WHY DID MOSELY TURN DOWN A FLOYD FIGHT?? (Truth only)

[j]

i just felt that if jin could beat up pbf, mosley never felt like needing to fight him.

my logic is flawless of course, as always! b*tches!

[Saloth Sar]

i just felt that if jin could beat up pbf, mosley never felt like needing to fight him.

my logic is flawless of course, as always! b*tches!

huh? what are you talking about?

[Deja_Vous]

Gotta love how people conveniently leave out the fact that as a GBP owner and face, DLH has first dibs on any fight he wants, including Floyd.

Of course Shane is going to step aside when Oscar is writing his checks and gives him the lifestyle he leads.

Shane's skills gives him the lifestyle he leads....mexican.

[larr12]

my money on mosley anyday

[Deja_Vous]

The hate Floyd gets is brought on by himself and his fans who think other fighters should have to jump thru hoops to get a fight with him. By not seeking out the toughest challenges and instead chasing money.

Got to watch the super bowl right now, but I'll check back on this thread later and answer or at least give my opinion on why these two have never fought. Peace.

You Cottosexuals think it's OK to say "I lets my managements tells me who to fights" when asked DIRECTLY by seperate HBO commentators about fighting Mayweather.

It is TRADITIONAL for a lower-level fighter(Cotto) to MAKE IT KNOWN to the top guy(Floyd) and the WORLD that he wants the fight.

NOT the other way around.

Truth is..

Cotto PUNKED-OUT every single time HBO asked him on live TV about fighting Mayweather.

[Deja_Vous]

So I guess you feel the same way about Sugar Ray Leonard who never fought Pryor and made Hagler wait 6 years?

I guess You feel that way about Roy Jones, Joe Calzaghe, Oscar, etc
All these fighters made other fighters jump through hoops in order to fight them and all of them avoided certain fighters.
Nobody can say they didnt avoid people and set circumstances and conditions in order for fighters to fight them.
This didnt just start with Floyd and it wont end with him.
Shane duck Floyd for his entire Prime years where is your outrage about that?
Cotto duck Floyd at 140 and is ducking Paul Williams @ 147 where is your outrage at that?

NO hate, but if your going to go by a certain set of standards for one fighter please do it for all fighters.

Excellent post..!!!

[Deja_Vous]

Floyd being the greatest of his generation is entirely arguable. Him simply not fighting the best in his division for the last 3 years isn't.

Cotto was never the best in any division..nor was Tony.

Cotto didn't have the balls to say Floyd's name when those HBO cameras were in his face.

It's not Floyd's role(or any top fighter) to chase-down wannabees...it's the other way around.

Cotto saw what happened to Hatton and knew to stay in a hoe's place.

[Horus]

Floyd At 140 is not "20 million dollar" Money mayweather
Floyd at 147 is "20 million dollar" Money mayweather.
Money didnt Matter as much at 140 as it did at 147. because floyd was chasing FAME. (de la hoya)
After he beat De la hoya, Floyd probably decided he would never fight for less than 20 million dollars again.. and he hasnt. but you cant say he never gave cotto a opportunity to become great...because he did.

Cotto at 140 was a beast IMO, he is top 4 in the division.
and he was probably the biggest 140 pounder there.

My question to you?

When did you consider cotto not green anymore...and why?
after Judah? after quiantana?after mosely?
because the only to figure out if you are not green is to fight the best.
People said Mayweather was to green when he fought Genro..and he proved them wrong.

People said Taylor was to green when he fought Hopkins and he prove them wrong.
If Cotto would have fought and beat mayweather at 140 after the gatti fight
would you still called him to green after that win...???
The problem is, you are making excuses for cotto, I am not.
I think Cotto could have fought Floyd at 140 and it would have be a great fight
Cotto style hasnt change much since 140 so it doesnt matter anyways.

Like I said before
Ready or Not, Great Athletes always take advantage of the moment.
Thats makes them great, the ability to do great things when they are expected or ready 2.

People Consider Mayweather great because when he did at a young age, and who he beat at a young age. the dude fought for 11 years and was a champion for 10 of them...That is a great accomplishment. thats why we called him great because ready or not Floyd took advantage of the moment whne the oppurntinities were presented to him at a young age, when people thought he was ready to do them.
Cotto is not a baby, He could have fought Floyd at 140 and maybe could have won. but i guess he wasnt ready to become great. who knows...
but The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come

I never read this post until right now but great points.

[Horus]

Mayweather in no hurry to return for Mosley

Thursday, January 29, 2009
By David Mayo


Shane Mosley is making noise about fighting Floyd Mayweather again, both with his mouth and his fists.

Perhaps he hasn't been listening.

Mayweather might be willing to come back for the biggest fight in boxing. Or maybe not. He has not wavered from his position of the past several weeks, that if he felt guided to return to the ring for the sport's biggest possible event, he might. A definite maybe.

Problem is, Mayweather-Mosley isn't the biggest possible fight.
Make no mistake, Mayweather's return would be the biggest event in boxing. No debate about the overloaded welterweight division is complete without speculating about the Grand Rapids native's potential for a comeback. He is the highest-earning American in the sport, outside of Oscar De La Hoya, whose star power was dulled by last month's lopsided loss to Manny Pacquiao.

Boxing could use a comeback by the undefeated Mayweather. And the longer he stays inactive, the more his ardent pursuers come to view him as vulnerable, which only increases the outcry.

Like from Pacquiao, the man who assumed Mayweather's pound-for-pound mantle.

Or from Ricky Hatton, the man left pancaked on a Las Vegas canvas, courtesy of a walloping left hook, last time Mayweather was seen in a ring.

But Mosley?

Mosley staked his most recent pursuit of Mayweather with a dominating ninth-round knockout of Antonio Margarito on Saturday before the largest crowd ever to fill Los Angeles' Staples Center for any event. Not even the 2004 Pistons-Lakers championship series drew like Mosley-Margarito.

Keep in mind, however, that both Mosley and Margarito entered the fight with five losses. As impressive as Mosley's power display was, it isn't as if beating Margarito hadn't been done.

It also is worth remembering the interminable delays Mosley caused for Mayweather on at least two occasions earlier in their careers, when the fight made all kinds of sense, only for Mosley to shy away.
Ten years ago, when a fight between them would have matched two of the brilliant, rising stars in the sport, Mosley balked. He and his father and then-trainer, Jack, were at Van Andel Arena the night Mayweather brought Grand Rapids its first championship fight, after which Jack Mosley was asked to assess his interest in the matchup.

For $10 million, his son would take the fight, Jack Mosley said, knowing that Mayweather had earned a $150,000 base purse for that night's lackluster decision over Carlos Rios, and that Mayweather-Mosley wasn't worth eight figures even if the purses were combined, then multiplied by two.

They traveled divergent paths for years thereafter. Mosley moved up to welterweight and defeated De La Hoya, only to lose twice to Vernon Forrest. Another win over De La Hoya boosted him again, only to fall victim to a pair of losses to Ronald "Winky" Wright.

It took until mid-2006, after Mosley scored consecutive knockouts over Fernando Vargas, before Mayweather-Mosley made sense again.

Mosley decided to take a vacation instead, leaving Mayweather to fight Carlos Baldomir.

So what would encourage Mayweather, whose eye is on bigger prizes against other marquee opponents, to agree to such a fight now that it benefits Mosley?

Probably nothing.

Richard Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, said after Mosley's victory that he intends to open talks with Mayweather's representatives.

That phone might ring a while.

Mayweather-Mosley would be enormous. But fill in Mosley's name with someone else's -- someone who didn't hold up Mayweather's career, back when it mattered -- and that doesn't change.

Mosley, at 37, scored a big victory. That doesn't mean he is the person to lure Mayweather out of retirement. That fight could have happened on several occasions. Mosley opted out every time.

As much as Mosley might want to opt in now, the only opponent Mayweather should wait out is the Hatton-Pacquiao winner in May, assuming he is waiting

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[thebowtod]

Was all that hate needed?
Floyd must have lost you some money..The way speaking on him like this. NO Hate, but why are hating on Floyd this hard?
You must know him personally huh?
because any other reason would be interesting to hear..
real talk,No hate

Why are you asking so many questions?
WTF is wrong with u? did you order a energy drink or something?