Quote Originally Posted by glennf
Floyd's record is fine at 135, he fought the best and won in that division. My beef is Tszyu was around in 02 and 03 and surely a match up could have been made. Tszyu dominated the 140lb division for nearly ten years and Mayweather didn't take up the challenge. Hatton beats Tszyu in 05 and again where is Mayweather? He fights Gatti and Mitchell who in their day were very good but by the time he gets to them they are finished! It's a good resume but not a great one yet! He still has some work to do before his legacy is set in stone. Cotto, Hatton, Mosley, Margarito, Williams the list is strong.
This always comes up, and I've stated this a bunch of times.
While a Floyd-Tszyu fight would have been great, there was always very little chance of that happening.
Floyd had a long-term deal with HBO, and Tszyu was signed to Showtime. And because of that, the chances of them fighting were slim to none.