Did Mayweather just basically answer all of this guy's questions....

[Ahmed_Ismail]

no he fought cotto after getting knocked out by pac and margarito, and a close controversial decision to clottey. Its quite clear he wasn't the same

and he beat mosley after losing to cotto and a year and a half lay off

And he beat pacqiuao after 6 fn years and a brutal knockout loss to marquez


IF he fought this guys when they should of happened, people wouldn't have an argument.

BS, Cotto was coming off a TKO win over Margarito and he was the champ at 154, the KO to Pacquiao was 3 years before that, when Pacquiao fought Cotto is was a year after he got KOed and cut up by Margarito who had loaded wraps and he was fresh off a knockout dragout with Clottey. He beat Mosley when Mosley was coming off the most impressive win of his career against the "boogeyman" Margarito, he knocked out Margarito and brutalized him, the layoff excuse is lame cuz Floyd always took long layoffs and came back to win, this is not an excuse.

Pacquiao refused to take the test, then he turned down a career high of 40 million (the highest he's ever made at the time was 8 mill), he was claiming he was that holy guy that doesn't fight for money, yet he turned down 40 mill and insisted on 50 50, then Pacquiao reSIGNED a contract with Arum in 2012 knowing that Arum is blocking the fight, if he wanted the fight so bad he wouldn't have done that, he would've given Arum the finger, signed to Golden Boy or Mayweather Promotions for this fight only, and made the fight happen, instead he re signed an exclusive contract, then he got KOed by Marquez, which wasn't Floyd's fault, then he needed a year off and another year to get the confidence back.

Plus Floyd is 1 year older and he slowed down considerably also, time and age apply to Floyd Mayweather too! look how he looked against Maidana, if Floyd was Floyd he would've did Maidana like he did Baldomir. HE beat Pacquiao 9-3 at the age of the 38, which is a HUGE accomplishment, get over it.

[ADP02]

Cotto - Arum didn't want the Floyd fight for Cotto at 140 when they were both TR because he felt Cotto wasn't ready. I agree the fight should have happened after the Hatton fight but Floyd took a hiatus.

Hatton - Floyd was the P4P and welterweight champion with all the leverage. What fighter goes down in weight to challenge a lesser opponent for their title?

Marquez - fight was a tune up, nothing more nothing less. Styles make fights and regardless of size, Floyd beat JMM 10 out of 10 times and JMM and Nacho know this.

Margarito - Arum created the Margarito boogeyman after Floyd bought out of his contract to leave. There was never any mention of Marg being a threat or opponent until Arum took to the media and built him up.

Mosley - Floyd was calling for that fight when Shane was at 135 but Shane didn't feel he was worth it and chased bigger names and money at Welter. Sounds familiar?

DLH - Money fight.

Cotto - That is my point. Wanted Cotto when he wasn't ready but didn't want to fight him when it should have been made.

Hatton - Sorry but they could have met at a CW. The point is that Hatton was not Hatton at 147.

Marquez - Floyd and his fans called it a legit fight. Some still do and made a poll about it about a year ago.


Margarito - Margarito went up to Floyd and called him out not Arum. Arum did let Margarito sit it out waiting for Floyd but Floyd wanted no part of Margarito.


Mosley - Mosley would have fought Floyd at 135. Floyd had no intentions of moving up to 135.


Oscar - OK if you call it a money fight but this thread is about something else. This thread is that Floyd answered questions but the truth is he didn't answer what was being asked of him. You even partially admitted to that with your post.

[golden247]

this interview was from 5 years ago.

basically the interviewer was constantly crying throughout the interview..."why wont you fight shane, why wont you fight pacquiao, why wont you fight cotto, why wont you fight the top guys in your division, why wont you fight margarito, why wont you fight paul williams." blah blah blah...he was saying mayweather was scared to fight these guys.

ok few years pass, Mayweather has beaten

- Shane Mosley
- Victor Ortiz
- Miguel Cotto
- Robert Guerrero (questionable opponent)
- Saul Alvarez
- Marcos Maidana (2x)
- Manny Pacquiao

in my opinion he would have gave margarito a boxing lesson. also he would have beaten paul williams..

mayweather has beaten all of the guys the interviewer wanted him to fight plus alvarez & maidana who are top fighters in the division. plus he beat ortiz right after ortiz came off a big victory over berto.

now people saying mayweather is scared of khan, scared of brook, scared of thurman. this just shows how badly people wanna see him lose.



i think mayweather should do a follow up interview and ask him "who do you want me to fight now...?"

As Morales mentioned, Floyd picked all of these fights at the right time, which Floyd has mentioned himself on several occassions.

[SweetPbfAli]

Cotto - That is my point. Wanted Cotto when he wasn't ready but didn't want to fight him when it should have been made.

Hatton - Sorry but they could have met at a CW. The point is that Hatton was not Hatton at 147.

Marquez - Floyd and his fans called it a legit fight. Some still do and made a poll about it about a year ago.


Margarito - Margarito went up to Floyd and called him out not Arum. Arum did let Margarito sit it out waiting for Floyd but Floyd wanted no part of Margarito.


Mosley - Mosley would have fought Floyd at 135. Floyd had no intentions of moving up to 135.


Oscar - OK if you call it a money fight but this thread is about something else. This thread is that Floyd answered questions but the truth is he didn't answer what was being asked of him. You even partially admitted to that with your post.

Cotto - So that makes it a wash, no? At that point, Floyd earned the right to decide when and who to fight whether fans like it or not

Hatton - Again, when in history has that happened? And ever if it did, people would still turn around and ***** about the CW. He can't win in some eyes on this one.

Marquez - He was like number 2 p4p at the time so there's some validity to the argument and he gave Manny hell and a KO at the same weight but the fight means little imo for Floyd's legacy.

Margarito - This was all while Floyd was leaving TR. Floyd beats Marg like Mosley minus the KO. Jab to the body, stop his momentum and cause him to reset his feet, overhand right and clinch in close. Wash and repeat while getting hit a lot less. Only hardcore fans and Floyd detractors paraded Marg as some feared fighter.

DLH - I'm lost on this one. Everyone wanted the DLH lottery much like everyone guns for the Mayweather lottery now but the added incentive with Mayweather is to try to give him his first L. He fought DLH with all of conditions to DLH advantage and Floyd employs the same now as he's in a similar position just as SRL did it before them both.

[Rapid Counter]

I **** ted on PAC for Algeri
Rios was a tough choice because h just got knocked the fawk out

No matter how you slice and dice it, Rios was never a tough choice.

[ADP02]

Cotto - So that makes it a wash, no? At that point, Floyd earned the right to decide when and who to fight whether fans like it or not

Hatton - Again, when in history has that happened? And ever if it did, people would still turn around and ***** about the CW. He can't win in some eyes on this one.

Marquez - He was like number 2 p4p at the time so there's some validity to the argument and he gave Manny hell and a KO at the same weight but the fight means little imo for Floyd's legacy.

Margarito - This was all while Floyd was leaving TR. Floyd beats Marg like Mosley minus the KO. Jab to the body, stop his momentum and cause him to reset his feet, overhand right and clinch in close. Wash and repeat while getting hit a lot less. Only hardcore fans and Floyd detractors paraded Marg as some feared fighter.

DLH - I'm lost on this one. Everyone wanted the DLH lottery much like everyone guns for the Mayweather lottery now but the added incentive with Mayweather is to try to give him his first L. He fought DLH with all of conditions to DLH advantage and Floyd employs the same now as he's in a similar position just as SRL did it before them both.

I already answered and you basically are agreeing with me but not saying so. Floyd could have and did what he wanted to. The thing is that Floyd didn't answer the questions asked. He fought them opponents not under the best of circumstances or when the opposition was at their best. You even admitted to that.


Oscar was a money fight against someone who basically was a promoter that had 1 fight in like 3 years prior to Floyd. So its not like Floyd fought the best at their best and at their best division. Just names.

[J.Dempsey]

floyd is the best of our generation
Enjoy him now as when he retires we'll all miss him
Haters included

[Canelo Phresh]

Floyd gets some points for fighting the guys, but he should have fought them years earlier. If you want to use the business defense, i.e. he made the most lucrative maneuvers, fine but making money does take away from the atg worth. Floyd is a prime example of why boxing needs national regulation. Regardless of marketing Floyd has fight one of 3, top 5 contenders, or he should be stripped. If he doesn't within a 6 month period his belt and rank are stripped. No special considerations at all. Fight your way to the top and fight to stay there, or go.