Bob Arum: "Floyd Mayweather Jr. is A Coward"

[atrejo78]

One of the reasons so many people dislike Floyd and are on his case is because he TALKS so much crap. If a boxer says who he says he is, he shouldn't be afraid of backing up his words and take risks if he is so confident in himself. If he feels he's the best and that no one can beat him, step up to the challenge and prove, otherwise, keep your mouth shut Floyd.

[Bad_Barracuda]

Cotto is only 5'8, his body at 147 looks full enough. If the man puts on 7-13 pounds like you suggest, I could not imagine how big he would be. I guess this statement makes everyone at 5'7 to 5'8 a coward. And to think you have a huge guy like Paul Williams at welterweight and no one says ****.

Cotto puts on so much weight after the weigh-in HBO won't even weigh him.


Harold Letterman has criticized Williams for the weight he puts on..but he didn't TOUCH Cotto..

Cotto is a huge weight-drainer..

Cotto and Williams are the main reason boxing should have

SAME DAY WEIGH INS

[Mr.Smith]

Maybe he is a coward. But how many boxers can say they have retired rich, undefeated and with their brain in tact? Not many.

Floyd is never going to be a guy who fights everyone to prove he is the best, he just wants to make money and do his work when he has to.

It seems to me that the guys who do retire healthy always have some so called 'unfinished' business like Lennox with Klitscko.

I dont like the guy, i hate the way he fights and wouldnt pay to watch him, but he is using boxing in a very smart way.

The guys that usually do retire this way are intelligent boxers not brawlers. I know they are suppose to “fight” for the fans but, how many of us truly care about their quality of life once they retire? Floyd and others like Floyd [Roy Jones] want to "live" life after boxing.

[atrejo78]

If that is the outcome of the fights, then let it be.

[sugarshanenas]

The winner of Cotto-Margarito should fight the winner of DLH-Mayweather.

So I guess Margarito is gonna be fighting Mayweather

[atrejo78]

The winner of Cotto-Margarito should fight the winner of DLH-Mayweather.

[krispy kreme]

Cotto and Margarito would fight Oscar a dozen times if they had half the chance..

Ain't got **** to do with guts..

Oscar KNOWS he can make more fighting Floyd than Cotto or Marge.


If anybody is a coward its COTTO..

The guy KILLS HIMSELF to make 147 so he can FIGHT SMALLER GUYS..

If he had balls he'd be at 154 or 160 where he belongs.

Cotto is only 5'8, his body at 147 looks full enough. If the man puts on 7-13 pounds like you suggest, I could not imagine how big he would be. I guess this statement makes everyone at 5'7 to 5'8 a coward. And to think you have a huge guy like Paul Williams at welterweight and no one says ****.

[MoneyINC]

FLoyd is still champ because he earned it, his the P4P champ for a reason... Cotto or Marg will get there shot sooner or later either against Floyd or someone else After floyd retires or is defeated... Cotto is most likely the favorite, and would give Floyd a hell of a fight.. but if FLoyd doesnt wanna continue to fight oonly fight "one more great fight" against ODLh then let him, but dont discredit him for it, SRL isnt critizied for duking Pryor like this! Floyd would kill anyone of thses cats anyway

[mECHsLAVE]

This is really nothing that anyone who has followed boxing over the last decade doesn't already know. Of course Floyd wants to avoid tough fights. He's in boxing for the money and the prestige, and if he can get them without having to face real risk (Margarito, Cotto, etc) then he's going to. And really, there's nothing wrong with that. We've come to expect more from our boxing heroes, but sometimes they aren't heroes. They're just guys trying to make money. Naked ambition and self-preservation aren't necessarily bad things, because we all have the exact same tendencies. Some fighters can't stand if fans/media/other fighters, etc say another guy is the best, or could beat them, or whatever. Holyfield, Tyson, Leonard, etc. Those guys were not just the best of their times, and fearless, they were boxing heroes. Money and fame were more byproducts of their desire to be the best, be declared the best, to destroy all challenges, no matter how high the risk/reward ratio. Then there's the other class: Roy Jones, Floyd Mayweather, etc- guys who want to be known as the best, but if they can avoid a tough fight, and still make money and still find somebody that will call them the best, then they will by all means do it. If less risk comes with a little more criticism, that's ok for them, as long as they money is there, and they get a win. Because they believe at the end of their career, it's the wins history will remember them by, not the dodged challenges along the way. But of course, the real fans remember.

[tredh]

I WAS LYING YESTERDAY BUT TODAY I AM TELLING THE TRUTH. That right there tells you everything you need to know about Bob Arum. In other words **** WHAT HE TALKING ABOUT.