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  • Allucard
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    #71
    Originally posted by BattlingNelson
    He just seems to fight an endless line of tuneups. I think we have to go back at least a whopping SEVEN years to find a fight that wasn't labeled as a tune-up.

    Forget Oscar. That was a moneyfight.
    Sorry man, the p4p #2 in the world (Floyd didn't call him that, WE and the media DID) is no tune up. Just because made it look easy it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve credit. This is the same guy who gave Manny all he could handle and won at least half of every round they fought.

    Of course everyone who fights Mayweather has the weight/age/condition/fear of needles excuse like Hatton's best weight being 140 and 7 extra pound making "all the difference". Right! You believe what you want to believe but in the fight night what the eyes see don't lie. Mayweather didn't beat Marquez with the extra pound, he beat him with superior skill.

    Anyway my advise for you would be forget about Floyd, concentrate on the new breath of exciting undefeated hungry fighters: Bradley, Juanma, Ortiz, Dawson, Ward, even Berto... Those are the future of boxing. Floyd's best fight are already done and people should just let him go, he's cashing out like everyone else. Easy fights for the most money. Pacquiao's doing it, Calzaghe done it, it's BOXING for you.

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    • daggum
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      #72
      Originally posted by Lead Cenobite
      All you have to do is watch the countdown show and see all the boxing pundits and experts pick Gatti. The usual suspect clownshoes like Ron Borges and Dan Rafeal. And guys from the Ring.

      I'm not saying Gatti was favored by everyone. But then I didn't check the "vegas odds" at the time. I'm just going by general sentiment at the time.
      countdown shows are made to make mismatches appear like competitive fights. you're not supposed to believe that crap. if they said the truth that mayweather is gonna beat gatti to hell who is gonna watch?

      i'll trust vegas a lot more than them cause when money's on the line no one is picking gatti or marquez like an idiot.
      Last edited by daggum; 01-13-2010, 05:05 PM.

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      • Crazylegs77
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        #73
        Originally posted by BattlingNelson
        He just seems to fight an endless line of tuneups. I think we have to go back at least a whopping SEVEN years to find a fight that wasn't labeled as a tune-up.

        Forget Oscar. That was a moneyfight.
        practice makes perfect and hes a perfectionist, doesnt want to have an off night.

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        • BattlingNelson
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          #74
          Originally posted by Allucard
          Sorry man, the p4p #2 in the world (Floyd didn't call him that, WE and the media DID) is no tune up. Just because made it look easy it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve credit. This is the same guy who gave Manny all he could handle and won at least half of every round they fought.

          Of course everyone who fights Mayweather has the weight/age/condition/fear of needles excuse like Hatton's best weight being 140 and 7 extra pound making "all the difference". Right! You believe what you want to believe but in the fight night what the eyes see don't lie. Mayweather didn't beat Marquez with the extra pound, he beat him with superior skill.

          Anyway my advise for you would be forget about Floyd, concentrate on the new breath of exciting undefeated hungry fighters: Bradley, Juanma, Ortiz, Dawson, Ward, even Berto... Those are the future of boxing. Floyd's best fight are already done and people should just let him go, he's cashing out like everyone else. Easy fights for the most money. Pacquiao's doing it, Calzaghe done it, it's BOXING for you.
          Wwwwawawait! Are you saying that JMM wasn't a tune-up???????????????

          In that case you are a Floydstan first class mate.

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          • BattlingNelson
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            #75
            Originally posted by daggum
            countdown shows are made to make mismatches appear like competitive fights. you're not supposed to believe that crap. if they said the truth that mayweather is gonna beat gatti to hell who is gonna watch?

            i'll trust vegas a lot more than them cause when money's on the line no one is picking gatti or marquez like an idiot.
            I wanna bet pisspac if he blieves the pre-fight hype instead of the oddsmakers.

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            • ИATAS
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              #76
              He was a 135 pound fighter, of course he was a tune-up.

              Even his dad says it was a tune up from the start. Of course Floyd Jr. is going to sell the fight like a good business man and call it something more than that, but we all know it was a tune up.

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              • BattlingNelson
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                #77
                Originally posted by ИATAS206
                He was a 135 pound fighter, of course he was a tune-up.

                Even his dad says it was a tune up from the start. Of course Floyd Jr. is going to sell the fight like a good business man and call it something more than that, but we all know it was a tune up.
                Well I thought only HORUS believed it was not a tune-up (see sig), but apparently Allucard thinks so as well. Even with the benefit of hindsight.

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                • Suckmedry
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                  #78
                  Originally posted by BattlingNelson
                  Mundine is fighting cabdrivers and garbagemen. He isn't fooling anyone. Floyd has a lot of people fooled. Those people are called Stans.
                  You seriously comparing Floyd's resume to Mundines?

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                  • PittyPat
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                    #79
                    I disagree that Judah and Hatton were tune-ups. They were 100% live opponents, especially Hatton who was undefeated.

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                    • ИATAS
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                      #80
                      Originally posted by BattlingNelson
                      Well I thought only HORUS believed it was not a tune-up (see sig), but apparently Allucard thinks so as well. Even with the benefit of hindsight.
                      damn, he compared JMM vs Floyd to SRL vs Duran?!? LMAO, that's pretty pathetic.

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