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    Default Re: Mayweather vs Augustus: Great fight!

    Floyd/Kostya would have been a great fight. Floyd called him out numerous times, I'm not sure why it never happened. I guess it didn't work out timing wise.

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    Did Floyd want him to come down to 135? Cause he appeared to jump 140 once he moved on it was to 147 154 147.
    Would have been nice @anywhere, but I think opposing promoting and all that shit was in the way.
    I remember Kosyta calling him to action too at one stage.
    Sometimes I think they all do that "time to call someone out' into a microphone; not over the phone trick.
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    If KT had beaten Hatton I think it would have happened. I remember a training video where Floyd said "We gotta go get the great Kostya Tszyu next(turns to the camera) Tszyu I respect ya man but we gotta do this". Floyd always had great respect for KT. Similar to his respect for Cotto and Marquez. I don't like the "Money" character one bit but I have great respect for similar fighters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
    If KT had beaten Hatton I think it would have happened. I remember a training video where Floyd said "We gotta go get the great Kostya Tszyu next(turns to the camera) Tszyu I respect ya man but we gotta do this". Floyd always had great respect for KT.

    Nice. Maybe also because Tyszu KFTO PBF's friend Judah.

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    I tried to find that video with no luck. There are videos with Floyd saying he wants Tszyu, Mosley, DeLaHoya etcetera but the difference with the training video was there was something(and I can't remember what)in it that made it sound like it was lined up. I found lots of articles where both KT and Floyd were talking about each other at that time but both kept mentioning the Showtime/HBO problem.

    I came back because one article I found, and I'm not sure how reliable "The Sweet Science is, discussed something interesting from the time I was not aware of. Gattis people were trying to squash the Floyd fight(I remember that) on the idea his legal troubles would interfere with the fight. According to that publication a back up plan was in place and arranged.(this was the part I wasn't aware of) if the Gatti fight didn't come off apparently Floyd and Cotto had a deal in place to meet that sumer instead.

    I can't express how much I wish that would have happened.

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    Floyd v Gatti would be nothing in comparison to Floyd v Cotto.
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    Cotto and Hatton were ringside for the Gatti fight, and they kept talking about a potential fight with those two but neither seemed to be calling out Mayweather at the time.

    With all respect to Cotto, I think that wasn't the right time for him to fight Mayweather, he was still way too inexperienced on the world stage. IMO he made HUGE improvements between 2005 and 2008 and really came into his own.

    Although yeah, I do think it would have been a better fight than Floyd/Gatti.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Cotto and Hatton were ringside for the Gatti fight, and they kept talking about a potential fight with those two but neither seemed to be calling out Mayweather at the time.

    With all respect to Cotto, I think that wasn't the right time for him to fight Mayweather, he was still way too inexperienced on the world stage. IMO he made HUGE improvements between 2005 and 2008 and really came into his own.

    Although yeah, I do think it would have been a better fight than Floyd/Gatti.
    I disagree, that was Cotto at his peak, he was starting to be drained at the weight which is why he moved up, but when he was at this weight he was a bulldog.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    I disagree, that was Cotto at his peak, he was starting to be drained at the weight which is why he moved up, but when he was at this weight he was a bulldog.
    Meh he was unproven at that weight and his best win at 140 was vs Malignaggi.

    I prefer the non-weight drained 147 Cotto who was smashing speeders like Zab and Mosley.

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    Default Re: Mayweather vs Augustus: Great fight!

    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    I disagree, that was Cotto at his peak, he was starting to be drained at the weight which is why he moved up, but when he was at this weight he was a bulldog.
    Meh he was unproven at that weight and his best win at 140 was vs Malignaggi.

    I prefer the non-weight drained 147 Cotto who was smashing speeders like Zab and Mosley.
    He did not really smash Shane, that was close. Zab gave Cotto a good fight but Cotto was ferocious at light welterweight.
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    Default Re: Mayweather vs Augustus: Great fight!

    Floyd vs. Tszyu would have been a great fight. Floyd always seemed to have a lot of respect for KT.

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