I think his ATG status has to be seriously questioned. He has beaten some very good fighters like Cotto, Castillo, etc and despite a few criticisms of guys being weight drained (dlh dropping from mw) or blown up (Jmm lw to ww) Floyd has never been in serious jeapardy of losing.
But his main challenger for years has been the global icon Manny Pacquiao. Now we've all heard the back and forth demands about blood and steroids and money but the fact is Manny is willing to make it happen while so far Floyd is not.
If he retires without ever fighting Pac IMO Floyd's credentials as an ATG will be scrutinized. He could retire and still be a great fighter of this era, but without Manny any discussion of all time great is misplaced.
manny is still the one unwilling to make it happen, or arum i should say. but manny himself is not presenting floyd a fair deal. 55% is still less than what floyd should be getting if you look at their numbers.
and for the record DLH didnt come down for floyd, his last fight before mayweather was at 154 against mayorga. oscar only had two fights at MW and was very undersized at the weight, he only went there bcuz it was a big fight with hopkins just like he moved down for a big fight with pacquiao. when he fought floyd at 154 he was fighting at his ideal weight at the time.
whats wrong with 55 to the winner and 45 to the loser???i see nothing wrong with that at all,hell he said manny is easy work,manny said he'd take the test so there if this is all true then there is no damn excuse
I don't see anything wrong with it either. I think Floyd wants at least 70% of all the money available to the fighters and their teams and Pacquiao will never accept a 70-30 split. Mayweather has never said he wanted a 70-30 split but he offered Pacquiao a flat 40 million. Do the math. If Pacquiao gets 40 million how much does Floyd get? The two sides are miles apart on the money split. I hear no offers at all coming from Mayweather these days. I don't think this fight will happen.
well you see the thing about this fight is there is a risk, floyd would be favourite but for the first time in god knows how long there is a real risk ... not a sort of 5/10% punchers chance or something that the likes of cotto or ortiz would have ... but a real major risk and he knows if he was to lose, his earning potential there after would plummet. Thats what he's scared of, hell even 50 pretty much came out and said it. Pac has already taken loses and has his career in politics already lined up so whats he got to be scared about? Sweet Feck All that's what ... if he loses it won't change his life, most people already think he's second to floyd anyway so its win win for him, on the other hand if Floyd loses well it would be massive for him, his auro will be shattered and along with it his earning power.
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