Is Mayweather's criticism well deserved?

**niceguy45** · 04-21-2008, 10:32 AM

well said.......

**Burner** · 04-21-2008, 10:33 AM

Originally posted by Devious.

Floyd fans like to say that no matter who he fights the so called "haters" will always find a way to discredit or not give him his recognition.
The problem with this is that Mayweather has only fought two Top 10 welters since he has been in the division. Talk about his lightweight days all you want, that was then and this is now. No one cares if he beat Castillo or Corrales or Chavez then, they care about what he is doing now.. which isn't much. When he retires then we will look at his career as a whole but for now the only thing that matters is recent history.

As stated above, The only two top 10 welters he has fought since coming into the division in 2005 have been Carlos Baldomir who was linear champ and Zab Judah who was ranked 3rd when Mayweather defended his title against him. If he would man up and defend his title against REAL welterweights then no one would have a problem with him saying he is the best welter because he will have proved it.. but he hasn't!
Defending the title against a smaller, one dimensional Ricky Hatton gets nothing in my book, especially when everybody and their mommas who wasn't British had Mayweather winning by blowout.

He has brought the criticism on himself. If he continues to fight old inactive men with losin records and one dimensional light welter midgets and wrestle people will continue to hate.

With wins over Cotto, Williams, Margarito and even Quintana there will be no room to hate and would silence all critics because he would have proven his rank by defeating top welters. I know lots of you will say well Mayweather could whoop all of them..
I could fly.. but I chose not to. Could doesn't mean anything.

Why does Mayweather have to fight all 3.

Hes MOST likely going to fight the Judah-Mosley winner and/or the Cotto vs. Marg winner.

**MELLY-MEL...** · 04-21-2008, 10:33 AM

if he does not fight the winner of cotto - marg than i will have no choice. till than he is ok by me.

**Sin City** · 04-21-2008, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by Burner

Why does Mayweather have to fight all 3.

Hes MOST likely going to fight the Judah-Mosley winner and/or the Cotto vs. Marg winner.

He doesn't I'm just naming a few..
If he only fought two or Miguel Cotto, it would be fine by me.

**Mike Tyson77** · 04-21-2008, 10:35 AM

i think that would be good for him.

**Sin City** · 04-21-2008, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by Mike Tyson77

i think that would be good for him.

It wouldn't be good it would be great!

**Boogie Nights** · 04-21-2008, 10:40 AM

great thread and i agree 100%. mayweather's attitude as the P4P fighter is disgraceful. he's got all the opportunities and chances laid out in front of him, the kind of opportuntiies that would bring major stock in him, in terms of who he faced. he dismisses those opportunities with worthless excuses which are not really interesting. we know he says that cotto is not a draw, we know that he says he's got nothing to prove, but we also know that his talk is bull****.

there's a hypocrite in floyd that many dont notice, certainly not his fans. he said the same thing about hatton, yet he chose to fight him. he said hatton doesnt have a fanbase in america, no one knows him except for brits, and that he hasnt beat anyone worth mentioning. in fact he said that he already lost to collazo. but all that didnt stop mayweather from fighting a guy who had looked horrible in his one and only fight at 147 pounds.

he's been saying the same things about cotto that he did against hatton, yet he's not as fast on the trigger.

this punk is in the dreamland he thinks everyone around him doesnt see what's going on.

**Haterfree** · 04-21-2008, 10:49 AM

Floyd has a resume that consist of Hernandez, Diego, Castillo twice, Gatti, Judah, Mitchell, Hatton & soon to be Oscar twice. Before Floyd beat Hatton who was undefeated in 43 fights & ranked #8 P4P by the Ring magazine he beat 3 men in a row who all held the linear REAL WW title. Baldomir, Judah, & Oscar.

BTW Floyd started fighting at 130. But no one seems to ever mention this. The author of this thread just came with more of the same trying to discredit the career of the great Hall of Famer Floyd Money Mayweather.

**Sin City** · 04-21-2008, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by boxing_prospect

great thread and i agree 100%. mayweather's attitude as the P4P fighter is disgraceful. he's got all the opportunities and chances laid out in front of him, the kind of opportuntiies that would bring major stock in him, in terms of who he faced. he dismisses those opportunities with worthless excuses which are not really interesting. we know he says that cotto is not a draw, we know that he says he's got nothing to prove, but we also know that his talk is bull****.

there's a hypocrite in floyd that many dont notice, certainly not his fans. he said the same thing about hatton, yet he chose to fight him. he said hatton doesnt have a fanbase in america, no one knows him except for brits, and that he hasnt beat anyone worth mentioning. in fact he said that he already lost to collazo. but all that didnt stop mayweather from fighting a guy who had looked horrible in his one and only fight at 147 pounds.

he's been saying the same things about cotto that he did against hatton, yet he's not as fast on the trigger.

this punk is in the dreamland he thinks everyone around him doesnt see what's going on.

If he has nothing to prove then he should just retire..
why is he still around

Is Mayweather's criticism well deserved?