Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
Quote Originally Posted by zhubin
What are you talking about?! I personally am getting sick of some Floyd fans claiming that "everyone" thought he was going to lose against GATTI?!! JUDAH?!! or even Oscar. The majority of people didn't think this...especially on this board. You like him as a fighter...fair enough. But stop playing the Floyd is made out the underdog card/people think he is going lose. No one is buying it. Oscar was past his prime and notorious for gassing out. Judah is the mentally weakest fighter in the business. And Gatti?!!!! Pleeeease. Solid wins...sure. But most knowleadgable fans knew he was the favorite in those fights and he did what he was supposed to do...beat fighters who was better than. End of.
Do you want to look back? Do you want to read what people on here have written? There were several people who thought Mayweather couldn't handle Gatti's power. A there were quite a few people who thought Judah would win. And for Oscar in the ring magazine it was 10:10 for experts and boxers about who was going to win. I am not claiming Mayweather is the underdog in any of these fights, I am saying people thought these guys had a good chance of winning and they all came short by a distinct margin. I am tired of people saying Hatton will take him out in this fight when bigger punchers, better body punchers haven't been able to. I don't think Hatton is bad at all, he one of the best pure pressure fighters and reminds me of Joe Frazier a lot. Just for the record I also think its retarded that people are so sure Mayweather will kick Hatton's a**. These are elite fighters, and the only reason why other great ww's would beat Hatton early is because they had huge power, but Mayweather doesn't and IMO if Ray Robinson, Leonard, Hearns had Mayweather's power they would be in big trouble against Hatton.
Fair enough Taeth. I obviously don't have exact number of who picked who in those fights. But i clearly remember Floyd being the favorite. Sure...SOME people will think the opposition has a chance...but you make it sound like the general consensus was that Floyd was going to lose. Anyways, i think Mayweather is the deserved favorite tomorrow night and that seems to be what quite few others think as well. But i hope it's a great fight.