Thoughts on Mayweather

[Put Em' Up]

I just needed to post this somewhere. Tremendous champion, possibly top 10-20 for most talented ever and an amazing amazing defence, which he will be remembered for but, and I don't think many will agree with me, he will also be remembered for winning the WW title at a time when the WW division was and still is the hottest in boxing and not defending it ONCE v a top ranked 147 pounder. This would have been akin to SRR not fighting the champs at middlweight like Lamotta etc. There's no excuse for it and regardless whether any Floyd fans choose to like it or not, at a time when gys like Williams,Cotto,Margarito and a TON of solid fighters were at 147,Floyd fought none of them and that's just a fact.

Well stated. Floyd Mayweather Jr is/was a great fighter but for some reason since his days at lightweight seemed to avoid the biggest challenges out there. If there was an easy way to a title or to defend one he took it.

I really do not give him that much credit for beating a bigger DE la Hoya to be honest. He did it in a very unspectacular fashion happy to eek out a decision win.

Great fighter who liked to brag a bit too much and avoid dangerous fights is how I will always remember him

[ICB]

I think Mayweather needs to fight one of the top Welterweights so his whole career doesn't get over shadowed. I don't think that way but i've seen a lot of fans dissing Mayweather's record/opposition. Because there simply getting caught up with this whole Mayweather vs Cotto siuation and etc. Im not saying its bad thing fans want Cotto vs Mayweather or Mayweather against any other top Welterweights, but because the division is so hot at the moment and the fans want to see the best P4P fighter challenged, i fear if Mayweather does retire he will be more remembered for ducking Cotto than his accomplishments at the lower weights classes by arm chair fans anyway. It just annoys me as a Mayweather fan that Mayweather is feeding these haters and is giving fans more of a reason to dislike him and etc.

[Youngblood]

Mayweather will be back. And his fans will be going..."I told you, I told you!" And his haters will be going..."We knew, we knew." I'd be prepared to make a sizeable some kinda long term bet. It's all about the limelight and having his name mentioned and in the media. Media attention = money. Mayweather = money. That simple, IMO.

Any one up for this long term bet?

[Wadeb_21]

Mayweather will be back. And his fans will be going..."I told you, I told you!" And his haters will be going..."We knew, we knew." I'd be prepared to make a sizeable some kinda long term bet. It's all about the limelight and having his name mentioned and in the media. Media attention = money. Mayweather = money. That simple, IMO.

Any one up for this long term bet?

I agree that Mayweather will be back for sure. This is what I see happening.

PBF's retired for now

Cotto Will beat Margo whitch then Cotto will go on to Fight Oscar sometime in I say November or December then once Cotto Disposes of Oscar PBF will come out of retirement to then fight Cotto. Its all about money and if Cotto beats Margo and Oscar he's gonna be the biggest draw in boxing pretty much which means PBF vs Cotto is going to bring in Millions probably more than the Oscar vs PBF did.

[C-Lo]

Mayweather will be back. And his fans will be going..."I told you, I told you!" And his haters will be going..."We knew, we knew." I'd be prepared to make a sizeable some kinda long term bet. It's all about the limelight and having his name mentioned and in the media. Media attention = money. Mayweather = money. That simple, IMO.

Any one up for this long term bet?

I agree that Mayweather will be back for sure. This is what I see happening.

PBF's retired for now

Cotto Will beat Margo whitch then Cotto will go on to Fight Oscar sometime in I say November or December then once Cotto Disposes of Oscar PBF will come out of retirement to then fight Cotto. Its all about money and if Cotto beats Margo and Oscar he's gonna be the biggest draw in boxing pretty much which means PBF vs Cotto is going to bring in Millions probably more than the Oscar vs PBF did.

I don't think it'll be bigger than "The World Awaits" but it sure will be a cashcow. Oscar made that fight as big as it was.

[luvfightgame]

Why do so many people think PBF is this marketing genius who just does all this stuff to promote himself

He's a childish and immature drama queen. He makes a stink about "the best trainer in the world" hurting his potential fight, then retires? Come on guys, his emotional maturity is that of a teenager. He retired after Baldo, the whole press conference stunt, every time he's on ESPN he argues with the announcer and is unintelligible. He is a major talent in the ring, but he's a wreck outside of it and that's why he pulls these stunts. He's not a genius at promoting himself, if he was he would be well liked. He can't carry a ppv by himself, his big paydays were against top draw fighters who have consistently carried ppv's by themselves.

Give him credit for skills in the ring, but that's as far as it goes. He has done his own image more harm than good everywhere else, and that's the whole reason there is an argument about his "legacy".

[No Contest]

I'm still pissed Mayweather has never fought Mosely, that was the obvious fight at lightweight back in the day, boo to both of them for never making that fight....modern era boxing...that wouldn't have happened in the 50's.

[kid_thunder]

i fuckin hate maywetather he a dickhead him and hopkines i meet them both

[donnydarkoIRL]

Put em Up;
Many great fighters have their popularity limited because of their dominance. Pernell Whittaker was sometimes "boring" to watch because of his defensive wizardry. Some purists thought Ali was boring, only watching to see how he won, believing the result was a foregone conclusion,
John Ruiz was.....just kidding

[kid_thunder]

i fuckin hate mayweather he a dickhead him and hopkins i have meet them both in person

[HOMETOWN CHAMP]

PBF is a great champion and even if he didnt fight cotto, margo or williams he still did a great job throughtout his whole career i mean he did fight a lot of champs all together in his five weight classes