So now all of a sudden fighting Clottey is "cherry picking" and "playing it safe"?

[Luciano]

Theres a reason Margarito is fighting a guy he already beat (Clottey) for less money then he would by fighting a rematch with a guy who beat him easily (Williams). Both him and Arum know Williams will beat him. Do you really think Arum wants to see another one of his WWs lose when he couldve just got Goossens only player (Williams) out of the picture?? Of course not. But he and Margarito's camp know Williams is by far the toughest fight out there and Margarito will probably get hurt this time around so they are avoiding him like the plague. Arum said the fight will NEVER HAPPEN not even for 10 MILLION in case people need a reminder.

[Left Hook Tua]

And what year is this? 2006? think mate.

pretty close. marg and cotto was top 3 in the rankings back then too.

obviously it was a joke. the correct response would've been for floyd to come out of retirement to fight paul and santos.

[Left Hook Tua]

okay i'm bored of this thread.

i'll leave with this......

The Ring Rankings at 147 at the end of 2006:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Champion
1.Antonio Margarito
2.Carlos Manuel Baldomir
3.Miguel Angel Cotto
4.Zab Judah
5.Luis Collazo
6.Kermit Cintron
7.Oktay Urkal
8.Arturo Gatti
9.Paul Williams
10.Joshua Clottey

It's been 2 years almost since Floyd won the linear belt at 147. I'm still waiting for him to fight a top guy 147 guy. Hopefully when he comes back from retirement.

Let's try to give Marg at least half that amount of time before we start saying he's ducking Paul. One year is not that long.

[Bhopreign]

okay i'm bored of this thread.

i'll leave with this......

The Ring Rankings at 147 at the end of 2006:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Champion
1.Antonio Margarito
2.Carlos Manuel Baldomir
3.Miguel Angel Cotto
4.Zab Judah
5.Luis Collazo
6.Kermit Cintron
7.Oktay Urkal
8.Arturo Gatti
9.Paul Williams
10.Joshua Clottey

It's been 2 years almost since Floyd won the linear belt at 147. I'm still waiting for him to fight a top guy 147 guy. Hopefully when he comes back from retirement.

Let's try to give Marg at least half that amount of time before we start saying he's ducking Paul. One year is not that long.

Floyd fought and beat 3 guys on that list.

[Ray*]

pretty close. marg and cotto was top 3 in the rankings back then too.

obviously it was a joke. the correct response would've been for floyd to come out of retirement to fight paul and santos.

Well you;re trying to compare this situation to the Mayweather situation back then, I dont know why you're trying to bring Baldomir and judah who were both ranked higher margarito in 2006 into now (2008) 2 years later..

I actually like the clottey fight but the facts remain no matter who Rito fights he would be scrutinize because his at the top now,the same thing happened to Mayweather so am not surprised, If he choose to fight Williams or oscar people would still say he ducked Clottey....You cant please everybody when you're at the top its that simple

[Boofdatruth]

Firstly, I'm not a Margarito fan at all, just giving my view as a boxing fan.

I agree with you Margarito - Williams is a much more appealing contest, but it doesn't have to happen straight away. Why not fight in 2009 with them both having picked up another win or two, building the hype, giving both a couple of paydays (remember Marg has just been through an extremely tough bout with Cotto so is entitled to a break from superfights) and then making it more of an event when they do meet.

Patience, I'm sure it will happen!

Good post, I can ride with that. But isn't it comical how Margs fan are justifying how less of a fighter Williams is and even say he is begging Margs? True fans aren't questioning Margs, it's fans questioning Margs fans logic. The thread starter is a Cotto fan so go figure lol. I'm all for Margs getting a pay day. What if that payday is less than the 4 mil Goosen offered Margs. Hmmmmmmm...

[Boofdatruth]

okay i'm bored of this thread.

i'll leave with this......

The Ring Rankings at 147 at the end of 2006:

Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Champion
1.Antonio Margarito
2.Carlos Manuel Baldomir
3.Miguel Angel Cotto
4.Zab Judah
5.Luis Collazo
6.Kermit Cintron
7.Oktay Urkal
8.Arturo Gatti
9.Paul Williams
10.Joshua Clottey

It's been 2 years almost since Floyd won the linear belt at 147. I'm still waiting for him to fight a top guy 147 guy. Hopefully when he comes back from retirement.

Let's try to give Marg at least half that amount of time before we start saying he's ducking Paul. One year is not that long.

Left, Ring mag rankings can be toileted.

[Clegg]

Floyd fought and beat 3 guys on that list.

How many of them did he beat after winning the linear title?

[2501 v2.0]

nice to see some dumbasses showing their asses in this thread.

[Luciano]

nice to see some dumbasses showing their asses in this thread.

Yeah...and that post was so highly analytical and intellectual all of us "dumb asses" have been shown the proper way to post around here.