Mayweather - how scared was he of Margarito?

[UTEP]

He shit himself. Even ****m Richardson said Margarito was a bad match up for Mayweather and would have given him hell.

****m is a wise man.

[RespekonMyName]

His plaster would've been discovered before the fight and Mayweather would then proceed to tee off on him for 12 rounds. Would be a replica of the Baldomir fight.

[Slip Stream]

Yet another thread by someone that knows virtually nothing about the business of boxing, good God people please educate yourselves and give it a rest. People that use terms like "fear" and "scared" don't know anything about the sport but are instead looking for a sugar high by accusing boxers that risk their lives for a living of fear. I guess its an easy answer for folks that lack the intellectual fortitude and curiosity to do just a tiny bit of research.

Same arguments, same conclusions tell me this site is a closed system to some because they are utterly unwilling to see the world around them.

[ElMeroChingon]

When Arum wanted Mayweather under Top Rank to fight Margarito for a career high pay day, he decided to fight Baldomir instead for less money. Mayweather went out of his way to get out of Top Rank by paying Arum to buy out his contract.

When Margarito was a threat and a potential foe, Mayweather "retired". After Margarito lost to Mosley and had the scandal, Mayweather announced his comeback just 4 months later.

And there's this video of Mayweather / Margarito



Is this a confirmed duck?

Floyd went from having a good time/joking, to realising he might fight Margarito the Whole NIGHT, boy was shook.

[cupocity303]

I wrote this in a previous thread but it applies just the same for this one.

Chronological order of fights that did and didn't happen but could have:

I'll take a crack at this.

Without giving reasons or explanations on why certain fights didn't happen or whose fault it was. He didn't fight Kostya Tszyu while passing through the Light-Welterweight division. Without pointing fingers, that fight could've been hard to make because of Tszyu (the real 140 champ), but it also didn't help that Floyd was fond of the green WBC belts and his mentality was/is that the guy with the green belt is the real champion.

Statistically, he was right in choosing Baldomir over Margarito in that Baldomir was recognized as the real Welterweight champ after upsetting Judah. But subjectively, as a WBO Title holder, Margarito was a top welterweight for a much longer period than Baldomir - who just recently became champion. And considering that he still took the time to fight Judah (the former champion coming off of a loss) for the IBF belt which Zab only kept because Baldomir didn't pay the IBF's sanctioning fee, some can say that he could've done the same with Margarito. Now, the timing is problematic because after Baldomir, the big money fighter (Delahoya) came calling and who would turn that down after the Baldomir fight (which fans in attendance walked out on).

He did manage to get in another fight after Oscar by beating Ricky Hatton, which was a good fight and a good victory over a undefeated fighter, albeit a failed Welterweight who took his balls back to 140 after almost losing to light-punching boxer Louis Collazo for the IBF Welterweight title. So even though he made a defense against P4P guy, his first Welterweight title defense was against a failed welterweight who wasn't even a 147-contender/title holder.

That's ok though because you can always fight the Margarito's and the up and coming Cotto afterwards right? No, because he took two year layoff and the top contenders all fought each other in a round robin of sorts with Mosley coming out on top at the end of it all (having lost to Cotto, Cotto having lost to Margarito and Margarito losing to Mosley who was scheduled to defend against Berto with the fight ending up cancelled). So after facing a Lightweight Champion in Marquez who moved up two weight divisions (not a top Welterweight or even a 147 contender) after a two year layoff.... technically like with Baldomir, he did the right thing and faced Mosley therefore you can't criticize him. Then he did make a title defense against (technically) a top contender in Victor Ortiz - who did grab his WBC belt while he was taking another lengthy break, but like Baldomir before, Ortiz is again a new comer, while ignoring the top guy (Pacquiao) who was a top 147 contender for a much longer time.

The gap in NOT fighting Vs fighting the technically correct guy (I.E. Lineal Champ Baldomir, Lineal Champ Mosley, new WBC Champ Ortiz) is the whole crux of the matter, and why the never ending battle between Flomos, Pactards and all kinds of third party participants remains to this day.


THE END.

[supremelygifted]

Prime margarito would have been a nightmare match up for mayweather.

Margarito was cheating when he fought Cinton, Paul Williams, Cotto and ever since he was a household name. Prime Margarito….lol

[RespekonMyName]

Arum was offering him chump change to fight Cotto and Hatton after Margarito, so he bounced. Arum even said Mayweather was expecting too much money from an Oscar fight. The stories about this are on ESPN.com. Do some research. Margarito was a small fish in a huge pond.

[Spoon23]

Floyd went from having a good time/joking, to realising he might fight Margarito the Whole NIGHT, boy was shook.

The face says it all. Classic hehehe!

[r.burgundy]

When Arum wanted Mayweather under Top Rank to fight Margarito for a career high pay day, he decided to fight Baldomir instead for less money. Mayweather went out of his way to get out of Top Rank by paying Arum to buy out his contract.

When Margarito was a threat and a potential foe, Mayweather "retired". After Margarito lost to Mosley and had the scandal, Mayweather announced his comeback just 4 months later.

And there's this video of Mayweather / Margarito



Is this a confirmed duck?

Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million.

Arum said Mayweather preferred to await the outcome of the May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga fight instead of committing to Margarito because he would prefer to fight De La Hoya.




http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=2420382

and please dont try and say any version of margacheato is better or tougher than oscar
end this **** thread

[Dagomba]

Margarito= Top Rank

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