Mayweather announces ring return against Ortiz on Sept. 17

[Althugz]

Man, this thread reminded me why I don't post here anymore...Found out this fight was happening from my friend on the weekend and thought I'd come here and take a look at everyone's reaction..

LOL same old double standards flying around here I see

"Floyd is a pussy, taking on Ortiz too scared to fight Pacman..blah blah" - erm, Floyd fights a live Welterweight champ (after dismantling the lineal Welterweight champ who the same people said Floyd was SCARED of before he signed to fight him..and then the same peeps said afterwards that he was "washed up" anyway...the same people who belittle Floyd's Welterweight credentials when his welterweight fights will have included 3 welterweight champs and a lineal welterweight champ.) But apparently, the fight is still not good enough?

It's like someone said - He can't win the fans over no matter what he does.
Then somebody responded with "He can do one thing to win over the fans"..well my response to that is that he already did do the thing that most people said would "win them over and make them respect Floyd", which was fight Mosley when everyone was accusing him of being scared.

He wins in easy fashion and of course, Mosley was old.."Oh Mayweather's gay until he fights Pac now.."

I sometimes wonder whether these posters ever listen to themselves..

I even remember reading a post once where Daxx said, "Floyd is gonna get steam-rolled by Baldomir..This is too big a step" - LOL But of course Floyd boxes rings around the guy and Baldomir instantly becomes the joke of the Welterweight division.

And the guy who said "Floyd fights every 18 months, just enough time for everyone to forget the last stinker he had"...

Wow...Floyd's last 3 fights - Mosley, Marquez and Hatton..If you enjoyed those offensive boxing masterclasses less than you enjoyed Pac vs Mosley, Clottey and Margarito then you have a few screws loose.

Even when there is proof when Freddie Roach in a video said they ducked Mosley before Mayweather took the fight..people turn a blind eye. Hilarious..they wanted Mosley at 142, but Floyd's the pussy of course.

This has turned into the forum for the mentally insane...Apologies to the consistent posters, you know who you are - Miles, JT Rock, Mar etc although this double standards doesn't seem to exist around other boxers - It's just when the topic of these 2 fighters comes up, some posters make it unbearable!

This is what it is - Floyd taking on the best possible, available opponent besides Pac and Martinez. Pac is next..

[InTheNeutralCorner]

LOL same old double standards flying around here I see

Nope, there's no double standards. BOTH Pacquiao and Mayweather get criticized for fighting anyone else.

[TitoFan]

LOL... Mayweather fans sure are a thin-skinned bunch. Dare to criticize PBF's lack of activity or his cherry-picking of opponents, and you get a whole litany of his accomplishments, followed by a heaping of insults.

Lighten up, Mayweatherites. Gotta admit, the guy DOES have the activity level of a dormant volcano. He shows up every couple of years (between bouts of dancing, law-breaking, and circus acts)... plays his loyal fans like yo-yo's... throws accusations around as a smoke-screen to hide his blatant, ducking ways, fights some overmatched fool.... and disappears for ANOTHER couple of years. At this rate, we'll be on Social Security by the time he has 3 or 4 more fights.

As opposed to REAL fighters, his precious "0" means everything to him. It's part of his personna. Without it, he'd feel mortal. And he knows his legion of fans, however small and misguided.... are blindly loyal. Hell, he could fight Freddie Roach.... clinch all fight long... and STILL get fiercely defended by his fans. Gotta hand it to you guys. Now THAT'S fanboyism.

But hey... his place in the Boxing HOF is secure. The guy's great, no doubt about that. It's just that I have BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH MY TIME, than to sit around, lighting candles and praying to the boxing gods that I can have another slight glimpse of my hero.

Just my on the matter.