Is Mayweather the only fighter who...

[hectari]

You see that photo there ^^ that should be Floyd vs Martinez , not Cotto

yup, but Floyd doesn't have the balls of Cotto to challenge himself.

[Larry the boss]

funny how he didnt want to unify titles when cotto, margarito, pacquiao, williams etc etc were champs ey?

Funny how you just listed 3 top rank fighters

[RichCCFC]

He's the only guy who ducked the other best guy in his division for 6 years straight left in boxing.

[Weebler I]

Adonis Stevenson was criticised for wanting to fight B-Hop instead of Kovalev.

Fans have certain fights they want to see, fighting someone else under the guise of unification doesn't really provide a pass.

[shade darkar]

Funny how you just listed 3 top rank fighters

more excuses? does floyd only fight golden boy fighters?

refusing to fight a whole bunch of fighters because HE doesnt like a promoter is not a good excuse.

[Larry the boss]

excuses? what a surprise.

No excuses the truth



Arum stated that Mayweather would have fought Margarito for the 8 million, but he wanted a guaranteed 10 million to fight Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton. Arum only guaranteed him 7 million. And for those who don’t know Cotto and Hatton were at the Mayweather-Gatti fight and Cotto was ranked number 5 by the ring at the time (Proof: Listen to the commentary Jim Lampley at the end of round 5) . Cotto had just moved up to the 140 pound weight class and he didn’t make an offer to fight Mayweather after the Gatti fight.

Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn’t interested in participating in. “That’s not in the cards,” Arum said. “He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It’s not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. We’ll talk about things down the road.” Notice this part Arum was talking.

Source for the entire article: (Mayweather turns down 8 million to fight Margarito; author: Dan Rafael, it was updated on April 12th 2006)

Face time: Mayweather had nothing to gain from fighting Margarito financially. There was no reward for this. There might have been a risk (but I can’t say what would have happened because it didn’t happen). Mayweather went on to fight the Carlos Baldomir for a dollar more 8,000,001, but he was the lineal welterweight champ. But Oscar had both risk and reward and we saw the results. Several people have fought and beat Margarito and their careers haven’t gone anywhere (Paul Williams, Shane Mosley). If anyone can provide me with a web sight, newspaper clipping, anything that has facts on it, I’m open to it. Peace.


Read more at http://www.************.com/2010/12/...mK9ehzvRpezBDD.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.************.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fmayweather-didnt-duck-margarito-or-cotto%2F&ei=tK1SU-KsF4bL8wHatIHgBg&usg=AFQjCNGXrRasRD9DrULKaQcMWMv7udRGng&sig2=REALksi9r6iv1R-1OeY2Bg

[Larry the boss]

more excuses? does floyd only fight golden boy fighters?

refusing to fight a whole bunch of fighters because HE doesnt like a promoter is not a good excuse.

Well you know he did try to fight one and ended up getting sued,but hey..and not to mention Arum still owes the man 750k.but hey those are only facts why should they matter...then not to mention Cotto never wanted to fight floyd even admitting it himself,yea lets ignore that as well