Mayweather: "De La Hoya, Just Another Opponent"

[THEBADBOY BG]

I know, all im doing is picking up on what the other guy says,

And to be honest there is little reason to hate PBF on 'boxing terms' when he has argueably the best boxing skill ever seen.

Most of the hate has nothing to do with 'Boxing Terms'

Its more to with his persona, most of the people in this thread have spoken about what they have heard about him as person, few have expressed thier dislike for him on 'boxing terms'.

lol well he runs aloot lol j/p nah i actually like his style but he hasnt proved himself yet ,a true pound 4 pound fighter doesnt duck anyone and he sure did duck margarito.

[cortdawg25]

lol well he runs aloot lol j/p nah i actually like his style but he hasnt proved himself yet ,a true pound 4 pound fighter doesnt duck anyone and he sure did duck margarito.

Dude can you please forget margarito. He is not nothing to duck for the thousandth time. Margarito could do nothing for him. It is not a duck when a guy doesn't offer anything worthwhile or more than the next opponent. Margarito wasn't his mandatory or anything. margarito is nothing!

[THEBADBOY BG]

Dude can you please forget margarito. He is not nothing to duck for the thousandth time. Margarito could do nothing for him. It is not a duck when a guy doesn't offer anything worthwhile or more than the next opponent. Margarito wasn't his mandatory or anything. margarito is nothing!

wtf...Floyd turned down 8million!!!

[THEBADBOY BG]

Dude can you please forget margarito. He is not nothing to duck for the thousandth time. Margarito could do nothing for him. It is not a duck when a guy doesn't offer anything worthwhile or more than the next opponent. Margarito wasn't his mandatory or anything. margarito is nothing!

wtf...Floyd turned down 8million !!! And if Margarito aint nothing then why is he the ducked in the sport u really said some ****** ****...

[cortdawg25]

wtf...Floyd turned down 8million!!!

and got 8M for Baldomir as well as recognition as the true WW champ of the divison.

[cupcrazy01]

Dude can you please forget margarito. He is not nothing to duck for the thousandth time. Margarito could do nothing for him. It is not a duck when a guy doesn't offer anything worthwhile or more than the next opponent. Margarito wasn't his mandatory or anything. margarito is nothing!

Well, you're wrong here, because Margarito offered multiple things:

(1) A career-high payday. Arum guaranteed $8 million. Despite what Team PBF will tell you, there's no way he made that much for Baldy. I'm not saying Bob Arum is a beacon of integrity, but I do believe he was willing to offer a career-high payday...

(2) Welterweight legitimacy & unification. Floyd has long been chastised for not unifying the lower divisions he fought in, and here he could not only prove himself to be a legit welterweight, he would have held multiple belts. He then could have fought Baldy and held three titles. While Baldomir was the real champ, Margarito was considered the better fighter by everyone. Baldomir offered more in terms of being the real welterweight champion, but your comment didn't say "Baldy offered more" it was "Margarito offered NOTHING." Simply untrue.

(3) A chance to shake the "Roy Jones III/Fraud" monikers. If he would have taken this fight, people could no longer accuse him of cherry-picking opponents and he would have gotten alot of the critics off his back. He didn't, and the anti-PBF faction has grown considerably since. Margarito was also the perceived biggest threat (DLH was not a real possibility, Baldy was considered a fluke, Cotto was still inching along at 140, Team Hatton didn't want the fight, etc).

So I don't think you can say he offered nothing.

[cortdawg25]

wtf...Floyd turned down 8million !!! And if Margarito aint nothing then why is he the ducked in the sport u really said some ****** ****...

margarito is the most ducked? And I'm the ****** one. Why would anybody really duck margarito, he needs to fight somebody and he doing better by taking on williams but he has never fought anyone of note and he not even nice.

[cortdawg25]

Well, you're wrong here, because Margarito offered multiple things:

(1) A career-high payday. Arum guaranteed $8 million. Despite what Team PBF will tell you, there's no way he made that much for Baldy. I'm not saying Bob Arum is a beacon of integrity, but I do believe he was willing to offer a career-high payday...

(2) Welterweight legitimacy & unification. Floyd has long been chastised for not unifying the lower divisions he fought in, and here he could not only prove himself to be a legit welterweight, he would have held multiple belts. He then could have fought Baldy and held three titles. While Baldomir was the real champ, Margarito was considered the better fighter by everyone. Baldomir offered more in terms of being the real welterweight champion, but your comment didn't say "Baldy offered more" it was "Margarito offered NOTHING." Simply untrue.

(3) A chance to shake the "Roy Jones III/Fraud" monikers. If he would have taken this fight, people could no longer accuse him of cherry-picking opponents and he would have gotten alot of the critics off his back. He didn't, and the anti-PBF faction has grown considerably since. Margarito was also the perceived biggest threat (DLH was not a real possibility, Baldy was considered a fluke, Cotto was still inching along at 140, Team Hatton didn't want the fight, etc).

So I don't think you can say he offered nothing.

why in the hell would he fight 2 journeymen in Baldomir and Margarito. he should just fight the top journeymen and get the recognition and unification like he did. And why wouldn't i believe 8M for the fight. i know i believe him over you, afterall he sees the check. fact is Floyd is his own man and he ain't letting media and following drones tell him margarito is a threat and the best there is. He just so happens to have 2 eyes and can see the mediocreness in margarito. yeah i know DOn King that one.

[cortdawg25]

Well, you're wrong here, because Margarito offered multiple things:

(1) A career-high payday. Arum guaranteed $8 million. Despite what Team PBF will tell you, there's no way he made that much for Baldy. I'm not saying Bob Arum is a beacon of integrity, but I do believe he was willing to offer a career-high payday...

(2) Welterweight legitimacy & unification. Floyd has long been chastised for not unifying the lower divisions he fought in, and here he could not only prove himself to be a legit welterweight, he would have held multiple belts. He then could have fought Baldy and held three titles. While Baldomir was the real champ, Margarito was considered the better fighter by everyone. Baldomir offered more in terms of being the real welterweight champion, but your comment didn't say "Baldy offered more" it was "Margarito offered NOTHING." Simply untrue.
(3) A chance to shake the "Roy Jones III/Fraud" monikers. If he would have taken this fight, people could no longer accuse him of cherry-picking opponents and he would have gotten alot of the critics off his back. He didn't, and the anti-PBF faction has grown considerably since. Margarito was also the perceived biggest threat (DLH was not a real possibility, Baldy was considered a fluke, Cotto was still inching along at 140, Team Hatton didn't want the fight, etc).

So I don't think you can say he offered nothing.

Alright I hear what you saying in that part, thanks for clarifying. Margarito didn't offer much and their was more lucrative opponents out there and they were available. Plus i don't consider that WBO belt has something to unify with.

[cupcrazy01]

why in the hell would he fight 2 journeymen in Baldomir and Margarito. he should just fight the top journeymen and get the recognition and unification like he did. And why wouldn't i believe 8M for the fight. i know i believe him over you, afterall he sees the check. fact is Floyd is his own man and he ain't letting media and following drones tell him margarito is a threat and the best there is. He just so happens to have 2 eyes and can see the mediocreness in margarito. yeah i know DOn King that one.

OK, first off, if he sees the "mediocreness" in Margarito, why not take the huge cash for such easy work?!? No PBF fan has EVER answered this. If this is true, with the way Floyd stays in shape, he'd hardly even have to train! And with how much he loves money, I just can't believe he wouldn't take such an "easy fight" for such big money.

Margarito is not a journeyman...sorry. That's just wrong. He is a long-reigning welterweight champion (since 2002, with 7 successful defenses)...what other journeymen can claim anything close to that?