Leave Floyd Some Feedback!

[erik_corrales]

definitely made to build up publicity. you guys sent good letters though! hope it actually strikes a nerve.

[J_Undisputed]

Not for nothing guys, but the comments some of you sent kind of validate his holier than thou attitude and his obnoxious view of the average fight fan that is watching from the outside and doesn't have his insight into the fight game.
We all know he plays heavily on politics side of boxing and the business angle of it no matter what he says in the post fight interviews about giving the fans what they want. The fans don't get in the ring or having someone trying to take their head off for money...so He's never going to concede to the wishes of armchair Napoleons that watch the fight from home and shout things like "coward!" and "fake" and etc. or flame him on the Internet.
He shows when he does get in the ring what many people refuse to believe about his heart or his skills. There will always be doubters and people saying this one is better that one better... or trying to trivialize his accomplishments. (the comments posted have proved his point)
Now I'm not saying the guy shouldn't be taken to task for his shortcomings here or there or posturing when it comes to negotiations... but when he showcases his skills, people change their tunes for a few weeks.. wonder why doubted him and start to make excuses just like he said they would. Give the man his credit when he deserves it and not nitpick over every unfulfilled desire you had for him fighting every flavor of the year fighter that eventually got exposed. The ducking accusation are marginal at some points, because the perspectives are so different. People wanted him to fight everyone close his weight division that had a name coming up. For him many of those fights were just foregone conclusion ended with a win that couldn't even pay for the lifestyle he views himself accustomed to. Has he inflated that lifestyle and made it harder to fight certain fighters for the money being offered? sure. The market price has a hard time keeping up with his lifestyle and that sucks for the fight fan because theres so few attractions now. As a skilled fighter in an age of volume punchers, he's a rare commodity and unfortunately for us, he knows it and charges accordingly and more often than not outrageously.
To look at things from his perspective....Would you train for months to fight some hype machine you already know you can beat easily.. only to earn a few dollars after the expenses are covered... just so joe schmo sitting at home can think more of you. Not to mention more of the politics and subsequent moneys that can hinder upon this decision. (Would the TV networks buy the fight; whats to gain besides the money (rankings, extensions on mandatorys, risk losing fights with bigger or better names for more money that the same promoter wants to protect... or a lesser opponents promoter is willing to feed to you. Who is the other guys promoter.. will he only sign the deal if he can lock you down for a co-promotion and take a piece of the earnings for the next 2 fights?)
Most fighters are trying to do the smart thing now by fighting under their own promotional banner to protect themselves, keep more of the money that they get punched in the head for and spend those months training for. The days of fighters fighting for pride and little else every two weeks or so to prove who was the best while just scraping by financially, are long gone. I like braddocks cinderella man story too, but ask a guy like Mclennan, Page or their families, if they had it all to do again, would they play it more cagey when it came to compensation for competition if they could... and I think you'll have a better understanding of why Floyd plays the game the way he plays it.

[bradlee180]

It seems nowadays that many of his supporters (excuse-makers?) appear to have finally seen the truth and are finally turning on him.

Go give him a piece of your mind then.

[Taeth]

How can we automatically blame him? We have no idea what even happened during negotiations... I think its bullshit that people are leaving him out to dry when Arum couldn't wait three weeks to let him find out what was going to happen to his uncle. You guys are full of shit, and there is definitely more to this story, because Floyd certainly isn't scared of Manny, nor any other fighter. People conveniently forget that Floyd wanted to face Tszyu, but Hatton beat him too it. Floyd beat Mosley when he was the number one welterweight in the world, and beat the guy Manny wants to face next in Margarito.

How can you explain Manny facing Cotto again or MArgarito instead of Martinez or Berto or Paul Williams?

[UKPH]

I could agree here... a problem could be on their own promotional banner, whether who's gonna take control of the most the profit. But if some people want to drag Pacquiao to fight a full blown Middle weight fighters for an excuse for Floyd if he's not gonna signed to fight with Pacquiao that was totally insane

Oh btw if Floyd-Pac fails. Who's next for Floyd? People here are just talking too much WHO's the next in line for Pacquiao.

[Andre]

How can we automatically blame him? We have no idea what even happened during negotiations... I think its bullshit that people are leaving him out to dry when Arum couldn't wait three weeks to let him find out what was going to happen to his uncle. You guys are full of shit, and there is definitely more to this story, because Floyd certainly isn't scared of Manny, nor any other fighter. People conveniently forget that Floyd wanted to face Tszyu, but Hatton beat him too it. Floyd beat Mosley when he was the number one welterweight in the world, and beat the guy Manny wants to face next in Margarito.

How can you explain Manny facing Cotto again or MArgarito instead of Martinez or Berto or Paul Williams?

Correct me by all means, but didnt he jump Tszyus kingdom of 140 without any real negotiations ever taking place?

[JazMerkin]

How can we automatically blame him? We have no idea what even happened during negotiations... I think its bullshit that people are leaving him out to dry when Arum couldn't wait three weeks to let him find out what was going to happen to his uncle. You guys are full of shit, and there is definitely more to this story, because Floyd certainly isn't scared of Manny, nor any other fighter. People conveniently forget that Floyd wanted to face Tszyu, but Hatton beat him too it. Floyd beat Mosley when he was the number one welterweight in the world, and beat the guy Manny wants to face next in Margarito.

How can you explain Manny facing Cotto again or MArgarito instead of Martinez or Berto or Paul Williams?

Correct me by all means, but didnt he jump Tszyus kingdom of 140 without any real negotiations ever taking place?

They basically had an agreement in place to fight each other once they both made some money with 'easier' fights against name opponents. Tszyu took on Hatton in Manchester & Floyd took on Gatti in Atlantic City. What's funny is that at the time, most would probably have said Floyd was the one most likely to lose. Even though I'm not a big Kostya fan, you have to feel sorry for a guy who twice missed out on possibly defining fights (the other was an ODLH clash which was nixed because he lost to Phillips).

[Dench]

Here's what David Mayo has to say or comment about Mayweather-Pacman Fight.

Floyd Mayweather doesn't fear Manny Pacquiao, but he does fear negotiations | MLive.com

[osncoll_0716]

How can we automatically blame him? We have no idea what even happened during negotiations... I think its bullshit that people are leaving him out to dry when Arum couldn't wait three weeks to let him find out what was going to happen to his uncle. You guys are full of shit, and there is definitely more to this story, because Floyd certainly isn't scared of Manny, nor any other fighter. People conveniently forget that Floyd wanted to face Tszyu, but Hatton beat him too it. Floyd beat Mosley when he was the number one welterweight in the world, and beat the guy Manny wants to face next in Margarito.

How can you explain Manny facing Cotto again or MArgarito instead of Martinez or Berto or Paul Williams?

Why not blame Mayweather He has a history of retiring before fighting peak opponents.... Pacquiao facing Cotto or Margarito..why not?? Floyd never had the courage to face them....Martinez, Berto, Williams...last I heard Williams was being considered as a potential Pac opponent, doesnt matter though because Mayweather will retire again before facing any of the three guys you just mentioned, .....time to stop defending Floyd, even his own fans are getting tired of defending him...so sad.

[TitoFan]

Dear Floyd:

You must have me confused with someone who gives a shet. Your legions of blind fans may worship the ground you walk on, but the rest of us aren't fooled by your diva act. This is BOXING, not a prancing pimp contest. Fighters FIGHT. All you do is talk shet, retire, un-retire, run at the mouth, etc, etc, etc. When it's all over, you'll have maybe a dozen fans left... and that INCLUDES your immediate family.

Signed,
a BOXING fan

[KKisser]

How can we automatically blame him? We have no idea what even happened during negotiations... I think its bullshit that people are leaving him out to dry when Arum couldn't wait three weeks to let him find out what was going to happen to his uncle. You guys are full of shit, and there is definitely more to this story, because Floyd certainly isn't scared of Manny, nor any other fighter. People conveniently forget that Floyd wanted to face Tszyu, but Hatton beat him too it. Floyd beat Mosley when he was the number one welterweight in the world, and beat the guy Manny wants to face next in Margarito.

How can you explain Manny facing Cotto again or MArgarito instead of Martinez or Berto or Paul Williams?

arum

[Mar]

...floyds haters are his greatest fans. While we sit here sending complaints into thin air he and his people (and probably arum and his people too) are laughing thier ass off with all the sillyness they've been able to drum up and have people fall for. Hate the guy and what's happening then ignore him. It's the number of people that come to his site they count. Not anything any of us write or say.