Will Floyd Mayweather Forever Be Remembered As A Cherry Picker?

[apokalips]

Sorry for double post just wanted to say excuse any lack of punctuation etc lol that post just flew out of my fingers without me really havin a chance to think

[Ishy Aytan]

How can Floyd cherry pick his whole career when he was under Top Rank for most his life. Fighters fight what the promoters pick. Floyd only fought 3 fighters by himself and these were against Baldomir, Oscar and Hatton.


And these ent exactly cherry picks.



People forget that fighters fight who ever there promoters think is neccesary. Unlike De La Hoya, Floyd fought every one Arum put in front of him. Simple fact and Arum coincides with this.

[PRETTY B0Y32]

This is funny because Floyd's great ancestors picked cherrys and cotton

Floyd is still picking cherrys. It runs in the family I guess.

[Patheticfraud?]

I didn't vote because I'm not sure yet but it looks that way big time. At least at the higher weight divisions.

[Patheticfraud?]

Floyd jumped over 140 because he didn't want to fight Cotto or Hatton there. He obviously beat Hatton but Floyd didn't want it until he started showing weakness.

[shogunn]

floyds been staying out of the sun

[The Gambler1981]

Floyd jumped over 140 because he didn't want to fight Cotto or Hatton there. He obviously beat Hatton but Floyd didn't want it until he started showing weakness.

You do know that Floyd asked Arum for Cotto after the Gatti fight? Hatton was at the Gatti fight and did not seem to interested in fighting FLoyd at the time~.

Know what you are talking about~

[Njord777]

Funny thing is, Floyd was right about one thing- even a few years back nobody was talking about Manny Pacquiao like they are now. He was respected in boxing circles, known by the fans, but wasn't a mainstream playboy or pound for pound champion. Two fights changed that; and arguably two fights whose outcome was misleading because of the opponents weaknesses.

How will Floyd be remembered? I say, for him, it'll depend on his last 5 fights prior to retirement. If he was to lose to Marquez and retire and his last 5 looked like this:

Juan Manuel Maruez: Loss
Ricky Hatton: KO 10
Oscar de la Hoya: SD
Carlos Baldomir: UD
Zab Judah: UD

Well then, I think Floyd Mayweather Jr. would go down as an amazing featherweight/lightweight, who moved up to chase the money and never fought the best once he did so. In other words; a great little man who wasted his ability chasing the almighty dollar.

Now, if his last five looks like this:

Shane Mosley: UD
Manny Pacquiao: UD
Juan Manuel Marquez: UD
Ricky Hatton: KO 10
Oscar de la Hoya: SD

Well then- that's different. Despite what people say, on paper, he'll have beat a great fighter and welterweight champion in Mosley. A pound for pound best in Pacquiao, the lightweight champion of the world and pound for pound ranked Marquez- in addition to the undefeated Hatton and legendary Oscar de la Hoya. If that's the case, I don't think- regardless of where he's ranked all time, if at all- he'll be remembered for cherry picking. He'll get too much credit for that.

[sweetpea87]

hell yes he will. at least at welterweight

[Iceta]

It's ultimately left up to Floyd. The ball is in his court.