Why do people demand Floyd fight the toughest opposition out there but not Pacquiao?

[Doctor_Tenma]

It's because Floyd claims he is TBE. And if you are going to be bold enough to say that then you better be prepared for fans to expect you to fight the biggest and best opponent out there.

Pacman is just an after thought now and doesn't matter anymore.

But Floyd has always claimed to be the best, so then you have to always fight the best. Hes a great fighter but he no where near being TBE. But to make such claims as Floyd does you better fight the best and go beyond your limits and challenge yourself beyond belief. Because that's what a fight who is the best ever would do.

Just think of this has Floyd ever gone into a fight where people were overwellingly thinking he will lose. He does take risks. Name his biggest wins and compare those against past greats who took risks.

First I'd like to say, hello alt

Second, Mayweather calling himself TBE does not excuse fans not calling for Pacquiao to challenge himself. It doesn't excuse Rios and Algieri.

[Jayallday9]

He beat all the champions at welterweight since 2010, Mosley was the WBA champion and Floyd was the challenger, Ortiz was the WBC champion and Floyd was the challenger, Cotto was the champ and Floyd was the challenger, Guerrero was a champ like Floyd at the time, Canelo was the champ and Floyd was the challenger, Maidana was the WBA champion and Pacquiao was the WBO champion, who else could he have fought in the last 5 years? if he would've fought Alexander instead of Guerrero people would be like oh he ducked Guerrero, and same applies for all other opponents.

Mosley KOs Margarito in 2009 Floyd fights Mosley and Pacquiao fights Margarito in 2010 and Pacquiao gets more credit even though he fought the loser, Margarito beats and cuts up Cotto Pacquiao fights shot Cotto and nobody says **** about fighting Margarito who actually won the fight and was also promoted by Arum, Mike Alvarado beats Brandon Rios, Pacquiao fights Rios instead of Alvarado, Joshua Clottey loses to Cotto, Pacquiao fights him fresh off the loss, and the list of CHERRY PICKED SHOT opponents goes on and on and ON, hell it goes back to 2005, Morales gets shut out by Zahir Raheem, Pacquiao fights Morales and nobody even mentions Zahir Raheem as a potential opponent and nobody in the media or none of the fans calls Pacquiao out on the BS, Floyd Mayweather would NEVER get away with fighting this crappy level of opposition!

100%...I had to explain this exact pattern to some friends the other day! The only reason anybody would be disappointed in the Floyd-Pac fight is if they believed Pac was really great in the first place and if you actually followed his career you would know he's never really been tested...

[Rath]

There's a job in race-walking where someone watches each participant's entire race to ensure nobody took a jogging/running stride at any point in the several hour race. I think that may be a good sport for you to try out.

no thanks,

what i would really like to do is beat Floyd in a hugging and running contest.

I don't wan to try to beat him in a dancing contest, somebody beat him there already.

come to think of it, when Floyd joined dancing contest he lost

but when he dance in a boxing contest he wins LOL

[b00g13man]

no thanks,

what i would really like to do is beat Floyd in a hugging and running contest.

I don't wan to try to beat him in a dancing contest, somebody beat him there already.

come to think of it, when Floyd joined dancing contest he lost

but when he dance in a boxing contest he wins LOL

[techliam]

He beat all the champions at welterweight since 2010, Mosley was the WBA champion and Floyd was the challenger, Ortiz was the WBC champion and Floyd was the challenger, Cotto was the champ and Floyd was the challenger, Guerrero was a champ like Floyd at the time, Canelo was the champ and Floyd was the challenger, Maidana was the WBA champion and Pacquiao was the WBO champion, who else could he have fought in the last 5 years? if he would've fought Alexander instead of Guerrero people would be like oh he ducked Guerrero, and same applies for all other opponents.

Mosley KOs Margarito in 2009 Floyd fights Mosley and Pacquiao fights Margarito in 2010 and Pacquiao gets more credit even though he fought the loser, Margarito beats and cuts up Cotto Pacquiao fights shot Cotto and nobody says **** about fighting Margarito who actually won the fight and was also promoted by Arum, Mike Alvarado beats Brandon Rios, Pacquiao fights Rios instead of Alvarado, Joshua Clottey loses to Cotto, Pacquiao fights him fresh off the loss, and the list of CHERRY PICKED SHOT opponents goes on and on and ON, hell it goes back to 2005, Morales gets shut out by Zahir Raheem, Pacquiao fights Morales and nobody even mentions Zahir Raheem as a potential opponent and nobody in the media or none of the fans calls Pacquiao out on the BS, Floyd Mayweather would NEVER get away with fighting this crappy level of opposition!

Just a couple of corrections. Guerrero wasnt a champion, and Canelo wasnt the champion either, Floyd was ranked above him (the lineage was created from the Canelo-Floyd fight)

[techliam]

First I'd like to say, hello alt

Second, Mayweather calling himself TBE does not excuse fans not calling for Pacquiao to challenge himself. It doesn't excuse Rios and Algieri.

Nor Guerrero or Maidana 2, but youre right

[krazyn8tive]

Why does Floyd have to fight the toughest and biggest guy out there at the age of 38 and not Manny Pacquiao, Why isn't anybody mentioning Thurman or Khan or Brook or Maidana or Canelo as potential opponents for Pacquiao? why is it that if Floyd doesn't fight even 1 of them everybody is gonna be like Floyd ducked him?

I think Pacquiao's fans themselves gave up on Pacquiao becoming the best P4P fighter in the world again especially after he got outclassed on May 2nd, so they just wanna see him get his hands raised at the end of the fight regardless of who the opponent is.

What do you guys think?

He labeled himself TBE. It shouldnt matter, right?

[joseph5620]

Because Manny is nowhere near as good.

Period.......

[IMDAZED]

New logic from the uneducated simpletons: Unless you call yourself the best ever, you don't have to fight the best.

[QballLobo]

Because those are the standards Floyd himself has set for himself. He says he is the best ever, better than Ali etc..
He and his fans can't get mad when people want to see him prove it. The guys Floyd is talking about challenged themselves and took fights where they didn't have all the advantages.
Its like Lebron James. He has had an incredible career and is a great player. But he has also said when he is done he will move one of the ATG off the "Mt. Rushmore" of basketball. Now we have to compare him to Jordan, Magic, Russelll and the like. That's why people bring up the Finals losses etc..., not because they hate Lebron, but because those are the standards he has set for himself and people are holding him to.