Comments Thread For: Mayweather Has Yet To Sign, Schaefer Getting Frustrated

[hahaa]

cmon floyd, sign the papers!

[disolly]

controversy.... ha floyd being floyd... either he never planned on this happening and he was just trying to keep his name out there while the pac fight happens or he is just waiting to sign to get more media attention. either way people are talking about him, which he loves.
i hate the guy but he knows the business of boxing, that is for sure.

[Alibata]

cocococococold feet? Mayweather is going to be forced to fight Shane.

[check hook]

This was Dougie Fischer's (surely he's credible right?) response to a Mayweather fanboy who had claimed May to be the greatest thing since sliced bread;

You have a warped take on recent history, Tommy. There was no huge public demand for Mayweather to fight Baldomir or Hatton. Prior to the De La Hoya fight, Floyd was only known by hardcore fans and the diehards wanted him to fight badass welterweights like Margarito and Cotto. No one gave a rat’s ass about Baldomir (who was just a Zab Judah creation) and PPV numbers to this fight support my claim. If you can find more than five credible boxing writers who thought Baldomir had a chance in hell to beat Mayweather I’ll mail you a $100 bill.

Post-De La Hoya nobody cared to see Mayweather defend the welterweight title against Hatton, a guy who went life and death with Luis Collazo at welterweight and who looked ordinary in out-pointing Juan Urango at 140 pounds. I’ll say this about the Hatton fight, at least the Brit’s popularity and HBO’s 24/7 series made for an event that helped to further Mayweather’s crossover celebrity that began with the De La Hoya fight.

However, Mayweather “retired” rather than face the media’s and the public’s demand to fight the winner of Cotto-Margarito. And he fought the 36-year-old lightweight champ when he decided to come back.

It’s funny. Before he fought De La Hoya, Mayweather claimed that Goldie only fought smaller and older fighters on his way up. Now look what Mayweather does while on top of the proverbial mountain. At least the next “old man” Mayweather faces is a real welterweight.

You might be right about Mayweather’s chances vs. Mosley, Pacquiao and P-Will, but we’ll never know until he fights them. One fight at a time, kid. Let’s see what happens on May 1.

Your thoughts on Mayweather vs. the Greats are absolutely ridiculous and unfounded. Thank you for being honest about not knowing much about Burley. Now be honest about Armstrong and Gavilan and admit that you’ve never seen a complete fight of either all-time great. And if you have, you don’t know what you’re looking at.

He makes some good points......i would never argue Mayweather is a top 20 ATG......but Pac isn't either........

[check hook]

Ever read the art of war? The person who needs to verbalize that they've won something are usually on the the opposite end of that delusion, now wave to me from across the street.

I've asserted that he hasn't signed the contract. Hmmm Hook do me a favor, remind again what the title of this thread is? If winning was losing, you'd have you have earned your masters already.

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It's in the old book shelf i have read it a few times....better than the prince....

[FLY TY]

This was Dougie Fischer's (surely he's credible right?) response to a Mayweather fanboy who had claimed May to be the greatest thing since sliced bread;

You have a warped take on recent history, Tommy. There was no huge public demand for Mayweather to fight Baldomir or Hatton. Prior to the De La Hoya fight, Floyd was only known by hardcore fans and the diehards wanted him to fight badass welterweights like Margarito and Cotto. No one gave a rat’s ass about Baldomir (who was just a Zab Judah creation) and PPV numbers to this fight support my claim. If you can find more than five credible boxing writers who thought Baldomir had a chance in hell to beat Mayweather I’ll mail you a $100 bill.

Post-De La Hoya nobody cared to see Mayweather defend the welterweight title against Hatton, a guy who went life and death with Luis Collazo at welterweight and who looked ordinary in out-pointing Juan Urango at 140 pounds. I’ll say this about the Hatton fight, at least the Brit’s popularity and HBO’s 24/7 series made for an event that helped to further Mayweather’s crossover celebrity that began with the De La Hoya fight.

However, Mayweather “retired” rather than face the media’s and the public’s demand to fight the winner of Cotto-Margarito. And he fought the 36-year-old lightweight champ when he decided to come back.

It’s funny. Before he fought De La Hoya, Mayweather claimed that Goldie only fought smaller and older fighters on his way up. Now look what Mayweather does while on top of the proverbial mountain. At least the next “old man” Mayweather faces is a real welterweight.

You might be right about Mayweather’s chances vs. Mosley, Pacquiao and P-Will, but we’ll never know until he fights them. One fight at a time, kid. Let’s see what happens on May 1.

Your thoughts on Mayweather vs. the Greats are absolutely ridiculous and unfounded. Thank you for being honest about not knowing much about Burley. Now be honest about Armstrong and Gavilan and admit that you’ve never seen a complete fight of either all-time great. And if you have, you don’t know what you’re looking at.

nice article, but dougie contradicts himself, and comes off as another hater....

floyd-hatton did nearly a million buys, so if that doesn't equal public demand, idk what gets the job done.....he also states there was no public demand for hatton, and mayweather was largely unknown until just before that point.

well if that's the case, cotto and margarito were defintiely unknown, so there had to be absolutely NO public demand for either of those fights.

the baldomir thing is easy to figure out. floyd-judah was being hyped long before that fight, so once judah LOST to baldomir, had floyd fought judah after he lost to baldomir, and completely looked past baldomir and never fought him, floyd would've been crucified....so he fights him, makes it look easy, and he still gets crucified.

if dougie can name 5 other writers (besides himself), that think shane wins this fight, i'll give him $100.

[johnle43]

nice article, but dougie contradicts himself, and comes off as another hater....

to anyone who disagrees with a floyboy about floyd prolly comes off as a hater.

[leisud]

Mind games maybe...or just scared!!!!

To all the Mayweather fans out there:Wouldn't you agree that finally Floyd is fighting not just a good fighter but a legitimate welterweight!!! How can you be in the division for years and never fight anybody from that weight class. Here is a chance for him to back up his words for all the other fights that didn't happen and should have. I think he knows that Mosley poses a real threat no matter what age. If its so easy than sign the contract and make that easy money. I think he got pushed into this fight. Mosley challenged him in the ring old school style after Floyd stated over and over that nobody ever calls him out. Well this is the second time Mosley calls him out. Tell us Floyd what's the hold up or is there a specific number of times you have to get called out in order to take a serious fight. Its not even funny anymore just PATHETIC.

[check hook]

controversy.... ha floyd being floyd... either he never planned on this happening and he was just trying to keep his name out there while the pac fight happens or he is just waiting to sign to get more media attention. either way people are talking about him, which he loves.
i hate the guy but he knows the business of boxing, that is for sure.

good post.......we all know this is just extra hype.....

[switchsouthpaw]

He makes some good points......i would never argue Mayweather is a top 20 ATG......but Pac isn't either........

Why do you keep bringing up Pac whenever criticism is leveled at Floyd? What does one have to do with the other?