Becomes easier when you're "retired" for half the decade
He was only "retired" for one year of the decade though.
2008 is the only year he didn't have a fight.
Edit - Just saw this
Sorry, I forgot that one time he was "on vacation"
That was this current decade though. And that was still over a year.
Evidence that once again money mayweather fans are not boxing fans in any way shape or form. They don't follow any other fighter, they don't talk about anyother fighter. And when Floyd retires from boxing so will they.
Did you really say that Calzaghe fought the best around. Floyd's record sh*ts all over Calzaghe's...Come on now! Didn't Floyd want to fight Casamayor and Frietas and neither were interested?
Didn't he also request Hatton and Cotto and they didn't want neither was ready?? Wasn't he calling for Tsyzu, then he got KO'd by Hatton? How do you blame Floyd for other fighters not wanting the fight?
He offered to fight all but Williams soon after his best win, lost it, won it back, then moved up. Cotto said the fight was never mentioned or offered to him by his promoter, nor did he ask for it. So, why is Floyd to blame for that when he had already offered the fight to Cotto at 140 and was declined? Shane declined the fight more than once.
Again, you can't blame Floyd when MANY of the great fighters didn't want to fight him.
Floyd wanted those guys that were mentioned only when Floyd had the upper hand. When he didn't have the upper hand, he was not as willing.
-Hatton, Marquez, Guerrero, Ortiz, Sharmba were fighting in a division that they were NOT known for nor proved themselves. Ortiz didn't even have to revenge his brutal defeat to Maidana BUT someone like Manny has to revenge his losses, change promoter, give up all PPV money, take a test and so on. Manny still didn't get the fight!
- Still on the green side, Canelo, had to do a CW. Size was Canelo's only real advantage .... but Floyd tried to take that away from Canelo .... lol!
Secondly, it takes more than just talk. You actually have to fight the guy when the opportunity comes.
- The Cotto opportunity was there in late 2007/2008 but Floyd didn't take it.
- The Mosley fight was there soon after you "think" that Floyd wanted to fight Mosley yet Floyd was interviewed many many times and said NO, NO and NO!!!
Also Mosley was interviewed many many times and he said YES, YES and YES!!!
- Williams called him out but Floyd didn't even get the courage to say "maybe"
- Manny has been waiting for years.
- Sergio Martinez called him out and was ready to go down in weight.
- Margarito fight was there. Margarito was waiting and delaying his next fight but Floyd said NO!
As much as I dislike OP, you can't deny Mayweather's longetivity. That's going to be one of the main things his legacy will get credit for long after he retires.
He works at WacArnolds.
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I thought he was a fluffer for TMT?
another floyd is great thread,,, C'mon man,, we get it,, floyd is a great fighter,, he just isnt the GOAT,,,,,,,
Most fighters clean out divisions,,, floyd nearly cleaned out 130,, but thats about it,,,
He has some great wins, but he has more non-fights that get talked about that hurts his legacy,,
you never hear people complain about SRR, ali, srl, oscar, holyfield, because they for the most part fought everyone on the block,,, floyd never did that, and has alot of people fooled like he is greatest ever,,,, Floyd hasnt even been undefeated for 2 decades let alone 3,, 96-13 is 17 years,, plus he has had a retirement and long streaks of inactivity,,
the dude has like 45 fights undefeated,, that has been accomplished alot of times, joe calzaghe, marciano, duran, zarate, james toney,, but all those guys fought the absolute best around whereas floyd did not,,,
you cant say with a straight face that at 135 sosa and ndou were the best options when spadafora, lazcano, johnston, freitas, casamoyer were all prime
Did you really say that Calzaghe fought the best around. Floyd's record sh*ts all over Calzaghe's...Come on now! Didn't Floyd want to fight Casamayor and Frietas and neither were interested?
or at 140 he faced bruscels gatti and shambra when there was hatton, cotto, tsyzu, witter, maussa, etc
Didn't he also request Hatton and Cotto and they didn't want neither was ready?? Wasn't he calling for Tsyzu, then he got KO'd by Hatton? How do you blame Floyd for other fighters not wanting the fight?
or 147 when there was shane, cotto, margs, williams, etc,,,,
He offered to fight all but Williams soon after his best win, lost it, won it back, then moved up. Cotto said the fight was never mentioned or offered to him by his promoter, nor did he ask for it. So, why is Floyd to blame for that when he had already offered the fight to Cotto at 140 and was declined? Shane declined the fight more than once.
truely great fighters want to prove they are great by fighting top fighters like SRL vs benetiz and hearns,
or oscar vs tito, shane, vargas and ike,,,
or holyfield vs foreman, dokes, bowe, mercer, tyson, lewis,
Again, you can't blame Floyd when MANY of the great fighters didn't want to fight him.
90's 1 decade,2000's another decade..2010's another decade
over 20 champions...and 5 current lineal champions...and 9 current or former lineal champions in all
The only real decade 2000-2009 Floyd couldn't even win the award as the best fighter:lol1:.
It's easy to stay undefeated against guys who've already been beaten.
ALi the great only fights undefeated fighters, even ones 5 weight divisions above him with no catch weight.
No blueprint.
He has a draw doe. That means he's not undefeated apparently.
Haha. You're funny. Ricardo Lopez was never defeated, he never lost. Therefore, undefeated champion, baby! And Still! 3 Decades, baby! And Still!. 51 have tried and 51 have failed. And Still!
90's 1 decade,2000's another decade..2010's another decade
over 20 champions...and 5 current lineal champions...and 9 current or former lineal champions in all
You have said all this a million times before as well as other embarrassing episodes. Whats your point? Why didnt you just bump one of the thousand other 'I really want floyd to give it to me in the arse' threads you have made before?