Floyd has rusted and soiled his knickers

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Haters gonna hate.
Be positive guys..only one that beats floyd is himself.

Or
Martinez
Or
Canelo
Or
GGG
Or
Conceivably even Manny

But we will probably never know.

Quack.

I think its unfair to suggest he's ducking any of those guys whether one loves him or hates him.

Martinez is a 160 champion and weighs about 175 pounds on fight night. Floyd is a natural welterweight and cannot be expected to jump that far up let alone be called a ducker for not doing so.
I've always suspected that he might try and accomplish what Leonard did by waiting out Martinez like Ray did Hagler but if he chooses not to, it will not effect his legacy outside of being part of the notes for these times. Btw I still think he will do it and with no catch-weights.

GGG. Another 160 and a virtual unknown and lets it real here, its simply an asinine fight for Floyd to take at this time in his career and I submit that if it were anybody else this fight would not even be brought up. Its simply a nonstarter.

Alvarez. I'm sure they have toyed with the idea at GBP but soon realized that such a fight would be the end of the new cash cow. In addition Floyd has said publicly many times over this past year that he desires to go back to 147.

Manny. Not even going to touch that. Nothing left to be said.

You are right and it is a bit of an exaggeration to claim he is ducking them but not much more outlandish than the claim that the only one who beats Floyd is himself. He is a fine boxer but he has stopped himself enhancing his own legacy on more than one occasion by postponing and avoiding anyone that might be in a position to take him out of his comfort zone. He waited a while for Mosley and Cotto before risking his 0, when in reality he could have handled the challenge when they were in their primes. It's not hating it's being a realist. Hopefully his new contract will see him keep a little busier and solidify his reputation by getting out of that comfort zone more often. He can handle it.


People store way too much emphasis on preserving that 0 and while Floyd may never change his attitude about that hopefully he will be followed by others who realise the folly of such thinking. The pantheon of greats is littered with fantastic fighters with more than 1 loss against their names.

I obviously disagree and im sure many others of the forum will back up the fact that mosley wanted no part of floyd in his prime as he had a little toothache.

Bob arum refused to let cotto fight floyd after he destroyed henry brussles in 8 rounds.

Floyd beats cotto and mosley in any era and what we will see tonight is another display of boxing perfection.

yeah thatas more goddam likely than not my firend, btu he will get caught with some shots and people will start to wonder about 5 more fights