What was the excuse to fight Marquez again Floyd Stans?

[Nightelf]

how is that a joke especially when he straight out ducked pacquaio and rather fight chris john for a bag of peanuts. 750,000 is good especially when pacquaio was the one who got robbed.

youre not actually putting what the judges thought into this now are u? look man..pacquiao got his knockdowns and he's lucky that idiot jmm has a chin like he does..the next 11 rounds was an overall beat down by jmm..pacquiao didnt want any part of it..so he ran for 4 years..i wish he didnt but he CLEARLY did.

[MindBat]

because cotto never claimed hes the best, that he is the cashcow, and most of all cotto respects the boxing fans by coming in to fight and entertain them. cotto is not arrogant, should i continue?..nah i dont think so, you already get what i mean, you seem to be an intelligent person

Yah, I've heard that many too many times to count.

That's merely been the opinion of the fans. The results are what counts.

Cotto could've claimed he had the biggest heart and it still wouldn't make a difference. The results are what counts.

[tibbar]

yes...ALL OF THOSE are excuses..he couldnt fight jmm within that and the trilogy??

and offering him 750,000 for the rematch is a joke assuming pac was going to make more than jmm after jmm beat pacquiao the hell up for 11 rounds..

and how much did he got from cris john fight, 30,000? if that was not a joke, well JMM is still the joker, numero uno.

[fightfan_79]

Umm, mosley called out Floyd after May-Marquez fought.

What then do you call a fight when a fighter returns to the ring after a long lay-off?

Cotto returned after a beating at the hands of Margarito against Jennings and nobody said shiet. Why not? Who was Jennings? Again nobody said a peep when Cotto fought him.
Why are some people raggin' on Floyd for fighting the #2 P4P fighter in the world after a long layoff?

Does Cotto go around saying he's the best? He's a PPV draw? He's a superstar? No...he fights, he fights, and he fights.....his fists do the talking...which is how it should be.

Apparently....some people don't understand the whole "Floyd fought the #2 p4p fighter" after a 2 yr layoff......

Marquez is a Lightweight, 135lbs., Floyd campaigns at WelterWeight, 147lbs., the contract weight was 144lbs., it was obvious that Marquez had no business above 140lbs., and FLoyd STILL did not honor the contract weight and bought himself insurance.....Marquez was in the same position as Pacquiao was against DLH.....win/win situation and biggest payday. If he lost, the arguement was "He didin't belong at that weight"....which is the huge statement from everyone......if he won...."All the more power and respect to Marquez".

Floyd knowingly fought Marquez, as a bargaining chip.....for a future Pacquiao fight...."I beat the guy that gave you hell decisively.....I deserve more money....but....our PPV didin't do better becuase I was the only one who fought". Come one....."tuneup".....only blind followers believe that.....maybe "bargaining chip" should've been the name of the fight.

[robn0id]

I think he wanted to make a statement by coming out of retirement and thrashing someone in his tuneup fight who took pacman to the wire twice.

I have no comment on whether this statement was made or not but it seems pretty clear why he chose the opponent?

[Joeyzagz]

Maybe he should have tuned up against a tomato-welter like Michael Jennings instead?

Or maybe Steve Forbes?

What do you suggest TS?

[Joeyzagz]

Floyd knowingly fought Marquez, as a bargaining chip.....for a future Pacquiao fight...."I beat the guy that gave you hell decisively.....I deserve more money....

You just answered your own question here.



End of thread.

[fightfan_79]

You just answered your own question here.



End of thread.

Touche.....

I wanted to see what Floyd Stans would be coming up with......any sane fan knew the reason Floyd fought Marquez.....and it wasn't for p4p status or WW ranking....it was bargaining power.....but some still fail to realize that it was not a level battlefield.....that's all.....

[fightfan_79]

Maybe he should have tuned up against a tomato-welter like Michael Jennings instead?

Or maybe Steve Forbes?

What do you suggest TS?

Would've perferred a tomato can in the WW division as a tuneup.....would have been more credible....but to make it a spectacle.....title it "Numero Uno"...and charge $44.95, which by the why I didn't support, I would have much rather Floyd faced a WW journeyman...than making a LW come up to WW and still not honor the contract.....