Why does Mayweather always have to have a tune up fight?

[studentofthegam]

Question is, what is it a tune up for?? Retirement again??

After every retirement he comes back and beats the same guys yall say are gonna be trouble. Hatton & DLH then Mosley & Marquez. Very few could handle those combos. Be patient kid.

[J.R]

After every retirement he comes back and beats the same guys yall say are gonna be trouble. Hatton & DLH then Mosley & Marquez. Very few could handle those combos. Be patient kid.

I never said he doesn't beat these guys, his record would prove me wrong, all i'm saying is that with his habit of 'retiring' after every fight whats to say he won't do it after this supposed fight?

[Dale Cardon]

you all saying Clottey's fight was a B.S.? Clottey was top 5 Welterweight when Pac fought him and nobody really dominated the guy in a welterweight. Pac just made him look like a bum. Clottey is a counter puncher with great defense. i didnt know fighting a true welterweight in a welterweight division where no man ever dominated him was a B.S. fight.

You are right, nobody has dominated Clottey in WW before Pac, and I mean nobody.

He could have even won against Margarito had he not broken his hand in the fourth round of their fight.

Clottey rose to prominence by winning his first twenty fights, including 14 by knockout. After the controversial loss to baldomir, Clottey rebounded with 10 fight winning streak highlighted by his first win on American soil and capture of several minor welterweight and middleweight titles.

He has 35 wins (20 KOs), and 4 losses with 1 no contest.

I don't consider anyone with that kind of record a bum.

[[ DUBBZZ ]]

For the money and not to risk the 0 on his record is all I can guess.

Thats all he's interested in. Everyone on this board knows it, its clear as day but some just refuse to admit it. Some refuse to even accept it! Sad.

[AndrewDobson]

mayweather is obviously lazy. picking fighters he knows will be easy
he knows pacquiao will make him work for 12 rounds and he doesnt like that

[Jim Tom]

If he is so great and "the greatest fighter ever" like himself and lots of his fan boys claim to be then why does he always have a tuneup fight? Sugar Ray Leonard came right back after more than one year off in the ring and went right in for top guy Marvin Hagler. De La Hoya was off for a year and went right in to fight top guy Floyd, sure he lost but it wasn't a big loss by any means. One year off is not that much,especially if you are great at something or at least half as great as you claim to be. So why does he need a tuneup like making Marquez jump up two classes or going after nobodies like Spadafora?

He uses people like Marquez as tune ups.Marquez was pound for pound number 2,was robbed against Pacquiao who was considered number one.So what more do you want from the guy?

[tomhawq]

makes you wonder how long fanboys would see it. floyd came back for the money. phuk this thing called legacy. when he retired he was content in being the spectator rather than the spectacle. he was a big *******. he enjoys watching the pacman. he never thougth the demand to fight him would be huge. i for one didn't either. he said something nice about the pacman. but heck with the pacman subject. pacman has become irrelevant in lil floyd's life. he wants none of him. so now he's on his own doing his own thing. this is all his decision. there's no arum for him to decide which he fights next. it's all his.

[AndrewDobson]

mayweather vs marquez is like martinez vs mayweather

marquez was ridiculously smaller than mayweather

[myCoCainE]

mosley and marquez are tune ups for floyd but the best available fights for the #1 boxer in the sport. What is life like in delusion land?

Actually, Mosley was a legit fight for Floyd but is being considered a stay busy fight right now for Pacquiao so go figure.

[studentofthegam]

I never said he doesn't beat these guys, his record would prove me wrong, all i'm saying is that with his habit of 'retiring' after every fight whats to say he won't do it after this supposed fight?

Im a Floyd fan but honest. If we're gonna decide by his history repeating itself then its this. Tune-up then super fight then retirement.