List of great fighters floyd never fought

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  • HaglerSteelChin
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    #31
    Originally posted by Mitch5
    do you think he ducked them...and you consider spadafora,margs, grigorian great?
    Spadafora was champion at the division and was a top southpaw who never lost a fight even to today. He is not HOF but a top opponent for him.

    Already discussed Margs.

    Grigorian was lightweight champion for a long time. Sure not a big name, but he did defend his WBO title like 16 or 17 times before losing. I think his streak was the longest since Benny Leonard. Even duran had only 12 defenses. BTW, he also was a Southpaw, not saying Floyd ducks southpaws but now with pac, it kind of leaves an impression he dont like southpaws.

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    • MindBat
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      #32
      Originally posted by yesir
      floyd called out tszyu, spadafora, said he would fight cotto and marg is arum paid him 10mil to fight each. cotto wanted no parts of floyd at 140 and never calle dhim out at 147

      and manny pac walked away from 50/50 and 14 days.

      so blame arum or the fighters. but floyd asked/wanted the fights and did get them
      Exactly. And neither did Cotto call Floyd out. Possible Arum gag order and sheltering.

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        #33
        Originally posted by yesir
        floyd called out tszyu, spadafora, said he would fight cotto and marg is arum paid him 10mil to fight each. cotto wanted no parts of floyd at 140 and never calle dhim out at 147

        and manny pac walked away from 50/50 and 14 days.

        so blame arum or the fighters. but floyd asked/wanted the fights and did get them
        I have all of Floyd fights, i saw the interviews after the fight. He jumped to 140 only when Gatti was champ, he never wanted Tszyu, was there any offers to the Tszyu camp?

        Cotto another fighter i have all of his fights and was willing to fight Mayweather. He didnt call him out to later but was willing to fight anyone. Mayweather retired after Hatton, it made a fight with cotto impossible.

        As far as pac, i believe he called out Mayweather's bluff, there was now an offer for 50-50 and random blood testing and he walked away from possibly 50 million.

        130 pounds is the only division that FLoyd pretty much cleaned out minus Casamayor.

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        • Shabba Rank$
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          #34
          Lmao at the dude that said Paul Williams.

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            #35
            Lmao at the dude that said Paul Williams.

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            • Mitch5
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              #36
              Originally posted by HaglerSteelChin
              Spadafora was champion at the division and was a top southpaw who never lost a fight even to today. He is not HOF but a top opponent for him.

              Already discussed Margs.

              Grigorian was lightweight champion for a long time. Sure not a big name, but he did defend his WBO title like 16 or 17 times before losing. I think his streak was the longest since Benny Leonard. Even duran had only 12 defenses. BTW, he also was a Southpaw, not saying Floyd ducks southpaws but now with pac, it kind of leaves an impression he dont like southpaws.
              yeah ok but the grigorian fight in the states much?

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              • DJR005
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                #37
                here

                I dont know if id label these guys as all time greats but here is a list of some very good fighters that he hasnt or didnt fight to date.

                Joel Casomayor
                Antonio Margs
                Miguel Cotto
                Winky Wright( in 2005 and 6 Winky was dominating and challenged PBF at 154 and FLoyd said he wasnt worth his time)
                Manny Pacman
                Paul Williams

                The bright side is that Floyd can still fight 5 of them and they are all in or within 1 damn weight class. Im not the kind of guy who talks badly about fighters especially when the talent he has is second to none in my opinion but, if you claim to be the best in the sport and GOAT then fight people who will challenge you. Not Sahne at 38 when he wanted to fight 5 years ago. Not JMM who is 2 weight classes lighter. Not Ricky Hatton who was overrated in my opinion and weighed at 140 in his prime not 147.

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                  #38
                  since floyd said anyone from 154 n down bring em n he'd take em i need to include winky wright/vernon forrest. cant say he ducked forrest, but i remember him talking about winky n winky wanting the fight.

                  at 135 i woulda loved to see him fight stevie johnston

                  other than that...spadafora, casamayor, tszyu, cotto, marg, pacman

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                  • HaglerSteelChin
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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Mitch5
                    yeah ok but the grigorian fight in the states much?
                    Mayweather would have beat Grigorian i feel- probably easy. I just mentioned the biggest fighters he faced. Can't blame Floyd for not fighting over in Germany seeing how many gift decisions guys like Sven Ottke and Valuev got. But i think Southpaws always give him a tough time ie-Judah(early), Corley(had him on ***** street), De La Hoya(thought he was winning until he gas out in last found rounds as usual).

                    I think if Floyd did fight Pacquiao this November i think alot of the issue of ducking would have been erased. As last two fights would have been Mosley and Pac. I think even *******s would have given him respect if he fought a hard fight and even loss. It's hard to imagine Robinson not fighting Armstrong or Lamotta as he did, Ali not fighting Frazier or Foreman as he did, and Leonard not fighting guys like hearns, duran, benitez, and Hagler as he did.

                    Floyd would always have that stimga about Pacquiao, not being a hater just calling a spade a spade. I do expect Red K for the post, but just trying to rationalize the post.

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                      #40
                      Stevie Johnston.

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