POLL: 9 Hours Away: If Fight Falls Through, Who Do You Blame?

[-Kev-]

He fought Marquez/Barrera/Morales pretty much in a span of 3 years.

A guy who does that doesn't duck nobody.

Those guys are first ballot HOF'amers and ATG's.

Get real coach.

You don't get it. He's hard to negotiate with.

The Marquez rematch didn't happen until 4 years after the first one. Because Pacquiao was being a drama queen with the split and Marquez refused to bend down for him.

[The Big Dunn]

Taht was pretty awesome.

It was also 8 years ago. My beef is with his comp after Castillo 2.

You can't tell me you look at that list and not laugh. Its pitiful.

Over the last 5 yrs 147 floyd has beaten the undisputed champ, the former undisputed champ, the consensus #1, chop chop, brussels, the undisputed lineal 140 lb champ who was moving up and went up to win a 154 lb belt.

WHo should he have fought?

[-MAKAVELLI-]

how many times has PAC said;


'he lives in puerto rico...cant fight him'


'he has losses...cant fight him'


'he's not a draw....cant fight him'


'take my tests...or i wont fight him'


'im gonna retire now...cant fight them'

[-MAKAVELLI-]

You don't get it. He's hard to negotiate with.

The Marquez rematch didn't happen until 4 years after the first one. Because Pacquiao was being a drama queen with the split and Marquez refused to bend down for him.

OMFG...you cant be serious


the HBO budget for that fight was $1.2million and JMM, using his belt as an excuse, wanted $1mil of it...who was being a drama queen again?

[Jo94403]

I asked this question on another thread. And I'll ask again.

WHO ARE WE ALL WAITING ON????

Are we waiting on:

Manny
Top Rank
GBP
Mayweather Sr.
Roger Mayweather
Ellerbe

Oh, yes we're "only" waiting on FLOYD!

So who is to blame?


There's only one, "Floyd Mayweather Jr."

[-Kev-]

Taht was pretty awesome.

It was also 8 years ago. My beef is with his comp after Castillo 2.

You can't tell me you look at that list and not laugh. Its pitiful.

De La Hoya at 154, Mosley, Hatton, Judah is not a horrible line up like you're making it seem. Corley wasn't that bad either at the time. One year later Corley fought Cotto and almost stopped him but lost due to Cotto's body punching.

[southcentralcar]

how many times has PAC said;


'he lives in puerto rico...cant fight him'


'he has losses...cant fight him'


'he's not a draw....cant fight him'


'take my tests...or i wont fight him'


'im gonna retire now...cant fight them'

damn right,fool pac comes up with more ridiculous statments. he says that he is afraid to get blood drained ! haha blood drained.. lol
but he is serious about that, in some mysterious way the tests weaken him. but perhaps its not the tests but its that he cant take roids ?!

[j.one]

how many times has PAC said;


'he lives in puerto rico...cant fight him'


'he has losses...cant fight him'


'he's not a draw....cant fight him'


'take my tests...or i wont fight him'


'im gonna retire now...cant fight them'

Manny: Ummm Uhhhhh Too Big, Wants Drug Tests, Um Uhhhhh Arum, Reyes Gloves, Needles, Roach says....

[Mr Punch.]

I'm a big Mayweather fan, but if he doesn't sign he is to blame for not making the fight happen.

[S.G.]

Taht was pretty awesome.

It was also 8 years ago. My beef is with his comp after Castillo 2.

You can't tell me you look at that list and not laugh. Its pitiful.

It's far from the most impressive run of form in boxing history (although by no means laughable) but I think the issue of dodging challenges is overstated. The only real instances I concede personally are Cotto pre-Margarito/Margarito post-Cotto, when Mayweather instead briefly retired, and there was probably time enough in '06 for Floyd to fit both Baldomir and Margarito in. It's not exactly a black and white issue though.

Pacquiao has been tough to negotiate with for a while now, but most of his opponents were willing to bend over.