Did Floyd ever take a "Risk" in his career?

[Roadblock]

Every fighter takes and accepts risks.

Floyd just made sure that he managed every conceivable risk to achieve the biggest reward.

By setting the terms - he controlled the whole event to favour him.
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He was shrewd as hell, also very well 'advised'.

People who hate Floyd for the above need to look beyond him as an individual and look at the sport itself.

Pro boxing was never an honest, open sport EVER. Its is literally full of every type of risk a human can face - injury, humiliation, bankruptcy, exploitation, legal action, etc.

I don't like Floyd's personality at all, but in terms of his approach to the business side of boxing...he was a dark master.

The irony is you just described every A side superstar in the game and this idea grew into so much Floyd bias its unbelievable, they all did it from Oscar to Manny to Canelo .

[alexguiness]

You may be right, but it doesn't change the fact that Floyd was easily the most blatant and shameless exponant of the A side B side approach.

[Roadblock]

You may be right, but it doesn't change the fact that Floyd was easily the most blatant and shameless exponant of the A side B side approach.

Not really its just the others were never highlighted like he was, everything Floyd did was crucified while others that did the same stuff and worse not a murmur .

Have you ever heard of the tall poppy syndrome .

[Zaroku]

He took plenty of risks, Castillo, Maidana, Mosley(shook him up with a clean shot)

[djtmal]

Not really its just the others were never highlighted like he was, everything Floyd did was crucified while others that did the same stuff and worse not a murmur .

Hmmm and why is that.

The level of cherrypicking far overshadowed the few risks you could give him credit for.

[alexguiness]

Not really its just the others were never highlighted like he was, everything Floyd did was crucified while others that did the same stuff and worse not a murmur .

Have you ever heard of the tall poppy syndrome .

I'm not so sure.

Why was Floyd singled out?

There is always a reason - it's not just a random occurrence.

[Roadblock]

I'm not so sure.

Why was Floyd singled out?

There is always a reason - it's not just a random occurrence.

Because he was hated because of his bragging and flashing money, add to that his main rival was Manny who was liked so the whole villain vs good guy just added wood to the fire and to really rub it he was undefeated and Joe Casual never likes bragging winners.

The whole cherry picking idea is born from haters, how can anybody call Floyd a cherry picker and be a fan of Manny, its comical and Ive challenged all of them here to debate me comparing resumes head to head fight for fight, timing weights and opponents form going into the matches, none of them will take me up on it because I will blow them away I will show Manny is by far a bigger cherry picker than Floyd by far.

Its easier for the haters to makes some wild attacks on Floyd and when you get into them they throw some insults and run off to say the same sht somewhere else.

[Roadblock]

Hmmm and why is that.

The level of cherrypicking far overshadowed the few risks you could give him credit for.

Start the thread Floyds resume vs Mannys resume fight for fight timing weights and measures and opponents form and will see who the cherry picker is .

[thedarkdragon11]

He already did 52 times since Apodaca to McLoser + Big Show and Tenshin...

[alexguiness]

Because he was hated because of his bragging and flashing money, add to that his main rival was Manny who was liked so the whole villain vs good guy just added wood to the fire and to really rub it he was undefeated and Joe Casual never likes bragging winners.

The whole cherry picking idea is born from haters, how can anybody call Floyd a cherry picker and be a fan of Manny, its comical and Ive challenged all of them here to debate me comparing resumes head to head fight for fight, timing weights and opponents form going into the matches, none of them will take me up on it because I will blow them away I will show Manny is by far a bigger cherry picker than Floyd by far.

Its easier for the haters to makes some wild attacks on Floyd and when you get into them they throw some insults and run off to say the same sht somewhere else.

Some of what you say has truth to it.

Floyd was not liked because of his personality, that's clear for all to see.

However, he choose to play the 'bad guy' and used it to his advantage when it came to markets his PPV fights.

Floyd was the highest paid boxer in history, he achieved that by marketing and careful career management. Using that standard, its hard for him or his fans to complain about 'haters'.

Would he rather be paid less and loved / respected more?

No way.