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Jesus thats the longest list of excuses i have ever heard!Sosa was a very solid fighter and top ranked contender. He was Dominican Republic lightweight champion and hadn't lost since he'd fought Paul Spadafora, who is still undefeated. Since then, his only other loss was to another undefeated fighter in Miguel Cotto. He only lost to A-level fighters and was a formidable contender for Mayweather at light weight..
Because he had some kind of brain trauma and HAD to retire. The guy was 31-1 with 30 KOs when he faced Mayweather and had previously won a few regional titles at feather weight and super feather weight before he built his resume in order to put himself in a position to challenge Floyd. After that, he lost to fellow south African prospect, and current IBO welterweight champ, Isaac Hlatswayo, who is 27-1 and received his only loss from Kendall Holt. beating others such as Nate Campbell and other notable contenders.
Actually, this was Mayweather's first fight at 140 and it was against the former WBO champ who'd just lost to Zab Judah. It was a good test against a very good opponent who's only lost to A-level fighters. These last few mishaps simply mark the end of his career, but says nothing about his talent level. After the beatings from Zab, Mayweather and Cotto, I wouldn't expect anything differently now.
Brussels was part of Miguel Cotto's training camp and in preparation for the fight, Cotto actually gave Brussels a good chance to win.
He was former WBO Latino light welter weight champ and hasn't lost since Mayweather, and is current WBO NABO light welterweight champ. Not an A-level opponent, but not a bum either since he isn't losing to bums.
Gatti indeed did have a great streak of wins against good competition leading up to the Mayweather bout, which earned him the match. Gatti has never lost to bums.
Notable losses before Mayweather come from:
Angel Manfredy
Ivan Robinson
Oscar De La Hoya
Micky Ward
Of course, the worst opponent being Micky Ward, which says a lot about his heart, and we know how those fights went.
Gomez and Baldy caught Gatti at the tail end of his career. He'd taken the most brutal beating of his career from Mayweather and was already getting old. After the Floyd fight, there was nothing left except for the 11th rd TKO against Damgard.
Mitchell wasn't old and washed up, he was just in a position where he was starting to now get backed into a corner by so many fighters that were A-level and apparently better than him. Before Mayweather, his only losses were to Stevie and Leavander Johnson and Kosta Tszyu. He was WBA light welter weight champ and WBO interim champ and actually accomplished more at 140 than Mayweather. He was a very good stepping stone to get to the WW crown, for Mayweather's first fight at WW.
Judah is no where near overrated, his talent and skill is apparent. How in the hell did he get lucky by beating Spinks when both matches were dead even? Spinks just got clocked in the second one, which was one of Zab's greatest performances. Before that, he was IBF jr. welter weight champ who'd defended his title several times before losing to Tszyu, to pop right back up, beat Corley for the WBO and then move up in weight and win the undisputed crown. No flukes involved whatsoever, he kept going after belts and got them through shear skill and determination.
Yes, he slacked against Baldomir but it isn't like he got ktfo. Styles make fights and the former undisputed champ was still a threat to Mayweather as seen in the first 4 rounds. Zab was a very good opponent and is still a decent one.
Baldomir was 19-0-2 leading up to the Mayweather fight and hadn't lost in 8 years! He was WBC International welterweight champ and natural mandatory for Judah's crown, in which he capitalized on. He beat some good prospects and undefeated fighters like Frank Olsen and even Joshua Clottey, whom he frustrated into head butting, hence winning by DQ. He drew with an undefeated Jose Luis Cruz and beat the heavily favored up and coming prospect, Miguel Angel Rodriguez to earn the fight with Judah. After that, beating both Judah and Gatti. Baldomir was a good champ and I don't care what anyone says. Pointing at his losses are futile since they don't tell us much more than Baldo having slacked early in his career.
DLH was an excellent win. Calling him a bum only makes you that much more ignore worthy. he's only 4 years older than Floyd with 4 more fights under his belt. He was still in great shape, the best he's been in in a while and his last win was a great performance. There was no indication at all that he was faded. No one can point out anything material which would allude to this, which is why people who make this claim make it based on circular reasoning, but can't offer evidence of any signs. He was fast, jab was great, strong, reflexes were great, he looked really good in that fight actually, so this is a ****** excuse. Floyd himself doesn't fight as often as he used to either, so that's immaterial.
In summary, you're just a hater. Not one of these people are "bums", as we define it in American usage.Comment
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Dude you have some great points, all credit to you, but can you honestly sit there and name a couple fighters that are still active that has fought better competition than mayweather?
we can bit by bit pick out fights of fighters you dislike, but in the end of the day it's about the business more so than anything else and I don't think anyone can deny that mayweather is the man.Comment
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Floyd's resume>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Margarito's resume.Comment
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