When fighters get famous they start cherry picking.

[hugh grant]

Floyd is the most guilty ever. For a guy to be considered no2 in the world based on what he has done recently, here we have a guy who has talked his way there.

His early resume is good and thats what got himself acclaim. But once he got the acclaim hes lived off of it.
The famous saying is "The easy thing is getting there, the hard part is staying there". But Floyd is staying there with no fighting.

[goblin213]

I think De la Hoya was the last superstar that fought all comers. Even though I think Hoya was overrated, that guy could've fought any bum and I sell out any arena and do great PPV numbers but he still risked his superstar status and fought the best fighters out there.

[monkeyboy]

Yeah, gotta say DeLaHoya took risks even when he was a household name.
I love Pac but yes, younger undefeated fighters like Berto and Bradley would say more to me than Mosley. Sure, he'll still win but they've become champions, are at their peak and are hungry.
Mosley is 39. Margarito is a flawed ex-cheat and Clottey massively underformed (not Pac's fault).

[Barry Halls]

Who was the last 'take on all-comers' superstar?

eh, de la hoya?

[studentofthegam]

****ING great ****ing post my friend. I dunno if your a fan of K-1 and MMA as well, but no combat sport I watch has anyone like that except maybe (MAYBE) Overeem. Everyone looks bad as hell and then they become a champion, and people who don't even watch the sport know their names. Once the casual fan knows a fighter's name these days they become ****. You ought to defend against the BEST opponent you can find. For to show your supremacy. It's **** or get off the pot time for those guys and they're all too busy jerking off. A bunch of sad ass ***** champions. Andy ****ing Bowen against any of these light bums. Robinson against anyone near the middle, and **** yeah Joe Louis for the big boys...whats up? Real champions ain't scared to lose thats whats up......****ing ***** ****s....

Joe Louis not a good bet against the Klits.

I say Cotto and Marquez fight everybody. Guys like Floyd and Pac rightfully get to choose opponents because in our heart may it be fan or hater we know they are the best. Neither has fought a guy that wasnt A. a champion or B.P4P tops. Im cool with that. How can they please everyone when some people actually think guys like Khan, Alexander and Froch are great fighters. Then guys like Ward, Klitsko and Hopkins are nothing special.