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Who’s ducking whom?
Mayweather was with Top Rank for 10 years and people say he was ducking fighters like Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, etc. around ’04-’05. Don’t the promoters make the fights? If so, how can Mayweather be accused of ducking fighters when he had no control over who he fought when he was under Bob Arum?
Kwasi
Aurora, Colo.
He had plenty of control, Kwasi. A promoter can’t force a fighter to fight someone he doesn’t want to. I’ve long defended Mayweather and I don’t believe he’s actually made a conscious decision and said, “I’m afraid I’m going to get beaten up and I don’t want to fight this guy.” That said, he’s been a welterweight for four years, since late 2005. For whatever reason, he hasn’t fought Shane Mosley, Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey or Antonio Margarito, all of whom have been fighting at welterweight during his time in the division. He did fight Sharmba Mitchell and Hatton, who were primarily 140-pounders, and Juan Manuel Marquez, who was a 135-pounder. It’s hard to argue with Mayweather’s business success, but his reputation isn’t the same as it was when he was a lightweight and a super featherweight.
Mayweather was with Top Rank for 10 years and people say he was ducking fighters like Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, etc. around ’04-’05. Don’t the promoters make the fights? If so, how can Mayweather be accused of ducking fighters when he had no control over who he fought when he was under Bob Arum?
Kwasi
Aurora, Colo.
He had plenty of control, Kwasi. A promoter can’t force a fighter to fight someone he doesn’t want to. I’ve long defended Mayweather and I don’t believe he’s actually made a conscious decision and said, “I’m afraid I’m going to get beaten up and I don’t want to fight this guy.” That said, he’s been a welterweight for four years, since late 2005. For whatever reason, he hasn’t fought Shane Mosley, Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey or Antonio Margarito, all of whom have been fighting at welterweight during his time in the division. He did fight Sharmba Mitchell and Hatton, who were primarily 140-pounders, and Juan Manuel Marquez, who was a 135-pounder. It’s hard to argue with Mayweather’s business success, but his reputation isn’t the same as it was when he was a lightweight and a super featherweight.
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