Comments Thread For: Mayweather's Easy Win Makes Showtime’s Job Tougher

[kiaba360]

I don't think it'll be difficult to sell Garcia/Khan, but it'll probably be difficult to sell Lara/Alexander.

[SkillspayBills]

It's like "Roy Jones" syndrome. In Jones prime he was never a PPV star. Why shell out 50 bucks to watch him fight when you know he is going to win?

[SkillspayBills]

If Floyd fights Martinez for the Lineal MW championship of the world my head might actually explode.

[Pigeons]

I used to be one of those fans who's mind would go into lala land thinking of Mayweather's possibilities immediately after he won a fight. In retrospect, fantasies never come true with Floyd. That is where the haters are correct. We can wet our pants all we want over Floyd vs. Martinez or Floyd vs. Golovkin at 160, but it will never happen. Floyd does things on his terms. It doesn't mean that he sucks or that he is a coward, it just means we will never have that moment when the bell rings and we have no idea what will transpire in the ring.

Realistically, I would like to see Mayweather vs. Khan at Wembley. But I think circumstances (Khan losing to Devon, Floyd unwilling to leave MGM Grand) will hinder that possibility.

[amayseng]

Were you the one taking the punches he was throwing to be able to say how hard they were????? The only facts are that A) he threw more punches and B) he didn't tire. You have no idea how hard the punches were to be able to conclude anything else.

come on now


i called this fight from the beginning easy money

in round 7 canelo was exerted

he had a great round 8

after that he was tripping over his feet with rubber legs...


your fake facts dont work...


get in a ring once

[joseph5620]

come on now


i called this fight from the beginning easy money

in round 7 canelo was exerted

he had a great round 8

after that he was tripping over his feet with rubber legs...


your fake facts dont work...


get in a ring once

A lot of irony there. Considering you've never been in the ring with Canelo to conclude how hard his punches were. No fake facts there.

Canelo was missing a lot of punches which can tire any fighter out. If you were as knowledgeable about the ring as you imply you would at least know that.

[SkillspayBills]

Like ive said for years..."Hey Floyd....All roads lead to Manny Pacquiao!!!"

We bet everything on that PB. Sigs, Avys, points. ALLL OF IT

[richardt]

come on now. i called this fight from the beginning easy money. in round 7 canelo was exerted he had a great round 8after that he was tripping over his feet with rubber legs...your fake facts dont work...get in a ring once

You are the only one using the weight drain excuse! These boards would have been slammed with people complaining if Canelo was weight drained. Not even Floyd haters saw a weight drained Canelo. And as to your fake facts claim, you are full of crap. Go read the punch stats. A weight drained fighter doesn't throw more than his usual punches.

[hitking]

YOU , hitking, Grustler , big James and countless others, sorry to have left anyone out, are in this new generation where its NOT for Pride Glory bragging rights and see who is the very best, BUT, its a Circus, its Pro Wrestling and ALLLLLLLLLLLL about money.

Sorry Yall missed the Glory days, when men were men and fighters fought.

sic

ps ....... by the way its evident that Sergio's Promoter disagrees with you about GGG, he counts YOU however DON't , LOL , be a good boy , go off with yer mates

OK, I'll play your lil game. But let's do it with Pac. Why didn't Pac fight Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, who was a primed, P4P elite and considered by most the best lil guy in the sport when the congressman was a flyweight? When he got KTFO to lose his flyweight belt and moved up to 122, which was probably the deepest division in boxing. Why did Pac opt for Ledwaba, the weakest beltholder in the division? When he had Paulie Ayala, the lineal champ, "Bones" Adams, Isreal Vazquz, or Leonard Dorin, all rated above Ledwaba? You also had Oscar Larios. Why did Pac pass him up, and then drag him up to 130 and fight him when he was clearly pass his prime? And as a featherweight. Yes, Pac gets kudos for taking the lineal strap and giving JMM his shot. But, there was a long standing, slick, african american named "Smoke" Gainer that Pac bypassed to go for a Morales at 130 whoi was coming off a loss to Barerra? And speaking of the Morales trilogy. After he beat Pac's ass in the first fight, he immediately turned around and was outclassed by Zahir Raheem. I remember HBO having a camera on Pac watching that fight because he supposedly was gonna fight the winner. Did he do that? No. He bypassed yet another slick, african american fighter in Raheem to fight the guy Zahir outclassed not once, but twice. Oh we're not done. Let's revisit JMM. After beating Pac's ass for 11rds in their first fight, Pac went another direction. But magically, after JMM lost to Chris John, Pac was oh so eager to revisit JMM. Bad miscalculation. Another tooth-n-nail fight that many though Pac lost. If any fight deserved an immediate rematch, it was that one. But no, Pac fled the division. And once he hit the lightweight. You had a slick, cuban fighter as the lineal champ. You had a unified beltholder in Nate Campbell. You had a young, strong up-n-comer in Juan Diaz. Did Pac fight either of them? No again. He opts for the weakest beltholder in the division David Diaz. But of course, a take-on-all-comers warrior like Pac is gonna stick around and fight those guys. Na, he goes up, drags DLH down to a weight he hasn't made in a decade. And fights Oscar after he had gotten busted up by a freakin' "2 Pound" Forbes that had moved up4 divisions to fight him. No big deal, Pac chased the money. So he moved on to Hatton, who two fights Pac, had been put on ***** street a couple times by a blown up light Juan Lazcano who couldn't punch as a lightweight. So Pac starches Hatton for the lineal jr welterweight title. There were very good fighters there. Devon Alexander and Tim Bradley come to mind. Of course, Pac didn't fight either there. But he did later opt to drag Bradley up to 147 to fight him. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's revisit Pac's welterweight run. After Hatton, Shane Mosley was considered by most the top welterweight in the sport. Pac refused to fight him without a catchweight. Instead opting for a Miguel Cotto who many thought was coming off a loss to Joshua Clottey. And this is when all the Mayweather drama started. Funny thing is, Pac hadt Clottey lined up before the Cotto fight was over. He had Margarito lined up before the Clottey fight was over. And had Mosley lined up before the Margarito fight was over. And every single one of those guys were coming off loses in their previous REAL fight before fighting Pac. So now pressed to fight a real opponent, what does Pac do? He revisits JMM. it had been long enough. Pac is 6-7yrs younger. And of course, JMM had looked like hot garbage in his lone visit to the welterweight division. So JMM is ripe for the picking. Miscalculated again. We all know what happen. But let's press forward. As I previously mentioned, he didn't fight Bradley at 140. But he was oh so ready to fight him after he looked like garbage in his lone previous venture to the welterweight division. We all know happen there. No need to make this any longer than it already is. So what does Pac do next? He revisits JMM again. He has to be old by now right. Nope. By far the biggest miscalculation of Pac's career. No biggie, everyone loses. Of course a take-on-all-comers like Pac is gonna jump right back on the horse right. Nope. He does what he's always done. He opts for a jr welterweight, moving up in weight, and coming off a loss. Yeah, the KO was brutal. But Pac seems to have a lil bit of a pattern of making guys move up in weight and fighting them come off loses. And this is the guy you say reminds yo of the good ole days. I've been following this game for about two decades. And if this is your best example of a take-on-all comers warrior. You're either haven't followed boxing very long, have very low standards, or are just a ****** troll who has no ****in clue what you're talking about. And just gets on here and sucks off one fighter you love and ****s on another you hate. I think its a combination of all. But the latter is the most evident.

[BoxingJunkie]

Garcia = Flop
Alexander = Flop
Khan = Decent numbers because the european and mid eastern fan base
Martinez = Huge numbers if the fighter can make 154 not sure he can after such a lengthy lay off
Molina = Snoozefest
Pacquaio = Still breaks the record because both men have huge fanbases across the entire planet..even with a Rios loss on the cards Pacquaio still will draw huge crowds as long as he isnt ko'd again.
Marquez = Not happening
Bradley = Not happening
Lara = Too small of a fan base
Thurman = Too small of a fan base

I mean one never knows, because based on how they promote the fight folks actually thought Ortiz and Guerrero were good matchups although neither man really had much a name out there.

I agree with your assessments except Pacquaio. If he loses to Rios there will absolutely be no desire or interest in a Mayweather/Pacquaio match. This fight really is "do or die" for Pacquaio. If he wins by knockout, once again the buzz for a Mayweather/Pacquaio match will reignite.