The Mayweather Legacy: Boxing Historians Explain

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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.

Hmmm

Cotto had just moved up to 140?

Cotto fought in the Olympics at 140.

gatti fight was 2005.

Cotto was 140 champ in 2004.

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How much did the logan Paul fight add to Floyd's legacy?

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Floyd’s win over Pac looks better each passing day

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As what hopkins said "floyd only fought guys under his terms/watch"

PAC- Floyd fought him when he was KO by marquez
Cotto-Floyd fought him after pac and marg destroyed him
Hatton-Floyd fought him at the weight where hatton was bloated and isn't even worthy to be an opponent by any top 10 154lbs.
Jmm- floyd drag him from 135 to 147lbs and also cheated jmm at the scale
oscar-past prime and very mediocre at 154lbs.

Again hopkins and many other boxing legends always say about floyd "FLOYD ONLY FOUGHT GUYS UNDER HIS TERMS/WATCH"..

Not Floyd’s fault Pac got KO’d
Floyd fought Cotto without a catchweight
Hatton fight wasn’t at 154 you idiot it was at 147 where he won a world title
JMM called out Floyd for the fight, and 2 lbs don’t make up the 12 round ass beating he got
Oscar was past prime but that’s one of Pac’s supposed best wins lol. It was Oscar’s best weight at the time and Floyd fought the #1 fighter at 154 in his first fight as a junior middleweight. You *******s make this too easy

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Floyd’s win over Pac looks better each passing day

That boring ass non event will never look good

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That boring ass non event will never look good

It will never look good for Pac winning only 2-4 rounds

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It will never look good for Pac winning only 2-4 rounds

It will never look good for floyd winning rounds with missed jabs

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It will never look good for floyd winning rounds with missed jabs

He won the fight

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Larry emptied the clip. Nuff said…

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Most?

He didn't fight marg or pwill or kostya.

The money wasn't there for the KT fight since it was an HBO vs Showtime situation. Arum lowballed Floyd on the Cotto purse so Floyd bought out the contract.

Paul Williams and Mayweather didn't really line up time wise.