Brian Kenny: On Mayweather ducking Hatton/ Baldomir back then.

[-Swizzy-]

although i do give floyd credit for eventually fighting those two (most likely being pressured to do so)

he still doesn't give a valid reason in his interviews. i dont know if its his being defensive when answering, but he doesn't give a legitimate answer that makes us believe he's NOT cherry picking his opponents

He wanted to fight Hatton in England but Hatton's father said he wasn't ready yet.

He wanted to fight Baldomir, but Baldo priced himself out by asking for millions.

[jose23mex]

lol classic

[Doctor_Tenma]

I missed out on all the action

[hugh grant]

co-sign. and this will continue. they are going to say it after he beats pac too.

there is no way pac is higher than floyd on the ATG list. especially when you factor in the way he(floyd) was avoided, he moved throough the weight classes and people still avoided him, and how he outclassed everyone

in contrast to pac fighting his biggest names when they were on the other side of their primes or were plain ole shot

floyd is just to far ahead of this era of boxers...period

How can Floyd be far ahead of this eras boxers? Pac has beat better fighters than Floyd and is a higher ATG, whenever you hear anyone with any credibility talk about ATGs.
Pac outclassed Hatton more than PBF did, and he outclassed DLH more as well so what on earth are you talking about? Just how fast would Pac need to beat DLH and Hatton to get any credit? WOuld have have to Ko them in under 20 seconds to get the credit PBF got for going nearly 24 rounds with hatton and DLH? When someone shows a bit of humbleness i can drop discussions and i was going to. But you have bought me back.

[AllEyesOpen]

no one on the entire planet thought baldomir could beat floyd. baldomir is just the welterweight reggie strickland.

That's not the point, I do remember a lot of people on NSB saying that he was ducking Baldomir when he fought Judah. Regardless of what you think about who Floyd should have fought, he did technically fight the 2 best ww at the time.

[chinoy]

its actually funny that a PBF nuthugger posted this as this clearly showed PBF ducking Margarito and chose Baldomir who had 9 losses prior to the fight

That's the cycle. People got something to say about Mayweather vs. Hatton/ Baldomir...well they should watch this video.

[Weebler I]

Floyd fought Hatton at 147 because he didnt want to achieve something good at 140. PBF chose the weight and the country of the fight. Couldnt he meet hatton half way?
The fight at 140 in America. But no. PBF has all the advantages to protect his zero. Giving himself the best opportunity to keep his unbeaten record.

yep, that pi$$es me off. We never got to see it at 140 like it was supposed to be.

[Kevin Jesus]

Mayweather was still under Bob Arum at this time. He wasn't his own boss and he had to fight anyone that Arum put in front of him which was Judah.

Hence Mayweather leaving Top Rank and fought Baldomir right away, followed by De La Hoya at 154. With Bob Arum he would have never fought Baldmoir for The Ring championship and he would have never fought De La Hoya because DLH told Floyd that as long as he's with Bob Arum he will never fight him.(sound familiar?)

[COACH WEBB]

yep, that pi$$es me off. We never got to see it at 140 like it was supposed to be.

you blame Floyd for that?

[Weebler I]

you blame Floyd for that?

yes I blame Floyd for fighting Hatton at 147 and not 140 Hatton's true fighting weight where he was champion, I blame him for dragging Marquez up and not meeting him halfway and doing him dirty with the fine and I'm not impressed by him wanting a little guy like Pac at 147 when Cotto was willing to drop to 145. It's a constant fiddle with Mayweather trying to get an unfair advantage before they step in the ring, he can never play it straight down the line.