How many losses should Mayweather have on his record?

[TitoFan]

No disrespect to Robert Garcia, but I totally disagree with a lot of things he said.

Both of those fights lacked drama and excitement because of Mayweather playing it safe and boxing for the full 12 rounds. Mayweather obviously had no obligation to the fans to stand and brawl with Pacquiao and Canelo, because he didn’t have the punching power to fight that way against those fighters. Those fights were dull in the minds of a lot of fans, and it might have made some of them less willing to purchase other boxing PPV events.

Damn right he had no obligation to stand and brawl with Pac and Canelo!! Especially a Canelo who's a MUCH BIGGER MAN. Of course Garcia would've rather Floyd stand and stupidly trade with Canelo. Khan got a little too close and look what happened to him. Instead, in a battle of totally mismatched sizes, Floyd used his complete and total superiority in a boxing ring over Canelo to make him look like a total fool. Yes, a boring ass fight. But one that showed up Canelo for exactly the lumbering oaf he is.

Besides, the onus is on the opponent to put effective pressure on Floyd. Maidana did it. Cotto did it. Why couldn't Canelo and Pac? Pac unexplicably tried these awkward, ineffective rushes at Floyd, which Floyd easily deflected and/or blocked. Then came the shoulder excuse... er... reason. I like Pacquiao... but he completely let his fans down in that fight. It was up to him to take the fight effectively to Floyd.

The highest boxing PPV since the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was Saul Alvarez’s fight with Miguel Cotto in 2015. That fight did 900,000 buys. It wasn’t a great. Cotto mostly boxed instead of going after Canelo to try and knock him out. Canelo fought at a pedestrian pace, as if he were afraid to gas out.

Again we disagree. I thought the fight was excellent. And OF COURSE Garcia would've preferred Cotto to stand and trade with the much bigger Canelo, who admittedly has a good chin. That way Canelo would've gotten his KO and Garcia would've been happy.

because his promoters at Golden Boy seem to be very reluctant to put him in risky fights where he could lose. They still haven’t matched him against Golovkin, and it looks like they’re waiting for something to change before they eventually put him in with him. I think the PPV numbers will eventually start going upwards, but only when a new star emerges that is willing to fight the best, and not let his promoters steer around to safe fights against past their best fighters.

Not sure if it was Garcia who said this, but if he did, it's the first time I agree with him. "Very reluctant to put him in risky fights where he could lose" is probably the biggest understatement of the century. The bolded part pretty much says it all.



I happen to agree that Floyd has been somewhat bad for boxing, even if he's done well for himself. For whatever reason, he's never had the crowds rally behind him. Whether it be his personna, his fighting style, his perceived picking and choosing, his disdain for what fans want.... he's lowered boxing's stock during his years in the sport.