"I'm not going out there to take any punishment" - Floyd

[ADP02]

Shouldn't you blame the opponents who can't hit him rather than the guy who is doing exactly what he's suppose to do? Not get hit?

You must have loved the Seth Mitchell vs Banks fight where they both didn't want to get hit? They both didn't want to take the risk and were both waiting and waiting to counter each other.

When you are the A side of a PPV event, people expect more. If people are booing like they did for the Guerrero fight then the A side is not doing his job and that is supposedly the guy they came to see. Right?

People here are discussing Floyd constantly acknowledging his carefully selected opponents (cherry picking), his "health" comes first, being a "rich coward", not willing to "fight", ..... telling us how weak his selected opponents are.

Look, Floyd said "who is Guerrero?". "Who has a he fought". "Guerrero is a slow flat-footed fighter". "Guerrero said I carefully select my opponents, ... I'm allowed to"

With the above acknowledgements made by Floyd, he is telling us that he is going to fight someone that he should be able to beat with his eyes closed.
- So it's normal that you will get people who call it a cherry pick.
- People booing in the crowd when they see Floyd moving around the ring with intention to just run out the clock instead of fight.
- People will say, what's so hard to run away from, as Floyd acknowledged, "a slow flat-footed fighter"?

[Gatling]

Your implying if Mosley wasnt younger he wouldn't be able to keep the pressure on his ass.

Young Mosley was a ****ing buzz saw.

The Mosley that fought Floyd emptied his clip in what? 2 or 3 rounds? After that it was beat the **** out of grandpa day, starring Mosley's face.

It's Mosley's fault for not being able to adjust, especially once Floyd switched to a full guard. People fault Mayweather far too much for his opponent's mental lapses

[Kuyukut]

I won't lie I watched all of Floyd fights but I would never buy a PPV doe.

I'd rather stream it, not worth a dime to watch a boring fight.

[SkillspayBills]

I won't lie I watched all of Floyd fights but I would never buy a PPV doe.

I'd rather stream it, not worth a dime to watch a boring fight.

It's boring but you've watched every single bout. Do you even read what you write?

[-Huey-]

If you don't appreciate what Floyd does in that ring, you've obviously never stepped foot in a boxing gym, EVER!

[elfag]

Anyone else find this comment odd?

I'm all for boxers being defensively sound. God knows I hate seeing Juanma's defenceless ass getting knocked the ring.

But no-one else has an issue in the highest paid star in the sport just outright telling us that he doesn't want to engage?

This is boxing, for ****s sake.

Don't give me that sweet science stuff. Can you imagine Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, Frazier, Leonard, Duran telling us that they refuse to take punishment.

The Cotto fight really spooked Team Mayweather. I was looking forward to the Canelo fight immensely but it's going to be a pot-shot fest.

Say what you want about Broner but at least the kid wants to fight.

If everyone was as defensive minded as Floyd Mayweather, the sport really would be dead.

Yeah all of those guys liked getting punched in the face more than they have to.

Yeah Duran was a bad ass and Floyd is a sissy which is why Floyd qui.... wait a minute, Floyd has never quit, even with a broken hand. Cant say the same for Duran. Floyd would rather spend most of the 7th and 8th rounds in a southpaw stance, using the right to jab since his left was broken, rather than quit.

Cotto won 3-4 rounds max against floyd even with being generous to Cotto.

[Alex_Hayden]

It's Mosley's fault for not being able to adjust, especially once Floyd switched to a full guard. People fault Mayweather far too much for his opponent's mental lapses

lol Don't be an idiot.

Mosley has been on the decline since before he even fought Mayweather. There were no adjustments to make when age kicks in. Especially when you were once a fast handed fighter like Mosley was.

Once age kicks in, your speed and reflexes go.

It's the tough guys that age like wine.

Not the Roy Jone's Jr's, who rely solely on reflexes.

The Hopkin's, Haglers, the strong tough guys.

Even Mosley can be added to that list. When Mosley was younger, he relied on hand speed, not his leg speed, not his ability to run. He relied on only hand speed and pressure.

But Mosley was tough as hell, he'd stand and exchange and YOU'D be the guy on the canvas afterwards. He never ran. He never really used his legs that much. He was a high-speed brawler.

To this day he's still tough as ****, he just has no offense.

[spytactics]

Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Holyfield, Tyson.

These guys were "not cool". They shouldn't have taken punishment. They should have refused it.

They should have treated us to more "sweet science" pieces of "art" like the Guerrero fight.

What is so scientific and artistic about one of the worst mismatches in recent boxing history?

[fightfan2007]

He only did that with Cotto cause he knew Cotto is washed up. Why do you think he ducked him and others when they were prime by retiring?

Come on dude your hate is showing

It's well known that Floyd was meant to fight Cotto when they were both at TR. But when Floyd made a joke of Brusseles who sparred with Cotto they wanted no part of it. Even in the build up to the Mayweather fight Cotto admitted that he never really tried to make that fight at WW.

Plus Cotto was still the younger guy at his comfortable weight when they fought.... if you're telling me that he was shot then the concept of not taking too much punishment seems to make sense no??

[Gatling]

lol Don't be an idiot.

Mosley has been on the decline since before he even fought Mayweather. There were no adjustments to make when age kicks in. Especially when you were once a fast handed fighter like Mosley was.

Once age kicks in, your speed and reflexes go.

It's the tough guys that age like wine.

Not the Roy Jone's Jr's, who rely solely on reflexes.

The Hopkin's, Haglers, the strong tough guys.

Even Mosley can be added to that list. When Mosley was younger, he relied on hand speed, not his leg speed, not his ability to run. He relied on only hand speed and pressure.

But Mosley was tough as hell, he'd stand and exchange and YOU'D be the guy on the canvas afterwards. He never ran. He never really used his legs that much. He was a high-speed brawler.

To this day he's still tough as ****, he just has no offense.

Stop exposing yourself. Jones was more than just an athlete with "reflex"