Mayweather vs Marquez goes above 1 Million PPV Buys

[Bobby Shaw]

This site is full of haters who have little knowledge about boxing.Sometimes I think there are a bunch of school kids whose analytical skills are non existant.

[JOM'S]

i hope the news is true and not just hype (i.e arum) and thats good news for boxing ...

imho if that much casual fans bought that fight just to see floyd's comeback, how much more casual fans will buy ppvs when and if floyd fights bigger named opponents like PAC, Cotto and/or Mosley .... that will be giagantic

[JAB5239]

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I dont want Floyd to face any cheaters.

Shane cheated in one fight my friend and has never tested positive before, during or since. I think Floyd beats Shane, but the fight should still be made. Mosley lost a close fight to Cotto and destroyed the man who beat him. No matter what anyone thinks, Shane is the top gun at welter and a win by Floyd would not only be a feather in his cap but would go a long way in silencing critics of Mayweather's (like myself) who complain he hasn't fought the top opposition at welterweight. Sure there will be people who will call Shane old, past it or whatever, but if Floyd beats him and than moves on to challenge and beat some of the other top fighters at 147 it leaves no room for criticism to an objective fan of the sport.

I get on Floyds **** because of his personality and cherry picking fights at welter. His fans that make every excuse as why he doesn't have to fight this one or that one only magnify that annoyance. But the truth is he is a great fighter. People like myself though aren't going to give him a pass for not making the toughest fights just to make the biggest money fights.

I don't have to like a fighter personally to recognize his talent and ability. I don't have to like him to recognize his greatness in the ring (even though I don't hold the Marquez win in high regard). But I do have to see him challenging himself and the best out there to recognize him as one of the all time greats. He has it in him, he just has to go get it.

[talip bin osman]

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[COLOR="Navy"][FONT="Tahoma"]Shane cheated in one fight my friend and has never tested positive before, during or since. I think Floyd beats Shane, but the fight should still be made. Mosley lost a close fight to Cotto and destroyed the man who beat him. No matter what anyone thinks, Shane is the top gun at welter and a win by Floyd would not only be a feather in his cap but would go a long way in silencing critics of Mayweather's (like myself) who complain he hasn't fought the top opposition at welterweight. Sure there will be people who will call Shane old, past it or whatever, but if Floyd beats him and than moves on to challenge and beat some of the other top fighters at 147 it leaves no room for criticism to an objective fan of the sport.

its the truth jab... shane is going 39...

after fighting a 36 year old LW, now he is about to face a 39 year old...

how can that silence his critics?

[JAB5239]

He does not need to beat the entire welterweight division to be considered top 25.

The kid started at 130 and has won titles in every single division he's been in. He's 40-0 and has beaten every possible contender put in front of him. He hasn't taken the easy road to get to where he's at.

IMO, he's already top 25. I cannot honestly name 25 better fighters than Floyd. I can barely name 10.

Winning watered down titles is not the same as beating all of or most of the best fighters of your era. And no disrespect, but if you can't think of 25 fighters in history who had beat and fought better fighters in their careers you don't know much boxing history. Floyd is a great talent and could have probably already have been one of the top 25 fighters all time had he taken a different approach than the money first one he chose.

[JAB5239]

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its the truth jab... shane is going 39...

after fighting a 36 year old LW, now he is about to face a 39 year old...

how can that silence his critics?

Difference is he made Marquez who was unproven past 135 come up to him. Shane has established himself at welter and is the best in the division right now based on his close fight with Cotto and his annihilation of Margarito. This fight only looks bad if he beats Mosley and stops fighting the best at 147 in my opinion. If he beats him and continues beating other top welters......what is there to criticize about his career?

[JAB5239]

Even though weve gotten into it in the past I wanted to give you some green K for this post. Commendable.

Never got that green k, but thank you for the acknowledgment. Im sure we'll argue again and sometimes things get heated but very really is it personal.

[Mr. Philadel]

thats good for boxing......**** UFC!!!

[Obama]

Still, let's say Mosley's next fight is Floyd. If Floyd wins and Shane looks bad, people will just say Mosley either aged over night or was too rusty. Mayweather is only getting just credit for beating elite prime fighters bigger than him or great post-prime fighters bigger than him that give him hell. If they don't give him hell, their age will be exagerated. And guys smaller than him like Pac will also be dismissed.

[PAC-BOY]