Floyd refused to be weighed on the same day weigh in?

[Gandalf]

I was reading somewhere else that Marquez weighed about 148 on the day of the fight and that Floyd had actually refused to be weighed. Is there any credence to this?

Floyd did look huge compared to Marquez, so he could have been weighing something like 155 pounds and up by my reckoning. It wasn't a fair fight in the slightest and I really think Floyd took the piss big time by not coming in at 144.

Marquez would likely have lost anyway, but that is not the point. Marquez is a great warrior and would never refuse to fight, so I really think Mayweather used the weight just to make sure Marquez had nothing to offer.

A lot of people have paid a lot of money to watch a good fight, so shame on Floyd for the way he has carried on. He has disrespected both Marquez and the fans. At least Marquez gets some compensation...what about the fans though? Short changed as always.

[purtyboy]

I agree there was already the weight issue at the catch-weight of 144 then Marquez comes in at 142 and Floyd at 146.. very disappointing to hear. I agree with you although Marquez would have likely lost i hate when a boxer does not meet what was agreed on. It look like he never managed to meet the weight limit since i can't recall Floyd not making weight.. ever. I don't know what to make of him not wanting to weigh in.. maybe he was at 152 or something.. perhaps even more seeing as JMM was 142 and came in at 148.

[JT Rock]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

[Gandalf]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

It actually did look a little bit like David and Goliath to me. I would love to know what Floyd weighed in there, but it seems we will never know.

[Gandalf]

And here is the full post fight interview. Mayweather refused to answer any questions about the weight issue. The man is happy to take the 10million dollars plus PPV, but refuses to offer any integrity whatsover. It's no wonder Kellerman started talking over him at the end. Floyd simply refuses to say anything meaningful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAip_V4-pc

[Howlin Mad Missy]

And here is the full post fight interview. Mayweather refused to answer any questions about the weight issue. The man is happy to take the 10million dollars plus PPV, but refuses to offer any integrity whatsover. It's no wonder Kellerman started talking over him at the end. Floyd simply refuses to say anything meaningful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAip_V4-pc

even if it was a BS answer, the scales in camp were off, it would have meant something a little more than I refuse to answer the question, which makes people suspect it was deliberate.

[Kirkland Laing]

And here is the full post fight interview. Mayweather refused to answer any questions about the weight issue. The man is happy to take the 10million dollars plus PPV, but refuses to offer any integrity whatsover. It's no wonder Kellerman started talking over him at the end. Floyd simply refuses to say anything meaningful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAip_V4-pc

Kellerman was a total prick letting that GBP ambush happen. GBP and Kellerman both managed to make Floyd look classy last night, something that outside of a boxing ring should be impossible. Floyd reacted exactly how he should have done.

[leftylee]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

There were 10X more cheers when Max Kellerman mentioned Shane Mosely's name.

[JazMerkin]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

There were 10X more cheers when Max Kellerman mentioned Shane Mosely's name.

And there were a LOT of boos for Mosley when him & Hopkins tried to take over proceedings. Part of that was that the Marquez fans were leaving en masse mainly just leaving Mayweather fans.

[leftylee]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

There were 10X more cheers when Max Kellerman mentioned Shane Mosely's name.

And there were a LOT of boos for Mosley when him & Hopkins tried to take over proceedings. Part of that was that the Marquez fans were leaving en masse mainly just leaving Mayweather fans.

It was mainly Hopkins causing the shiit. Mosely shook his hand and just said we want a shot. Hopkins then started mouthing off behind him. Look at Floyd's facial expressions when Hopkins gets involved. It was biitchy from both sides. Mayweather's entourage started pushing round and mouthing off also.

[Gandalf]

Considering that it is through HBO and the boxing public at large that Floyd is able to command such a high purse and a percentage of the PPV, I think it is only right that Floyd answer the serious questions pertaining to his weight and allegations surounding this fight.

He has shown himself to be far from honest, duplicitous in fact. And he is quite content to ignore questions and say that it is all in the past. The boxing public should be well aware of what they might be getting before going to see Mayweather in action or splashing out on a Mayweather PPV.

[cleveland steamer]

The BEST part about this fight? The END of it! when Mosley punked out Mayweather and had him stuttering like the punk he is lol.. Other than that it was a boring mismatch! I give him zero respect for this win. He couldnt even knock Marquez out despite being much bigger?

[Kirkland Laing]

I dont know about fans being shortchanged. all I heard was Floyd getting a fair amount of cheers when his hand was raised in victory

There were 10X more cheers when Max Kellerman mentioned Shane Mosely's name.

I'm guessing the ticket sales were so bad that the majority of the fans were Hispanic members of Las Vegas's casino and hotel employees, people the promoters could trust to turn up if given a free ticket and guaranteed to cheer anything Marquez did during the fight.

[SweetPea]

I was reading somewhere else that Marquez weighed about 148 on the day of the fight and that Floyd had actually refused to be weighed. Is there any credence to this?

Floyd did look huge compared to Marquez, so he could have been weighing something like 155 pounds and up by my reckoning.

Floyd also blew off the normal Friday interview meeting with the HBO announcers, and then he blew off the prefight locker room interview.

So I'm not sure that he refused to get weighed unofficially by HBO because he was trying to hide his weight. It might have just been that he was screwing with HBO at every opportunity.

[OumaFan]

I was reading somewhere else that Marquez weighed about 148 on the day of the fight and that Floyd had actually refused to be weighed. Is there any credence to this?

Floyd did look huge compared to Marquez, so he could have been weighing something like 155 pounds and up by my reckoning.

Floyd also blew off the normal Friday interview meeting with the HBO announcers, and then he blew off the prefight locker room interview.

So I'm not sure that he refused to get weighed unofficially by HBO because he was trying to hide his weight. It might have just been that he was screwing with HBO at every opportunity.

Meh, considering the circumstances, pretty unlikely.