Comments Thread For: Tyson: Mayweather Now Has To Live Up To The Fights

[junior gong]

mayweather will make more than that.he gets percentages of over seas sale of all product,percentages of MGM grands rooms and everything.he's the smartest business fighter in the history of the sport coupled with a big pile of boxing skills.there's no blue print to defeat the undefeated fighter of the last decade and continuing.

Pass the sick bag

[tlarry]

THE PROBLEM IS, Mayweather WON'T Fight Anyone In Their Prime; Hand Picks Everyone!

He won't take chances, he wants the safest route to the bank, each fight. He's very strategic and planned out, for each opponent he climbs in the ring with... which really cheats Boxing, and he'll never be considered a Legend, because of as much. YOU THINK ABOUT what Ali, Robinson, Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Chavez Sr, Arguello, Holyfield, Michael Spinks, Oscar, Mosley and Pacquaio all sought out to do in the ring. Fight the Best of the Best, IN their prime, multiple times, Win, Lose, or Draw, "Let's Get It On" as Mills Lane would say, and let money take care of itself. They wanted to know who the very best was. They knew Boxing wanted to know. They accommodated with the orginal Super-Fights. They laid it all on the line. That took machismo! Floyd Mayweather has NEVER wanted to take those risks or challenges. He made Mosley and Cotto wait more than 10 years to fight; they were too dangerous in their Prime. He's made Pacquaio wait more than 4 years, and today with two consecutive losses, Floyd still won't fight Manny, for being too dangerous; although Floyd will share with you a dozen rambling excuses. Floyd wouldn't fight Marcos Maidana after he destroyed Victor Ortiz in 8 rounds; Floyd chose Ortiz (the loser) anyway... what Champion ever does that?!!? To this DAY, Mayweather/Pacquiao would be the biggest gate in Boxing History. Pacquiao agreed to all terms Mayweather asked for. Manny said he'd take less money. Floyd still sees too much risk. It would sell out in an hour, regardless of the last two fights Manny had. Those Legends beforementioned, would have made that fight happen with each other in a heartbeat, and they did! NOT Floyd. Floyd is all about the money, all about a manufactured undefeated record, and that's fine, that's who he is. He will just never go down as a Legend of the Sport. Fans could care less about the money, the biggest PPV numbers. Fans want to see who fought the best competition in prime years, and who came out on top. Muhammad Ali was asked before his first fight with Joe Frazier, "Muhammad, what happens if you lose this fight to Frazier?????" To which Ali replied, "I WILL BE OUT ON THE STREET THE NEXT DAY SCREAMING, NO MAN EVER BEAT ME TWICE!!!!" How good is that! He could care less about a hand picked undefeated record. He wanted to fight the best, multiple times if need be, to be the considered the Greatest of All Time. Not the same mold Mayweather comes from.

[KayDub]

YOU THINK ABOUT what... Leonard... sought out to do in the ring. Fight the Best of the Best, IN their prime, multiple times, Win, Lose, or Draw, "Let's Get It On" as Mills Lane would say, and let money take care of itself.

Leonard set the blueprint for what Floyd is doing. Leonard was definitely a cherry picker. It's a little upsetting, because look how highly Leonard is thought of, it will probably be the same for Floyd.

[amayseng]

IT HAS BEEN NOTED that the deal is not 250mil and multiple fights..


it is a ONE time deal for 30 mil plus incentives with negotiations to be worked
following if he fights again



all this media bullshyt and you all jump

[Thickback]

He won't take chances, he wants the safest route to the bank, each fight. He's very strategic and planned out, for each opponent he climbs in the ring with... which really cheats Boxing, and he'll never be considered a Legend, because of as much. YOU THINK ABOUT what Ali, Robinson, Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Chavez Sr, Arguello, Holyfield, Michael Spinks, Oscar, Mosley and Pacquaio all sought out to do in the ring. Fight the Best of the Best, IN their prime, multiple times, Win, Lose, or Draw, "Let's Get It On" as Mills Lane would say, and let money take care of itself. They wanted to know who the very best was. They knew Boxing wanted to know. They accommodated with the orginal Super-Fights. They laid it all on the line. That took machismo! Floyd Mayweather has NEVER wanted to take those risks or challenges. He made Mosley and Cotto wait more than 10 years to fight; they were too dangerous in their Prime. He's made Pacquaio wait more than 4 years, and today with two consecutive losses, Floyd still won't fight Manny, for being too dangerous; although Floyd will share with you a dozen rambling excuses. Floyd wouldn't fight Marcos Maidana after he destroyed Victor Ortiz in 8 rounds; Floyd chose Ortiz (the loser) anyway... what Champion ever does that?!!? To this DAY, Mayweather/Pacquiao would be the biggest gate in Boxing History. Pacquiao agreed to all terms Mayweather asked for. Manny said he'd take less money. Floyd still sees too much risk. It would sell out in an hour, regardless of the last two fights Manny had. Those Legends beforementioned, would have made that fight happen with each other in a heartbeat, and they did! NOT Floyd. Floyd is all about the money, all about a manufactured undefeated record, and that's fine, that's who he is. He will just never go down as a Legend of the Sport. Fans could care less about the money, the biggest PPV numbers. Fans want to see who fought the best competition in prime years, and who came out on top. Muhammad Ali was asked before his first fight with Joe Frazier, "Muhammad, what happens if you lose this fight to Frazier?????" To which Ali replied, "I WILL BE OUT ON THE STREET THE NEXT DAY SCREAMING, NO MAN EVER BEAT ME TWICE!!!!" How good is that! He could care less about a hand picked undefeated record. He wanted to fight the best, multiple times if need be, to be the considered the Greatest of All Time. Not the same mold Mayweather comes from.

I won't take up for Floyd here, I will let someone else do that. But you really shouldn't include Manny in the names you mentioned. He has the most cherry picked career in history. Just because he moved up in weight doesn't mean they were tough challenges. Manny is a great fighter but he gets WAY too much credit.

[Big Lou]

Mayweather's a welterweight, so he should fight the top welterweights available.

[Starz20]

Wasn't there an article out there where he basically admitted he's going to cherry pick 6 more times? "I'm not looking to fight any strong champions" or something similar was said if I remember correctly. Anyway the first one is already well in order, set for May 4th.

Tyson is right though, he has to live up to the fights or else people will just continue to stream them.

How could you hate all the time. Every Floyd article your always negative... Thats funny can you please name 3 to 4 other welterweights that he should fight if not Rob then?? Yeah I thought so!

[ox805er]

I won't take up for Floyd here, I will let someone else do that. But you really shouldn't include Manny in the names you mentioned. He has the most cherry picked career in history. Just because he moved up in weight doesn't mean they were tough challenges. Manny is a great fighter but he gets WAY too much credit.

I feel they both cheated fans!! One thanks to greed (arum) the other thanks to fear (mayweather) at least manny didn't pick people in lower weight classes and out classed! I say the only difference is manny actually delivers high drama and ACTION.. Won't deny mayweather cotto was good but other than that the previous few have been bonified sparring matches! I say **** them both! And the people who back mayweather on his latest stance "manny has never made that much money, he doesn't deserve more" bullsnit! Mayweather has never made as much money as he would of facing the other PPV superstar!

Guerrero
Marquez 2
Hatton 2
Cotto 2
De la Hoya 2
Ortiz 2

That's my prediction!

[ox805er]

How could you hate all the time. Every Floyd article your always negative... Thats funny can you please name 3 to 4 other welterweights that he should fight if not Rob then?? Yeah I thought so!

Marquez
Maidana
Paquiao
Bradley

[Mato o Muero]

Marquez
Maidana
Paquiao
Bradley

Marquez - top rank
Maidana - LMAO
Pacquiao - top rank
Bradley - top rank