DAN RAFAEL: "FLOYD MAYWEATHER is a JOKE!"

[javelin_fangs]

Ok, he didnt DIRECTLY say that, but he did say this...

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"Mayweather, who says he is already the best fighter ever, can't be serious. Yes, he faced De La Hoya at junior middleweight and junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton moved up to welterweight to fight him, but Mayweather has not fought the best guys in his own welterweight division, which happens to be the deepest in boxing. Take a look at the ESPN.com divisional rankings that I update each week. Of today's top 10 welterweights (Mayweather is No. 1), he has only faced one of the other nine guys, a win against Zab Judah. No. 2 Cotto, on the other hand, arrived at welterweight a full year after Mayweather but has already beaten three of today's top 10: Shane Mosley, Carlos Quintana and Judah, and he is scheduled to face a fourth, Antonio Margarito, in July."

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All facts and i completely agree. I was surprised to read this from a fella who is constantly supporting Mayweather and will refuse to change Mayweathers position on the p4p charts until the day he dies.

147 isn't the deepest in boxing. That's a common statement, but it's not true. 168 and 175 are deeper.

I could not give two ****s what Dan Rafael says about Mayweather. He's like Larry Merchant. Both guys have some rabid fans and love seeing fighters beat their opponents fists up with their face. Both of them know enough about boxing to sit in the chairs that they sit in, but beyond that they're kind of like Dennis Miller on MNF. Feel me?

[deevel79]

Here's the first paragraph of that article. The thread starter left it out.

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3375792&name=rafael_dan&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d3375792%26name%3drafael_dan

• How goofy is this: Here we have Floyd Mayweather Jr. , the No. 1 boxer in the sport in his prime, refusing to entertain the notion of a match with Miguel Cotto. Mayweather won't even speak the name of the Puerto Rican star, much less consider fighting him. If you bring Cotto up to Mayweather, all you get is a lot of excuses. Yet, Oscar De La Hoya, who is 35 and says he is fighting three more times before retiring (Saturday against Steve Forbes, on Sept. 20 in a rematch with Mayweather and then a finale in December) said recently that he will strongly consider Cotto as his farewell opponent. De La Hoya won't go down as the best fighter ever, but one thing you can never take away from him is that he fought everybody and he seems willing to do that right to the end, even when he doesn't have to.