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  • #1Assassin
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    #21
    all fighters have doubts, but at the end of the day they believe they truly are the best. certainly mayweather as dominant as he been. he didnt lose confidence in the cotto fight, all fighters have bad nights. against cotto he didnt even have that bad a night and he was in there with a very solid and experienced opponent. everyone gets touched, especially when fighting someone with a great jab like cotto. you take it and you come back. mainstream fans make a big deal out of every tiny mistake floyd makes, he gets caught with a few jabs and its the end of his career. floyd knows better.

    as for control floyd doesnt have anything to prove, everyone knows floyd included he can pick anyone he wants and they wont turn down the money he brings to the table and ppl will watch the fight. he most likely isnt fighting devon, its probably a ploy to make guerreo think that once in a lifetime payday is slipping and give floyd an even bigger advantage in negotiations. or perhaps it comes down to money, devon is willing to accept less, or maybe devon is with haymon (idk) who wants to give one of his young guys some exposure knowing floyd wont be around that much longer. perhaps its GBP who figure they maximize profits making a guerrero-berto rematch before guerrero loses to floyd, then set up him and mayweather later on. imo they feel canelo can beat floyd if they wait long enough to make the fight, allowing alvarez to improve and floyd to decline. that would make canelo the next star of boxing, as a result they are throwing more fighters inbetween alvarez and floyd to postpone the fight.

    what i do know is its about politics, not one mans insecurities. boxing is all business. all that psychological crap is ridiculous.

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    • UTEP
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      #22
      Cotto kicked the shyt out of Floyd, ***ed up his whole face.....Castillo beat him worse though.



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      • DLT
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        #23
        Originally posted by mconstantine
        Agreed, bad wording on my part. I agree with the bolded. Physical ability not skills. And mainly his reflexes. I will say I think Floyd's style of fighting relies more on physical abilities (reflexes) than BHop's.
        I disagree. Roy Jones is all reflexes. Floyd had great reflexes but is also the most fundementally sound fighter in the game. He also has a great defense which unlike sweet pea doesn't depending on dodging punches but simply catching & rolling them

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        • jpcsr61
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          #24
          Something people keep forgetting, unlike Manny" me only fight at catch weight" Pacroid, Floyd fought Cotto at Cotto's legitimate weight. But will the public give the man credit for defeating Cotto legitimately? I seriously doubt it & that's why Floyd says to hell with those in the media. If any other boxer fights guys at a weight to their advantage it all good, but there's a different standard when your name is Floyd Mayweather. I wouldn't blame Floyd if he fought Devon, Berto, or even Marquez than walked off into the Vegas sun. All these other guys the media keep throwing their name out there is only to get headlines. Instead of focusing on who Floyd should fight, they should be speaking on why a guy that just lost both of his 2012 fights thinks he should get a 50/50 split. Flip the script & Floyd couldn't get a 30/70 split if that was him losing.........

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          • Weebler I
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            #25
            Originally posted by E.P.T.
            Cotto kicked the shyt out of Floyd, ***ed up his whole face.....Castillo beat him worse though.

            The Cotto fight wasn't close on the scorecards but most of the rounds were close in Mayweather's favor, it was a hard fight.

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            • Pacdbest
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              #26
              Originally posted by mconstantine
              This is a long psychoanalysis of what's going on with Floyd, but I'd bet $ on it being 95% true...

              Luis "Cuba" Arias believes Floyd's move towards Alexander is just him showing he is the boss and isn't going to fight someone just because that's who everyone wants. I can believe this. It's almost like the media and boxing community has assigned Guerrero and Canelo as his opponents for 2013 without Mayweather ever acknowledging it. He very well may feel if that if he fights both of these guys as laid out, he is relinquishing some power.

              All of this seems very silly and trivial to most people, but if you understand how much of a mental game boxing is, you understand how major this may be. Go back to when Broner fought DeMarco and Lampley/Merchant/Jones Jr were talking about DeMarco wearing the pink gloves and what did Jones Jr say?

              "How do they force the Champion to wear them gloves? DeMarco really lost the fight when he agreed to wear those gloves"

              On the surface, it's just gloves. But it is a back down and that mentality can carry into the ring. The mental game is that real, especially for Floyd with all that he has to lose.

              And here is my point...Regardless of this mental dynamic, I honestly think this is amplified because I think Floyd has lost a step and I think he knows it. Floyd is obviously TERRIFIED of losing and both Guerrero and Canelo pose styles that may be difficult for him. I would not be surprised if he is legitimately concerned and that is influencing this stuff.

              I think after Floyd beat Hatton, he was mentally VERY confident in his ability to beat damn near anyone. But even though he won, I think the Cotto fight changed Mayweather. Cotto is shot yet he gave Mayweather a tough fight. Cotto caught Mayweather with jabs repeatedly due to what looked like slowed reflexes from Mayweather. I am not sure that today's Floyd Mayweather would have taken the Mosley or Ortiz fight. We also don't know what the 3 month jail sentence did to Mayweather's skills. You also have the fact that Roger Mayweather is sick and may or may not be able to train at the appropriate level. I think all of these factors may be in place.

              Floyd is a great champion and a master at the MENTAL aspect of this game. But I honestly think if he DOES fight two times this year and gets W's in both of those fights damn near no matter WHO he fights, it will speak tremendously about him and his place as an ATG.

              Floyd is 43-0 but I think he is in uncharted territory because he's faced with the realization that his skills have diminished a bit. That changes EVERYTHING!
              He's still the same Pusssy to me!!! Still the same coward who don't like tough challenges!

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              • UTEP
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                #27
                Originally posted by The Weebler II
                The Cotto fight wasn't close on the scorecards but most of the rounds were close in Mayweather's favor, it was a hard fight.

                I know. I gave Cotto 4 clear round's. Most the rounds were very close like you said.

                It wasn't a Castillo type beating but Floyd was definitely lumped up after the fight.

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                • tonyjones
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                  #28
                  I see your point with the mental side being so important to floyd for example during fights when in the corner he tries to look almost uninterested as if he's not tired and broner has adopted this tactic now but I always thought people read too much into his interviews/comments cos although a fantastic fighter he's clearly not very intelligent.i also don't think a narcissist such as him would ever admit to himself even that his skills are diminishing just my 2 cents

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                  • Deevel916
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                    #29
                    This is the problem I have. Ellerbe stated that in 2013 Floyd only wants BIG fights. Floyd himself says that his fights are like the superbowl of boxing. Neither fight (either Guerrero or Alexander) are what I would consider "big" nor comparable to superbowl equivalent of boxing. Now its quite evident that Floyd has maybe 2-3 fights left in him before he calls it a career. That is unless he blows all his money and decides to come back for payday fights. So as a fan of the sport and or of Floyd, do you really want to see him end his career fighting the likes of Guerrero or Alexander? I sure dont! If Floyd want to put an exclamation point on his career, he needs to end it fighting the likes of Canelo, Martinez, Bradley, Pacquiao. Another thing that bothers Floyd is the fact that even though Pac lost his last 2 fights, he will still be the biggest fight and payday for Floyd. That stings his ego.

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                    • SnakeVen0m
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                      #30
                      Originally posted by THE REED™
                      Prime example of a post that pulls NSB down.

                      Exactly! If he read through the entire post with an open mind, he would've seen that the TS made some VERY valid points whether people agree or not. It's crazy how people label you something right away if they don't agree. Even at that point, he made no effort to prove him wrong, I would've at least liked to have seen that much.

                      smh...

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