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Ive never understood why people hated on this kid so much. It makes no sense. There are so many things that a ton of fighters do but yet Floyd is the only one who will get ripped for it. There are so many things wrong with boxing but yet they seem to blame Floyd for alot of it.
1- I always hear is that Floyd is an unknown. No one outside of hard core fans know him and he cant sell that big. Ive been reading alot of things about how big Oscar is to Floyd or how Sugar Ray was way more famous. That is so unfair. Boxing is far more dead now then it was in the 80's. Floyd may not be a household name everywhere but how many boxers really are? PPV has killed it and the media never covers it. Its not like Floyd is the only one. Then when it comes to selling "huge" numbers, how many fighters do that? No one sells big anymore and e****ally no Americans. People brag on these other fighters but there not even American. You have a much better chance of selling if your Mexican or PR. Still with that, Floyd's numbers compare heavily to even Mexican stars who are fighting eachother so they should be blowing Floyd out the water. There are alot of great fighters that no one knows but they never get ripped. No one knows Winky, X, Clottey, Casamayor, Chico, and whoever. Only a few guys under HW has been recognized since the 80's and there in or about to go in retirment. Stop ripping Floyd for that **** when its a total boxing thing.
2- Floyd vs All Time Greats. It makes me sick how now alot of the media rip him by saying how he would do against All Time Greats. What makes me mad is that most of the time they say guys like Hearns, Leonard, & Robinson would kill him. It is so unfair because Floyd has only had 3 fights at 147 and anyone with eyes could see that he wasnt a full fledge WW, yet these other guys ended up fighting at 160, 168, and 175. Its so ******. Ofcourse there going to look like they can beat him when 147 was there prime weight, the weight they fought a ton of fights at, and the weight they were young & fit in. Floyd clearly hasnt looked like a real WW and I dont even think he's weighed 150 in the ring yet when those guys put on a ton of weight. Its not a coincedence how eyeryone use to say that he would do very well against all those past 130-140 guys but now they say those other guys would kill him. Be fair about it. Atleast give Floyd like 3 more fights to grow into the weight and then we can judge him.
3- Floyd's Resume. 1st everyone use to sweat it but now because they hate him so much they say he doesnt fight anyone. They always bring up Margarito which is a joke at best but lets go past that for a second. What really makes me made is when they say things like Floyd keeps moving up without fighting the top guys like Hatton, Cotto, Mosley, and so on. It makes no sense to me how the media can say that and keep getting away with it when its so untrue. He's tried to fight Hatton so many times and Arum wouldnt let Cotto near him. He tried to get the Mosley fight instead of Baldy but Shane wouldnt take it. He never gets credit for that kind of stuff. He's tried to get fights with a prime Naz, Freitas, and prime Lazcano, and so on but no one cares. If that was anyone else they would call him the most feared man in boxing. Ive also always said that he never gets the credit he deserves for moving up and fighting these huge guys. I still say that he's the smallest man in boxing yet moves up so quick. There is no other fighter who is consistently going into the ring at the weight limit or just a few pounds over. Floyd was just at 140 a couple of fights ago weighing only 145 in the ring while Oscar will come into the ring around 170 pounds in this fight. People praise guys like X, Tszyu, & Calzaghe for staying in 1 weight class. What if Floyd wouldve done that? He couldve in the last few years dominated legends like MAB, Pac, JMM, EM, Diaz, and so on. He would then have the best resume in history but that wouldve been the easy route.
1- I always hear is that Floyd is an unknown. No one outside of hard core fans know him and he cant sell that big. Ive been reading alot of things about how big Oscar is to Floyd or how Sugar Ray was way more famous. That is so unfair. Boxing is far more dead now then it was in the 80's. Floyd may not be a household name everywhere but how many boxers really are? PPV has killed it and the media never covers it. Its not like Floyd is the only one. Then when it comes to selling "huge" numbers, how many fighters do that? No one sells big anymore and e****ally no Americans. People brag on these other fighters but there not even American. You have a much better chance of selling if your Mexican or PR. Still with that, Floyd's numbers compare heavily to even Mexican stars who are fighting eachother so they should be blowing Floyd out the water. There are alot of great fighters that no one knows but they never get ripped. No one knows Winky, X, Clottey, Casamayor, Chico, and whoever. Only a few guys under HW has been recognized since the 80's and there in or about to go in retirment. Stop ripping Floyd for that **** when its a total boxing thing.
2- Floyd vs All Time Greats. It makes me sick how now alot of the media rip him by saying how he would do against All Time Greats. What makes me mad is that most of the time they say guys like Hearns, Leonard, & Robinson would kill him. It is so unfair because Floyd has only had 3 fights at 147 and anyone with eyes could see that he wasnt a full fledge WW, yet these other guys ended up fighting at 160, 168, and 175. Its so ******. Ofcourse there going to look like they can beat him when 147 was there prime weight, the weight they fought a ton of fights at, and the weight they were young & fit in. Floyd clearly hasnt looked like a real WW and I dont even think he's weighed 150 in the ring yet when those guys put on a ton of weight. Its not a coincedence how eyeryone use to say that he would do very well against all those past 130-140 guys but now they say those other guys would kill him. Be fair about it. Atleast give Floyd like 3 more fights to grow into the weight and then we can judge him.
3- Floyd's Resume. 1st everyone use to sweat it but now because they hate him so much they say he doesnt fight anyone. They always bring up Margarito which is a joke at best but lets go past that for a second. What really makes me made is when they say things like Floyd keeps moving up without fighting the top guys like Hatton, Cotto, Mosley, and so on. It makes no sense to me how the media can say that and keep getting away with it when its so untrue. He's tried to fight Hatton so many times and Arum wouldnt let Cotto near him. He tried to get the Mosley fight instead of Baldy but Shane wouldnt take it. He never gets credit for that kind of stuff. He's tried to get fights with a prime Naz, Freitas, and prime Lazcano, and so on but no one cares. If that was anyone else they would call him the most feared man in boxing. Ive also always said that he never gets the credit he deserves for moving up and fighting these huge guys. I still say that he's the smallest man in boxing yet moves up so quick. There is no other fighter who is consistently going into the ring at the weight limit or just a few pounds over. Floyd was just at 140 a couple of fights ago weighing only 145 in the ring while Oscar will come into the ring around 170 pounds in this fight. People praise guys like X, Tszyu, & Calzaghe for staying in 1 weight class. What if Floyd wouldve done that? He couldve in the last few years dominated legends like MAB, Pac, JMM, EM, Diaz, and so on. He would then have the best resume in history but that wouldve been the easy route.
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