The Mayweather Legacy: Boxing Historians Explain

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2004-2005 Junior Welterweight Division

Why no Mayweather-Kostya Tszyu fight?

Why no Mayweather-Hatton fight?

Why no Mayweather-Cotto fight?

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2006-2007 Welterweight Division

Why no Mayweather-Margarito fight?

Why no Mayweather-Cotto fight?

Why no Mayweather-Mosley fight?

Why no Mayweather-Paul Williams fight?

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Thar she blows

[lizard_man]

Come on. He would have done what cotto did to Margarito the first few rounds for the whole fight. Only though fight for mayweather on that whole list would probably be cotto at 140.

Did you guys forget about mosleys tooth ache?

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Come on. He would have done what cotto did to Margarito the first few rounds for the whole fight. Only though fight for mayweather on that whole list would probably be cotto at 140.

Did you guys forget about mosleys tooth ache?

He's bitter because May > Pac

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mosley had a toothache
bob arum said cotto wasn’t ready for may
hatton sr said hatton wasn’t ready for may
kostya/floyd were on different networks and kostya lost to hatton then retired
margarito lost to PW in 2007 and had no notable wins
paul williams also said he wasn’t ready for floyd

too easy

[Larry the boss]

1-Kosta was retired/injured lost to Hatton
2-Cotto and Arum refused the fight at 140
3-He literally fought Hatton in 2007


1-He left Top rank and did not fight Margo because Arum would not promise him the Oscar fight
2-When was he supposed to fight Williams?
3-Cotto fight happened as soon as Cotto left Top Rank

[Larry the boss]

After Mayweather defeated Zab Judah, he was offered 8 million to fight Antonio Margarito on August 12th 2006. Leonard Ellerbe had this to say after the Judah fight.
Floyd is not 100 percent healthy,” Ellerbe said. “He has a bruised right hand. His hand is not broken. It’s bruised, but it’s a bad bruise. He wants to go into any fight 100 percent healthy. If Antonio Margarito happens to be the best available option when he is healthy, so be it”.

“We are not turning down Margarito. I want to make that crystal clear. When and if he is the best available option for Floyd’s next fight, that’s the direction he will move in.” If you noticed, that was Ellerbe speaking. Not Floyd. Let’s move on.

Bob Arum, Mayweather’s promoter at the time said that Mayweather preferred to await the outcome of the May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga fight instead of committing to Margarito because he would prefer to fight De La Hoya.

Arum stated that Mayweather would have fought Margarito for the 8 million, but he wanted a guaranteed 10 million to fight Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton. Arum only guaranteed him 7 million. And for those who don’t know Cotto and Hatton were at the Mayweather-Gatti fight and Cotto was ranked number 5 by the ring at the time (Proof: Listen to the commentary Jim Lampley at the end of round 5) . Cotto had just moved up to the 140 pound weight class and he didn’t make an offer to fight Mayweather after the Gatti fight.

Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn’t interested in participating in. “That’s not in the cards,” Arum said. “He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It’s not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em. We’ll talk about things down the road.” Notice this part Arum was talking.

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Come on. He would have done what cotto did to Margarito the first few rounds for the whole fight. Only though fight for mayweather on that whole list would probably be cotto at 140.

Did you guys forget about mosleys tooth ache?

So none of those are tough fights?

Thats why he didn't take them?

Gotcha.

Floyd only takes tough fights. That's why he didn't fight the Champs at 140 for 2 years and didn't fight the top contenders at 147 when he was champ for 2 years.

Got it.

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mosley had a toothache
bob arum said cotto wasn’t ready for may
hatton sr said hatton wasn’t ready for may
kostya/floyd were on different networks and kostya lost to hatton then retired
margarito lost to PW in 2007 and had no notable wins
paul williams also said he wasn’t ready for floyd

too easy

So all those top guys who fought each other ducked floyd who didn't fight any of those guys?

Got it.