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Here is the part that makes Floyd look lame EVERY TIME Oscar makes legit criticism about Floyd it's always strictly related to boxing. Oscar said Floyd makes boring fights and did not challenge himself either in the ring or in choosing his opponents. 2 valid points that not only many fans have echo'd but also many of his boxing peers and hall of fame fighters. Never bashes him about his many outside the ring issues including being a serial woman beater. Floyd is a easy target to bash outside the ring but Oscar keeps it strictly based on his career. And when he does Floyd never responds back to those points instead just calls Oscar a hater or brings up his problems outside the ring. Which loses steam when the man himself talks about his own issues about addiction all the time and has dealt with them head on. What Floyd is doing is a simple tactic people do when they have no defense or comeback to the actual points/argument so they resort to attacking the guy personally as a smoke screen to avoid talking about the points.
Also I will say for an alltime great which Floyd is. Doesn't anyone else find it interesting that he is by the far the least respected great? What I mean is you almost NEVER hear any hall of fame fighters say a damn thing nice about him. If they do it's always a backhanded complement. Floyd just retired and nobody cares. Where as other past greats get showered with praise especially when they retired. But not just Oscar criticizes Floyd Trinidad, Lennox Lewis, Hagler, Foreman, ect every alltime great go read the type of comments they make about Floyd that are literally almost word for word what Oscar says. Oscar just has a bigger platform to say it. They all say great fighter but "not a fan of his style thought it was too boring". Great fighter but "feel he didn't fight enough great fighters in their prime". "Great figher but..." " is what they say about him. For a undefeated fighter who just retired why does none of his peers who are all in the hall of fame have anything nice to say about him?
You want to discredit Oscar because Floyd says he's jealous and on drugs then what about the rest of the alltime greats who have made the same complaints about Floyd? Are they just jealous and on drugs too? All I know is when Jordan, Montana, ect greats from other sports all retire or when hall of fame players in their sports talk about them at the peak or end of their career it's usually nothing but praise at the least out weighs the negative. But it's damn near impossible to find that same for Floyd. There are things in Floyd's career that rubs other fighters and fans the wrong way and to just brush aside what Oscar is saying when fans, media and more importantly alltime greats saying the same thing seems foolish. Floyd should address those points rather then try and spin the conversation to Oscar just being jealous and on Drugs. Oscar is just one voice of many screaming.
Also I will say for an alltime great which Floyd is. Doesn't anyone else find it interesting that he is by the far the least respected great? What I mean is you almost NEVER hear any hall of fame fighters say a damn thing nice about him. If they do it's always a backhanded complement. Floyd just retired and nobody cares. Where as other past greats get showered with praise especially when they retired. But not just Oscar criticizes Floyd Trinidad, Lennox Lewis, Hagler, Foreman, ect every alltime great go read the type of comments they make about Floyd that are literally almost word for word what Oscar says. Oscar just has a bigger platform to say it. They all say great fighter but "not a fan of his style thought it was too boring". Great fighter but "feel he didn't fight enough great fighters in their prime". "Great figher but..." " is what they say about him. For a undefeated fighter who just retired why does none of his peers who are all in the hall of fame have anything nice to say about him?
You want to discredit Oscar because Floyd says he's jealous and on drugs then what about the rest of the alltime greats who have made the same complaints about Floyd? Are they just jealous and on drugs too? All I know is when Jordan, Montana, ect greats from other sports all retire or when hall of fame players in their sports talk about them at the peak or end of their career it's usually nothing but praise at the least out weighs the negative. But it's damn near impossible to find that same for Floyd. There are things in Floyd's career that rubs other fighters and fans the wrong way and to just brush aside what Oscar is saying when fans, media and more importantly alltime greats saying the same thing seems foolish. Floyd should address those points rather then try and spin the conversation to Oscar just being jealous and on Drugs. Oscar is just one voice of many screaming.
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