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  • sugar ray lenrd
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    #71
    Originally posted by Roadblock
    Did you see what Vince Phillips Hatton and Hector Lopez did to KT, Floyd would have washed Kostya.
    Yes I did. But this is boxing, what one fight outcome doesn’t have any bearing on the outcome of the other. In other words styles make fight.
    Case in point;
    Frazier drops & beats Ali in their first fight, Foreman ko’s Frazier, Ali ko’s Foreman.

    You’re a boxing fan you know That.

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    • IronDanHamza
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      #72
      Originally posted by sugar ray lenrd
      False??? He never fought Tszyu is that a fact? So how could that be a false? Floyd may have wanted the fight, but his people didn’t want it. End of story...he didn’t fight the best available and that’s a FACT!
      It’s false because you’re saying Floyd didn’t want it which is patently false. He did want it. And his people wanted the fight.

      You’re putting the blame on Floyd when there were two parties involved.

      He did fight the highest available, he wanted Kosta Tsyzu badly, when that fell out, the next highest ranked guy was Gatti.

      That’s what happened.

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      • sugar ray lenrd
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        #73
        Originally posted by IronDanHamza
        It’s false because you’re saying Floyd didn’t want it which is patently false. He did want it. And his people wanted the fight.

        You’re putting the blame on Floyd when there were two parties involved.

        He did fight the highest available, he wanted Kosta Tsyzu badly, when that fell out, the next highest ranked guy was Gatti.

        That’s what happened.
        Read the last post,
        This is what I wrote;

        Originally Posted by sugar ray lenrd View Post
        False??? He never fought Tszyu is that a fact? So how could that be a false? Floyd may have wanted the fight, but his people didn’t want it. End of story...he didn’t fight the best available and that’s a FACT!

        ....

        Sugar Ray Leonard

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        • Boxing Goat
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          #74
          Floyd fought everyone.....

          Just not in their primes aside from Hatton, Castillo and Corrales.

          You can make a case for Canelo, but I believe that he would KO Floyd now. Floyd knew he was way too green at the time.

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          • w1cked
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            #75
            Originally posted by IronDanHamza
            It’s false because you’re saying Floyd didn’t want it which is patently false. He did want it. And his people wanted the fight.

            You’re putting the blame on Floyd when there were two parties involved.

            He did fight the highest available, he wanted Kosta Tsyzu badly, when that fell out, the next highest ranked guy was Gatti.

            That’s what happened.
            the blame wasn't on tszyu either, he was 36 yrs. old, barely active, and was looking for a well-deserved career cash out fight, and floyd wasn't gonna provide that.

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            • IronDanHamza
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              #76
              Originally posted by sugar ray lenrd
              Read the last post,
              This is what I wrote;

              Originally Posted by sugar ray lenrd View Post
              False??? He never fought Tszyu is that a fact? So how could that be a false? Floyd may have wanted the fight, but his people didn’t want it. End of story...he didn’t fight the best available and that’s a FACT!

              ....

              Sugar Ray Leonard
              Ok and again that’s false.

              His team did want the fight. Floyd and everyone involved with Floyd wanted that fight with Tszyu at the time.

              He was very vocal about that and they tried to make it.

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              • IronDanHamza
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                #77
                Originally posted by w1cked
                the blame wasn't on tszyu either, he was 36 yrs. old, barely active, and was looking for a well-deserved career cash out fight, and floyd wasn't gonna provide that.
                Well yeah, I wouldn’t say Tszyu avoided it.

                Floyd seemed a lot more interested than Tszyu but neither were at much fault. The deal was hard to make from the get go.

                Floyd wouldn’t have got any credit for that win anyway it would have been deemed an old, past prime fighter.

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                • 501_Boy
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                  #78
                  Originally posted by Dr. Frank
                  Actually he shit his pants at the thought of fighting Paul Williams. Clearly YDKSAB you noob.
                  Grow up...lol

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