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Stop trying to insinuate that Marquez was scared to get hit. Someone as much of a warrior as Marquez wasn't scared of Mayweather.

He was just gonna get countered whatever he did so he was trying to find a way to hit Mayweather without getting caught with a counter and couldn't find a strategy.
Of course, he wasn't scared to get hit. But Floyd hit hard that night and Marquez had likely never been hit that hard before. And neither was he as easy to hit with carrying all that weight himself. You just had to look at the two of them to see the difference. It was immense!

I don't see the point in trying to defend this Mayweather win as meaningful. I liked the comparison Ross made likening it to Mayweather against Kessler. Come fight night there was definitely a huge weight difference between Mayweather and Marquez, and Mayweather did that in a very shady way. There is no excusing it. The weight was tough enough for Marquez anyway, but he was in with a beast.

And I'm not making excuses here because I had always said Marquez was likely to lose, but I cannot accept that this win is one that should go on the totem pole as a massively significant one in Mayweathers career. Everyone thought he would win and he did and he made it more emphatic by coming in 3 weight classes heavier than his opponent. How anyone could think that size was not a contributing factor is beyond me.

Hopefully this will lead to a more meaningful fight. I respect Floyds wins over DLH and Hatton (to a lesser extent), but this I don't care for at all. Especially with the weight carry on, it reflects poorly on Floyd.
WEll said. MAyweather is great and no question about that. His size though was a great contributing factor in his win against MArquez. It was apparent in the fight and for those who won't accept that weight and size is a factor , they can watch it again and see how the punches of Marquez was bouncing off. Mayweather was toying with Marquez because he discovered/knew that MArquez could not hurt him. FACT.
Marquez only landed about 60 punches the entire night, so him not being able to hurt mayweather was not a factor as he couldn't even hit him. But Im sure the weight has a lot to do with Mayweather's defensive prowess right?