Floyd Mayweather: "I Only Want One Person, Pacquiao...Why Is He Duckin' And Dodgin'

[Doctor_Tenma]

Beating one top 10 fighter at 154 in 2 years doesn't convince me that Cotto has it in him to beat the aforementioned guys at 154. Cotto is not the #1 JMW for beating the non-top 10 ranked Mayorga and Margarito.

He beats none of them. I can see him beating Cory Spinks though, a fighter who's in the level of shotness of Mayorga and Margarito and isn't ranked in the top 10 in any weight class.

I wouldn't consider Cotto number 1 JMW, definitely not, but then again hardly anyone is making the attempt to prove it. I agree that Cotto needs to finally step up and fight Lara, Kirkland-Molina winner, fighters of that caliber. Guess we'll agree to disagree on this one, I think he does well against any of those names.

[jrosales13]

The buyout window wasn't very large. Where does it say that he could have fought Margarito and then bought out the contract for the Oscar fight?

In the Rafael article that you're discussing.

Anyways, it's irrelevant to your original statement that Floyd had to fight Baldomir in order get Oscar. No, he didn't "HAVE" to fight Baldomir in order to get Oscar. However, he did choose to fight Baldomir.

[-Kev-]

Arums smear campaign of the big bad Margarito, was brilliant. It worked perfectly. A lot of peole truly believe all of this.

When Arum got word that Floyd was leaving Top Rank to pursue a DLH fight, that's when he offered the Margarito fight. Cause he knew Floyd was not gonna take Margarito over DLH, the bigger pay day. And certainly at the time, DLH would have kicked Margaritos ass.

Everything fell through with DLH after Mayweather had left Top Rankm he had no one to fight, while being pressured by Brian Kenny and dumb fans to fight Carlos Baldomir(who now was a bad choice), he had to fight Baldomir, cause he wasn't gonna do any business with Bob The Builder.

[turbotime]

In the Rafael article that you're discussing.

Anyways, it's irrelevant to your original statement that Floyd had to fight Baldomir in order get Oscar. No, he didn't "HAVE" to fight Baldomir in order to get Oscar. However, he did choose to fight Baldomir.

Well they weren't going to sit and wait on Oscar. They looked at Mosley as an alternative but Mosley needed time off.

[jrosales13]

Well they weren't going to sit and wait on Oscar. They looked at Mosley as an alternative but Mosley needed time off.

Right, but again it wasn't a fight that they had to fight to get Oscar. It was a fight that they chose to fight while waiting for Oscar.

[Val Head]

excellent duck move by pac

[turbotime]

Right, but again it wasn't a fight that they had to fight to get Oscar. It was a fight that they chose to fight while waiting for Oscar.

Really their only option, but I see what you're saying.

[-Deal With It-]

LMAO @ Floyd having to move heaven & earth to fight the likes of Margarito.

Nobody even knew who that clown was in '06, outside of a handful of hardcore boxing nerds and maybe a few Mexicans.

Margarito, at no time was THE most viable opponent for Floyd @ Welterweight, outside of maybe late '05 when he failed to secure a fight with Judah and took Mitchell instead.

'06 Baldomir >>>>> Margarito

Judah (even coming off a loss) >>>>>>> Margarito

Oscar @ Junior-Middleweight >>>>> Margarito

Hatton >>>>> Margarito

Stop elevating Margarito into something he's not and has never been. The shit is sickening. The man is a proven fraud and hypejob.

It's like harping on Pac not fighting Guzman & Valero @ 130/135.... scratch that, it's even worse. Guzman & Valero never had to resort to putting cinderblocks in their gloves to win fights.

[Light_Speed]

Didnt see this...got a link?

"Arum is willing to bend on the venue. Arum will back away from his plan of an outdoor venue and stage the fight at the MGM Grand."

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&opt=printable&id=48413

No more stadium = no more reason not to fight on May 5th

[turbotime]

LMAO @ Floyd having to move heaven & earth to fight the likes of Margarito.

Nobody even knew who that clown was in '06, outside of a handful of hardcore boxing nerds and maybe a few Mexicans.

Margarito, at no time was THE most viable opponent for Floyd @ Welterweight, outside of maybe late '05 when he failed to secure a fight with Judah and took Mitchell instead.

'06 Baldomir >>>>> Margarito

Judah (even coming off a loss) >>>>>>> Margarito

Oscar @ Junior-Middleweight >>>>> Margarito

Hatton >>>>> Margarito

Stop elevating Margarito into something he's not and has never been. The shit is sickening. The man is a proven fraud and hypejob.

It's like harping on Pac not fighting Guzman & Valero @ 130/135.... scratch that, it's even worse. Guzman & Valero never had to resort to putting cinderblocks in their gloves to win fights.

I agree. There isn't really a difference between Baldomir and Margarito, besides the fact that Baldo never had to cheat to win.