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

[thatnickuh]

i said if you are not eating for days or drinking trying to lose weight then losing vials of blood is detrimental

i work in a hospital i see it first hand, dont need to look it up online

I thought that it was common knowledge that not eating or drinking for days at a time is detrimental to your health in itself. I wasn't asking you toclarify the obvious. I'm saying that the amount of blood taken for a blood test in itself is not detrimental to your health.

Since when does Pacquiao stop eating or drinking to make weight anyway? What's the point in bringing this hypothetical scenario up?

[amayseng]

Well if somthing wrong is said about floyd that person's a ******* or whatever the hell people copyright nowerdays at that person!! the person didn't even have to know if he knows who PAC is he's still a ******* and if somthing is said bad about PAC that mans a *****, flamingo etc etc..and even that man doesn't even have to know who floyd is he already has ben labled..u can't base your opinion witout being labled cuz each fan of each fighter gets pissed if somthing bad is spoken about them and what's the result..u get labled..these guys r trying to die for their fighters which insaingly halarious to say the least

i agree, i proudly state that i have never called anyone either of those names.

a bunch of men in here a fan of the hurt game, calling eachother girly names.

ridiculous

however, there are dudes in here on floyds nuts hahah

like one "sugar" says if floyd beats martinez he will be a top 5 of ALL TIME


i just cant get past that, he should be called out for that for the rest of his life

[amayseng]

I thought that it was common knowledge that not eating or drinking for days at a time is detrimental to your health in itself. I wasn't asking you toclarify the obvious. I'm saying that the amount of blood taken for a blood test in itself is not detrimental to your health.

Since when does Pacquiao stop eating or drinking to make weight anyway? What's the point in bringing this hypothetical scenario up?

i was stating when i saw mosley approached the week of the fight for testing that it would be detrimental when he is drying out for the fight.

hell they could have come sun, tues, and thurs for blood and the fight is on saturday..

would that be bad?

[amayseng]

I thought that it was common knowledge that not eating or drinking for days at a time is detrimental to your health in itself. I wasn't asking you toclarify the obvious. I'm saying that the amount of blood taken for a blood test in itself is not detrimental to your health.

Since when does Pacquiao stop eating or drinking to make weight anyway? What's the point in bringing this hypothetical scenario up?

did i say pac?

where did i say pac?


i was saying the problem with that test in general

and i agreed to the 14 day cutoff

[King Ju-Ju]

Peace is the best thing you've said my dude cause I'm not here for the BS, I'm here because I love the sport of boxing. Mad props to some of the very intelligent posters here cause it's my pleasure to talk boxing with you. We all have something to offer each other and I enjoy the hell out of every minute of it.

how saying all this but all u ever post is dumb **** about mayweather and get pissed when ever some1 isnt sucking him the way u think he deserves 2 be ******. dont play the humble role now.

[Rome-By-Ko]

You people really need to stop convincing yourselves that the amount of blood taken for a drug test is somehow detrimental to your health. Use your brains people. You have the internet, no excuses.

Use you brain or better yet use experience when I got blood drawn from me recently I felt week and was drinking hella OJ to try to get myself together.Everybody's body is different and reacts a different way.

[thatnickuh]

i was stating when i saw mosley approached the week of the fight for testing that it would be detrimental when he is drying out for the fight.

hell they could have come sun, tues, and thurs for blood and the fight is on saturday..

would that be bad?

As long as it's not the day of the fight, no I don't think it's bad. Olympic athletes are tested hours before they compete, and some have even set world records after having blood drawn. I would say that trying to cut weight at the last minute has more effect on a fighter than having a small amount of blood drawn.

[amayseng]

You just made a valid point. Which is the best thing to do:
Take the test and attempt to kick his ass or
Say who the **** is he **** him?
Why not just take the test for your fans then try to kick Floyd's ass?
Especially when your known for getting away with outrageous demands yourself. Manny is acting like a dude that loves to have his way and the reality is Floyd is by far the bigger draw. 51-3-2 is a great record to a boxing fan but to the average person 41-0 is the sh-t.

i think both guys have great drawing power.

i mean pac gets a lot of attention and ppv buys in the phillipines and floyd does well here

this fight would also get the casual fan, hell espn first and ten has been talking about it all week following the shane fight.

i think a 50-50 split is fair.

14 day cutoff should be fair

8 oz gloves or 10 , fair.

big ring, small ring, fair.

make the fight, thats all i care about, but it wont happen

so floyd should fight sergio at 154, the best competition out there for him

[amayseng]

As long as it's not the day of the fight, no I don't think it's bad. Olympic athletes are tested hours before they compete, and some have even set world records after having blood drawn. I would say that trying to cut weight at the last minute has more effect on a fighter than having a small amount of blood drawn.

i'm guessing you have never fought before and had to deal with cutting weight for a week up to a fight.

not eating, not drinking, and still adding cardio to lose weight along with blood testing through the week of the fight can be very detrimental.

you are just not getting it, not being a **** but you just can not comprehend it.

its ok

[Sugar Q]

i agree, i proudly state that i have never called anyone either of those names.

a bunch of men in here a fan of the hurt game, calling eachother girly names.

ridiculous

however, there are dudes in here on floyds nuts hahah

like one "sugar" says if floyd beats martinez he will be a top 5 of ALL TIME


i just cant get past that, he should be called out for that for the rest of his life

Lol your funny. What I really said was:
Corrales@130
Castillo@135
Gatti@140
Hatton
Shane, Zab & Baldo@147
Oscar@154
and Martinez the lt-middle & middle-wt champion@160 would definitely make you have to mention Floyd in the top 5 all time because he would go down as the smartest ever. Was the Leonard/Hearns era far better? Absolutely but based on this era Floyd has to be top 5 not #1 but top 5. It'll be very hard to rank a lot of guys in front of him. Robinson is the man but if Floyd caps it off with the middle-wt title I would sit hit in or around the top 5.