why mayweather did not make weight...real talk

[Pretty Boy Greg]

He blow up to 161 on fight night!

He made weight for SMW division.

show me proof or kiss my a$$! i hate it when haters just throw up ****** **** for no reason

[Shadow boxer 3]

2 pounds would not hav made a difference anyway. JMM was still gettin his ass whooped

[Pretty Boy Greg]

2 pounds would not hav made a difference anyway. JMM was still gettin his ass whooped

absolutely!! Floyd walks around at pretty much WW, this fight wouldn't of even been close if marquez weighed more!!

[RodBarker]

No investing in the next star does not mean is good for boxing. Investing on the best fights is what is great for boxing. HBO investing on stars and giving them what they want hurts boxing. Look at all the money they invested to Arreola for what? What are they getting in return for the Andre Berto investment? They are investing on Dawson. His rematch with Tarver did very low and very low ratings. No bro investing in stars hurt boxing in the long run. Investing on the best fight is what helps the sport. HBO made such a mistake in investing on the next star. That they HBO are looking to cut 15million dollars of their boxing budget. Cuz they are not getting anything in return for their investment. Don't be naive bro look at the bigger picture. We might not have HBO B.A.D anymore cuz HBO are investing in the next big star. At the end boxing losses and us fans lose cuz it would be less boxing and less competitive fights.

Mate you got to look at the big picture yourself and the way business is run at corporate level your being a little bit tight in your thinking boxing is a business it must generate to get investment , look at Tiger Woods or any other star they get the big investments the big sponsers which in turn puts them in the spotlight which in turn gives the sport more exposure its a merry go around and it happens in all sports from Schumacher to Woods to Jordan , in all off this Floyd also puts up for himself its just a haters view in thinking he was favored by HBO he was a the best talent thats why he was chosen , a sure case of the tall poppy syndrome concerning Floyd , other fighters are not judged by the same standards that you guys put on him .

[jrosales13]

Mate you got to look at the big picture yourself and the way business is run at corporate level your being a little bit tight in your thinking boxing is a business it must generate to get investment , look at Tiger Woods or any other star they get the big investments the big sponsers which in turn puts them in the spotlight which in turn gives the sport more exposure its a merry go around and it happens in all sports from Schumacher to Woods to Jordan

You can compare boxing to other sports or to athlete of other sports. Yes you can easily invest in Kobe, Lebron, Tiger, Manning, etc etc etc... But, at the end those same athletes are competing against the best of best in their respective sport. If those stars would not be competing against the best. Their sport would suffer. Basically to be in their sport they would be forced to compete against the best. Boxing is different you can be huge star and not compete against the best. Just like what Floyd is doing. Look at this for example. Andre Berto has not signed yet to fight Shane. That is cuz they are offering him 750k. But, why would he take that amount to fight Shane? When in his last 2 fights he made the same amount fighting Collazo and Urango. That was a bad move on HBO to invest on Berto hoping to become the next star. Now we might miss out on him fighting Shane. Was it a good move for them to invest so much money on Arreola? What about the investment the made on Victor Ortiz was that a good move? What fighter is Showtime investing in right now? None they are investing on a tournament to bring the best fights. HBO should take note invest on boxing. On making the best. And, if you make the best fights a star will emerge. But, HBO want to invest on the stars? That is why they are cutting down 15million dollar out of their boxing budget.

[RodBarker]

You can compare boxing to other sports or to athlete of other sports. Yes you can easily invest in Kobe, Lebron, Tiger, Manning, etc etc etc... But, at the end those same athletes are competing against the best of best in their respective sport. If those stars would not be competing against the best. Their sport would suffer. Basically to be in their sport they would be forced to compete against the best. Boxing is different you can be huge star and not compete against the best. Just like what Floyd is doing. Look at this for example. Andre Berto has not signed yet to fight Shane. That is cuz they are offering him 750k. But, why would he take that amount to fight Shane? When in his last 2 fights he made the same amount fighting Collazo and Urango. That was a bad move on HBO to invest on Berto hoping to become the next star. Now we might miss out on him fighting Shane. Was it a good move for them to invest so much money on Arreola? What about the investment the made on Victor Ortiz was that a good move? What fighter is Showtime investing in right now? None they are investing on a tournament to bring the best fights. HBO should take note invest on boxing. On making the best. And, if you make the best fights a star will emerge. But, HBO want to invest on the stars? That is why they are cutting down 15million dollar out of their boxing budget.

Its not about Floyd not fighting the best , he still may do that as he is still fighting so that comment is irrelevant in the context of the comvo , lots of fighters dont fight the best every fight Floyds resume is as good as most champions of his stature and better than many , its just that every fight he is expected to fight the best , if he fights Pac Cotto or Mosley next they are the best so lets see what he does , I would love to see the best fighters always fighting each other but its just not a real world probability , boxing is a business and it will always be run as a business its very complicated and a fan will just say oh he should fight him and him and then him , sorry mate it just dont happen that way .

[Leo Mayweather]

Dis 161lbs is bull**** no way, he gave JMM a boxing lesson anyway in every department end of

[Guest]

At least HBO turned away from giving fighters contracts these days.
That was bad for them.

And their budget is getting slashed. It's a shame really.

[inferno]

Why do people keep making these threads? I don't know why it keeps having to be pointed out, but the fight was contracted at 147. There was a penalty for coming in over 144, but the paper that Marquez and Mayweather signed was for a fight at Welterweight.

[jrosales13]

Its not about Floyd not fighting the best , he still may do that as he is still fighting so that comment is irrelevant in the context of the comvo , lots of fighters dont fight the best every fight Floyds resume is as good as most champions of his stature and better than many , its just that every fight he is expected to fight the best , if he fights Pac Cotto or Mosley next they are the best so lets see what he does , I would love to see the best fighters always fighting each other but its just not a real world probability , boxing is a business and it will always be run as a business its very complicated and a fan will just say oh he should fight him and him and then him , sorry mate it just dont happen that way .

Again you missing the point. I mentioned Floyd in just one sentence. Fucc Floyd. He is not bigger than boxing. The post I made was bigger than Floyd My whole post was about HBO making the mistake in investing on the instead of investing in making the best fights. Look at all the fights Berto had HBO before Collazo. Why pay a sanctioning fee to show mismatches? That does not help boxing. The super 6 tournament that is what helps boxing. I am a huge fan of Dawson. But, why invest in him? You pay Dawson to fight the Johnson rematch not the Tarver rematch.

Think of this. They money that HBO spend on a waste of a fight in the Dawson-Tarver rematch. They could of instead paid for Froch-Tayloy and Johnson-Adamek. Think about that. Instead of paying for Arreola-McCline, Berto-Urango, Angulo-Rivera, and Jacobs-Smith. They would of had enough money in their budget to have Mosley-Clottey this December. But, no they investing in stars in Dawson, Arreola, Angulo, Jacobs and Berto. And, cuz of that boxing suffers. We missing out in great fights.

Why is Showtime having a great tournament when HBO budget is much bigger? Why HBO can not do something similar like that? Cuz they are wasting their money in investing on the next big star. Best fights that's the key. When was the last time HBO had a FOTY? Gatti-Ward. Showtime have had 3 since then. Showtime used to invest in stars but then they realized that is not how you do it. Showtime learned and said no rights, great fights. HBO has not learned that yet and that is why they are slashing 15million dollars from their budget for next year. So please tell me how cutting 15million dollars from boxing budget helps the sport?