Floyd Mayweather, Jr....Fighting on Borrowed Time

[Wiley Hyena]

Thanks, man,

the main flaw in this writer's logic is that he feels Floyd should not be fighting at WW, but that PBF is too big for Hatton & Co. HUH??

Who would it satisfy if FMJ went back to 140 and dominated the Malignaggis and Witters of the world?

PBF is 146-148 on fight night. Sure, he can easily dry down to 140 and fight guys his own size. I don't want to see that. Every time Floyd has been in a ring with a guy his size, it turned into a mismatch.

Guys: IF Floyd beats Hatton, is there anyone else at 140 who you think can genuinely threaten him?

Cotto.........

[NYCHeavyHitz]

Umm, did he just place Margarito above Floyd?

Lmao Hahahaha.

[Azteca]

I swear every time I watch Mayweather fight (his past opponents) I marvel at his defensive ability..the slight adjustments he makes but Hatton is incredibly dirty and active. he is going to make this a HELL of a fight.

[NYCHeavyHitz]

I do think Mayweather ducking Cotto HARD. Every opponent Mayweather faced, Cotto crushed. You could tell Cotto's been comin' after him. Then who does he fight? Sharmba ****ing Mitchell. This man was crying at the Baldomir post fight conference talkin bout, "I don't need money", then you hear him say "Cotto? That's not money for me". Suddenly all he care about is money? If he think he the best of all time, he gotta do much better than De La Hoya and Zab Judah.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Cotto.........

Dub H -

Cotto is about to have his fourth fight at Welter.

[SkillspayBills]

I do think Mayweather ducking Cotto HARD. Every opponent Mayweather faced, Cotto crushed. You could tell Cotto's been comin' after him. Then who does he fight? Sharmba ****ing Mitchell. This man was crying at the Baldomir post fight conference talkin bout, "I don't need money", then you hear him say "Cotto? That's not money for me". Suddenly all he care about is money? If he think he the best of all time, he gotta do much better than De La Hoya and Zab Judah.

Cotto wouldn't even mention Mayweather fighting him until just recently. If he gets past Mosley Floyd has no choice but to take the fight, the public will be clamoring for this fight to the point where Floyd will have to take it, and win it.

[BmoreBrawler]

Floyd physically @ 140 is similar to Paul Williams @ 147.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I do think Mayweather ducking Cotto HARD. Every opponent Mayweather faced, Cotto crushed. You could tell Cotto's been comin' after him. Then who does he fight? Sharmba ****ing Mitchell. This man was crying at the Baldomir post fight conference talkin bout, "I don't need money", then you hear him say "Cotto? That's not money for me". Suddenly all he care about is money? If he think he the best of all time, he gotta do much better than De La Hoya and Zab Judah.

That is just not factual....and highly inaccurate. Your post is a carnival of errors.

PBF wanted Cotto at 140, but Arum famously said that he "wouldn't put Cotto near any ring Mayweather was in".

When Mayweather fought Baldomir, do you remember how many WW fights Cotto had under his belt? UMMMM, that would be the same as the number of *******s that I have received from Adriana Lima.

Just FYI, nobody had confidence in Cotto after he got rocked by Corley and floored by Torres. The bloom was off that rose for a minute. Cotto has done a good job in reinventing himself. But even Cotto says that Judah was his best win.

PBF took a speedy southpaw in Sharmba because his next fight was against, ummm, a speedy southpaw named Zab Judah. Then Zab lost.


You either are rewriting history....or were not a boxing fan for the past two years.

[-Hyperion-]

that article sucks bollocks...

[Easton Assassin]

Floyd Mayweather Jr - Is He Fighting On Borrowed Time?

By Tim Neilson:


They say that all good things must come to an end. For Floyd Mayweather Jr (38-0, 24 KOs), I think his time as the pound for pound king is about to run it's course shortly after his bout with Ricky Hatton 43-0, 31 KOs) on December 8th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I, however, fully expect him to beat Hatton, there's no question about that. Mayweather wouldn't have chosen him as an opponent if he wasn't certain that he could beat them. No, I'm referring to him being thought of as the best welterweight in the division. That I believe is coming to an end.

In fact, it already has for many boxing fans, but the rest of the others will soon likely come following along slowly and coming to the same conclusion them self shortly thereafter. Indeed, for many of the boxing experts, Mayweather is already considered obsolete in the welterweight division with boxers Antonio Margarito, Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto and possibly Kermit Cintron being now better than him.

That's not to say that he's over-the-hill or anything. No, he's still a very good boxer, certainly capable of beating most of the lower half of the top 10 in the welterweight division, for example, Andre Berto, Carlos Quintana, Joel Julio, Zab Judah and maybe Joshua Clottey. The top half, however, would likely give Mayweather a tremendous beating and be far too dangerous for him at this stage in his career. Mayweather's just too small, too old, and doesn't take well to getting hit, something that would be a prerequisite for him beating the top talent in the welterweight division.

All what Mayweather is doing now by beating smaller non-welterweight fighters like Ricky Hatton or older fighters such as Oscar De La Hoya, is avoiding the fact that he can't beat the top welterweights in the division any longer.

Mayweather simply doesn't appear to have the fire power to beat the giants in the welterweight division, hence his complete avoidance of them. Most fans unfortunately at this point are none too keen on this fact, mostly because of the casual nature that they follow boxing. Other fans choose to ignore Mayweather's fall from the top out of blind allegiance to him, the type of fan that would likely see no wrong in him no matter how long he avoids fighting the best welterweights in the division. Those are what I consider his enablers. They help him give him cover by suggesting that he's only fighting opponents that bring in the most money for him, ignoring the obvious fact he's avoiding the best opponents in doing so, not to mention giving the fans a raw deal in the process because we have to settle for mismatches against old or smaller opponents.

I certainly wouldn't have minded seeing Mayweather fight someone like De la Hoya eight years ago, when he was in his prime, but not now, not after all those losses. Just terrible to watch. I also wouldn't have minded watching Mayweather fight Hatton in 2005, a time when Mayweather was at a similar weight than Hatton. Since then, however, Mayweather has grown out of the division and appears much larger than Hatton now, which makes the fight much less appealing.

It has been thought that Mayweather would be able to rule the welterweight division for much more than a year. However, after a year of being considered the best welterweight in the division, few people would consider him the best at the now except, perhaps, die-hard fans of his or out of touch fans that don't closely follow boxing. This was made even more apparent in watching Mayweather struggle with De La Hoya in May, a fighter that has now lost five out of his last twelve fights.

At this point, what we're likely to see more of from Mayweather in the future is similar fights against people like De la Hoya or Hatton, rather than tough bouts against Cotto, Williams, Cintron or Margarito. In other words, staying far away from fighters that would likely be able to beat Mayweather and destroy his unbeatable reputation. It's a regrettable truth, which will probably play out as he avoids the top guys and give all kinds of excuses for doing so. His sycophants, of course, will buy into it every step of the way and defend his actions.

My one hope is that Mayweather will stick around long enough to the point where the fans will get a clue and demand that he fight a talented welterweight, instead of the mismatches against fighters that are well below him in skill or size. I'm guessing that once Mayweather takes a beating at welterweight, his natural inclination will be to move up to the super welterweight division in an effort to prolong his career. However, I seriously doubt that he could be the top fighters in that division, such as Vernon Forrest, Cory Spinks or Sergeii Dzindziruk, who would be too large and tough for Mayweather to physically handle. At that point, I see him likely retiring because he won't be able to take being pummeled by younger, more stronger opponents.



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All too true, with the exception of Floyd beating Hatton of course. Floyd's career was done the minute he signed to fight a prime, in shape p4p guy like Hatton. The masses can't see that, but they will in living color come December.

Face it, You fellas(Floydlings) are still enamored after 5 years off stiffs and has beens. You will never see the truth because u don't want to see the truth, but make no mistake, the tide has turned and Fans are starting to see the writing on the wall. You are on a sinking ship, better find a life raft before December!

Hatton Tko10!