Quote Originally Posted by bradlee180 View Post
Floyd deserves credit for his most recent opponents since 2011 because they are good young top fighters, but his cherry-picking circa 2002-2010 was basically ridiculous.
In all my decades as a fan of this sport, I've NEVER seen ducking and cherry-picking taken to that level... and the Boxing establishment and fans allowed him to get away with it! Hatton is the sole top prime fighter Floyd stepped in with in those 8 years.

At Welterweight since 2005, I don't think Floyd was even the best in that one weight class let alone All-Time!

Paul Williams would have taken him as would Margarito, and I think Pacquiao too when he went to Welter in 2009. And Floyd wasn't interested in fighting Shane circa 2005-2008 when Shane was still good and in the Top 3, nah, Floyd waited till 2010 when Shane was 38 years old.

Even Joshua Clottey or Andre Berto would've been a step up for Floyd instead of spending his prime years 2005-2010 calling up little guys, boxing 2nd tier opponents instead of 1st tier, and guys that were past their prime.

Floyd is a defensive boxing master, perhaps the most technically skilled guy in Boxing right now, but it's too bad that he didn't have half the faith in his own abilities that his crazed fans did.

Recently, he's been fighting top young prime guys, a generation younger in fact, and deserves credit for that. And the dude has kept himself in razor-sharp condition all these years, that's dedication. Maybe he decided that legacy really does mean something to him instead of just the money because at this point, you have to go all the way back to the 2001 Corrales match for a signature fight for this guy. Other than that, where's the classic fights that's worth rewatching where the best fought the best?

Ok I'm gonna have to link you to a thread I made with DOCUMENTED PROOF that Floyd CONSISTENTLY called out top, elite guys for the better part of that decade.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...y-45-0-bs.html

Everybody loves to run their mouth and talk about Floyd like he ducked and dodged his whole career, but when I presented DOCUMENTED PROOF, cold-hard facts, video evidence, ect, all the Floyd haters were nowhere to be found.

Included:

-Video of him calling out Prince Naseem (when they were similar weight and Price was a top p4p guy), Casamayor, Frietas, Paul Spadafora, JLC, Kostya Tyszu (when he was the best, before he lost to Hatton), Shane Mosley and De La Hoya.

-Video of Shane putting the kabosh on any talk about fighting Mayweather

-Documented proof of Floyd calling Mosley out in '99 and 2006 (right after Mosley KO'd Vargas).

-Documented proof of Floyd calling Oscar De La Hoya out in 2003, where he offered to jump from 135 to 154 and fight him (a fight that DLH turned down).

What more could the guy do? Don't shit on Floyd for not fighting these guys, because they guys wouldn't get in the ring with him.

Floyd has no confidence in his abilities? He called out Oscar in 2003 (shortly before the Mosley loss) and offered to jump up THREE WEIGHTCLASSES to fight him. This isn't rumor, this is documented, complete with screenshot. Even Floyd's dad said it was suicide, but Floyd was willing to do it to make the fight happen. And DLH wouldn't get in the ring with him.

Fast forward 4 years when DLH finally decides to fight Mayweather and loses, and all of a sudden Floyd is a pussy for fighting DLH when he's old and washed up. It's nonsense.