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
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
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
Exactly, it was obviously premeditated. Plus the refusal to get weighed today and on top of that the evasion in this interview. Floyd is as guilty as charged. God knows what he weighed in the ring.....Mayweather looks like a selfish prick as always, but Marquez walks away with his pride intact. He wasn't given a fair shake of the dice at all.
Don't get me wrong, Floyd is a brilliant fighter -probably the best in my lifetime, but... despite all the natural advantages he still strives to gain even more of an advantage: There was the size of the ring against Hatton and making a point to the ref about fighting inside, not to mention fighting him at Welter -he'd have beating Ricky under any circumstance!
But do you know the one thing that annoys me the most? Not only does he fight blown up Featherweights and Super-Featherweights, but we always hear the same reasoning, "Floyd started at Super-Feather" Yeah, but he moved up in his early to mid twenties as his body grew; Marquez et al are moving up in their thirties!
You do a commercial and you're off the artistic roll call... forever
--Bill Hicks
That really boils my piss!!! You couldn't have summed it up better! My dislike of 'money' has grown so much more this weekend!
Gobbing-off is part and parcel of pro boxing, most people dislike him for his mouth (I happen to think PBF is amusing with this trash talk though) I dislike it but accept it is gonna happen. What I don't like is dragging people to different weights and then bulking up himself over the weight!
If that was a title fight would he weigh 2 pounds over!? Would he f&*k!!!!! Because he would be stripped!
PBF wanted a comeback victory and he did everything he could to ensure he got it before even stepping into the ring!
The whole principle of boxing is about 2 evenly-matched men going for it in the ring! Spoils to the victor, 'Money' has once again proven what his motivation is, the moniker in this case is very apt
I feel sorry for JMM, he was always on a losing dime in this fight!
I agree with you. I don't like PBF but I think he was the one who, surprisingly, actually handle the postfight interview with any class. Mosley did try to but he got emotional but B-Hop needs to do his job better than what he did at that point. DLH would've handled it much better. Kellerman had little control. If it was my promotional company I would've been embarassed.
I don't think Floyd was classy at all. Rambling on about sponsors and 7 digit deals and then on being asked about the 600,000 dollor penalty he suddenly doesn't want to talk about money? That is some nonsense right there. Kellerman was right in challenging Mayweather about the weight because it is what a lot of the people watching would like to know as well.
The post fight shoving got a bit much, but I saw little that was classy prior to that whatsoever. Floyd was being typically evasive and arrogant and unwilling to share the truth about the weight issue in front of the audience that had coughed up money to watch a good fight.
Miles, I refer you AGAIN to the post-fight presser where he does answer the question. It's on skysports & host of other internet sports sites. Then also try to understand that you've just finished a fight, you're euphoric & Kellerman pretty much goes straight into the weight. I don't like Merchant but he wouldn't have done that, he would have let Mayweather say his piece about the fight & THEN ask him. That's good interview technique, something Kellerman for all his knowledge of the sport just doesn't have.
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.
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.
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