Mayweather: "Mosley Beat De La Hoya on Steroids"

[Al Haymon]

DR,

Do you feel that Floyd should have gotten a tune-up fight coming off a two year (22 months) layoff?

"deserved" a tune-up?

[Burner]

well **** Floyds right..whats the fuss about here?

[JAB5239]

Right. And if I'm going to carry an event, I get to do what I want and fight who I want.

I have another question to ask you, and will do it in the next post.

In other words you're excusing Floyd from taking the toughest fights to make the biggest money fights?

[Burner]

In other words you're excusing Floyd from taking the toughest fights to make the biggest money fights?

Floytds never ducked anyone if thats what your implying.

[Dave Rado]

See what I mean by you selectively using the rankings? What was Baldomir ranked at the time?


goose/gander.

Ruccish, there was nothing wrong with the rankings at all. Boldomir was correctly ranked #1 at that time. But he was still a mediocre champion, and subsequently, better fighters have come along who at that time were either young unproved prospects, or were fighting at lower weights. And Floyd hasn't fought any of them, and worse still, doesn't want to.

At the time, Boldomir was the man to beat. But one win does not a great champion make, especially when that win is against a mediocre champion.

[-GR -]

In other words you're excusing Floyd from taking the toughest fights to make the biggest money fights?

How? Floyd went to 154 and beat DLH for 20 mill. No fighter would turn that down. Then he fought an undefeated top10 p4p Hatton (after years of Hatton turning him down). How weren't those tough fights?

When Tony called out DLH after he beat Cotto where was the outrage?

[JAB5239]

Floytds never ducked anyone if thats what your implying.

Im not implying he ducked anyone. There are just a bunch of guys he never fought for one reason (excuse) or another.

[Burner]

Im not implying he ducked anyone. There are just a bunch of guys he never fought for one reason (excuse) or another.

It takes two to tango...the ONLY fighter that ACTIVELY seeked a fight with Floyd was Margarito...NO ONE ELSE.

Until Hatton mouthed off.

[Dave Rado]

DR,

Do you feel that Floyd should have gotten a tune-up fight coming off a two year (22 months) layoff?

"deserved" a tune-up?

I didn't mind the tune-up when he first announced it, because I thought it was a tune-up and that he would fight a top Welter in his next fight - or if he wants to fight Pac first - then in his next but one fight. But for him to make it clear now that he doesn't want to fight the top Welters makes me lose all respect for him, and as a result, and I no longer see this as a tune-up. He simply doesn't seem to want any tough fights against anybody who could test him.

[-GR -]

Im not implying he ducked anyone. There are just a bunch of guys he never fought for one reason (excuse) or another.

So why don't those guys get lambasted for not making the fight? Why don't people criticize Cotto for turning Floyd down at 140 or Mosley doing it twice? It's just bias.