Comments Thread For: Andre Berto Gives His Take on Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[tlarry]

I Don't Have To Respect ANYTHING About Mayweather!

He's a weasel that hand picked every opponent, selecting one dimensional, lead with your chin, smaller or much older-past their prime opposition. He fought Oscar and most that saw that fight said Oscar won the fight. He nearly got knocked out by Judah and Mosley. And if you think Gatti was top notch, then you don't know Boxing. He lacks a lot of courage and if his career is all about the "0", have at it. He is no legend like the likes of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Cesar Chavez or Arguello. Win, lose, or draw those guys fought the best of the best, multiple times. Mayweather won't even fight Pacquiao, and everyone else is fighting for the chance!

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did you say sergio martinez? so why is he not fighting dmitriy pirog? or better yet, climb one division and challenge lucian bute. why is he calling out welterweights?

He's fought the toughest competition available, which is certainly better than facing faded, weight drained, in-house fighters. The only thing Martinez really wants is big payday, and at 36, he dam well deserves it!

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He's a weasel that hand picked every opponent, selecting one dimensional, lead with your chin, smaller or much older-past their prime opposition. He fought Oscar and most that saw that fight said Oscar won the fight. He nearly got knocked out by Judah and Mosley. And if you think Gatti was top notch, then you don't know Boxing. He lacks a lot of courage and if his career is all about the "0", have at it. He is no legend like the likes of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Cesar Chavez or Arguello. Win, lose, or draw those guys fought the best of the best, multiple times. Mayweather won't even fight Pacquiao, and everyone else is fighting for the chance!

Everything I wanted to say and more, thank you.

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Actually when Mayweather fought Baldomir (who was the legitimate welterweight champion), he earned $8,000,001 to poke fun at Arum and Margarito. But hey, those are mere triflin facts that those of us who were actually following the sport back then remember instead off regurgitating things that we've heard from others who only started following the sport in the 2-3 years. Carry on.

As for Cotto, Mayweather attempted to fight him when they were at 140. Arum said Cotto was "too green", while simultaneously promoting him as th WBO champ in that division.

As for wanting to see Money hurt or have his career come to a screeching halt. You might want to praying for Mayweather-Martinez opposed to Mayweather-Pacquaio.

No, wait a minute, did you just place the words legitimate and Carlos Boldomir in the same sentence? LOL!

[GRUSTLER]

floyd lost that fight by at least by 3 rounds castillo punished hes body alot and by the 9,10,11,12 floyd was not moving he had to sit down on hes shots to hurt castillo cuz the guy was tired given the shots to the body which is understandable and going into the 11th & 12th round he had to KO castillo to win..didnt u hear roger telling lil floyd telling he had to KO castillo in the last round??!! what happened to floyd that fight was he was trying to cruise from the start and castillo caught up to him and led on points and it was a lil bit too late for jr to catch up

I heard Roger say that. Mostly every fighter got a gift here or there (not making excuses) but Floyd handled his business in the rematch. I also remember in the first fight when Floyd dropped Castillo in the early rounds and it wasn't ruled a KD.

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No, wait a minute, did you just place the words legitimate and Carlos Boldomir in the same sentence? LOL!

Carlos Baldomir was the Lineal WW champion no matter what you think about him as a fighter. He beat the Undisputed WW champion. Technically he was LEGIT. If you won't take my word for it. Just asked Antonio Margarito The guy Mayweather supposedly ducked to fight Baldomir......

"Mayweather should be the favorite," Margarito said, "but Baldomir's a dangerous fighter. We'll see."

"The only two threats I see at 147 pounds are Mayweather and Baldomir," Margarito recently told ESPN.com over brunch in Las Vegas. He will have, he said, a rooting interest Saturday night.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=2420382

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Amen. (What's the minimum characters for a successful reply in boxingscene?)

10? I think.

[GRUSTLER]

the word ducking is thrown around too easy and too much, now of us as boxing fans know enough about any situation to why a fight never happen

EXACTLY. Most people on here just recycle the same accusations without even knowing what happened specifically and the minute you pull out documented proof. They want to say that it is bull****? So I'm supposed to believe posters on here and not the words coming out of the horse's mouth? I understand people hate Mayweather or any other fighter for that matter but before people posts. They should know specifics and discontinue the personal opinions because it holds no weight to what actually happened.

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Actually when Mayweather fought Baldomir (who was the legitimate welterweight champion), he earned $8,000,001 to poke fun at Arum and Margarito. But hey, those are mere triflin facts that those of us who were actually following the sport back then remember instead off regurgitating things that we've heard from others who only started following the sport in the 2-3 years. Carry on.

As for Cotto, Mayweather attempted to fight him when they were at 140. Arum said Cotto was "too green", while simultaneously promoting him as th WBO champ in that division.

As for wanting to see Money hurt or have his career come to a screeching halt. You might want to praying for Mayweather-Martinez opposed to Mayweather-Pacquaio.

LMAO

[StrangerInTown]

The Racket Squad- The Imperfections Of 'Money'.

It's rather easy to remain undefeated if you don't fight.
Floyd is a lesson in missed opportunity.
We will never know just how good he actually was.
His heart no longer beats the sensation of a prize fighter.
His rhythm recites that which defeats all egomaniacs.
Illusion.

Pac beats him on will power and intrinsic talent.
Berto is too eager but has the appetite 'Money' squandered.
No.
It's too late when a pugilist would prefer to gamble at a Casino table as opposed to a boxing arena.

The well went dry.
Enough Said.