Floyd Mayweather vs. Antonio Margarito.

[TitoFan]

You're too kind, @Andre .

[Max Power]

Oh well, so we have to debate on woulda/coulda, when he in fact: Didn't want to fight Margarito for whatever reason we like to insert.

Do you know the story behind why the fight didn't happen?

Several stories, to which I eventually walked away from.
Peep this:
Ali came up with GOAT
PBF came up with TBE

One of those guys fought the best with no stories to be told why he missed so and so.

Another of those guys has a billions excuses/reasons of why no Margarito, no Paul Williams, no Manny Pacquiao...

Floyd and Ali are both as bad.

Floyd ducked the very best fighters. But dominantly beat most of the ones he did fight.

Ali fought the very best fighters but he was basically gifted farcially through his entire career against too many of them.

[SlimTrae]

Bean & I were discussing why Floyd didn't fight Margarito, not how dominant he was-when he fought others or how farcical Ali was...when facing the best.


Hence, why Bean wrote: Do you know the story behind why the fight didn't happen?

[TitoFan]

That's exactly right..... and the answer was provided about 9 posts ago.

This would've been a "no-win" fight for Floyd. Absolutely nothing to gain, and everything to lose.
They didn't belong in the same boxing stratosphere together, much less share a ring.

But given Cheato's penchant for loading gloves, his huge size (compared to Floyd), and his excellent chin, there was always that infinitesimal chance of Cheato catching Floyd (think the Martinez-Chavez Jr. debacle, only twice as one-sided). It would be like watching a bullfight, on the outside chance the bull might gore the matador.

Bottom line is: Cheato didn't deserve a shot at boxing's best.

[SlimTrae]

That's exactly right..... and the answer was provided about 9 posts ago.

This would've been a "no-win" fight for Floyd. Absolutely nothing to gain, and everything to lose.
They didn't belong in the same boxing stratosphere together, much less share a ring.

But given Cheato's penchant for loading gloves, his huge size (compared to Floyd), and his excellent chin, there was always that infinitesimal chance of Cheato catching Floyd (think the Martinez-Chavez Jr. debacle, only twice as one-sided). It would be like watching a bullfight, on the outside chance the bull might gore the matador.

Bottom line is: Cheato didn't deserve a shot at boxing's best.

Hey, gotta give credit to Bob Arum for beefing up the fight without a cause- Margarito "the most feared" man. with how many losses at that point?

[TitoFan]

That's exactly right..... and the answer was provided about 9 posts ago.

This would've been a "no-win" fight for Floyd. Absolutely nothing to gain, and everything to lose.
They didn't belong in the same boxing stratosphere together, much less share a ring.

But given Cheato's penchant for loading gloves, his huge size (compared to Floyd), and his excellent chin, there was always that infinitesimal chance of Cheato catching Floyd (think the Martinez-Chavez Jr. debacle, only twice as one-sided). It would be like watching a bullfight, on the outside chance the bull might gore the matador.

Bottom line is: Cheato didn't deserve a shot at boxing's best.

Hey, gotta give credit to Bob Arum for beefing up the fight without a cause- Margarito "the most feared" man. with how many losses at that point?

That's why Bob Arum has been a highly successful promoter for so many years.
He could promote a match between a rabid Chihuahua and a 500-lb Bengal tiger, and people would buy the PPV.

[imp]

Oh well, so we have to debate on woulda/coulda, when he in fact: Didn't want to fight Margarito for whatever reason we like to insert.

Do you know the story behind why the fight didn't happen?

Several stories, to which I eventually walked away from.
Peep this:
Ali came up with GOAT
PBF came up with TBE

One of those guys fought the best with no stories to be told why he missed so and so.

Another of those guys has a billions excuses/reasons of why no Margarito, no Paul Williams, no Manny Pacquiao...

Floyd and Ali are both as bad.

Floyd ducked the very best fighters. But dominantly beat most of the ones he did fight.

Ali fought the very best fighters but he was basically gifted farcially through his entire career against too many of them.

Floyd and ali and are just a couple of duckers.

Let's just call rocky balboa the TBE and goat and call it day...thats what the majority want..a guy that takes loads of damage and scrapes a win.