Losses that made a fighter change their entire lives

[pasawayako]

If only floyd did not start cherry pick his opponents after the castillo fight he probably has a chance to get the 2000-2009 FIGHTER OF THE DECADE award that he dreamed of.

[travestyny]

well you are completely ignoring how he ducked margarito before. he fought sharmba for 3 instead of 7 for margarito. took less to fight judah as well so lets not pretend he was seeking the biggest money fights.

Mitchell was his very first fight at 147, wasn't it? Not sure what you're talking about here. Up to that point, Margarito only fought Kermit Cintron and Sergio Martinez who wasn't recognized just yet as anything special. And again, Mayweather wasn't against fighting him, but asked for others in the contract such as Cotto, and Top Rank refused.

i dont know what the hoya-floyd rematch has to do with floyd ducking marg? he wasnt willing to fight hoya in a rematch, marg, or cotto. thats the whole point. he barely beat hoya in the first fight if you dont remember. there were no good cherry picks so he retired only to return when better cherries presented themselves in the form of an old little marquez and an old faded mosley among others.

Why the hell would he be afraid of De La Hoya when he just fought him? That makes no sense. He was locked into negotiation with him for the rematch. Cotto was locked into his next two fights as well, so that makes no sense.

Article Dated Jan. 18, 2008

BoxingScene.com, speaking with Bob Arum of Top Rank, was informed that WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will defend his title against Contender star Alfonso Gomez on April 12 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The venue has already set aside the date for Cotto-Gomez.

The welterweight battle between former champions Antonio Margarito*and Zab Judah, slated for April 26, may end up going forward on May 3, with Showtime televising the fight. Provided both Cotto and Margarito win,*Top Rank would*match them on*pay-per-view in July.

Actually, Margarito wound up fighting Cintron on the same card as Cotto vs. Gomez.

Cotto had accepted 2 fights at least by Jan. 18th, 2008 At this time, Mayweather was still in negotiation for the De La Hoya rematch.


Plus, now you're saying he wasn't willing to fight De La Hoya in a rematch, but he fought him at 154 after he was, according to you, afraid to step up after fighting Castillo. See how you don't make any sense at all?

Then you say an old faded Mosley....WHO BEAT THE DOG SHlT OUT OF THE GUY YOU SAID MAYWEATHER WAS DUCKING.

i think you are getting the time line wrong. mosley beat marg in january of 2009. floyd didnt announce his comeback until may of 2009. yes he fought a 39 year old mosley instead of margarito. its called styles. marg is a high volume pressure fighter. mosley is an old guy who held the entire marg fight and marg kept walking into his power. different fighters.

So how was he going to still fight Margarito after his loss to Mosley and after Margarito was forced to sit out his penalty for his illegal wraps? Maybe you can explain that. Or did you forget about that?

he was never considering renewing with top rank. he deliberately priced himself out in order to leave. remember he wanted a 20 million guarantee to fight hoya(left that part out strangely). obv that was insanity. floyd only got a 10 million guarantee when he actaully fought hoya later to prove how insane that was. he wanted to leave so he asked for the impossible. not sure why you think he was trying to fight cotto when he made impossible demands.

Looks like he got what he wanted. I don't know if he was talking guarantees, but he wanted 10 mill for Cotto, 10 mill for Hatton, and 20 mill for De La Hoya.


vs. Hatton -- Floyd's purse was 11 million
vs. Cotto (albeit later) -- Floyd's purse was 32Million
vs. De La Hoya -- Floyd's purse was 25million

So seems he got 28 million more than what he was begging Arum for.

Actually, you can go read this here and it explains perfectly why his move made so much sense:

http://www.businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweather-career-earnings-top-rank-2015-4

[mcdonalds]

Pacquiao-JMM 4. Pacquiao had to stop the roids, cherry pick even easier fights and finally fight Mayweather because he knew he was finished as a major draw.

LOL

[iamboxing]

The obvious one is George Foreman's loss to Ali. He retired and found God, but his fighting style changed too. He wasn't as nervous and restless in the ring as he was before and more methodical and patient.

[Madison Boxing]

you changed your life when broner lost to maidana

[Szef]

Wladimir Klitschko's loss to Corrie Sanders comes to mind.

[PsychoPat]

I think you are more are more humble larry after ducking lou cipher the supreme fighting machine.

[Lester Tutor]

Mawyeather and the fear of margarito forced him to retire. In hindsight was a smart move but still he had to bitch out to save his life but he used to it *cough* jprince *cough*

Margo vs Floyd was a fantasy fight with Top Rank publicity. ODH was a harder adversary than Clottey or Cintron. Plus where were the other WBA IBF adversaries with industry news to unify? If anything it would've been Paul Williams that Floyd would've ducked before retiring, not Margarito. It's TMT negotiation with Top Rank pre 2010. Cmon that's already a fumble to begin with. Arum would probably say 50/50

[DeadLikeMe]

Hatton turned into a depressed cokehead after getting stopped by Mayweather.

[Lomasexual]

The obvious one is George Foreman's loss to Ali. He retired and found God, but his fighting style changed too. He wasn't as nervous and restless in the ring as he was before and more methodical and patient.

Yeah, I was expecting this to be the first one that people mentioned.

Sadly, instead the thread went into tard-mode almost immediately.