The myth that Floyd ducked Margarito

[Larry the boss]

It just goes to show you that floyd went for the money rather than the prestige, no? THOUGHT SO!

Shows he fought the lineal champ rather then the #1 contender...............the same lineal champ Brian Kenny claimed he was ducking

[shade darkar]

Guy looks like he is smart..i dont see his fans accusing someone of being on PED'S when they knocked him out cause he refused random testing..Karma is a b1tch aint it

looks like he is smart?!!!!!!!!! WTF you silly ****!

Did i say marquez was on peds, didnt think so. But way to go, try and change the subject.

[Luilun]

After Manny Pacquiao made easy work of Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, the howls of “Floyd ducked both of these fighters” reemerged. Many of these claims have been opinionated and have not yet seen proof of these allegations. I did write an article stating that Mayweather side stepping Margarito was a good move. And financially it was back then.


But upon my return to the article, I found facts that will support this article. Now, I know there will still be many who will contest these facts and continue with their barrage of name calling. But it’s not my job to control opinions; just give the facts and let the readers decide. But I want you to pay close attention to the quotes and who’s saying what.
After Mayweather defeated Zab Judah, he was offered 8 million to fight Antonio Margarito on August 12th 2006. Leonard Ellerbe had this to say after the Judah fight.
Floyd is not 100 percent healthy,” Ellerbe said. “He has a bruised right hand. His hand is not broken. It’s bruised, but it’s a bad bruise. He wants to go into any fight 100 percent healthy. If Antonio Margarito happens to be the best available option when he is healthy, so be it”.

“We are not turning down Margarito. I want to make that crystal clear. When and if he is the best available option for Floyd’s next fight, that’s the direction he will move in.” If you noticed, that was Ellerbe speaking. Not Floyd. Let’s move on.

Bob Arum, Mayweather’s promoter at the time said that Mayweather preferred to await the outcome of the May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga fight instead of committing to Margarito because he would prefer to fight De La Hoya.

Arum stated that Mayweather would have fought Margarito for the 8 million, but he wanted a guaranteed 10 million to fight Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton. Arum only guaranteed him 7 million. And for those who don’t know Cotto and Hatton were at the Mayweather-Gatti fight and Cotto was ranked number 5 by the ring at the time (Proof: Listen to the commentary Jim Lampley at the end of round 5) . Cotto had just moved up to the 140 pound weight class and he didn’t make an offer to fight Mayweather after the Gatti fight.

Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn’t interested in participating in. “That’s not in the cards,” Arum said. “He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It’s not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. We’ll talk about things down the road.” Notice this part Arum was talking.

STFU Floyd Ducked Margarito

[Larry the boss]

Top Rank didn't promote the Baldomir fight.

He is to slow to realize that he owned himself

[shade darkar]

Shows he fought the lineal champ rather then the #1 contender...............the same lineal champ Brian Kenny claimed he was ducking

didnt fight cotto when he was number 1 welterweight, didnt fight margarito when he was number 1 welterweight, didnt fight pacquiao when he was number 1 welterweight. see a pattern?

[happyman]

people that don't even like margarito will tell you the same thing, floyd ducked him. there's no changing that. who cares though floyd is top 30 atg

[Larry the boss]

looks like he is smart?!!!!!!!!! WTF you silly ****!

Did i say marquez was on peds, didnt think so. But way to go, try and change the subject.

There are so many articles accusing Jmm of being on steroids and all the excuses are out there..take the damn test and there will be no excuses....WHY DID MANNY WALK FROM THE TABLE AND NOT TAKE THE DAMN TEST?

[Larry the boss]

people that don't even like margarito will tell you the same thing, floyd ducked him. there's no changing that. who cares though floyd is top 30 atg

I posted facts..what you got to back up your claims???

[Larry the boss]

didnt fight cotto when he was number 1 welterweight, didnt fight margarito when he was number 1 welterweight, didnt fight pacquiao when he was number 1 welterweight. see a pattern?

He fought cotto when he was #1 at 154 soon as he left top rank amazing aint it...lol..yea i see the pattern he cant fight Top Rnk fighters...when was the last time he fought a Top Rank fighter???when he was with Top Rank

[ma51f]

im a fan of floyd but he did duck him.

just like a prime cotto and pacman (after cotto win)