Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto: The Fans Sound Off

[edgarg]

please do tell about this Charley Burley guy.

You don't need to be told about "this Charley Burley guy" you can look it up on Boxrec.

[Drunk Punch]

No-one's buying Floyd's excuses, this isn't about money, it's about protecting Floyd's zero at all costs. Mayweather/Cotto would make stacks on PPV.

[edgarg]

i agree with you, but post where robinson said burley had the style to beat him........show everyone..........

Actually I think he's right. Not that Burley could beat him, but that it was reported that Robinson had said that. That doen't mean that he could beat him, or even that Robinson though so. Robinson I'm sure, thought that he could beat ANYONE. It was mentioned in Ring Magazine a couple of timers, I saw it. but that could easily be PR talk. Burley had been beaten by a few.

[ferocity]

has there been such a demanded fight by boxing fans in the past couple of years as this fight? i mean damn.

look at Margarito v. Mayweather

[ferocity]

I don't know how many he fought. All I'm saying is that there were fighters out there that SRR chose not to fight for business reasons.

name them or stfu

[edgarg]

Charley Burley's record on Boxrec

I've just had a look at Burley's record on Boxrec, as anyone can. I see that he fought Archie Moore only once (maybe twice) and beat him. Archie was a very late bloomer and really didn't get going until he was well over 30. He fought Holman Williams 7 times and both won and lost. He fought Fritzie Zivic 4 times and both won and lost. He lost to Ezzard Charles, and beat Billy Soose in Billy's 11h fight and drew with Georgie Abrams, a really top middleweight.These seem to be most of the top guys he fought who became champions, (except Holman Williams). Of 98 fights in all, he lost 12 and drew 2. Had 50 KO's.


For much of the time he was close to 160 lbs, although he was originally a welterweight. I still say that he was good, but not THAT good. Good enough to beat Mayweather, but certainly not good enought to beat Robinson. Worse fighters got title shots.

[ferocity]

Found this interesting after looking at burleys record.
1943-05-14 154½ Holman Williams 153 104-14-6

Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States NC NC 10 10 Wiki
~ referee: Abe Roth | judge: Reggie Gilmore | judge: Frank Holborow ~
The referee declared the fight no contest after one minute of the 10th round because of inactivity. (Associated Press)

[Point Blank]

all the real boxing fans know this man is a coward and they do not support him.

u got that right. ***** floyd is fake.

[Brockton Lip]

Burley was a very high risk fighter and part of the Black Murderers' Row. Hes a great fighter and Robinson is said to have stated 'I'm too pretty to fight Burley'. It would've been a great fight had these two fought.
Also, its funny that some people think the Mayweathers or Toney started the shoulder roll. Robinson, Louis, and as you can see; Burley does it as well. A ton of fighters have been doing it for years and years.

[Burner]

please do tell about this Charley Burley guy.

****..your kidding right.