Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Mosley is a Non-Title Fight, Says Schaefer

[ИATAS]

this is why boxing is ******ed at times.

[Roy Keane]

its just that mayweather is at the stage in his career where belts dont mean as much as big money fights hes already been a belt holder at 147lbs.

[GT-R]

Floyd doesnt want to defend the belt if win this. If u got the title, everyone will have their crosshairs on you and which means u have to take on the #1 Contender. Floyds another excuse to DUCK, DUCK and DUCK the best.

[dvb]

in my opinion i think a big reason is floyd doesnt have as much money as he would like.

surely he could win the belt and use it as bargaining for a unification fight with pac or berto even?, sure he wont be forced to defend it agianst some bum straight away when the fight everyone would want should he win would be pacman vs floyd?

surely floyd would want to claim himself the top no 1 guy with a belt to his victory?.

[Thread Stealer]

Floyd doesnt want to defend the belt if win this. If u got the title, everyone will have their crosshairs on you and which means u have to take on the #1 Contender. Floyds another excuse to DUCK, DUCK and DUCK the best.

Would you really want to see him fight the winner of Souleymane Mbaye-Antonin Decarie?

The best opponent for him to take is Pacquiao, and he can't be a mandatory since he has another belt.

[ИATAS]

Mayweather doesn't want the belt because he doesn't want to have to fight who the WBA or any other sanctioning body wants him to fight. Floyd doesn't want to fight the young, hungry kid who has come up through the ranks and is rated the #1 contender. Floyd only wants to fight big money fights. He can say belts only collect dust all he wants but in reality he is really saying screw mandatory title defenses. I want to fight who I want, where I want, when I want, for this amount of $$$....

All of you guys who feel more fighters should follow suit obviously don't care about the young, upcoming fighters either. How are they going to get title shots when no one wants to fight them? The system we currently have that ranks the fighters forces the champions to have to defend their belts against these challengers. I think that the sanctioning organizations need to be revamped and the ranking system obviously needs to be tweeked (how can a fighter be ranked by one organization and not ranked by another) but feel the way things are done now is good for the sport. Prizefighters fight for purses (money) but the main goal should still be to get to the top of your division and win the hardware (belts). If this is your goal you're going to make money. You can still fight other challengers that might not be your mandatories because you only have a few mandatories a year and have plenty of time to schedule big money non-mandatory showdowns.

Excellent post.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Would you really want to see him fight the winner of Souleymane Mbaye-Antonin Decarie?

Thank you.........

hahahaha

[Pretty Boy Greg]

I guess he really doesn't care about titles anymore.

exactly... but why should he? the belts are a ****ing joke anymore anyways

[V.WEBB]

Floyd doesnt want to defend the belt if win this. If u got the title, everyone will have their crosshairs on you and which means u have to take on the #1 Contender. Floyds another excuse to DUCK, DUCK and DUCK the best.

[The Big Dunn]

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has confirmed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley, scheduled for May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is technically a non-title fight. The WBA's welterweight title will only be at stake for Mosley, because Mayweather has refused to pay the necessary sanctioning fees. [Click Here To Read More]

I wonder if floyd comes in over 147lbs?