I personally would've respected Floyd alot more if....

[FeFist]

But coming back to fight Marquez, making a reported $15mili while giving Marquez $3-5mili, making him come up to WW, and Floyd being the "stronger, faster, younger etc.." just doesn't do it for me as a fan. Don't get me wrong...I will be watching on Sept. 19th....but at a buddy's expense...

Sounds like good business to me.

Anyway Floyd's fight against Marquez is actually more difficult that the ones you listed above as he has really good boxing ability which I feel is necessary to beat Floyd. Baldomir an average size Welterweight was schooled by Floyd. Zab Judah gave Floyd some difficulties because of his overall ability.

[studentofthegam]

I already did,

Oscar De La Hoya is the biggest name in boxing, which is precisely why Floyd wanted to fight him,


to piggyback off of the Gold medal winners fame.

Can't become a name with just a bronze.


"Bronze Boy Promotions",

just doesn't have that ring to it.

You should check out his final match inthe olympics and maybe youll think different. Youre a history buff so you already know. I dont think ODL has any upcoming fights. You know of any. Oh.

[fightfan_79]

I already did,

Oscar De La Hoya is the biggest name in boxing, which is precisely why Floyd wanted to fight him,


to piggyback off of the Gold medal winners fame.

Can't become a name with just a bronze.


"Bronze Boy Promotions",

just doesn't have that ring to it.

Hmm....sounds familiar....like Shane Mosley when him and DLH fought....the gates to the heavens themselves should've been opened up for Shane after his 2 wins....but things didn't pan out as planned....unfortunately...Floyd will be in for a rude awakening after this fight with Marquez....and by the way...Floyd is the only one going around mouthing off that "He is the face of boxing"...."He is the undisputed cash cow"....while everyone else is busy fighting each other......

On the flipside...Floyd would've made a helluva car salesman....maybe he should try that after retiring again....

[Easy-E]

He came back to fight any decent Welterweight out there...and wouldn't care if it was on a HBO Main Event card...

Fight Quintana, fight Berto, fight Abregu, fight Brook, fight Collazo, hell even Steve Forbes.......point is, come back after a 2 yr layoff, do a "tune-up" fight to get your **** back, take a 80/20 cut from whatever purse the fight would've been, and wait for the Elite's to sort each other out then step in and make your money again.....

But coming back to fight Marquez, making a reported $15mili while giving Marquez $3-5mili, making him come up to WW, and Floyd being the "stronger, faster, younger etc.." just doesn't do it for me as a fan. Don't get me wrong...I will be watching on Sept. 19th....but at a buddy's expense...

Discuss?

Your "respect" means nothing, but Marquez is a bigger name than any of those fighters and has fought Pac and given him trouble, setting up that matchup.
If he had fought any of those fighters, it would be considered easier pickins that Marquez.

[strugler]

A ****y but hungry PBF gets my respect...................

[Vasyl’s dad]

Actually....go and GOOGLE "mopst popular boxer in the world".....links will come up for Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.....hell...even Jinkee (Pac's wifey) is getting more love on google than Floyd....FACT.

I just tried that,

it said,

"sure as **** isn't Floyd Mayweather"

[Vasyl’s dad]

You should check out his final match inthe olympics and maybe youll think different. Youre a history buff so you already know. I dont think ODL has any upcoming fights. You know of any. Oh.

Muhammed Ali doesn't have any fights coming up either,

but hes still one of the most recognized sports figures in the world.


btw,

the final match in the Olympics determines who gets gold and silver,

not bronze or 4th place.



The final match in the Olympics was actually Kamsing Somluck vs
Serafim Todorov

[DonTaseMeBrah]

mr.counterfeit cash is a leech. A overrated leech. He has to leech off other boxer's fame & fortune to get his. He leeched off oscar, hatton, gatti, now pacquiao.

Why do you guys think that he has to compensate his boxing fame with trips to the wwe, dancing with the stars, augmented with a fake gangsta persona, trying to take up a black racial cause only to come off ignorant, trying to belittle opposing fighters a la Ali only to come off so nauseously unlikable.

The douchebag's biggest wins are diego corrales, old oscar, & ricky hatton yet he carries himself like he has wins vs ali, duran, leonard, & robinson to brag along with his undefeated record.

I detest this douche boxing & personally wise.

[fightfan_79]

Sounds like good business to me.

Anyway Floyd's fight against Marquez is actually more difficult that the ones you listed above as he has really good boxing ability which I feel is necessary to beat Floyd. Baldomir an average size Welterweight was schooled by Floyd. Zab Judah gave Floyd some difficulties because of his overall ability.

Business is one thing....but as fans...we don't want anything to do with the business side of boxing unless we get a great fight.

The fight with Marquez will be a "good" not great fight....Marquez struggled against Juan Diaz for the 1st 5-6 rounds....until Marquez figured him out and Diaz gassed out...Floyd is not Diaz....so he will not gass out, nor will Marquez figure him out. So my money will not go to this business venture for Floyd....good thing I know of a couple of die-hard Floyd stans that are always willing to pay for a fight...although fewer and fewer are becoming hard to find....

Baldomir won the titles of Zab via a fluke.....Zab could've UD Floyd had he not lost his temper....and the fighters I listed were for "tune-up" purposes...not for comeback of the year candidate. Get a WW tune-up fight under his belt...gain some respect and credibility...then go for the mega-fights with casual fans willing to pay $49.95 and come out a winner / winner chicken dinner....

[fightfan_79]

Your "respect" means nothing, but Marquez is a bigger name than any of those fighters and has fought Pac and given him trouble, setting up that matchup.
If he had fought any of those fighters, it would be considered easier pickins that Marquez.

Respect that my "respect" means nothing....AGAIN....Floyd is taking the formula of him being fighter C....."If fighter A (Pac) beat fighter B (JMM) and fighter C (Floyd) beats fighter B more convincingly....than Fighter C should easily handle fighter A"...kinda like Pac did with DLH and Hatton....but we all know this not to be true.

My purpose to starting this thread was not to say Marquez isn't a worthy opponent...but to state that I WOULD RESPECT FLOYD MORE IF HE CAMEBACK AND FOUGHT A DECENT WW, then go on to the mega fights...(Cotto, Pac, Shane, Clottey, P-Will) on his hitlist....

Floyd did this fight as an investment....if he beats marquez soundingly, which I think he will...he believes that he should get the lion's share in a fight with Pacquiao......but yet he goes around and is mouthing off about not fighting other WWs due to them either "having a Loss on their record" or "them not being a big enough attraction to fight Money Mayweather"......Funny how if Oscar or Hatton used this as an excuse to not fight Floyd....how Floyd's ego would've been affected.....BUT they accepted the fight because Floyd WAS THE BEST....I think it would only be fair to us as fight fans that Floyd returned the favor to other fighters willing to prove that they are the BEST AS WELL....in the Welterweight Division.....this would be different if Floyd came down to Marquez's division...MORE RESPECT would've been given and credibility to this fight....but all for not.