Comments Thread For: Larry Merchant on Floyd Mayweather, History and Legacy

[Sugar Q]

Who gave Floyd Flack for fighting Hoya?That's one of his career defining fights.Cotto was still green at 140lb.He got praised for fighting Hoya time was right.Shane not fighting him in 06 when the boss wanted to fight may come bro you know who was fighting May first.

Come on Rome people say Oscar was shot then the same people turn around and say damn Manny beat Oscar. Cotto was a natural 140 and Floyd was coming up from 135 that was a perfect time. I aint tryna hear that Shane sidestepped when the boss wanted to fight him the point is Floyd called his ass out and he said go pick on Margarito, I got a toothache, lol. The fact is he called his ass out and he said no. This is a grown man's business so now look what happened. Shane just prolonged the inevitable. :-)

[amayseng]

Come on Rome people say Oscar was shot then the same people turn around and say damn Manny beat Oscar. Cotto was a natural 140 and Floyd was coming up from 135 that was a perfect time. I aint tryna hear that Shane sidestepped when the boss wanted to fight him the point is Floyd called his ass out and he said go pick on Margarito, I got a toothache, lol. The fact is he called his ass out and he said no. This is a grown man's business so now look what happened. Shane just prolonged the inevitable. :-)

oscar was drained anyone could see that


holy **** guys, 48 pages, and we are actually getting along with a good debate

[Rome-By-Ko]

oscar was drained anyone could see that


holy **** guys, 48 pages, and we are actually getting along with a good debate

This was a atg thread.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Come on Rome people say Oscar was shot then the same people turn around and say damn Manny beat Oscar. Cotto was a natural 140 and Floyd was coming up from 135 that was a perfect time. I aint tryna hear that Shane sidestepped when the boss wanted to fight him the point is Floyd called his ass out and he said go pick on Margarito, I got a toothache, lol. The fact is he called his ass out and he said no. This is a grown man's business so now look what happened. Shane just prolonged the inevitable. :-)

You right Shane should have fought him but The Golden one was calling the shots you know this mang.I never said anything about that fight(Goldenboy)I always gave May his due just as I gave him credit for beating Mosley.Cotto was better at 147 you know that Sugar.

[Devils Advocate]

Speak for yourself, I'd much rather see him fight Martinez.

I can't see how Pac wins TBH, unless the fight is made at 140.

I want to see him face Pacquaio first but Martinez ain't going no where. He ain't no where close to becoming 38 and after Pacquiao their ain't no one left to face but Martinez. Mayweather won't fight Paul Williams b/c he is 2 much of a mystery. Williams Height and Arm span can work for him or against him depending on which Williams shows up. Then again Mayweather could pot shot Williams 2 death and move around all night but later be critized for being boring but that would be impressive regardless of how he got the victory.

One thing for sure Martinez is going to have to fight some one in the interim on HBO to get him some more exposure or else the fight won't happen.

[amayseng]

This was a atg thread.

haha no doubt


wonder if this will go in sugars top 5?

haha

[switchsouthpaw]

like i said, thug family
family has history of drugs, beating women and prison

no?

thug as in thats what we call them in todays lingo

not 1887 dictionary

You're not going to win this argument, seems the term "racist" is a reflexive response usually uttered over and over by the same posters who make Roger Mayweather seem like a Rhodes Scholar, they will attach race to anything they can relate to and defend, even if it's bad behavior which really is a cop-out....end of story. I guess Mayweather is more relatable.

[Sugar Q]

You right Shane should have fought him but The Golden one was calling the shots you know this mang.I never said anything about that fight(Goldenboy)I always gave May his due just as I gave him credit for beating Mosley.Cotto was better at 147 you know that Sugar.

True Cotto was better @147 but the fact is Cotto was offered the fight and he turned down. It's also a fact that Arum was the culprit behind the Cotto and Cheato fights not happening.

[mrjoeblive]

But Rome this goes beyond Floyd and Pac. This is for the good of boxing. They wanna make it a Floyd thing but this is about the future of boxing and what better time than in the biggest event in boxing history. Be honest with me Rome, if this was Pac asking Floyd for testing can you honestly tell me this would be looked at and handled the same way?

if it were floyd REFUSING to take the ost, he would be crucified and anybody that says different is deluded. floyd would be a criminal if he didnt accept the ost.

[waxfondler]

Now this may get laughed at....but here goes....Baldomir is actually highly under rated on this forum. He gave Floyd problems especially early......if you actually watch the fight you will understand why he fought the way he did....Baldomir is one of the most awkward inside fighters of the last 20 years.....there is a reason floyd hired him repeatedly for sparring after he beat him......Baldomir was a difficult opponent for any welter......he's not elite...but was a very good 47 pounder........and he gets zero appreceiation here as a very solid 47 pounder simply because he lost to PBF which i find sad.......the man had a 9 year unbeaten run at 47 and beat Gatti and Judah at that weight......he deserves some respect.

ok, ok.... some respect then. ;P