Boxing Thread

mayweather is not going to fight mosely because the split is at 10 million and now they’re going to try to renegotiate after pacquiao wins this fight with clottey… that’s just pathetic. I dont even think bob arum wants anything to do wtih pbf after what he just pulled.

For all you floyd lovers. [media=youtube]tfC9dMY1YA8[/media]

In other news Erik Morales is returning to the ring. http://www.badlefthook.com/2010/1/25/1269335/erik-morales-officially-returning

It was nice seeing a different side of himself instead of all the negative stuff the media showed. I hopes he changes his life around(in the process) and doesn’t get into more trouble.

I feel sorry for Sergio Martinez … the guy’s been robbed twice. First Cintron now Williams.


Seems like we might have Amir Khan against Juan Manuel Marquez sometime in May. I feel that Khan could win this one as Marquez is getting older & I think he doesn’t have much pop at Jr Welter. Also Khan does seem to improving with each fight but, I won’t be surprised if Marquez wins this one because nobody should discredit him even after the loss to Mayweather. Hell, Mayweather couldn’t even knock him out with the weight advantage.

i don’t think JMM could do any real damage to clottey or cotto at WW. that said, i think he’ll handle khan @ 140, which (i’m assuming) will set him up to fight hatton.

hopkins/jones is official btw lol

OK Floyd signed we have a fight!!!

PBF vs SSM

“Shane came to the gym twice to ask me to let him fight Manny,” Roach says. "I told him no both times, and both times for the same two reasons: First, there isn’t enough money there, and second, you’re too good a fighter."

I chuckled. He talks too much for his own good.


On Khan fighting Marquez, I think he’s biting off more than he can chew for various reasons. Unless Marquez gets shot over night I don’t see Khan beating him at 140lbs.

Wow. I can’t believe Mayweather vs Mosley is finally going to happen. May 1st can’t come soon enough.

sigh … finally. after those days of waiting
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=25109

prediction time:

Mayweather loses = he was a nobody and a shitty boxer
Mayweather Wins = He did not fight a prime SSM

Cat is going to be in a catch 22 all his life :frowning:

He should catch a 22. You can’t call yourself the greatest boxer that ever lived and not have consistently fought the best or most qualified opponents. Dude picks his fights as he pleases and then tries to justify it as being the most challenging option. If he’s not making fighters move up in weight to fight him he’s fighting guys way past their prime.

I wouldn’t he could have easily killed that guy in the ring being a trained fighter with illegal hand wrapping. Both him and his trainer knew hardened wraps could have killed him and didn’t care.

Like “prime” Mosley who Floyd has challenged twice in the past?

Or what about Cotto whose on trainer forbade him to fight Floyd because he was still too green? Not to mention the breakup with Arum.

Floyd said he would challenge Margarito if the next fight guaranteed him 10 million dollars, and Arum couldn’t even give him that.

Anyone gonna catch some boxing this weekend? I’m gonna be watching Valero vs DeMarco on Showtime. That looks pretty interesting, hopefully it’ll be a toe to toe battle.

or have their heads too far up their ass to see the truth.

I want a 10 million dollar check to fight mind you half the time it’s my opponents they care more about seeing than me. That makes sense. Margarito wasn’t a big name among casual boxing fans. Maybe Floyd throws out unreasonable sums so that it appears he wants to fight but can use this as a way not to fight. He’s not gonna come out say “so and so are too risky”, lol.

Arum couldn’t offer him a guarantee of 10 mill, he collected 10 mil elsewhere. I don’t see a problem. If the price was right I’m sure he would have fought Margarito ( Don’t see why this cheat is mentioned buy whatever).

At the end of the day when Mayweather cleared out the Super featherweight and Lightweight division, he didn’t earn the amount of money he made fighting Hatton, Marquez and De La Hoya.

Also why do people keep assuming that people pay to see Floyd’s opponents? The fact that they got their biggest ppv buys with Floyd is proof that he is a draw.

If anyone of you have Comcast and have On Demand under the “ESPN” section there a category called “Tyson.” They a pretty large collection of Tyson footage in his prime. I think this last for another month or two.