Was it a ***** move for Floyd mayweather jr to fight BALDOMIR over Margarito??

[Doctor_Tenma]

Yeah, and Baldomir was a superstar

I'm a hardcore Boxing fan, I've only heard of Margarito when RJJ mentioned him as a possible opponent for Mayweather (After the Mitchell fight) and when Viva Mexico couldn't stop mentioning his name. It was Viva Mexico/ C'mmomang (However you spell his name) who hyped up Margarito here on Boxingscene, I still remember

Baldomir atleast beat Gatti (Past it)/ Judah...I don't count his win against Clottey. I'm a hardcore Boxing fan and I wasn't hearing much on Margarito and ofcourse I'm talking about in 06.

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I said earlier in the thread that's precisely the reason he chose Baldomir.
Just to **** over Arum for the same money.

I just hate people making Baldomir out to be this lineal great, which he wasn't.
He beat a Judah who was already known to lose the big one.

Agreed...some forget he had just broke up with Arum after the Judah fight...why would he wanna do business with him right after that?

Margarito's resume was stronger. Way stronger. Stop being so simplistic.

Ok Margarito's was better but neither guy had a resume to get excited about...

Floyd should have fought Cotto instead of Hatton...I could care less about Margarito personally

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I'm a hardcore, I've only heard of Margarito when RJJ mentioned him as a possible opponent for Mayweather (After the Mitchell fight) and when Viva Mexico couldn't stop mentioning his name. It was Viva Mexico/ C'mmomang (However you spell his name) who hyped up Margarito here on Boxingscene, I still remember

Baldomir atleast beat Gatti (Past it)/ Judah...I don't count his win against Clottey. I'm a hardcore Boxing fan and I wasn't hearing much on Margarito and at that time.

Well at least you're speaking for yourself. Margarito was a bigger name. Easily. Try to find an article on Baldomir before his fight with Judah was announced. Anything. Let me know what you come up with. Then do the same for Margarito pre-2006.

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Agreed...some forget he had just broke up with Arum after the Judah fight...why would he wanna do business with him right after that?



Ok Margarito's was better but neither guy had a resume to get excited about...

Floyd should have fought Cotto instead of Hatton...I could care less about Margarito personally

So we agree that Margarito had the better resume. And he was the bigger name.

Say no more.

[steelpulse]

you are claiming IFFFFFFF Floyd fought some damn body at WW we would still give him crap, how do you know??? he hasnt done it ..he SHOULD have fought Cotto and Instead said" I aiint calling out no welters" then comes back to fight a LIGHT WEIGHT..he SHOULD be fighting Shane or saying I WANT THE WINNER OF PAC/COTTO, but he wont, and isnt, so dont say people will stil say this and stil BLAH BLAH BLAH, ive said countless of times that I would give hm credit.. you know crap..

How do you know what he will do, since you just established that neither one of us can see the future, the point im making is that the people he has fought that were good opponents, people who don't like him don't give him credit for beating them, he gets **** for fighting one title and not the other. Who else gets critiqued for moving up in weight and fighting for a title against a bigger opponent? People talk when he fights a bigger fighter, they talk when he fights a smaller one moving up, POINTBLANK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HATE YOU WHATEVER YOU DO

[Kevin Jesus]

He didnt get 12m to fight Baldomir

He got a guaranteed $10Mill plus the lion's share of the PPV revenue(355k PPVs sold) and gate revenue. Do the Math, he made at least $2Mill with PPV and gate revenue.

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So? Margarito had fought more times on HBO then Baldomir and that's including the Floyd PPV. He also had fought countless times on Showtime. Baldomir never was in Margarito's league in terms of star power, which is saying a whole lot given how relatively small his own was.

The word star and Margarito should never be in the same sentence

Baldomir was the best option at the time...same money...HBO fighter...don't have to do business with Arum...

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The word star and Margarito should never be in the same sentence

Baldomir was the best option at the time...same money...HBO fighter...don't have to do business with Arum...

Baldomir was an HBO fighter? What does that mean?

[Doctor_Tenma]

Floyd suckered the fans - amazing how they still defend him. He should've never fought Judah after he lost but that was all about money. And he explained it away by saying that Baldomir got lucky. Then all of a sudden he's fighting Baldomir next because he's worthy. You can't make this stuff up.

He already made plans to face Judah. Judah was a good opponent to face because Mayweather had the experience of facing a quick south paw in Mitchell...so that sort of helped him prepare for Judah. And NO! Mitchell wasn't prime either, incase someone asks.

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So we agree that Margarito had the better resume. And he was the bigger name.

Say no more.

Neither were big names...