The thing that makes Floyd's P4P title overrated is the fact that he got it by beating Gatti (RIP), and Bernard Hopkins had to sacrifice his for getting robbed against a fighter in his prime and had better boxing skills than Gatti.
I don't really knock Floyd's hustle that much, but why talk the **** that he does when it is somewhat a smoke screen. None of his marquee opponents except for Corrales and Castillo went on to do anything meaningful. Baldomir went on to lose to Forrest (RIP). Mitchell went on to get owned by Paul Williams. And a countless number of Floyd's opponents that got decisioned by him went on to get obliterated by Cotto. So why hasn't he fought any of these guys that beat his left overs more impressively than he did? I think Cotto needs to gain some of his cred back to deserve a fight with Floyd though, because we don't know how much that beating from Margarito took from him, and he didin't look impressive at all against Clottey.
I don't really knock Floyd's hustle that much, but why talk the **** that he does when it is somewhat a smoke screen. None of his marquee opponents except for Corrales and Castillo went on to do anything meaningful. Baldomir went on to lose to Forrest (RIP). Mitchell went on to get owned by Paul Williams. And a countless number of Floyd's opponents that got decisioned by him went on to get obliterated by Cotto. So why hasn't he fought any of these guys that beat his left overs more impressively than he did? I think Cotto needs to gain some of his cred back to deserve a fight with Floyd though, because we don't know how much that beating from Margarito took from him, and he didin't look impressive at all against Clottey.
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