is one was dominated and the other was the dominator.
DLH came back down to WW after 8 years at fight 154 and above and after his fight with Pac retired for good. JMM is still more than capable of fighting. Perhaps the outcomes of where their respective careers have gone has something to do with where they were before their last outings. One guy was at the END of his career while the other wasn’t. People get on Floyd for fighting an old guy mind you JMM was considered #2 lb 4 lb at the time and he still has some fight left in him, yet those same people won’t acknowledge that DLH was a completely shot fighter (not after the fight but even before the fight) but Pac get’s all the credit in the world for beating him.
Lets see Arturo Gatti washed up and was previously knock out by Golden girl,Hatton a big Hype and was softed up and beaten up by Collazo prior to the Floyd fight. Castillo kicked his ass and Floyd ran to a 7 rounds to 5 win in the second fight,Corrales had trouble with 130 and was wieght drained never gave him a rematch at 135 or 140,Ndou is a bottom 10 to 15 ranked fighte,r Jesus Chavez legit win, Judah a has been who can only fight 4 rounds never the same after the Kosta Tzyu knock out, and of course Delahoya an out of shape Promoter who almost beat him was winning the fight after 8 rounds but ran out of gas losing the last 3 rof 4 rounds. Since when does a P4P fighter almost lose to a Promoter.Lets see avoids all elite fighters at Welter but claims to be the P4P best yet he would lose to all most all elite welters. Oscar you need to drop this chump from your ring magazine P4P ratings and Golden Girl promotions before your organaztion tumbles as Hati did.
@ Chris Kelly, Floyd was a great fighter at 135 and below. But are you really going to tell me that Sharba Mitchell, Arturo Gatti, Philip Ndou, Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir are in the same league as a Cotto, Margarito, P-Will or Mosley?? The guy has an agenda for every fight he has had since he fought Castillo, if you don’t believe me look at the resume. Zab just lost his previous fight. Gatti was getting beaten up by everyone. Sharmba just got knocked out by Kosta Tszyu and he choose Baldomir over Margarito who spanking everyone at the time… The guy has not fought the best of anyone at 140 (Kosta Tszyu) or 147. You guys give this guy an excuse everytime, well people are tired of his excuses! If he doesn’t fight pac or a legit 147 lb in his next fight, will you then believe what he is? At this present time he is talking about fighting another 140 lb fighter??? Floyd is the greatest! The greatest boxing con artist in the history of boxing!!
Your point is well-delivered. Evidently, you’ve said an unbiased commentary; you’ve just seen what should be pointed out.
Do World Titles in five weight divisions, PPV records and wins over Arturro Gatti, Diego Coralles, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Jesus Chavez, Jose Luis Castillo, Zab Judah, Phillip N’dou and Oscar De La Hoya mean nothing ? But of course your right Niko Floyd has yet to fight a top ten opponent.
You are absolutely right in your opinion!
Non-Boxing fan There are ways to detect stamina issue you plank. You obviously are not a boxing fan as your name states. #stick to the facts please.
People say FLoyd is a chicken and floyd is scared! Well Floyd is the villain of boxing right now but before Pacman moved up to stardem, Floyd was the biggest name in boxing whether u liked him or not. Whether u wanted to see him get beat or not. For years it has been Floyd Floyd Floyd even when he was retired it was will he come back and who will he fight. When he leaves boxing he will be one of the greatest to step in the ring in the eyes of true boxing fans
ONCE AGAIN DON’T GET DISTRACTED BY THE SMOKING MIRRORS. MANNYS PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE THIS AN ISSUE ABOUT MANNY AND FLOYD, SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE A DIVERSION FROM THE ISSUE… THIS IS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF BOXING.. WHEN THE P4P CHAMP REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO RANDOM BLOOD TESTING YOU KNOW THAT THE SPORT IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE, EVEN WORSE IS BOB REWARDING THE BIGGEST CHEAT IN RECENT BOXING HISTORY BY SHOWCASING HIM ON THE SAME CARD, IN AMERICAS NEWEST AND BRIGHTEST STADIUM. JUST ANOTHER INSULT FROM BOB THAT CLEARLY SHOWS HIS CHARACTER AND THE DISRESPECT FOR THE SPORT AND THE FANS THAT MADE HIM A MILLIONAIRE. WHAT A DISPICABLE INGRATE.
If pacquiao had agreed to random testing (not at all a problem) then the fight would be happening. Pacquiao is on steroids and didnt want to be caught. Clottey likely wont care less, he’d rather have the payday
I terms of pacman and mayweather is great for the garage lad who signals cained advice to the friends who didnt come over, In essance of gammon mayweather would actualy be the worker of these two, pacman looked really tired in the cotto fight. Ok his is 30. But i think one more fight will show that his stamina just isnt there with the lad in the garage. Clottey will expose the declining pacman.
Here’s what’s gonna happen when MANNY and KFC fight.
Round 1 bell rings. Manny gonna try to land several punches then floyd backs down by the ropes and clinch, even if mayweather lands 2 or 3 punches would it hurt pacquiao? NO. Round 2 bell rings same thing and thats whats gonna happen till round 12. Face it it’s gonna be a boring fight. Ask yourself this would you pay to see Mayweather hug PACQUIAO. Do you really think he’s gonna punch back??? I wouldn’t so this fight doesn’t need to happen. Watch the KFC hatton fight.
Let’s do some deeper analysis on the issue based on their statement & proposal
so that we could see who is the real culprit
Argument 1
Mayweather wants pacquiao to undergo random olympic style blood testing up to the fight night
for fear that manny is cheating using steriod or any performance enhancing drugs in their fight
Argument 2
Manny pacquiao does’nt want to undergo random olympic style blood testing up to the fight night
for fear that it will affect his performance mentally & physically; and not because he has something to conceal – taking steriod to boost his performance during fight night
So these are 2 opposing arguments. Considered stalemate to be fair. but still only one will end up correct.
so whom do we believe?
Let’s check other proposal from pacquiao.
“Pacquiao already agreed to undergo random olympic style blood testing after the fight”
I think this proposal is enough to satify both of them. why?
On argument 1 – will be no longer valid since pacquiao will no longer force take random test before the fight
ON argument 2 – win or lose for mayweather, after the fight, if pacquiao found guilty of taking steriod,
pacquiao will be disqualified and mayweather will be declared winner thus retain his 0 loss status
(maybe his cash prize also should be forfeited)
Mayweather has nothing to lose if he accept the proposal of random olympic style blood testing be done after the fight.
thus I still have no idea why he still cannot accept the deal. why?
And I believe manny is not stupid, because he knows any performance booster attributed to steriod during the fight
will surely be detected after the post fight blood testing, thus he will lose all his credibility.
why cheat if you know u have no escape?
Therefore I may now conclude that manny’s argrument is more credible & acceptable than
mayweather accusation, maybe mayweather just want to weaken his opponent mentally if not physically by this blood testing (his real reason)
conclusion: mayweather is the real culprit
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. IS A COWARD,PERIOD!! HE ONLY FIGHTS OPPONENTS WHICH HE THINKS HE HAS AN EDGE ON.HE AVOIDED MOSLEY,COTTO,PAUL WILLIAMS AND NOW PACQUIO! PATHETIC!!!
Mayweather wanted olympic-style testing to go with his olympic-style boxing!!!
The tap,tap and hide school of boxing.
What next floyd, head-gaurds?!!!!!!!
Give me a break, Pacquiao would have killed him!!!!!!
Good article, I do agree with it 100%.
Mayweather is a coward who claimed to be the greatest fighter without ever fighting top fighter in his weight class. For once, he needs to challenge a welterweight fighter that’ll put him to test. Pretty boy, fight someone that’s worth beating and not worry about tarnishing your undefeated record by ducking/fighting smaller men.
Nobody says Mayweather Jr. is not an excellent fighter. But for as long as he ducks any of those legit welterweights he can never claim that he is one of the greatest fighters in boxing. If he really thinks Pacquiao is very easy to beat then why not fight him, instead of hiding behind the reasoning he must take the blood test first bec. he might be on PEDs. C’mon Floyd do you honestly believe that the man is on something. Its a baseless accusation.
C’mon Floyd, stop running and start fighting. Or else the only thing people will remember about you is this: “Floyd Mayweather? Isn’t he the one who ducked all those welterweight fighters. What a shame, he used to be so talented. Too bad he was yellow.”
And that’s your legacy.
Are you serious?? I agree with the column 100%!! Mayweather has been a welter since 2005 and has not fought a top five welter, yet pac is about to fight his second! I’m not even a pac fan, i’m a P-Will fan, but listening to guys fall for this clown mayweather is just stupid! Corley, Brussles and Gatti is who he fought at 140?? what happened to Kosta Tszyu?? Moves up and fights a shot Shamba Mitchell, Zab Judah coming off a loss where he looked pathetic and Carlos “freakin” Baldomir, while Cotto, Margarito, P-Will and Clottey fought each other… If you don’t think this guy is a clown, take a look at Shane Mosley resume and get back at me!
Floyd Mayweather Jr. did get booed during his fight with Baldomir, I watched it in HBO when it was replayed (try searching that fight also in youtube). The fight was so boring that at the later rounds you can hear people booing. Then after the fight Larry Merchant interviewed Mayweather if he thinks his fights were exciting. Of course in classic Mayweather bravado he said yes. Then Larry said if that’s the case why were people booing. At that point Mayweather Jr. became angry and started berating Larry.
Well, people can argue that Larry Merchant was out of line when he asked that question. But you cannot argue the fact the people were booing. You can clearly hear it in the background.
It’s apparent that a lot of you pac fans just started paying attention to boxing other than Pac’s fight (if this doesn’t apply to you don’t bother responding).
The author indicated that Floyd was booed out of the place by fans before his DLH fight, uhhh before the DLh fight he was 37-0 with 25 KO’s…so out of 37 fights only 12 saw the final bell!! People who enjoy Floyd’s style understand it so it’s safe to say if anyone was booing it was those people who came to watch a blood bath which you don’t see in Floyd’s fights.
And you people talking about Floyd fighting smaller guys is getting old..in 40 fights he has fought 2 guys “smaller” than him. One guy who gave pac all he could handle and the other guy who was an undefeated LWW belt holder. You guys are acting like he fought some club fighters.
Oh and by the way when Pac fought DLH they fought at WW and Pac was coming up from LW for that fight yet I don’t recall anyone talking smack about DLH for fighting a smaller guy especially since DLH moved down from 154 after 8 years for the fight with Pac. Yet Floyd get’s criticized for fighting JMM at WW after being out of the ring for almost two years.
I think it is also worth noting that Pac put on 7 1/2 lbs when he moved up to fight DLH and guess what…JMM put on 7 1/2 lbs when he moved up to fight Floyd.
I think in my opinion there will be no mayweather vs somebody else on march 13.Surely there will ppv comparison. do you think mayweather vs malignaggi will sell big against a title bout of mannypaquiao vs clottey at dallas cowboy stadium? Now a losing ppv numbers for floyd jr will not be good publicity or promotion.Pbf once bragging that the dela hoay and pbf match ppv record sellout was because of him floyd jr. hes not taking the risk his PPV here.pbf will fight another day. Now he not fighting Big guys like william or martinez. Because of PBF precious “0″.
I totally disagree with the writer. Like, TOTALLY. DISAGREE.
Sushi rocks. Sashimi rocks even more.
Mayweather’s actions (or INactions) actually just prove how in love he is with himself. There is no chance that he will risk having that first L in his record. It’s true, he keeps pointing to his clean slate and comparing it to the losses of his would-be opponents. What use is that when all you do is fight other boxers 2 divisions lower than you? He has to take some risky fights, otherwise he’ll just cement his legacy… as a cherry-picker.
A lot of people seem to be caught up in the moment and the hype. Old man Bob Arum is doing nothing more than f**king with and playing with Floyd jr and GBP. Hey his guys are fighting in Dallas cowboy stadium and it’s going to be BIG. Manny and Freddie will fight Floyd exactly when they are ready. Now the Mayweathers are scramblin to put something together they can sell to the public. If they pick a tough opponent Floyd might get damaged and if nothing else he’ just going to get older. Meamwhile Manny’s still makin big money and his legend will continue to grow. I think Bob,Freddie and Pacman know exactly what they are doing. All everyone has to do is sit back and watch it unfold. PACMAN=JEDI
Not a huge PBF fan but I do think he has the skills. It’s the fight choices that annoy me.
Still, I totally disagree that boxing is better of without him. The guy is a drawcard, he has image, a following, and will be a PPV winner regardless of whether the buys are from people wanting to support him or to watch him get beat. If you “love to hate him” and buy his PPV then by definition he is creating interest in the sport.
you floyd lovers really dont understand the filpino cluture and how thy live there …. i am a white guy married to a filpina been there 5 times i know the cluture the people and the belives, manny would not take or put anything in his body that would harm or hurt his body i am sure of it. hes a very religious person…… like i said you people dont really know… as far as boxing i know manny will hurt floyd .. maybe floyd can come back in a fight so who knows then? but floyd wasnt going to chance it…. he can make that 40 mill anyway this year.. manny and floyd will never fight i am sure of that now… thanks floyd for being a loser with a big mouth….
still the fact remains… floyd is untested in the welterweight. he only fights the oldest 130 pounder at 147.
Oh yeah…Floyd will fight Williams on March 13th or wait for Mosley. Don’t be surprized if the date for Floyd or Mannys next fight changes as well. You idiots all believe what you hear and read. Use common sense. Too much $ involved after losing the biggest fight of the century. Enough damage was done by Manny not taking the test. Biggest fight of the century ruined…Floyds right, make sure these new age fighters are clean before ranking them up there with the all time greats. Mark Mcguire blew it! Baseball records ruined because of it. Think please! Stop believing these boxing writers who know nothing about boxing.
You people are so blinded by hate that you can’t see how simple this random blood testing issue is.
If Mayweather had asked any other fighter to take part in this random blood test (for $40 million) that contract would have been signed a long time ago. And none of us would have even heard of this blood testing because it would have been in the background.
Unfortunately in this case the opponent happens to be Manny Pacquiao, becuase pacquiao is “special”. For some reason the guy has problems with giving blood samples. That is what killed the fight.
I know it’s hard for you NOT to hate Mayweather but i think you are going over the top.
Huh?? Manny is afraid of something. Walk away from 40 million over principle Bob A rum says? BS! Think please! Manny says after every fight and every interview he fight for the fans and his country. I believe he has something to hide for refusing to take the tests 14 days b4 the fight. Sports are suspect. People come out the wood works claiming taking roids. Not fair to us fans. I liked Pacquiao a lot b4 this. I like Floyd too. But when you are at the top of the sport, fighting for tens of millions of dollars, you do what necessary to relieve all suspicion, take the test, sue money may later and get paid twice. Manny is suspect. Unbelievable…I’m crushed.
correct he does want to move to the shire and plans to clean the hobbit division.
just jokin’ we do luv lilfloyd!
@carlos you do not understand why paquiao did not chose yuri. yuri is a champ at different weight class. if he paquiao will fight, paquiao need to fight at yuri weight class i think 154lbs. Fighting clotty to defend thw wbo welterweight title is the best choice. maybe manny fight yuri next for 8th title.
i think floyd mayweather jr should go back to lightweight. he loves fighting lightweight fighter. floyd go back to lightweight class. dominate that division so u could be great. leave the welter to manny cotto berto mosley william and et al..
accurate article, dead on like nails on the coffin. talent without action is like bird without wings! floyd will never be amongs the greats, it would have been his defining moments defeating pacquaio but thats all been an opportuniy that has pass him by. with his cowardice he failed to seize the moment. its fitting that of all the type of birds, its the chicken that hardly fly.
boxing101……it is true that floyd was part of that history but do you remember the outcome of that fight? DISAPPOINTMENT!!!! i don’t know if you watched that fight but everytime i asked who watched that fight, they’re all disappointed.
This article is how i feel. I think Floyd would beat almost everyone in the Welter weight divison because he has skills that unmatched
RIGHT ON THE SPOT , U ARE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING U SAID!
after all is said and done i still find floyd boring and untested on welterweight.
i will remember him as the fighter who only fights 130 pounder at 147.
Well FMJ better fight and beat the best around his weight or the public and boxing “experts” will label him as
a phony!
You guys know what people are like and how they labvel people so its all up to FMJ now!
MAYWEATHER has always prove that he is the best ,that why he makes he’s opponents to looks bad
he a one of a kind,
While Manny has a huge fan base, u cannot over look what Floyd has done throughout his career. He has constantly given his opponents there biggest payday ever. So whether u looking at the fight cause u a fan or cause u want to see him get KO’d, he makes the fight a huge fight.
Don’t bring the IRS into any boxing conversation,there evil!
I am definitely not a Floyd fan, but to say boxing is better off without one of its showman is ludicrous. And to blame him for the failure of making the fight with Pacman is untrue. Besides all the good points made about Pacman changing excuses for not wanting blood drawn, Pacquiao also backed off fighting Yuri Foreman because of his style and height. So they choose a brawler in Clottey which fits right into Pac’s style. I am not saying its an easy fight, but after Pac’s fight with JMM, I don’t think he will ever fight another great counter-puncher.
floyd is the most talented unproven athlete of all time…boxing is fine w/o his fights against smaller guys…pac may be on something (nobody knows for sure) but it’s never been proven so I give him the benefit of the doubt… regardless, you can’t discredit his resume…second to none…floyd needs to fight some real welterweights befoe he becomes a joke…
Niko Tricarico this is a good read but how dare you discrace Japanese cusine by comparing Floyd to Sushi. Sushi is AWSOME if you buy it at the right place. You must be ordering california rolls and Todai or some other asain buffet.
If Floyd had the stones to fight Williams i would instantly give him respect until then, he’s all talk.
I think That Mayweather will end up fighting manny sooner or later!! but I think manny should just make him fight him by taking the drug test!! if Your clean what do you have to hide!!
he we go with the idiots again…if pacman is the best pound for pound fighter in the world, and mayweather agreed to fighting him…what the hell are you guys talking about..if he’s so bad for boxing then why would this have been the biggest boxing event in history??…anyway…he’s undefeated and until he loses you guys get the middle finger..lmao….one quick question??…why would a person turn down mega millions(40m to 50m) because of equal drug testing??? he’s on something..!!..
We all know that Floyd is marketing his fights and nothing is wrong with that.But he don’t have to intentionally smear
somebody with allegations without showing any proof.Now his
use of anesthetics on his hands has showed-up in chatrooms which put up some questions of his wins and if this drug is allowed in any testing agency.
Wow, this article sucks. Anyone that says boxing would be better off WITHOUT Floyd Mayweather, Jr. instantly loses all credibility.
I suggest you find a new hobby because you’re not a real boxing fan.
THE TRUTH…that is simply all it is. Well said
without floyd boxing would be better? come one man! if all you want is excitement, try mma. if floyd is bad for the sport, why was everyone clammering for a floyd vs manny showdown. because floyd is a bonifide star and one of the few left still active. if you don’t appreciate floyd’s skills in the ring, you are just not that into boxing. not everyone is all gung ho in the ring like pacquiao. there are also pure boxers that break down opponents with timing and counter shots. a lot of people take to heart what comes out of his big mouth but i think he’s funny as hell. he’s full of it but you all take him for his word. he played yall. but i do think fighting campbell on 3-14 is bad for the sport. either fight p-will or wait for the mosely vs berto winner. manny aint done nothing new since moving up. he’s fed off floyd’s leftovers in oscar and ricky and should have gave half of his last paycheck to margarito for his last outing.
@Sauna
Shut up idiot
this isnt just about pacquio its about the D0ouch bags whole career!
u r3tards dont get it.. hes fighting NOBODYS
it doesnt matter how the fight got cancelled.
BUT IT DID>.
just like every other one of his big fights which never happened/..
nobody is ganna care when he retires how the fights did NOT come to pass ..
all they will say is yeah.. he fought nobodys he doesnt deserve to be in the top 25..
and thats the truth.!
wake up ur mans a fraud hes an empty shell of a once talented boxer ..
he will never fight Anyone Great
hence he WILL never be great!
More questions for KFC fans. How come he never asked anybody else to take the test before? Is he that scared
of MANNY the warrior PACQUIAO? i guess he’s not confident of himself. Even JUAN DIAZ’s trainer is willing to testify for MANNY. Who’s the most boring boxer in the world? KFC
Any boxer can do what mayweather does but they fight because people payed money to see a fight instead of just avoiding punches scared to get hit.
@ Sauna…
Does Tim Smith know that you are copying his words? Or are you the famous “e-mail source”?
enough of the mayweather bashing articles already…..its getting old..
THIS IS FOR Kentucky floyd Chicken’s fans. Whats so amazing about KFC? Would you pay to see kfc run around the ring for 12 rounds? How come he’s 32 and only has 40 fights? Why does he talk so much? Who makes him rich? the idiot fans who like to see a black guy run around the ring.
HAHAHA Think about it KFC fans. GOOD LUCK with the lawsuit sucka.
I feel sorry for kentucky floyd chicken instead of being thankful to MANNY for agreeing to fight him even though MANNY doesn’t need to he accuses MANNY now he gets a Multi million dollar lawsuit. LOL the guys a joke he’s pathetic. Now wut’s next for Kentucky FLoyd Chicken fight a sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi. HAHAHA.
How this happened is beyond the comprehension of anyone who hasn’t ever spent a significant amount of time around boxings power brokers. The average person rightfully wonders why anyone would walk away from a $40 million pay day just because they don’t want to take some random blood tests. That is what Pacquiao did.
You want to blame someone for killing the fight? Blame Pacquiao and his reps. Where else do you place the blame? You can scream that Mayweather didn’t want the fight, but there wasn’t anything to indicate that.
When Pacquiao and his reps included a potential deal breaking clause that would penalize Mayweather $10 million for every pound he was over the welterweight limit, he agreed to it. End of story. Mayweather was ready to sign the deal.
But Pacquiao became offended with Mayweather’s clause that both fighters – and the important word here is “both” – agree to Olympic style drug testing, which included random urine and blood testing.
This was not a last minute clause that Mayweather came up with to try to scuttle the negotiations and get out of the fight. It was included in the initial proposal, as was Pacquiao’s $10 million “fat” clause. But we didn’t hear anything about this being a problem until Dec. 22 when word got out that the fight was in jeopardy.
Since then Pacquiao has waffled on just why he didn’t want to take random blood tests and has even sued Mayweather and his camp for defamation.
Tottaly agree with this writer, i love watchin floyd but he needs 2 man up and prove his greatness
excellent article. Finally a Pacquiao-Mayweather article that is informed, but not biased towards either fighter. You chose your facts well, and as a Mayweather fan, I can’t argue with any of it. Fact is, if Mayweather fights anyone of the names that have been kicking around in the last few days, it’ll be a disgrace, and it’ll be his loss, and all the nonsense of the last few weeks with the blood testing, will look bad on him. If he’s too scared to fight Bradley or Williams, then people are gonna presume he was too scared to fight Pacquiao! I don’t think thats the case, I think he actually came out of retirement with a view to making the Pacquaio fight. Whether he needs more time, either to get back into fighting shape or to generate as much interest in the fight as possible, or whether he is genuinely worried about PED’s I’m not sure. I didn’t think Pacquiao would take PED’s, but to agree to 24 days before but not 14? To walk away from the biggest fight in history over 10 days? Surely 2 whole weeks is enough to get over a little pin prick? And if it’s cos he doesn’t want to give in to team Mayweather, why agree to 24 days? why agree to any blood testing? It reeks of wrong doing. It should either be YES i’ll have the tests, or NO I won’t. to get particular over certain timeframes smells like a juicer to me. Who knows. I still think the fight will happen, I think Mayweather is hoping to get another fight under his belt, and then it will happen fairly quickly. You’re right though, Mayweather really needs a decent opponent, and it has to be a legitimate welterweight, or else he’ll be ridiculed. Given the way it’s gone down over the last few weeks, thats the last thing he needs.
@ Doc..
People don’t watch a FLoyd fight to see a boring fighter outbox his opponent. People watch a Floyd fight to see an @sshole get his @ss beat. Plain and simple.
People will pay to watch FMJ lose.
Simple question SILLY RABBIT…if the sport was better off without him and if he was truely booed like u claim then why was he going to get 40+mil and why all the dissapointment that the fight didnt happen??? I didnt know you could take a boring fighter and put him in a fight that was supposed to be the biggest and most lucritive fight in its history!!! If he is so boring then why does he do the PPV numbers that he does?
I totally agree with the author. Mayweather is bad for boxing. Mayweather had a huge PPV number because Oscar De La Hoya, Marquez, and Hatton. Compare his other PPV numbers. You will see that he doesn’t draw crowd. Plus, who wants to pay money to watch a guy run in a ring? Not me. I will never pay for his PPV fights.
@ Lex
Floyd IS terrible for boxing. had it been any other fighter in front of Pacquiao, we’d have a fight. Now all we have is controversy.
Even now, Pac is one-upping Floyd by fighting another genuine welter in Clottey. Who’s Mayweather gonna fight? My guess would be another small fighter.
so at the end of the day, who is gonna be blamed for “ducking” the mega-fight? The guy who went on to fight a real threat, or the guy that’ll continue to fight small guys? You be the judge.
Floyd is nothing until he proved it against the better fighter. Don’t make your own rule.
Leagacy pays no bills. I am beginning to suspect that Floyd Jr. doesnt have what it takes since retiring in 2007.Maybe something is wrong with his hands, with all the talks about use of pain numbing medication.
If boxing is better with half the viewers and no interest outside of hardcore boxing, then yes it is better without Floyd. All the fights in Floyd’s 21 month retirement combined garnered less PPVs than Floyds last two fights. This included THREE Pacquiao fights! All the PPVs combined in 21 months less than Floyds last two. Yes, if no one knowing any boxer but knowing MMA fighters is good for boxing, than Floyd is terrible for boxing.