To be a fan of Floyds you have to think different.

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I don't know how anyone can bring Williams name up.. IS paq facing him? hell no.. he was scared of a paper champ who is not even as tall as Williams.

That's a good point. People are forgetting that Pac didnt fight Williams or Bradley for March 13th.

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Who did he "refuse" to fight? Are you going to mention guys that are promoted by Bob Arum? If so you shouldnt be surprised why those fights never happened.

ok let me rephrase that...

"pbf's preference to fight a lightweight at welterweight"

good enough?

[Left Banned Tua]

Floyd entered welter at a bad time.

bad time?

margarito , cotto , clottey , williams were all already top 5-10 fighters by the time he went to 147.

mosley would come back to 147 the following year.

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ok let me rephrase that...

"pbf's preference to fight a lightweight at welterweight"

good enough?

Who did you want him to fight after having a 21 Month lay off from boxing? And it has to be somone who was avilible for July 19th...which was the ORIGINAL date. And it has to be somone HBO would throw on PPV.

Keep in mind HBO turned down Clottey vs. Williams.

[fugu]

he still fough an elite welter at a weight suitable to cotto. floyd, hwever has not fought anyone in his 5 years or so. i see through floyds true colours he never wanted pac.

why ask for 154, 10oz gloves and blood tests never done in the history of the sport.hence, he was trying to use anything as a stumbling block for this fight not to happen.

suitable to cotto because cotto wanted the payday.

Like 144 was suitable to JMM. Because he needed a payday.

When it comes to Floyds demands. His stance on USADA drug testing was clear even before negotiation started. And Roach himself said he only needed 5 days.

Pacquiao got his prefered Glove size and weight limit. AND his outrageous 10 million dollar per pound over the limit.
All he had to do was accept a 14-day cutoff, which 90% of boxingscene.com thought was fair.

He didnt.

So seriously. Who avoided to fight whom?

[Rabbit ♠]

Paul isnt a draw who can do 4 fights straight with over 1,000,000 PPV Buys. Paul is not on Floyds level as far as being a star yet.

It's just odd to like a guy who isn't scared of **** and is fearless in and out of the ring (afterall that is why people like him) and then be a fan of the opposite. I like watching Floyd fight but I also can't defend the **** he does...

[baracuda]

Why do people pay to see him fight?

Why do Millions watch him on PPV?

why did people start to leave in the middle of his fight?.........was it of excitement?......lol

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bad time?

margarito , cotto , clottey , williams were all already top 5-10 fighters by the time he went to 147.

mosley would come back to 147 the following year.

Marg, Cotto, and Clottey are all promoted by Bob Arum and we can see now why Floyd didnt want to work with Arum.

Mosley had a chance to fight In November he turned him down 4 times in an interview with Larry Merchant.

[KittenFlaps]

you have to like soap operas......

That's basically it for me. It's not that I don't think he is an amazing talent, it's just that I would rather him get in the ring and fight someone without the drama and positioning.

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why did people start to leave in the middle of his fight?.........was it of excitement?......lol

Floyd is the biggest draw in Boxing. I know it hurts. Get over it kid.

JMM vs. Casa did 100k PPV Buys.

Floyd vs. JMM did 1.2 Million.

Have a nice day.