Is Mayweather vs. Mosley the ultimate flip flop in recent boxing history???

[Guest]

The pac-Oscar flip flop isn't the same. That was simply due to size and it had nothing to do with fear or ducking. Floyd-shane were same division and everyone was saying Floyd was a scared duck who would get ktfo

But DLH-Ping was a bigger "flip flop", right? It's either a yes or no.

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And Cotto was "coming off three straight KOs, he's a different fighter."

At 154 he was , thats why Manny ducked him .

[Deevel916]

Its up there with:

Pac/Cotto..... "Pac will not be able to deal with Cotto's power and body punching"

Pac/Margarito..... "Margarito is just too big".


Only AFTER did the excuses of them being weight drained come about. Cotto weighed in 1lb less than his previous fight and stated after the fight that cutting weight wasnt the issue but instead it was Pac's speed. "I couldnt see where the punches were coming from".

Margarito was a career 147lb fighter so I dont see how he could have been drained by weighing in at 150 especially when you outweigh your opponent by 17lbs on fight night.

[leonthegee]

Maybe but for good reasons. Why should we rate it highly if the information we have now leads us to believe it wasn't a great win?

I give Floyd massive props for taking the fight, but i don't rate it that great.

Same with DLH for Pac.


With that said, Floyd was a huge favorite over Mosley and should win. 5:1 or 6:1 i think.
Not sure what he's against Guerrero. 8:1 or something i think. To give some perspective. It was not a 50/50 fight by a longshot.

Floyd being the favorite isnt a legit argument. Hes always going to be the favorite no matter who he fights. He would be favored against Martinez, Trout, Canelo, whoever the hell it is. Floyd was an 8 to 5 favorite over Pacquaio back in 09 once they started negotiations.

[bojangles1987]

Its up there with:

Pac/Cotto..... "Pac will not be able to deal with Cotto's power and body punching"

Pac/Margarito..... "Margarito is just too big".

Everyone knew Pac was going to kick the **** out of Margarito. Except maybe Margarito fans.

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But DLH-Ping was a bigger "flip flop", right? It's either a yes or no.

No it wasnt because Oscar was fcked up at the weigh-in , its called added information .

[Kagami Taiga]

Its up there with:

Pac/Cotto..... "Pac will not be able to deal with Cotto's power and body punching"

Pac/Margarito..... "Margarito is just too big".

smh neither of those are big flip flops. pac was the favorite going into both fights esp the margarito one.

[IronDanHamza]

Its up there with:

Pac/Cotto..... "Pac will not be able to deal with Cotto's power and body punching"

Pac/Margarito..... "Margarito is just too big".

The first one is very true, then again, Pacquaio get's credit for that win.

The second one is hilarious that you actually used that as an example.

[IronDanHamza]

smh neither of those are big flip flops. pac was the favorite going into both fights esp the margarito one.

The Margarito example is a joke, isn't it?

I'm under the assumption it's a joke.

[Bushbaby]

That wasn't as bad as Mayweather-Mosley but that was also very bad.

Crazy to think no one picked Trout to win and most thought Cotto would beat him with ease and now it's not even considered a good win.

Which is why it's worse to me. Quite frankly I don't believe that there were 10 posters here, (probably reflecting the entire boxing community), who actually picked Trout to win, however after the fight he seemed to get absolutely no credit.

Mosley on the other hand, hadn't look good since then. Making that particular incident safe to say.