6 years ago the fights that the boxing world were asking Mayweather to take were....

[Vito Corleone]

What? Gatti had like 6 losses before fighting mayfeather.

So what?
How many losses does Shane have? How many losses did Glen Johnson have when he beat Roy?

You guys get too wrapped up in losses.

Is mayweather a better fighter than Pac simply because manny has more losses?

[Vito Corleone]

I admit I was wrong saying everyone thought it would be a mismatch, i.

I stopped reading right there.

[young_rascal]

So what?
How many losses does Shane have? How many losses did Glen Johnson have when he beat Roy?

You guys get too wrapped up in losses.

Is mayweather a better fighter than Pac simply because manny has more losses?

Saying Gatti was the heavy favorite is absolutely ridiculous. Find one source that backs up your claim.

[young_rascal]

The only fight I think Floyd legitimately avoided over the years was Margarito. For all his technical deficiencies Margarito had the size, chin, workrate, power and ability to cut off the ring that Floyd wanted no part of.

That said, Floyd's ducking is blown out of all proportion by most "haters". He's taken on most of the biggest challenges, if not at the times and weights we wanted him to do so at.

Agreed-- well put. Seemed like Floyd didn't think the risks and effort of fighting Margarito were worth the reward.

[AllEyesOpen]

People always like to look back and say Mayweather didn't fight the best, but in the end Mayweather didn't make Gatti the champ at 140, Hatton beat Kostya but he wasn't ready for Mayweather at 140. He wasn't responsible for Judah beating Spinks or being later beaten by Baldomir. What he did was beat Judah, Bladomir, Gatti, DLH & Hatton, the best at or around 147 at the time.

As for Cotto & Marg, at the time it wasn't very likely because of Arum and he still beat Baldomir to become the last unified lineal champ at 147 & DLH for the 154 title.

[SkillspayBills]

These articles are always ironic. Shows people will always find something new to complain about.

[Vito Corleone]

Saying Gatti was the heavy favorite is absolutely ridiculous. Find one source that backs up your claim.

Better yet, show me where I said gatti was the heavy favourite.

Do you have any reading comprehension skills at all?

[Vito Corleone]

These articles are always ironic. Shows people will always find something new to complain about.

[AllEyesOpen]

These articles are always ironic. Shows people will always find something new to complain about.

Yeah, it is. I remember after Judah lost to Baldomir and Mayweather still went ahead with the fight, people were saying up and down how it was a duck and how he's scared of Baldomir, until her completely outclassed him, then Baldomir became a bum.

[SkillspayBills]

The only fight I think Floyd legitimately avoided over the years was Margarito. For all his technical deficiencies Margarito had the size, chin, workrate, power and ability to cut off the ring that Floyd wanted no part of.

That said, Floyd's ducking is blown out of all proportion by most "haters". He's taken on most of the biggest challenges, if not at the times and weights we wanted him to do so at.

I disagree, if he had taken Marg they would say he was ducking Baldo, which many did while he was choosing who he would face. Honestly, the one I will give you is Cotto at 147. He didn't want to deal with Arum but so what, they were both undefeated and this was right after he beat Hatton. He chose DLH in a rematch instead of Cotto and that one, as a fan of Floyd, really made me shake my head.