Why didn't Mayweather fight these fighters?

Cotto is making his legacy as we speak.. doing something Mayweather was never ballsy enough to do and that is face all the top names in a division. And you say "Miguel Cotto fans" we aren't fan boys like you who don't watch the sport and only watch a specific fighter therefor whe can commentate on any fighter or division out there.. sorry. I'd rather have a fighter fight the best in one division then keep moving up and up fighting mediocre fighters. Im using this post as a prime reason as to why if you have followed boxing only the last few years, its easy to come to this conclusion. Had you been following the sport around 98-2001, mayweather was being seen as being brought along too fast and that they might be on the fast track to ruining him because of the way their matchmaking often put him against very experienced vets who actually stood a chance against him. Im not going to write a long essay about it, but the only time i can say floyd likely played it safe was welterweight. 140 was a mess that never got resolved for anyone, mostly because ricky hatton didint want to take on any of the top fighters in the division after tszyu, cotto was viewed as being too green and mayweather was stuck between waiting on these guys to take him on or move up and take on judah who was running his mouth like crazy. I can honestly say the revisionist history on here is almost grating to the brain because mayweather was seen as taking a huge risk against corralles and then taking another against castillo who was much bigger than him and mayweather immediately elected to take on the 135lb champ with no prior tuneup. Even when people felt the fight was contraversial, he still rematched him to prove everyone he was legit. I can seriously say the bias you have displayed for years and your unilateral support of anything opposite mayweather is almost strange, since all the evidence in the world suggests that mayweathers additude towards the top fighters only waned in his later years at welter, even then there are alot of reasons as to why that happened for him. Miguel Cotto is very young and still has a ways to go for me to really make a judgement on him when it comes to his longevity in the sport. Hes an outstanding fighter, but right now, his legacy doesnt touch mayweathers with the exception of his superior legacy at welterweight. The difference is that Cotto doesnt let you know how great he is and mayweather does, the difference in additude is clearly what allows you to cloud your judgement and lead you on this path of bullshit thread after thread. There are times when you aim to piss off the feverish mayweather supporters, which is ok to an extent, but after awhile it sounds like you believe sincerely, that mayweather has never taken a risk.

How is Cotto a pussy? if floyd is one, then so is cotto R U SERIOUS!!!!!! Cotto fought what like 4 of mayweathers so called left overs and Cotto knocked them out unlike mayweather who couldnt ko them. so? Cotto always said who ever they put in front of him, he will fight. exactly! if arum cherrypicked floyd's career then he cherrypicked cotto's career. Cotto fought 4 undefeated fighters in lightweight unlike mayweather who fought 1, Diego Corrales. Mayweather did quit, he retired at his prime!!!!!! LOL!!! WTF is a 140 lber (cotto) doing fighting lightweights??? NO HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! exactly!

so cotto must be also cotto fought plenty of mayweather leftovers and also Cotto was brought along with the same promoter. he didn't accept mayweather's challenge at 140, never fought hatton at 140, never fought tszyu at 140, didn't rematch torres or corley at 140. never fought Pwill at147. etc... true but he never quit because another boxer forced his manhood on him How is Cotto a pussy? R U SERIOUS!!!!!! Cotto fought what like 4 of mayweathers so called left overs and Cotto knocked them out unlike mayweather who couldnt ko them. Cotto always said who ever they put in front of him, he will fight. Cotto fought 4 undefeated fighters in lightweight unlike mayweather who fought 1, Diego Corrales. Mayweather did quit, he retired at his prime!!!!!! NO HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah man but freedom of speech and i think that floyd is still a pussy smart but a big fat pussy. lol whining is for women? Was not whining stating my opinions. You took it to heart man. You know women are sentimental too cant take the opinions then i suggest you leave this post.

what interview was this. do you have the link? It was posted on Kostya Tszyu's website. It was after the Hatton loss and they were discussing if he would come back. I think it may have been within a year after the fight. I used to post on Tszyu's website as well but I haven't done it in a while and forgot my password :( Tszyu is one of my favorite fighters and I always liked Floyd for giving respect to Kostya.

.Paul Willams - was not if hype .Winky Wright - winky was bigger and would of won easily. .Migeul Cotto - he retired right was hype level was at its best .Antonio Margarito - wasnt challenging enough .Cory Spinks - no one wanted to see it .Acelino Fretias - I dont know the circumstances .Kosta Tyzu - I dont know the circumstances .Shane Mosely - Mosley turned down the offer .Joel Casamyor - I dont know the circumstances. At one time or another or another all these fights could of been but weren't, and some nearly were. Interesting very interesting!! that Mayweather never fought none of these!Thats my opinion.

Tszyu even said in an interview after his defeat on a possible comeback that if he wanted, he could call Floyd up and get a fight with him. Floyd was always open and willing. what interview was this. do you have the link?

The bulk of what you said could be considered as right... easily, but what you said about Margarito was kinda wrong... nobody can really use that as an example because of what speculation has happened. There is no proof he cheated against Cotto... just assumptions, however it is hard to believe that he would attempt to use them against Mosley and not Cotto... which was supposed to be a harder fight. Other than that you got a good argument on the bulk of it... I thought the same Man wrapped Margarito's hands for 10 years?

why didnt those fighters fight mayweather? Why didnt cotto fight .Paul Willams .Winky Wright .Cory Spinks .Kosta Tyzu ricky hatton Instead of Worrying bout Mayweather legacy Cotto fans needs to worry about Cotto's... When is Cotto going to proved to the world that he is a great fighter? when is he going to be a undisputed champion of a division? When is he going to be pound for pound # 1 in boxing for a 3 year period? when is he going to moved up 5 weight classes ? When is he going to be undisputed champion in 3 Divisions? When is he going to beat 2 top 10 undefeated pound 4 pound fighters? When is he going to have 8 title defense in one division? When is he going to Fight Paul Williams When is he going to actually win a title? When is he going to stop fighting for vacant titles? When is he going to improved his defense? When is he going to beat Margarito? When is he going to learn how to stop upper cuts and straight right hands When is he going to prove that he is hall of fame worthy... When is he going to take a fight in which he is not ready and not favored? I never Hear Cotto fans demanding Cotto go improve his legacy..why it that??? By they are up night and day worrying about Mayweather's legacy The bulk of what you said could be considered as right... easily, but what you said about Margarito was kinda wrong... nobody can really use that as an example because of what speculation has happened. There is no proof he cheated against Cotto... just assumptions, however it is hard to believe that he would attempt to use them against Mosley and not Cotto... which was supposed to be a harder fight. Other than that you got a good argument on the bulk of it...

Just because he has GREAT skills does not make him a geat fighter he did shit at 140 and ducked Tzyu! Which coming from and ex mayweather fan i was very dissapointed. He did great things at 130,and at 135 he was at his best he fought the best. After he fought Castillo he just took it easy on cruse control and DUCKED fighters who wanted to fight him. ANd is still ducking fighters and instead of Mayweather worryng about a true boxing legacy NOT this CRAPPY Pampered legacy. Put it at 140 and up he did nothing but worry about making money and picked his fights very carefully. Like i said props on the money but **** him worst #1 P4P fighter ever and very overrated from 140 and up. He didn't duck Tszyu and I'm a fan of Tszyu. Tszyu was on Showtime and Floyd was on HBO. Gatti was the easiest path to the title at 140 and brought in Money and Popularity. Gatti was on HBO. For Tszyu, Hatton was his path to Money and I think Ricky was his mandatory. The talk was that if both got past their opponents, Floyd and Kostya would meet up in a joint venture of the two networks for a PPV fight. Only a PPV fight could bring the two together since they were on different networks. Tszyu lost and Floyd offered the fight to Hatton. Hatton turned him down Twice. Floyd moved up. He is not overrated at 140 because Hatton turned him down twice while he {Hatton} was Champion. And then, later on, he fights Hatton and knocks him out. Tszyu even said in an interview after his defeat on a possible comeback that if he wanted, he could call Floyd up and get a fight with him. Floyd was always open and willing.

Hey man not tryng to argue just saying I liked floyd alot and thought he ws going to be the best fighter i had ever seen and he was up to 135. Once he moved up it was all about money and thats just disrespectful to the boxing world and its fans <<. So like i said bro aint hating on you its Mayweather i'm hating on he is a pussy! And if you get a heartbroken over it well then i'm sorry man. I'll still sleep good at night. :)

Just because he has GREAT skills does not make him a geat fighter he did shit at 140 and ducked Tzyu! Which coming from and ex mayweather fan i was very dissapointed. He did great things at 130,and at 135 he was at his best he fought the best. After he fought Castillo he just took it easy on cruse control and DUCKED fighters who wanted to fight him. ANd is still ducking fighters and instead of Mayweather worryng about a true boxing legacy NOT this CRAPPY Pampered legacy. Put it at 140 and up he did nothing but worry about making money and picked his fights very carefully. Like i said props on the money but **** him worst #1 P4P fighter ever and very overrated from 140 and up.

Mayweather is a pussy!!!!!! so cotto must be also All Mayweather's fights was handpicked. cotto fought plenty of mayweather leftovers and also Cotto was brought along with the same promoter. Cotto accepts all challengers unlike Mayweather. he didn't accept mayweather's challenge at 140, never fought hatton at 140, never fought tszyu at 140, didn't rematch torres or corley at 140. never fought Pwill at147. etc... FACE IT , Floyd may be great but we will never know because he doesnt have a heart!!!!!!!!! true but he never quit because another boxer forced his manhood on him

And dont get me wrong big fan of Mayweather at 130 and 135 amazing and took the fights, but 140 and up BIG FAT PUSSY! LOL 147 is where he didn't meet the challenges. At 140, he offered the fight TWICE to Hatton and TWICE Hatton turned it down. So Floyd moved up. He did however clear things up by knocking out Hatton later on.

Cotto is making his legacy as we speak.. doing something Mayweather was never ballsy enough to do and that is face all the top names in a division. And you say "Miguel Cotto fans" we aren't fan boys like you who don't watch the sport and only watch a specific fighter therefor whe can commentate on any fighter or division out there.. sorry. I'd rather have a fighter fight the best in one division then keep moving up and up fighting mediocre fighters. SSM & Margarito! What else? We can't include Judah cuz pbf beat him already so he is a bum!? Plz STFU! U idiots recycle the same shyt over and over again!

.Paul Willams .Winky Wright .Migeul Cotto .Antonio Margarito .Cory Spinks .Acelino Fretias .Kosta Tyzu .Shane Mosely .Joel Casamyor At one time or another or another all these fights could of been but weren't, and some nearly were. Interesting very interesting!! that Mayweather never fought none of these! Because the only one that racked up ticket sales at the time was Mosley and he only liked to play name tag with Mayweather and vice versa.

why didnt those fighters fight mayweather? Why didnt cotto fight .Paul Willams .Winky Wright .Cory Spinks .Kosta Tyzu ricky hatton Instead of Worrying bout Mayweather legacy Cotto fans needs to worry about Cotto's... When is Cotto going to proved to the world that he is a great fighter? when is he going to be a undisputed champion of a division? When is he going to be pound for pound # 1 in boxing for a 3 year period? when is he going to moved up 5 weight classes ? When is he going to be undisputed champion in 3 Divisions? When is he going to beat 2 top 10 undefeated pound 4 pound fighters? When is he going to have 8 title defense in one division? When is he going to Fight Paul Williams When is he going to actually win a title? When is he going to stop fighting for vacant titles? When is he going to improved his defense? When is he going to beat Margarito? When is he going to learn how to stop upper cuts and straight right hands When is he going to prove that he is hall of fame worthy... When is he going to take a fight in which he is not ready and not favored? I never Hear Cotto fans demanding Cotto go improve his legacy..why it that??? By they are up night and day worrying about Mayweather's legacy Those are pretty legit questions! Lets see what they shoot atcha!

this can be done to any fighters resume...thread is unnesseccary Sorry it cant cuz there is only 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. And he is a pussy

Honestly Mayweather had the skills and talent to have beaten them BUT. He was a big fat pussy and did not want to risk fighting boxers who were dangerous and would get in the way of him making money. So he made money and props to him for that but a big fat pussy in my book. too bad that not one person that you wanted mayweather to fight has accomplish what Mayweather has accomplish. funny how you dont realize how none of these guys credentials compare to mayweather. but mayweather is supposedly scare of them. Mayweather is a first ballot Hof'er meaning he is a All time Great

And dont get me wrong big fan of Mayweather at 130 and 135 amazing and took the fights, but 140 and up BIG FAT PUSSY! LOL