We both know Williams would never have fought Lara if not for his crap showing in his last fight (MD vs average journeyman guy).
So cut it out.
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So you wouldn't want to watch Hagler and Hopkins square off? Even if they didn't go full out? Some sparring is as enjoyable as some fights with the head gear.
I don't mean like real light sparring but not to the point where they are looking to hurt the other guy badly.
Surely it would be better than Roy Jones and Holyfield embarrassing themselves now.
Boxing is mostly psychological, you must be motivated to train and go that extra mile every day. I have never once thought of holding back or easing up on training.
Mind games is my speciality and i have always used them my whole career, even "The Executioner" is enough to send chills down my opponents spines.
Floyd is a thinking fighter, he likes to dictate where the fight takes place and at what pace it takes place. When someone can take him out of this he gets flustered. Roach is a smart man and he will give Pacquiao good knowledge.
The fans know he has to fight Shane, hes fought at welterweight for 6 years but still hasnt fought a top guy. Pacquiao is another small but great fighter.
Roy can say what he likes, after i beat Trinidad i constantly called for the fight. He wanted 60-40 or no fight, who had he beat? he was fighting stiffs at light heavyweight and priced himself out of the fight.
Now today he wants the fight but he wants to do it 50-50, i dont need Roy now and even if we fought no way would he get 50/50 today when he hasnt beaten a real fighter for 6 years.
I dont look to fight anyone, in boxing you just take fights which presents themselves.
The only fight i truly want is the Calzaghe rematch but we know how that goes, i've offered Adamek the fight, Froch and some other people but you got to know im not fighting on showtime or any network other than HBO, Showtime has made the tournament to sell euro fighters to the US market.
The Roy Jones i faced was not punch drunk, roy never gave me a rematch either but i can live with that. Your Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnsons of the world are leagues apart.
There are not many fighters out there for me Dawson, Adamek and Williams are three possible fights but all want to be paid too much because they know theres a more than good chance they will lose. If these fighters don't have big fan bases or big names and they want a good split at the same time it wont work, if HBO put big money on the table then we can do it but I'm the champ and these fighters need to take what they can get because i'm the man to beat.
So how is it that now a 44 year old man beat Kelly hes no good? If Kelly still has his hunger and i havent destroyed him then he will be ok. I said before and after our fight he is the heir to my middleweight thrown he just has to find it within himself to take it. Williams is no joke they dont call him the punisher for no reason.