That is not true either. what he said was that marquez would bring in more fans than Mosley and statiscally he is right. marquez fights on PPV, Mosley does not and i assume for a reason.
Cotto was already scheduled to fight Clottey so a fight wasn't feasible between the 2 at the signing of Floyd/JMM.
are you saying that if the cotto/clottey is not on that floyd would've definitely fought cotto? i don't think so............ if he really wanted cotto i don't think it'd be a problem at all.
No, what i'm saying is that factually cotto had a fight with Clottey - 2 top rank fighters. there would be no step aside $$$ from Floyd for that fight.
Now if your asking, would he have fought Cotto, absolutely. He been trying to fight him since 140 division.
Cotto didn't come to 147 division until around the time of the 2nd oscar fight that didn't happen.
So when he fought ricky, he could have fought Cotto but chose the $$$ and clout that ricky had at the time. P4P list, hatton was rated higher and brought more $$$.
Now if u want to say he should have fought cotto after hatton, then Ok.
he wants to go where the money is...... no problem all i'm saying is this if he had the audacity to ask for a blood test and make up his own rule......... i believe he could've found a way to fight guys in his own size regarding any situation if he really wanted............ so you can't blame the fans for going after him.
he even mentioned it in his interview that he fights for money not for legacy (again no problem) but how can you call someone great when the fighter himself don't worry about his own legacy.
He tells so many lies that he forgets what he said.
that sums it up right there......... i remember him saying that marquez will bring in more fans than cotto, mosley, etc and thats why he chose to fight him.......... after the numbers were released and the comparison were made all of a sudden marquez has no fans. perfect example
u can go after him all u want, but be correct in what u say. That's what i'm pointing out. a lot criticism people have for him is revisionist history and non factual.
Blood testing is nothing new just like fighting for titles at catchweights is nothing new!
and the reason why it's non factual.......... mayweather. he had the opportunity to really cement his place in history but didn't. you're right by saying that arum don't mind cotto/clottey (keep money to himself)
think about this one call from mayweather saying that he wants cotto...... arum will find a way to make it happen. more exposure for cotto and it will make way more than cotto/clottey so the money won't be an issue at all and a chance for one of his fighters to beat mayweather come'on.
finding a way not to fight the best is nothing new too. just sad.... what a waste of talent
i gotta go i don't want to be rude by not replying to your post
mayweather fall in that category of athletes (WHAT IF) he still have time to make it up but for now what if............
if you ask me this question two years ago i would've said no way.
now i believe manny has a good chance of giving mayweather fits. they could be in the same weight class two years ago and i see floyd dominating manny but not anymore. manny has faster foot speed (not better footwork) compare to mayweather and to me that will be the biggest key. mayweather is so good in using his reach advantage that hand speed alone might not get the job done.