Comments Thread For: Duran: In My Era, Mayweather Would've Been Ordinary

[Frank Ducketts]

Pac literally fell into that punch...now you tell me if Floyd would fight a guy 4 times that gave him the type of trouble Marquez did.

The King of Handpicked Fights would never do that...

His days of taking risks were over with the Corrales/Castillo fights...it's all been the easiest guy for the most money since then...

PS: Never posted on here before...this post caught my eye on Twitter so I came on...in case you're so curious

We know who you are. Second, Floyd would beat Marquez and Pac's ass 4 times in a row, and 8 all together-no disrespect. And as long as Floyd has taken a risk, something you agree with and that your friends will purposely never admit, that's wassup.

[paul007]

Original? Oh you mean the one that team Pac said NO to cause of testing? So who sabotaged what again?

So in 09, he said no testing, basically after Floyd dogged him and called him a cheater...what about 2010 when Pac said he'd succumb to the testing? Oh! then the 50-50 split that was okay in 2009, was no longer good then according to Floyd? Now he wants to cap Pac at $40mil and make the rest? You guys keep using that testing excuse but it only works for 2009...what happened in 2010 and 2011 when they negotiatied the fight again???

Did you by chance hear the last one? Floyd said "if Pac wants the fight, he has to leave Arum and sign with Mayweather Promotions"...so even a fight with a guy who's a shell of himself, which could still make him more money than any fight out there, is still not "safe" enough for him to just take and make tens of millions off of...

Keep making excuses...by the way, you REALLY think Floyd would fight Duran or Hearns if they were around!? hahahahahahahaha

[paul007]

We know who you are. Second, Floyd would beat Marquez and Pac's ass 4 times in a row, and 8 all together-no disrespect. And as long as Floyd has taken a risk, something you agree with and that your friends will purposely never admit, that's wassup.

If he would beat Pac's ass 4 times in a row, then why hasn't he fought him once, when even one time could make him more money than his last 4 fights made him altogether?

[Fetta]

So in 09, he said no testing, basically after Floyd dogged him and called him a cheater...what about 2010 when Pac said he'd succumb to the testing? Oh! then the 50-50 split that was okay in 2009, was no longer good then according to Floyd? Now he wants to cap Pac at $40mil and make the rest? You guys keep using that testing excuse but it only works for 2009...what happened in 2010 and 2011 when they negotiatied the fight again???

Did you by chance hear the last one? Floyd said "if Pac wants the fight, he has to leave Arum and sign with Mayweather Promotions"...so even a fight with a guy who's a shell of himself, which could still make him more money than any fight out there, is still not "safe" enough for him to just take and make tens of millions off of...

Keep making excuses...by the way, you REALLY think Floyd would fight Duran or Hearns if they were around!? hahahahahahahaha

So Pac walked away from the first negos cause of testing? But Floyd gets the blame from you?

Everything that needed to be said was said during the 1st negos and if you think he agreed then you are just dumb.

Nice to see we got a new troll on NSB welcome.

[Fetta]

If he would beat Pac's ass 4 times in a row, then why hasn't he fought him once, when even one time could make him more money than his last 4 fights made him altogether?

Yeah we have plenty of your kind here. Why you worried about money? I want quality fights and if you say hes a "shell" then why do you want to see fight?

[paul007]

Yeah we have plenty of your kind here. Why you worried about money? I want quality fights and if you say hes a "shell" then why do you want to see fight?

1. I actually have no interest in seeing this fight any longer, I just think it's funny that Floyd, when he can STILL make a ton of money on this fight, has to come up with excuses to block the fight.

2. The first negotiation, everyone from their brother to their uncle in the boxing biz said Pac should tell Floyd to f-ck himself. It wasn't a legit concern, it was more like "I'm accusing you of cheating, here's what we're going to do"...an A-side can't do that to another A-side. Besides, why even discuss this, the fight could have happened in 2010 and 2011-2 other times they negotiated, but $100mil wasn't enough for Floyd, he wanted EVERYTHING aside from $40 mil lol...wait, why didn't it happen again??

3. Again, never posted on here. But you're doing a great job of convincing me there's at least one other person on this forum that has some common sense and knowledge about boxing, aside from myself.

4. Take your blinders off. Could you imagine looking back at Sugar Ray Robinson's career and seeing him miss 10 legit challenges, pricing himself out of fights, and maneuvering around opponents?

5. Floyd has ATG talent, but it's not in his make up to go after legit challenges and take risks...he'd rather play it safe, which has worked out great at $32mil a fight minimum, but to be called the best in even THIS era without proving it is a joke...

[The Big Dunn]

So in 09, he said no testing, basically after Floyd dogged him and called him a cheater...what about 2010 when Pac said he'd succumb to the testing? Oh! then the 50-50 split that was okay in 2009, was no longer good then according to Floyd? Now he wants to cap Pac at $40mil and make the rest? You guys keep using that testing excuse but it only works for 2009...what happened in 2010 and 2011 when they negotiatied the fight again???

Did you by chance hear the last one? Floyd said "if Pac wants the fight, he has to leave Arum and sign with Mayweather Promotions"...so even a fight with a guy who's a shell of himself, which could still make him more money than any fight out there, is still not "safe" enough for him to just take and make tens of millions off of...

Keep making excuses...by the way, you REALLY think Floyd would fight Duran or Hearns if they were around!? hahahahahahahaha

There is an interview here on NSB where Margarito says he was promised the Manny fight in February 2010. They fought in November 2010.

If Margs is telling truth, that explains 2010 and it means all the bluster from Team Pac is BS. Margs isn't the most honest guy on the planet but even you have to admit its fishy.

[alembic]

I have to say...I'm truly, truly baffled as to how you people defend Floyd. Boxing fans still hold the fact that Leonard didn't fight Aaron Pryor back in the days against Leonard, when there are legit excuses as to why that fight never took place...that's one guy...

But when you have a guy like Floyd who missed maybe 10 fighters he should have fought, how do you even excuse that? Name me ONE other "ATG" in history, who missed 8-10 fighters that the public clamored for a fight for, and didn't happen, and is still considered an ATG.

When you lay it out that way, not a good look for Floyd, I admit.

But as a pro athlete, he's a product of this generation's Business of Boxing in which a "celebrity" can attain belts and earn more money on safer fights. I suspect this will tarnish Floyd's legacy.

All I know for sure is that back then if Floyd was all about big money, he would've had to step to it against the best. And IMO, faced with Duran and his contemporaries, he would've been beaten once or twice, maybe even three times.

[Frank Ducketts]

If he would beat Pac's ass 4 times in a row, then why hasn't he fought him once, when even one time could make him more money than his last 4 fights made him altogether?

They didn't fight because Pac went and got his ass beat and ktfo.

[Frank Ducketts]

When you lay it out that way, not a good look for Floyd, I admit.

But as a pro athlete, he's a product of this generation's Business of Boxing in which a "celebrity" can attain belts and earn more money on safer fights. I suspect this will tarnish Floyd's legacy.

All I know for sure is that back then if Floyd was all about big money, he would've had to step to it against the best. And IMO, faced with Duran and his contemporaries, he would've been beaten once or twice, maybe even three times.

That dude can't name 8-10 fighters that Floyd didn't fight. He can make up 8-10 fighters that he thought Floyd should've fought, but then that would only be an opinion now wouldn't it.