Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Mosley Public Divide Explained in Cinema

[cupocity303]

that is not just my perception...that is the facts. That happedned, if u disagree...tell me which part!

So if the pacquiao part is pointless why even mention him at all in a mosley/floyd article?

The so-called majority perception of floyd is yours and the author's opinion.

Look around you, are you telling me that there are more fans who like Floyd, think of him as a fighter that fight the best OR are there more fans that think otherwise? Has nothing to do with what I or you think, that's the reality.

That is far from a fact so who is really adding their lil opinions....this whole piece for the most part was an opinion and a slewd one and that.

Sidenote: If your a floyd fan or not doesn't mean this article didn't make an attempt to be fair but come off as bias in certain parts of the article which took some ITS value imo

Blah you are hopeless.

I'm not getting into this petty arguement where you IQ drops post by post, goodbye.

[Shadow boxer 3]

very good artical, props to the author

[cupocity303]

very good artical, props to the author

Props to you.

You have a Mayweather avatar and signature picture and yet are still open minded enough to enjoy a well written piece without getting your panties in the twist, complaining that Floyd wasn't getting treated fairly (whatever that means) like some other "fans" in this thread.

[cortdawg25]

look around you, are you telling me that there are more fans who like floyd, think of him as a fighter that fight the best or are there more fans that think otherwise? Has nothing to do with what i or you think, that's the reality.






blah you are hopeless.

I'm not getting into this petty arguement where you iq drops post by post, goodbye.

are u referring to this site...last time i checked, this site didn't reflect the whole entire world. Just face it...the author feels a certain way toward floyd and tried desperatley to cover it and failed.

It is, what it is...an op-ed piece of literature that i felt was bias and i showed you why it was bias. Why don't u present somethign that suggests it isn't

[Wukillabeez78]

Glad to see that my article has generated so much feedback. What I was attempting to do was to present an article that is fair to both sides. To those who hate Floyd and call him a serial ducker, I point out that there was a time when Mayweather indeed took risks and was on the path to true greatness in the great traditions of the sport. To those who see Mosley as a hero for all time, I say that he is not the perfect hero in that he sometimes took chances that were too risky and that he failed as a result.

As I state in the article, Floyd should be congratulated for taking this fight. But when assessing his entire body of work, the fact that he bypassed the most challenging competition to take fights that would generated him the most money can't be ignored. The fact that he did so is a subject of profound disappointment to those of us who expected a whole lot more from him. It's obvious he has the skill set to achieve anything he sets his mind to, and his performances in certain fights raised our expectations to sky-high levels. The other piece of the puzzle is that we want to see our great champions put those wondrous skills to the ultimate test because that's what all the great champions of the past have done.

No matter what Mayweather does from here on in, that part of his career where he side-stepped the best at 147 will always be there. If he goes on to beat Mosley spectacularly and dominate Pacquiao to establish his pound-for-pound supremacy without question, then he deserves all the kudos that he gets. It will surely elevate his status in history, and deservedly so. At the same time, there will be this cloud of "what could have been."

There's no hate of Floyd here, and I went to great lengths (literally) to be fair to him. There is good and bad and I wanted to present a balanced picture. I think I've done that.

Thanks again for slogging through the 4,000-plus word article. I hope it was worth your time.

Lee

Wow! The actual writer of the article responding. That's great! It was definitely worth my time and I (as do many other boxing fans) understand and agree with your perception of Mayweather's career and Mosley's career. I wish some of these guys on this forum who say "it's opinion" that Mayweather hasn't fought the most challenging opposition since leaving lightweight had better knowledge of the careers of other, truly great fighters.

The facts are out there and hopefully May 1st is the first step toward us seeing a new Mayweather who wants to fight the most challenging fighters out there (to really prove his greatness) instead of fighting weaker opposition and then telling us he's better than truly great fighters who's greatness is defined not only by their skills and talent but more importantly by the other great men they fought and defeated.

[educator06]

Props to you.

You have a Mayweather avatar and signature picture and yet are still open minded enough to enjoy a well written piece without getting your panties in the twist, complaining that Floyd wasn't getting treated fairly (whatever that means) like some other "fans" in this thread.

yup and these are the pbf fans that i can appreciate

[King Ju-Ju]

yeah he attempted to be fair, but bias still showed thru. Pacquiao taking on bigger men who so happened to be the same men floyd already destroyed....that's real mcavoyish.


Mosley forgets about becoming linear of 140 for oscar is mcavoyish, but floyd becoming linear at 147 and then getting hoya is simmish...real fair!

actually floyd, didnt destroy de la hoya. manny did. he knocked out hatton in 9 rounds, manny did it in 2. floyds last fight came against a 135 pound fighter in marquez weighin 142 while pacquiao ran thru a 145 pound cotto and he beat joshua clottey. id say advantage goes 2 manny when comparing recent history.

[big_james10]

I originally thought this was a good article until I got to the part where he was writing about Mayweather. While some of the things he said about Mayweather were factual, others were nothing more than the typical criticisms of a hater, not facts presented by an unbiased journalist.

[big_james10]

actually floyd, didnt destroy de la hoya. manny did. he knocked out hatton in 9 rounds, manny did it in 2. floyds last fight came against a 135 pound fighter in marquez weighin 142 while pacquiao ran thru a 145 pound cotto and he beat joshua clottey. id say advantage goes 2 manny when comparing recent history.

I respect your opinion, but I disagree. Recent history indicates that it has been three years and five fights since Pacquaio fought a fighter who was on his way UP in the boxing profession instead of on the way down. That fighter was Marquez and we all know about the controversy surrounding that fight. In his next fight, he is likely fighting another guy on his way down (Margarito), which would make six fights in a row where he will be fighting someone who is either over the hill or on the decline while Floyd is fighting the best fighter in the welterweight division in his next fight.

[big_james10]

This article is so white washed.It fails to mention the fact that Mosley ducked Floyd for years,People claimed that Floyd was ducking Hatton (even though Hatton is the one that was ducking Floyd) And when Hatton decides to fight Floyd then the the Floyd haters started saying "oh floyd is taking on a fighter smaller then him" even though Floyd started his career at a lower weight class then Hatton.


The reason Floyd vs Margarito did`nt happen was because of money.Floyd was willing to accept the 8 million dollars for Margarito if Arum would have guaranteed him 20 million for a fight with Delahoya and 10 million for Cotto and 10 million for Hatton.


And this Article fails to mention that most of Pacquiao big wins was against fighters who were weight drained and/or pass their prime and Pacquiao ducked dangerous opponents such as Mosley,Tim Bradley,Nate Campbell,juan Guzman.


The writer of this article is extremely bias and writes like a *******.

You made some very good points. The writer also forgot to mention that Floyd called out both Hatton and Cotto at 140 (he wanted to fight Hatton in his first fight at 140) and both of their handlers said no way, yet he was supposedly avoiding Cotto at 140 and fighting a smaller fighter in Hatton.

Also, when Pac jumped from 135 to 147 to fight De La Hoya, it was okay. However, when Marquez did it to fight Mayweather, he was "just a lightweight". I could go on and on about the bias in this article. This is nothing more than a long thread written by a Mayweather hater.