8 fighters Floyd Mayweather should have fought in their prime

[daggum]

No, Winky didn't agree. He turned down an absolutely reasonable split and walked away from a big pay day.

Who did Floyd turn down to fight Sharmba Mitchell?

50/50 split with winky would have been a career high payday for floyd so using your own logic floyd ducked the fight. winkys career high was 4 mill at that point to mayweathers 3.2. why does mayweather deserve more and get to drain winky/put a rehydration clause in the contract?

floyd ducked margarito for 7 to fight bum mitchell for 4.

[DARKSEID]

No he wasn't the bigger name.

Floyd was the bigger name and the P4P #1. Both of them had 1 fight on PPV at the time.

Again, Winky turned down a pay day. 55-45 was more than reasonable but like Winky always did, he priced himself out.

You're right, I just checked the numbers. Floyd was the bigger draw.

[daggum]

You're right, I just checked the numbers. Floyd was the bigger draw.

except he wasn't.

floyd-gatti did 325
winky-trinidad did 510

winky made 4 million in that fight
floyd made 3.2 million in that fight

floyd walked away from a career high pay when he turned down 50/50 against winky

[IronDanHamza]

50/50 split with winky would have been a career high payday for floyd so using your own logic floyd ducked the fight. winkys career high was 4 mill at that point to mayweathers 3.2. why does mayweather deserve more and get to drain winky/put a rehydration clause in the contract?

Because it was Winky he turned down the split not Floyd.

Winky made 4 Million with Tito, a guy who'd been on PPV numerous times and one of the biggest PPV of the 90's.

Floyd made 3.2 with Gatti who'd never been on PPV before that.

55-45 was absolutely reasonable.

floyd ducked margarito for 7 to fight bum mitchell for 4.

When were Mayweather and Margarito in talks in 2005?

I think you're getting your articles crossed.

[IronDanHamza]

except he wasn't.

floyd-gatti did 325
winky-trinidad did 510

winky made 4 million in that fight
floyd made 3.2 million in that fight

floyd walked away from a career high pay when he turned down 50/50 against winky

Again, Winky did 510 with Trinidad, a guy who'd been on PPV numerous times and was involved in one of the biggest PPV's of the 90's.

Floyd did 325 with Arturo Gatti, a guy who'd never been on PPV before.

What kind of numbers do you think Wright-Gatti would do? They would never even try and make that fight.

Wright was known for not being a draw.

"Floyd walked away" How can you say that? Floyd didn't walk anywhere. Winky is the guy that actually walked from the table.

[DARKSEID]

except he wasn't.

floyd-gatti did 325
winky-trinidad did 510

winky made 4 million in that fight
floyd made 3.2 million in that fight

floyd walked away from a career high pay when he turned down 50/50 against winky

**** lol, so I was right.

The website I checked said Floyd Gatti did 800k

[daggum]

**** lol, so I was right.

The website I checked said Floyd Gatti did 800k

was that website called ilovefloydmayweather.com?

[IronDanHamza]

**** lol, so I was right.

The website I checked said Floyd Gatti did 800k

He still wasn't the bigger name though.

Winky was the B side against Tito, a PPV star.

Floyd-Gatti are two guys who'd never been on PPV before.

A PPV including Tito Trinidad is always going to do better numbers than a match up including any of those three fighters fighting one another.

Floyd was the PPV #1, and a rising superstar going into his first PPV fight which was considered a big success considering both hadn't been on PPV.

Wright was considered a good fighter but not a PPV attraction.

[daggum]

Because it was Winky he turned down the split not Floyd.

Winky made 4 Million with Tito, a guy who'd been on PPV numerous times and one of the biggest PPV of the 90's.

Floyd made 3.2 with Gatti who'd never been on PPV before that.

55-45 was absolutely reasonable.



When were Mayweather and Margarito in talks in 2005?

I think you're getting your articles crossed.

but it was floyd who turned it down first when everything was agreed upon. this is far more important and shows floyd didn't want the fight.

Arum and Diaz say that the 'Pretty Boy' was offered in the neighborhood of $7 million to face Margarito. In what could best be described as a 'business move', the same guy who brazenly challenged the bigger Winky Wright decided to bypass Margarito, to collect nearly $4 million to spar with Sharmba Mitchell.

"Flat turned him down like you can not believe," Arum said of Mayweather when he was offered a chance at the WBO title. "Any time we raised his name, Mayweather went crazy."

[IronDanHamza]

but it was floyd who turned it down first when everything was agreed upon. this is far more important and shows floyd didn't want the fight.

No it wasn't Floyd didn't turn down anything. Winky is the only guy who refused something and walked away from the table which again was a more than reasonable offer. Something he did over and over again in his career.

Arum and Diaz say that the 'Pretty Boy' was offered in the neighborhood of $7 million to face Margarito. In what could best be described as a 'business move', the same guy who brazenly challenged the bigger Winky Wright decided to bypass Margarito, to collect nearly $4 million to spar with Sharmba Mitchell.

"Flat turned him down like you can not believe," Arum said of Mayweather when he was offered a chance at the WBO title. "Any time we raised his name, Mayweather went crazy."

Arum said this, when did he say it?

Do you have anything from 2005 from an unbiased source that they were in talks in 2005? Hell, a quote from Arum from 2005 even.

Floyd avoided the Margarito fight, by the way, I agree with that. In 2006.

2005? I don't recall them being in talks in 2005 unless you can pull up one of your beloved articles and show me.