Quote Originally Posted by piye View Post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZVQU...eature=related

To say FLoyd ducked anyone is hatred on his way up he did the calling out when he got to the top people (Cotto) should call him out the only guy i think has a legitimate claim is Margarito as he did call out Floyd.
I don't say he ducked any of these guys, unless you somehow count re-signing with HBO as a "duck" of Tszyu, a Showtime fighter. Mosley was the one talking about "dental work" (my boss wants to fight Floyd and I have to step aside) in 2006. The next year, Floyd simply chose to fight Hatton instead. THe fight had been in negotiations for a long time.

However, what I do not understand is why so many people make a big deal out of "calling out" fighters. It's means little. It's a child-like way to view things.

"Oh my god, he called so and so out. It must mean he wants to fight him and the other guy is ducking if he doesn't answer".

It matters little. It's the actions at the negotiating table that matter. Any fighter can say they want to fight someone else. Bigger names are always going to be "called out" because fighters want the money and exposure and big fights.

For a lot of the so-called "ducks" in boxing, it goes on behind closed doors and we usually don't know too much about what goes on with the contracts and who's fault it is that the night never materialized.