Comments Thread For: Mayweather Must Fight or Leave The Country, Says Roach

[imisupu]

Manny is now without a doubt one of the greatest boxers to grace the ring and my personal favourite by a long long way.
There is no fighter i dislike more than Mayweather(s).

However, i personally think that Floyds avoidance of Manny is due to his lack of confidence in beating him and thats where i think he is wrong.

However much i dislike him i believe he has the perfect setup to completely dismantle Manny.
Pacquiao's biggest test to date has been Marquez because of his superior boxing skills and Floyd made a mockery of those skills against JMM.

At 147 or above, it hurts to say, Floyd wins unless Pac can land a massive bomb.

One question how do you have David Tua listed in your top fighters he must be a relative of yours he has never really been a top guy EVER #justsaying but if that's your guy that's your guy but I'm a SUPER Roy Jones Jr. fan and I know better then to put him on a list right now as a top fighter now in history yeah but not current top five and Tua no disrespect he was an "almost fighter" You know almost did this and almost that.

[BABYBOXER]

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Of these 15 catchweight bouts that occurred for title fights, which are your 10 favorite catchweight bout?
There are 15 bouts, all of the fights are for title fights except Mayweather vs Marquez.
Please rank them in order of your favorite catchweights in history! Please only select your top 10, meaning 5 will be left out, Thanks! :-)

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Pernell Whitaker (145 catch-weight for W.W title)

Jimmy McLarnin vs Pancho Villa (114 catchweight but McLarnin came in overweight at 122)

Joe Gans vs Joe Walcott (138 pound catchweight)

Henry Maske vs ****** Hill (190 catchweight)

Bernard Hopkins vs Oscar De La hoya (158 catchweight)

Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales (both fighters agreed to make 135 but no one can weigh more than 147 on fight night)

Fernando Vargas vs Ricardo Mayorga (162 catchweight)

Roy Jones Jr. vs Felix Trinidad (170 catchweight)

Miguel Cotto vs Manny Pacquiao (145 catchweight)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Juan Manuel Marquez (144 catchweight, Mayweather came in overwheight at 146) (This is a non title bout but I added it anyways because prior to retirement, Floyd was the lineal W.W champ)

Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia (124 catchweight)

Terry Norris vs Meldrick Taylor (150 1/2 catchweight)

Henry Armstrong vs Law Jenkis (140 catchweight, for a Welterweight Bout! )

Emile Griffith vs Dave Charnley (148 catchweight)

Sugar Ray Leonard vs Donny Lalonde (168 catchweight)

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Catch weight is done to level the playing field. To make it even and fair. If you hate on pac hate on these great fighters as well. =P

good post to enlighten "catchweight haters" who does'nt know what is catchweight is all about, it's been practiced decades ago..

thanx for the boxing history lesson...cheers!

[ADP02]

It's funny lastnite Team Pac wanted Cheato to take a blood test right before the fight but their unwilling to then you get dumbasses coming on here blaming the fight not happening on PBF. Did you people hear Manny's answer when asked about PBF last night? His answer was "I'm not afraid to fight Floyd" but nobody asked him if he was afraid so where did that come from? When Manny submits to testing he will get stopped by PBF guaranteed.

From the witnesses, there was a good possibility that Margo drank something other than water just before the fight and that is a no no. Still, there was a lot of tension in both camps as they were wrapping the hands and both trainers were complaining.

At the end of the day, Manny didn't refuse to fight Margo even without any pre-fight drug testing. Floyd did refuse even though Manny would get tested pre-fight!!!

Also, when Roach complained about Margo's beard, Manny said, it's OK, I will just use it as a target!

Roach complained last night but Manny still fought Margo!

[counterpunch]

Here's some more enjoy =)

Of these 15 catchweight bouts that occurred for title fights, which are your 10 favorite catchweight bout?
There are 15 bouts, all of the fights are for title fights except Mayweather vs Marquez.
Please rank them in order of your favorite catchweights in history! Please only select your top 10, meaning 5 will be left out, Thanks! :-)

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Pernell Whitaker (145 catch-weight for W.W title)

Jimmy McLarnin vs Pancho Villa (114 catchweight but McLarnin came in overweight at 122)

Joe Gans vs Joe Walcott (138 pound catchweight)

Henry Maske vs ****** Hill (190 catchweight)

Bernard Hopkins vs Oscar De La hoya (158 catchweight)

Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales (both fighters agreed to make 135 but no one can weigh more than 147 on fight night)

Fernando Vargas vs Ricardo Mayorga (162 catchweight)

Roy Jones Jr. vs Felix Trinidad (170 catchweight)

Miguel Cotto vs Manny Pacquiao (145 catchweight)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Juan Manuel Marquez (144 catchweight, Mayweather came in overwheight at 146) (This is a non title bout but I added it anyways because prior to retirement, Floyd was the lineal W.W champ)

Paulie Ayala vs Johnny Tapia (124 catchweight)

Terry Norris vs Meldrick Taylor (150 1/2 catchweight)

Henry Armstrong vs Law Jenkis (140 catchweight, for a Welterweight Bout! )

Emile Griffith vs Dave Charnley (148 catchweight)

Sugar Ray Leonard vs Donny Lalonde (168 catchweight)

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Catch weight is done to level the playing field. To make it even and fair. If you hate on pac hate on these great fighters as well. =P

OK! like you said level! the playing field, what is not level between PAC and Margarito if they fight at welterweight since they both fighting in this division anyways? why do they have to fight at light middleweight set a catchweight and get a title while there are more qualified boxer's in that specific division to matched up w/o catchweight?

[ADP02]

I am surprised at this statement by Freddie Roach. Mosely KO'd margarito a couple of fights ago. Mayweather easily handled Mosely, so the ball is still in Floyd's court if you ask me. Just take the tests and they will get it on!

Of course the ball is still in PBF's court and they know it.

Triangle theory alert!

Manny destroyed Cotto who beat a better version of Mosley. So according to your theory, the ball should be in Manny's court.

[xAUGUSTUSx]

mayweather by round 6 TKO

easiest fight of his career.

Yea of course. LOL! I really can't believe how dumb some of you are.

[counterpunch]

OK! like you said level! the playing field, what is not level between PAC and Margarito if they fight at welterweight since they both fighting in this division anyways? why do they have to fight at light middleweight set a catchweight and get a title while there are more qualified boxer's in that specific division to matched up w/o catchweight?

almost all catchweight you mention above is set while the other fighter is coming from a lighter division, then i agree its a level of playing field but Pac and Margarito is already fighting in the same welterweight division, there is nothing to level between them.

[boxer2k5]

Well now , True , very True. Roach is telling the truth.

PBF can't take a fight without being called a ducker. EVER !!!!!!!!

If he does fight he must sign the contract and fight Pac.

He must get off the lame excuse of the drug tests, Pac took one last nite and evidently passed !!

Mayweather is getting older himself while on the sidelines watching Pac fight tough guys.

Pac just fought a man that came in Great shape, the same man that was ko'd by the man mayweather beat BUT if you will be honest, the Margo that fought Mosley was a shell. HE looked horrible, he just lost 30-40 pounds in 6 weeks, all his fault but nevertheless its what it is. I would love to have seen a fight with this Margo against both Mosley and Mayweather.

This Margo that fought Pac would have had no problems KOing Jr. I don't know if he could have KO'd Mosley but he would have Jr. He would have made Jr. either go down bad or Jr. would have jumped the ring messing his pants all the way to the dressing room.

The Pac that fought last nite would take care of the Mayweather that fought Mosley in about 4-5 rounds and it would be a Hatton all over again.

How do yall say it , hmmmmm,, lets see, "All roads lead to Pacman now" , right ?

what you have to be the dumbest person on this board. wow this is too crazy im done with this site. i love manny and respect him but he has the worst fans ever.

this dude said the margirito from sat night would have koed floyd lmaooooooooooooo
that slow mother****er wouldnt have hit floyd period. that **** would look like floyd vs boldimier. **** outta here these kids is pissing me off i cant even read this **** anymore

[Steven Adams]

the boxing community forgave Margarito to fight Manny... they gonna forgive Floyd too Roach. LOL

[al-Xander]

what you have to be the dumbest person on this board. wow this is too crazy im done with this site. i love manny and respect him but he has the worst fans ever.

this dude said the margirito from sat night would have koed floyd lmaooooooooooooo
that slow mother****er wouldnt have hit floyd period. that **** would look like floyd vs boldimier. **** outta here these kids is pissing me off i cant even read this **** anymore

Bud, Floyd ducked Margarito. That's just the truth.