Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
I always wondered why there wasn't any negotiations!

Maybe because Floyds spell at 140 was when Tszyu was having a lot of injury troubles?

Or was it that Tszyu battered uncle Roger for 12 rounds and he didn't want Floyd facing him at that point in his career?

Personally I think that Floyd would have outpointed Tszyu, but at that time I would have gone for Tszyu as I hadn't realised just how good Mayweather was!
I think all these things were factors, along with the BIG ($$$) reason I just described. I agree Floyd would have won, but it would have been nice to see that fight.

Floyd did at least eventually beat the best LWW in the world. He just had the fight at 147 a few years later, after Hatton had built a bigger name in the US. It worked out nicely for Floyd.