Mayweather the biggest cherry picker in boxing

[Dosumpthin]

Pac IS ****** trash.

Pac smokes meth. Period.

[GhostofDempsey]

The cherry-picking and ducking started early in his career. He found a way to avoid southpaw Stevie Johnston, prime Mosley, Freitas, and Casamayor. He often used opponents losses and claims of poor opposition to avoid them, yet had no problem fighting Judah coming off a loss to Baldomir and then fighting Baldomir with his 9 losses.

He "retired" so he wouldn't have to rematch DLH, and he had prime Pac, Mosley, Cotto, Margarito and Paul Williams waiting for him. He wanted no part of them and chose to "retire" and let them soften one another up until it was safe to come back against a much smaller urine-guzzling Marquez. Came up two weight classes and Floyd never bothered to make the weight for a catch weight he demanded (now contrast the criticism GGG receives for fighting a large WW who came up two weight classes--hypocrisy much?).

He waited out Cotto, Mosley and Pac until they were past their prime and certainly not their best. He turned down challenges from Martinez and GGG who offered to come down to 154 to fight him. He called out Winky Wright, and when Winky called his bluff, Floyd ran the other way. He openly admits now that he "marinated" the fight with Pac, which is Floyd-speak for ducking and waiting for him to lose a step.

No other fighter has ducked this many prime opponents in their career and managed to be this successful.

[The Big Dunn]

The cherry-picking and ducking started early in his career. He found a way to avoid southpaw Stevie Johnston, prime Mosley, Freitas, and Casamayor. He often used opponents losses and claims of poor opposition to avoid them, yet had no problem fighting Judah coming off a loss to Baldomir and then fighting Baldomir with his 9 losses.

He "retired" so he wouldn't have to rematch DLH, and he had prime Pac, Mosley, Cotto, Margarito and Paul Williams waiting for him. He wanted no part of them and chose to "retire" and let them soften one another up until it was safe to come back against a much smaller urine-guzzling Marquez. Came up two weight classes and Floyd never bothered to make the weight for a catch weight he demanded (now contrast the criticism GGG receives for fighting a large WW who came up two weight classes--hypocrisy much?).

He waited out Cotto, Mosley and Pac until they were past their prime and certainly not their best. He turned down challenges from Martinez and GGG who offered to come down to 154 to fight him. He called out Winky Wright, and when Winky called his bluff, Floyd ran the other way. He openly admits now that he "marinated" the fight with Pac, which is Floyd-speak for ducking and waiting for him to lose a step.

No other fighter has ducked this many prime opponents in their career and managed to be this successful.

Didn't prime Mosley have a toothache? wasn't the Judah fight signed before the Baldomir loss so they went ahead with it, similar to Morales and Manny fighting after Morales lost to Zahir Raheem?

Didn't he retire because of his hand injuries?

Are you sure about Cotto? Didn't Manny refuse to fight in 09 over drug testing?

[uppercut510]

the same guy that made this thread will bring up Lemiux as a great game changing ATG win for GeeGGee, "he was a champion" too funny

[djtmal]

Didn't prime Mosley have a toothache? wasn't the Judah fight signed before the Baldomir loss so they went ahead with it, similar to Morales and Manny fighting after Morales lost to Zahir Raheem?

Didn't he retire because of his hand injuries?

Are you sure about Cotto? Didn't Manny refuse to fight in 09 over drug testing?

Didn't Mosely say he was going on vacation/toothache after Vargas 2 when they asked him about Floyd? The same thing Floyd pimped when they asked him about Cotto, Margarito, and Shane, Pac, Williams, etc. etc. etc. Vacation/hand injuries.

Nobody really talks too much about how he bailed out on Winky Wright, but something had to happen for him to last minute try to ask for more money and the fight got scrapped. Floyd has a history of wrangling his way out of deals/fights.

[GhostofDempsey]

Didn't prime Mosley have a toothache? wasn't the Judah fight signed before the Baldomir loss so they went ahead with it, similar to Morales and Manny fighting after Morales lost to Zahir Raheem?

Didn't he retire because of his hand injuries?

Are you sure about Cotto? Didn't Manny refuse to fight in 09 over drug testing?

Haha, the old toothache excuse. Mosley was calling out Floyd back at lightweight. Floyd would wait for Mosley to move up before he moved up. The tooth ache was merely Mosley asking for an additional month or two of recovery to sign the fight, Floyd used that against him and wouldn't allow the postponement.

Manny refused the initial drug test because of how it was handled from the get go. You don't make public accusations and expect their won't be a lawsuit. Floyd was sued and settled out of court. Once that was settled Manny agreed to testing...Floyd moved the goal post and found another excuse to duck.

Hand injuries? You mean the ones he was using illegal injections to fight with? Those hand injuries? Or are those "false accusations' that are unfounded? Sound familiar?

[The Big Dunn]

Haha, the old toothache excuse. Mosley was calling out Floyd back at lightweight. Floyd would wait for Mosley to move up before he moved up. The tooth ache was merely Mosley asking for an additional month or two of recovery to sign the fight, Floyd used that against him and wouldn't allow the postponement.

Manny refused the initial drug test because of how it was handled from the get go. You don't make public accusations and expect their won't be a lawsuit. Floyd was sued and settled out of court. Once that was settled Manny agreed to testing...Floyd moved the goal post and found another excuse to duck.

Hand injuries? You mean the ones he was using illegal injections to fight with? Those hand injuries? Or are those "false accusations' that are unfounded? Sound familiar?

WTF? This is crazier than the initial post.

Omitting facts. Blaming Floyd for decisions made by adults. Elevating guys because they didn't fight Floyd. Claiming legal injection are illegal.

This kind of hate is irrational.

[therealpugilist]

Is it fair to say Floyd Mayweather was the biggest cherry picker in boxing history. He would always fight boxers when they were past it, battle worn or just green and rarely in their prime.

I must say Manny Pacquiao is levels past floyd


most his "welterweight" opponents are guys who were never career welters....Bradley, JMM, Vargas, Algieri, Rios....

Mosley was 1-1-1 hadnt won a fight in years

Margo was coming off a stoppage loss to mosley, beat a no name then fights for the 154 title at 150 and neither guy was even ranked or done anything at 154

cherrypicked JMM twice, shouldve lost fight 3 and got KTFO figuring he was long in the tooth and ripe for the picking


sorry bro....thread is a major fail

[The Big Dunn]

Didn't Mosely say he was going on vacation/toothache after Vargas 2 when they asked him about Floyd? The same thing Floyd pimped when they asked him about Cotto, Margarito, and Shane, Pac, Williams, etc. etc. etc. Vacation/hand injuries.

Nobody really talks too much about how he bailed out on Winky Wright, but something had to happen for him to last minute try to ask for more money and the fight got scrapped. Floyd has a history of wrangling his way out of deals/fights.

Or, Shane didn't fight Floyd because Shane was the bigger draw and Floyd was high risk, low reward and he found a way not to fight Floyd but I guess we should pretend Floyd was the bigger draw and "Money" Mayweather at this point.

Yes, boxing media and fans don't talk much about that. Maybe that is because Winky has a history of having fights not happen because of purse related issues and-I know this is foreign concept to you-perhaps it was actually Winky's fault the fight didn't happen.

[GhostofDempsey]

WTF? This is crazier than the initial post.

Omitting facts. Blaming Floyd for decisions made by adults. Elevating guys because they didn't fight Floyd. Claiming legal injection are illegal.

This kind of hate is irrational.

Hey, this is what Floyd did and yet you give him a pass. He made outrageous accusations in order to duck Pac in his prime. But when fans start talking about Floyd's sealed records of injections in his hands which were illegal (or the illegal IV you Floyd fans conveniently excuse) then suddenly we are irrational and full of hate. Typical hypocrisy from Floyd and his cheerleaders.

I didn't omit any facts or make anything up. Mosley only asked for more time to recover from oral surgery for a loose tooth from a prior fight.

This is exactly why Manny didn't disclose his shoulder injury and ask for an extension. It took an act of God to get that fight made and after all the chasing he did, he wasn't going to risk losing that fight by asking for more recovery time and have fans such as yourself accuse him of ducking. Instead, he went in and fought with one arm for 8 rounds. Floyd still couldn't finish him. Imagine prime Pac with two hands, Floyd wanted none of that!