Are casual fans too critical of Floyd Mayweather Jr. ?

No one can pretend Mayweather has not spent the last year building this fight. Anyone who denies that is true is a damn liar. We expect him to fight Alvarez because Mayweather wanted to fight Alvarez. Any hesitation now is new.

TIL everyone who criticizes Mayweather is a casual fan.

Tszuyu @ 140 - No Fight Margarito @ 147 - No Fight Cotto @ 147 - No Fight Pacquiao @ 147 - No Fight Canelo @ 154 - ? I'm sensing a pattern, not sure what it is though. Floyd Mayweather not fighting the best fighter(s) in his division with some excuse to follow. I'll just leave it at that.

It's not the fact that Floyd won't fight Canelo at one ounce more than 147 that bothers me. It's the fact that the Mayweathers are such a phony liars about the whole thing. Lie #1 by Floyd Jr. " I am fighting Cotto at 154 because I only want to fight guys at their best weight and not at a weight they are drained at." The truth is he knew Cotto was an overweight welterweight that he could beat at any weight. Lie #2 by Floyd Sr. " Lil Floyd is really a 140 pounder and he has to stuff himself to weigh 146." That is not true because Floyd did not weigh in any lighter than 146 for Marquez when the contract top weight was 142. Floyd is clearly a lean well muscled full sized welterweight. He does not have to dry out to make 147 but he would have a damn hard time making 140. Lie #3 by the whole Mayweather family. "Canelo is nothing special and he would be an easy win for Floyd at 154." If they believed this Floyd would just fight Canelo at 154. It's the biggest money fight Floyd could make. If Floyd would be straight up and just say he is too small to fight the best Junior middleweights and give up his WBA 154 pound superchamp title he got for beating Cotto over a year ago I would respect him for that. Instead he demands Canelo fight him at 147 when he knows Canelo cannot and will not make that weight.

Casual fans think Floyd is god. Real fans know he's a great entertainer but not as great as casual fans think.

OP you're reading the critical comments of hardcore fans who know the deal. Casual fans actually think he's the goat for dominating opponents like Guerrero.

I'd say casual fans are more 'lenient' (for want of a better word) on Mayweather.

against Cotto: I want him to fight at a weight that's comfortable against Canelo: we must fight at 147 This says it all. Casual fans aren't being critical enough imo.

against Cotto: I want him to fight at a weight that's comfortable against Canelo: we must fight at 147 /thread........

to end/summarize the thread// read what the guy above me said about cotto/canelo by the way.. this thread will get deleted soon my a mod

I'm reading all the hateful comments about Floyd Mayweather supposedly "ducking" Canelo by asking Canelo to fight at 147. No other fighter gets criticized more than Mayweather. The guy is 36 years old and really not even a natural 147 pounder but everyone wants him to move up to 154 again to fight a 22 year old kid that would weigh in at more than 170 lbs on fight night? Canelo already has an age advantage but Mayweather should just give him a weight advantage too? Mayweather is the draw here let's get that out of the way. When Mayweather moved up to 154 to fight De La Hoya he was at every disadvantage. First he moved up out of his natural weight class, then De La Hoya chose the gloves, the ring size, and even stipulated in the contract that Mayweather couldnt come in lighter than a certain weight. There was no backlash for De La Hoya. Floyd also fought Cotto at 154. Lets be honest everyone.. Cotto is not a natural Junior Middleweight. And while we're at it why does Canelo get no backlash from his opponents at 154? Trout was the FIRST legit 154lber that he fought. Angulo has called him out, Lara has called him out. Not only has Lara called him out but he called him a puto. There is also Vanes Matisoryan. Kirkland. Yet Canelo has fought Jose Cotto Jr (Who fought at 135), Matthew Hatton (Who Fought at 140), Josesito Lopez (Who fought at 140 and moved up to 147 to fight ortiz). I think Floyd is right to make Canelo come down to 147. I think it would even out advantages on both sides. Canelo will still be the physically bigger man and might be a little dehydrated but Come on now he's a kid he's 22. Mayweather is 36 so to me that would even those disadvantages out. And the bottom line is that Mayweather is the money man here. He calls the shots and he's earned the right to call those shots. If Canelo wants the fight as bad as he claims he should come down to 147. Once again fighting at a weight Mayweather has a belt at isnt a demand. Whats wrong with letting Champs at 154 fight each other?

No other fighter is in the position to make any fight that he wants, and please the fans for once. As always, he doesn't fail in disappointing the fans.