did Mayweather duck Margarito?

floyd and margarito were both with top rank back then. they offered him the marg fight for 7 mill and he fought sharmba and zab instead. then they offered it to him again for 8 but he demanded 20 mill guarantee to fight hoya as part of the deal(he fought hoya for 10) U have no clue sir....he was willing to fight Margarito for 8mil, but he wanted 10 mil guar for Cotto and Hatton after...Bob offered 7 mil

I don't understand why the Margarito vs Mayweather fight didn't happen back in 2008-12. Did Mayweather duck or what ? imo Margarito had the style to beat Mayweather..... For the 600th time on boxing scene The reason Mayweather opted for the buyout rather than waiting for the May 6 result was because the contract had a limited window for the buyout, one that expired before the De La Hoya fight. However, Arum said he would have extended the window if Mayweather had asked. What Arum wouldn't do, he said, was raise the guarantees for other fights outlined in the contract. Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million. 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."

this is so true. floyd fans act like cotto and pac were at their best when floyd fought them of dear. if he fought marg they would probably do the same. their pea brains can't understand that you can duck someone and then 5 years later fight that very same person! that doesn't mean he didn't them duck 5 years earlier. very complex stuff. anology time! in 5 years if canelo fights ggg after ggg has suffered a couple ko losses and has changed his style from destroyer to more of a boxer does that mean canelo didn't duck him now(presuming he doesn't fight him) cue the jeopardy music! lets see if floyd fans can get it Is the answer TBE doe? Or 49-0? Damn this is hard.

Yes, but as stated who gives a sh*t about Margarito? After he was caught he couldn't KO a bum in Mexcio and lost his 3 out of his last 4.

IMO yes. I would have liked to have seen that fight instead of Zab Judah or Baldomir. Zab I agree with without a doubt, but can't blame him for fighting Baldomir imo. It was for the lineal belt. Zab ****ed all that up by losing to Baldomir in the first place lol.

If he did duck Margarito, maybe it's because he saw that the man looked incredibly dangerous. But since Margacheato was caught with plaster in his wraps, that would explain why he looked so formidable. After all, why should we believe he hadn't been cheating the whole time he was KOing nearly everybody he fought?

Quite clearly.

The question is, would floyd have beaten marg if they fought?? The answer is, yes he would've I do believe Floyd would have won that fight, and I'm a Margo fan

Of course he did. At the time, no one knew he was a cheater and he was a pretty big threat at 147.

The question is, would floyd have beaten marg if they fought?? The answer is, yes he would've

This. Floyd would have always been "ducking" someone in the minds of some of his (anti)fans. The reality is you can't fight everyone so you can throw the duck label on any boxer if you want thus its ultimately a meaningless term cuz everyone has avoided a lesser option for a better option at many points in their careers. Its more of a business move &/or career maximization move than a duck is my problem with the term used by non-professionals who relate to boxing more like a schoolyard fight than a sport or a business. As soon as Floyd wins ppl discredit the opponent and always say he should had fought someone else. Would have loved to have seen him against Williams, Margo or Forrest but it is not a perfect world and you can't fight everybody

Divine Hammer was ducking a God when God was giving a brain.

That is exactly what would happen :lol1: They already do it with Cotto. Defintely wouldn't happen. 10 years later? Not ranked In the top million? I know Floyd fanatics are special but not that special.

cause the rest was nonsense? i already destroyed your logic that floyd saw him as a joke. if he saw him as a joke why not take the 7 million? instead he took 4 million to fight someone else. if neither guys is a threat to him why not take the 7 million instead of the 4? derp! Did he take less money for a lesser opponent to end the contract? Are we going to pretend that him and TR didn't have problems and he was going to make more money by leaving?

May 2016 Mayweather beats Margarito and Floyd fans insist that means Floyd never ducked him. It was a good business move doe. That is exactly what would happen :lol1: They already do it with Cotto.

May 2016 Mayweather beats Margarito and Floyd fans insist that means Floyd never ducked him. It was a good business move doe. EDIT: In retrospect it wouldn't have mattered since Margarito wouldn't have won, but that doesn't the fact that he did duck that fight.

Floyd has ducked everyone his beat.shut up you d!k rider fan of a coward ducker.:fing26::nutkick:

Floyd has ducked everyone his beat.

I don't understand why the Margarito vs Mayweather fight didn't happen back in 2008-12. Did Mayweather duck or what ? imo Margarito had the style to beat Mayweather..... wasnt this right after the arum stuff? he wasnt fighting any top rank guys. but then again i guess when a fighter has fought everyone u said he ducked u got to come up with something

If Floyd fought Margarito instead Oscar haters would say that he ducked Oscar.If Floyd fought Williams instead Baldomir they would say he ducked Baldomir.If Floyd fought Cotto instead Hatton they would say he ducked Ricky (winner of Tszyu which one Floyd "ducking" also).Doesn't matter who he fighting, he always ducking. The absolute truth. Plus these guys are getting the dates and times wrong. He went on to make more money fighting Baldomir for the title. And got an even bigger payday fighting De La Hoya. Some of these guys have even acknowledged that Margarito was most likely cheating around that time but they don't care, they still want Floyd to have gotten in there with him. They want to see Floyd lose so badly it's almost by any means necessary.