in this day in age of multi million dollar purses i cant in good conscious call anybody a ducker.just to much money is on the table to fight every contender.i dont think i can recall anybody in the past 10 years in floyds position who fought everybody.closest i can think of is oscar.
The "Myth" that Mayweather is a "Ducker"
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in this day in age of multi million dollar purses i cant in good conscious call anybody a ducker.just to much money is on the table to fight every contender.i dont think i can recall anybody in the past 10 years in floyds position who fought everybody.closest i can think of is oscar. -
Please people keep in mind, im not talking about anything above 140. 140 and up, was nothing but bizness for Floyd...And i understand that.Comment
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Mayweather wasn't so bad at 135 and below. I used to be a big fan of his untill he got punked by Margarito. I thought Margarito was going to get his but nothing ever happen. Floyd ran and hide like a little *****. I was like is Floyd really scare of this punk. Cotto was red hot at the time to and I thought Floyd would want that fight but he never even try to make the fight. He basically said who was Cotto when allthe boxing fans know that that was the fight to be made. Eversince I knew Mayweather was afraid of certain match. I already knew what was gong to happen after he got punked by
Mosley.
FLoyd called out Cotto at 140 and Cotto team felt Cotto was`nt ready.And by the time Arum wanted to make the fight,Floyd and Arum was suing eachother.So Floyd did not want to have anything to do with Arum at the time.
And he gave Margarito the chance after Judah lost to Baldomir but Margarito did not want to pull out against his fight with ******* Gomez.Margarito could have given this dude step aside money.Comment
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Why do people gave Mosley a free pass for not wanting to fight Floyd at 135? But now, that Floyd has returned the favor, he got bashed for doing it. I remember he did called out Mosley several times, if people avoided that fact, they should give Floyd a free pass for returning the favor.Comment
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Dude, chill out. Cotto was ready for Floyd at welterweight, Floyd retired. Mosley didn't jump two divisions to duck Floyd, he jumped two divisions because he was a very big lightweight and got to fight Oscar freaking De La Hoya at welterweight, a better and bigger fighter at that time than Floyd. He is screaming his name right now and Floyd has done everything he can to talk Mosley down as a potential opponent. In 2005 Mosley was at 154 and didn't want to fight Floyd because Floyd was not a big star and Mosley was a moron looking for big money fights he wasn't going to get.
Just because everyone says, and I agree, that Floyd would easily beat Margarito does not mean Floyd should never have fought him. Fighting Baldomir is nothing to blame Floyd for, but let's say after the Oscar fight, again a fight because of money I don't blame Floyd for, why didn't Floyd fight Margarito then? He was much more well known at that time, a bigger star than Baldomir ever was. How about Paul Williams at that time, if he didn't want to fight Cotto or Margarito?
With Floyd there are lots of fights left on the table, while at the same time all these other fighters have been proving themselves against each other. Cotto fights Margarito and Cotto, Mosley fights Cotto and Margarito, Margarito fights Cotto, Mosley, and Paul Williams, and Floyd retired when he could have made lots of money against any of them.Last edited by King411; 12-10-2009, 12:51 PM.Comment
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Why do people gave Mosley a free pass for not wanting to fight Floyd at 135? But now, that Floyd has returned the favor, he got bashed for doing it. I remember he did called out Mosley several times, if people avoided that fact, they should give Floyd a free pass for returning the favor.
In all honesty, I expect them to never meet in the ring.Comment
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Before Floyd Mayweather left Top Rank he made it a point to CALL OUT EVERYONE..ALL OF THE BIGGER NAMES THAN HIM....in all of his POST FIGHT interviews(Proof in the Video below), Prince Nassem, Joel Casamoyar, Acelino Frietas, Paul Spadafora, Jose Louis Castillo, Kostya Tszyu, Stevie Johnson, Juan Lazcano, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Arturo Gatti, Miguel Cotto, and Ricky Hatton: Coincidentally Mayweather was still under contract with Bob arum/Top Rank.......
It seems to me that Mayweather didn’t get the reputation as a “Ducker” until Bob Arum started spewing it into the media and websites AFTER Mayweather left Top Rank....Bob Arum BITTER about his STAR leaving Top Rank went on a Media Blitz to discredit Mayweather while attempting to push his fighter MARGARITO in the limelight by promoting "fear propaganda" and associating his name to Mayweather's......I mean this is the same Bob Arum that didn't want to put Miguel Cotto in with Mayweather when they were @140lbs and BOTH with Top Rank.....now Mayweather is scared of Cotto?
here is a direct quote from Bob Arum about Floyd Mayweather b4 the Mayweather-Judah fight (which happens to be Mayweather's last fight on Top Rank)
Bob Arum on Mayweather:
"Floyd is the best fighter i’ve seen in 40 years other than the young Muhammad Ali, there are a number of aspects that make a great fighter. One is speed. His speed is phenomenal. The way he throws punches, phenomenal. The way he is conditioned, phenomenal. I mean, he’s the entire whole package. And beside all of those skills he’s the most intelligent fighter that I have ever seen. I mean, Floyd, this is no bull****; Floyd can see a punch coming before the other guy knows he’s going to throw it. Do you understand that? I mean, I have never seen such ring intelligence that Floyd demonstrates. And so he’s the whole package, and you know, Ray Leonard was a great fighter, Marvin Hagler was a great fighter, Duran certainly was great, Oscar had a couple of years where he was very good, but there’s nobody that is a whole package like Floyd."
I wonder why Mayweather wasn't considered a ducker until he bought out his contract for Bob Arum for 750K and made 8 Million vs Carlos Baldomir, 25 Million vs Oscar De La Hoya, 20 Million vs Ricky Hatton????
It's because Floyd got away from him and made millions, appeared on WWE, dancing with the stars, became the face of boxing almost over night, all because Mayweather had the foresight to leave Bob Arum for 750,000 dollars. Its obvious Bob arum hasn’t been able to live it down , he now spends his time trying to verbally destroy mayweather whenever possible!Comment
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