Floyd turned down $8million to fight margarito in 2006

[Easy-E]

I was referring to his whole title run. Margarito had already been champ for almost 5 years when Floyd came into the mix. FIVE YEARS. Ridiculous, right? Margarito has always been in the cold simply because no one wanted to fight him. It didn't make sense for Zab to fight Baldomir - he couldn't even sell out the Garden. But just like Arum is doing by putting his fighters together (and keeping Mosley out in the cold) was the same way Don King wouldn't DARE have one of his fighters (Judah, Mayorga, Spinks, etc) face Margarito. Simple.

He won the vacant WBO title from Antionio Diaz.
He then went on to fight elite fighters such as Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis, Danny Perez, Hercules Kyvelos and Manuel Gomez, with a loss to Santos mixed in.

Wow.
What a resume.
Why would you fight for the linear welterweight championship of the world when you could fight an unknown fighter who has fought piss poor opposition his whole career and still managed to lose four fights??

[Deja_Vous]

It's not a bad decision, just cannot put him as p4p best, just cannot do it. Leonard? hell yea.

So because he didn't fight tony he's not P4P best????

Damn you're screwed up mentally.

Marge is not the litmus test for greatness...never has been...never will be.

[F l i c k e r]

The WBO is a worthless title (Marg won it when it was vacant) compared to the LINEAR welterweight title. Baldy had just beat Judah, who was a better win than anyone on Marg's resume at that point.

And you are clearly biased, and Marg got the **** kicked out of him by the more wild, older Mosley.
Floyd would have outclassed him with ease and not had the linear title.
Pointless.

Doesn't matter, the money is there and a title is there. He chose the easier guy. If Cotto or Zab had the titles Baldy had, Mayweather would have still went for them. Why? Easier wins.

I'm biased? You apparently dont know how I post. Floyd is one of my favorite boxers, I basically dissected and explained his style and why it is great on this site. I give real reasons why Floyd would beat said fighters in debates. This right here isn't biased.

Floyd just wouldn't beat fighters like Marg or PWill.

To be fair though Baldy had the most recognized crown and was coming off back to back T.V appearances witch would help the fight sell on PPV. Chain of events helped make it happen. If Zab would have shown up against Baldy it would have been a whole different story.

I can understand this. Im just sayin though. The money is there for both fights, a title is there(albeit one is better than the other) for both fights. Then you compare the fighters, Margarito is obviously the better fighter and the worst match up for Floyd.

[Easy-E]

So is floyd the one of the best? Reasons? PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE NO HATTON.

He has victories over top fighters in five different weightclasses and is undefeated.

[-EX-]

Did you read what I wrote?

I understand he was champ for 5 years with wins over lesser opponents...in all that time it wudda made sense for him to grab one of the other belts...

[Mr.Fantastic]

That's not Floyd's fault that Margarito was not known and left out in the cold. Baldomir had the juicier name at the time and he had a belt as well...

Sure he won a the Ring belt from Baldy, BUT WHAT DID HE DO WITH IT AFTER??

[Easy-E]

Doesn't matter, the money is there and a title is there. He chose the easier guy. If Cotto or Zab had the titles Baldy had, Mayweather would have still went for them. Why? Easier wins.

I'm biased? You apparently dont know how I post. Floyd is one of my favorite boxers, I basically dissected and explained his style and why it is great on this site. I give real reasons why Floyd would beat said fighters in debates. This right here isn't biased.



I can understand this. Im just sayin though. The money is there for both fights, a title is there(albeit one is better than the other) for both fights. Then you compare the fighters, Margarito is obviously the better fighter and the worst match up for Floyd.

Do you know what LINEAR title even means?

[Ekscape]

Okay, how come Cotto only fights in MSG where the PR population is so high? Yeah, gtfo. Then when he fights outside of MSG, the crowd isn't even going for him.

Hatton cant sell **** outside of the UK because the rest of the world wasn't ****** enough to fall for his hype. Why do you think Mayweather took the fight to the UK? Cant sell **** outside of it.

[B]Face it ******. Margarito is a bad match up for Floyd, hence he cannot win. So, Floyd turned it down

Really? Do you really think Margarito would of beat Floyd? Hell no, no way unless there was plaster involved... Margarito is WAY to easy to hit and Floyd is to fast, to hard to hit/to elusive, and to much of a accurate of a puncher... He would of danced and pot shotted his way straight to a UD without a doubt, can't be serious thinking Margarito would of beat Floyd

[IMDAZED]

He won the vacant WBO title from Antionio Diaz.
He then went on to fight elite fighters such as Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis, Danny Perez, Hercules Kyvelos and Manuel Gomez, with a loss to Santon mixed in.

Wow.
What a resume.
Why would you fight for the linear welterweight championship of the world when you could fight an unknown fighter who has fought piss poor opposition his whole career and still managed to lose four fights??

How is this relevant to my post? Floyd became a welter in 2006--I specifically left him out. I was referring to Margarito's run. Now tell me...why did the linear champs from 2002-2006 avoid him? Pineda was worth it more? Oh wait, Cory Spinks' resume before he fought Zab was dazzling, right?

[Mr.Fantastic]

So because he didn't fight tony he's not P4P best????

Damn you're screwed up mentally.

Marge is not the litmus test for greatness...never has been...never will be.

And Judah & Baldomir are???