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I agree with you - the point is that people who never stepped into the ring don't appreciate the skills, talent and perfection Floyd has. I'm a boxer and I know what it takes to see every punch comin', not gettin' hit and counter - all that in great fashion... Those who say this match is boring should rather watch like MMA or Wrestling.
I agree. There isn't any point in fighting like a mad bull and getting your body and brains all beat up. Mayweather wins by taking smart shots, not getting hit, and consistently dominating through superior tactics and technique. I wanna see him fight Mosley!
You're probably right. Peoples expectations might of been too high. But it can take one boxer to entertain an audience. Ray Leonard did it perfectly, and so did Ali. Some fighters just don't have it, and Mayweather doesn't.
"Where's the drama?" So it's only entertaining if you're getting hit? FOH. We all get to go home untouched after these fights. These boxers have to live with the damage win lose or draw. That same "drama" led Abdulsalamov to a coma and now your network, who only wants to see fights like that, has to post a hotline number for every event because his family needs help with his medical bills. Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit. If you don't respect the man who's best at doing that, don't commentate on the sport.
They all hating on Floyd he's winning all the rounds and they want him to stand there and take punishment just to please the fans. Don't make any sense to me Floyd don't listen to these haters keep fighting your fight and keep winning.
The best thing Floyd ever did was to leave HBO and these haters . It must be hard getting up in the am , chocking on that 50 - 0 record . Dela hora vanquish , Shane vanquish , and everyone else they mention .
i cant wait for the post fight interview saturday, floyd has called out larry merchant and emanuel "uncle tom" steward. if floyd loses, emanuel might wet his pants with happiness
Is so fuckin amazing how Harold, Larry and Emmanuel @1:49-2:49 wanted Floyd to stand with Baldomir and bang out. Did they quickly forget that Gatti tried the same thing (after he was boxing a BEAUTIFUL fight) and got KO'd?!!
@MrAsschannel1 considering this is a youtube video and you had to search for it...I'd say you liked it alot.Its not like it was live.you went out ya way to find it
announcers are funny. steward says he's nowhere near the robinsons and leonards, then says pacquiao is up there with those all time greats, then says floyd would beat pacquiao. i'm confused.
Damn the commentators were hating on Floyd bad as hell. If Floyd would have stayed in and banged with him and got caught with a lucky/ unlucky shot they would have criticized him for not fighting smart. They man just can't win
Mayweather thoroughly dominated Baldomir, but didn't try to take him out... Pacquiao thoroughly dominated Clottey, and at least TRIED to take him out...
Lol emanuel stuart said that baldomir would be floyds biggest test at welterweight and once floyd out boxes him he starts to bash him for not knocking him out as if to say outboxing him is'nt enough. man, I feel sorry for floyd cause he will just never get his due.
So because he didnt ko him he failed to give an exciting fight? Mayweathers Performance was GREAT, its not his fault that he brings half the show and his opponents can bring what they bargin for..When i was in school or in the street when u knuckled up, u hit the guy before he hit u& when he swung u dip and ducked...people can call it boring, but when u sticking in moving and making the guy look stupid, its hard to say floyd isnt doing what he does best which is BOX..
I think here Steward pisses me off even more than Merchant. They all watched and commentated on his fights and know about his brittle hands and still hate on him for not further injuring his hand to beat an opponent who he's already miles ahead on the scorecards against.
@PhoenixEdwards Pacquiao's last two fights generated over 1 million PPV. He is just as big as Mayweather, and he's a more beloved figure throughout the world. He's also a champion. So Mayweather should of agreed to a 50/50 deal. Or at least a 55/45 deal. But Mayweather doesn't want to fight him, and he's making excuses.
Lol @ people saying Baldomir was cherry picked. Baldomir was a legit welterweight champion even though he wasn't the best welterweight. Isn't that was Pacquiao does? He fought Cotto for the WW title even though Cotto was certainly not in the top of the division. Hatton certainly wasn't for the 140 title. I'm not even gonna get started with David Diaz.
To think Steward said Floyd wouldn't be doing to Cintron what he's doing to Baldomir. Cintron wasn't as good as Baldomir during this time or ever for that matter. Baldomir was (B) level and Cintron has always been (C) level. Steward and Merchant don't like defensive fighters; they are both bias.
These commentators are so butt hurt that Mayweather won't fight like a Rocky movie. I enjoyed watching this fight because it's more amazing to watch mayweather's defensive brilliance than it is to watch random flurries. all those times mayweather gets trapped in a corner and he evades and weaves all the incoming shots is just ridiculous. he's the only boxer that i've seen do this.
@1KRONIK1 Like many others I would like to see that fight too! I think Mayweather would go all out and destroy Pac-man in thr first or second round. The rematch would be another victory for Floyd but he will once again demonstrate his overwhelming boxing skill over the entire fight! But Pacquiao is a tough guy and he will do the thing that gives Mayweather a hard time. He'll keep punching!
'a wonderful exhibition.......but wheres the drama?' merchant is the biggest hater man. theres no drama because floyd is too good for his opponents lol. too sharp, too quick, too smart
Mayweather could have banged the body a bit from the beginning… could have changed the the way he won. In Judah loss to Baldomir he stopped him in his tracks at the end of the 8th and then again in the 9th. Nobody seemed to notice it though.
the HFC,hate-on floyd crew, is just trying to say mayweather has to take a little more chances opening up b/c if you compare urself to fighters like robinson, leonard and them then you have to try goin for knockouts when you dominate already...and they have a point believe it or not floyd knows he can take more chances when you get comfortable fighting entirely defensive its hard to switch to offensive mindstate if u box you'd know what i mean
Roy Jones is one of the greatest to do it but he has always relied on speed, where as floyd has speed and GREAT D, which puts him in a category of his own. Now that roy is old and his legs are gone he gets ko, where as floyd can always rely on D and timing...All the fighters floyd has fought have been exciting fighters but when they face floyd he makes them look stupid which makes the fight boring cuz they cant hit him...hes in the same ring as them u act like hes in a open field.
if u want 2 c the exciting fight in mayweather then u have 2 have a boxer who have the skills 2 make mayweather fight and if u do 9 out of 10 times money may will stop them. mayweather should b in the lights of Ray R. bcuz of his skills not 40-0 record, shit Rocky M. had a undefeated record but wish he'd obtained mayweather skills. baldimir weighed in a strong MW and a guy named pac would want a catch weight fight, that's the difference mayweather has from others, mayweather da new GOAT.
@PhoenixEdwards But Manny did agree to take the tests. That's not an issue anymore. But Mayweather wants more money, so he's not that interested in fighting Pacquiao.
@mrtony80 Pacquiao didn't quite dominate Clottey. He just out-hustled him and Clottey stopped fighting. Clottey was hitting Pacquiao with clean shots for at least the first half of the fight. Had Clottey wanted it more and kept hitting him with those right hand counters that Pacquiao can't seem to defend since the Marquez and Morales fights, he would've lossed.
Floyd fights zab people say oh hes picking an easy fight, but cotto fought him and almost got ko. But u say u want him to fight cotto, margatio, clottey, those are the slowest WW ever. No matter who Floyd fights he dominates them. THey say he aint fighting nobody he just make em look like nobody. Nobody wants floyd to fight Paulie but its okay that cotto fought him. Its way too many excuses.
larry merchant said 1 smart thing at 7:18-7:30...the ONE thing i've said about pacquiao which he absolutely cannot do...and if it were exploited by someone able to actually do it...thats the only other way pacquiao loses besides being paired against an expert counter puncher
@kam999kam well remember when people kept askin floyd what it would take for the fight to happen...and each time he'd say when pacquiao takes the tests...but people are like "he agreed he agreed" but then later came to find out he didnt actually agree but also failed to realize floyd said when he TAKES the tests NOT when he AGREES and if u want to talk about ducking watch the video "cherry picking with freddie roach" where he reveals pacquiao's opponents were picked based on how bad they looked
and williams and mosley what about cory spinks forrest and cotto he only take easy fights with litle resc again slow and weak punchers like gatti, baldomir juudah that complicat him castillo that beat him in the first fight ? so what you say about that.
@Cabocoleman i agree...AND im a floyd fan...but its like this in all sports...like u c any sport and one team/person is just dominating the other team so bad you dont even want to watch anymore because its so one sided...baldomir was too old...well...maybe not too old but wasnt in good enough shape poor cardio
can't listen to the analyst or the fans to be honest, sure you want to entertain but it takes TWO boxers NOT ONE to entertain can't blame Mayweather for the fact that Baldomir was too slow, people actually hyped this fight as if Baldomir had a chance coming into it, then when they see it is a total mismatch then they want to start complaining
@mrtony80 And couldn't even though Clottey wasn't even punching. And in that fight Clottey wasn't drained so Pacquiao couldn't take him out. Pacquiao did take out drained DLH, drained Cotto, drained Morales etc etc
@2pacinseattle I get what your saying, and I'm not saying Floyd is or isn't better than Robinson BUT people talk about Robinsons 100+ fights. NOBODY fights that much anymore.You have to put things in perspective. Robinson HAD to fight that many times. Same with Joe Louis. Just as much as you wont see a 15 round big time fight.
@Transformers217 about agreeing to the test...why is it that just last week there was an article about pacquiao agreeing EXCEPT for on fight day?..thats not the testing that mosley and ortiz agreed to...and it not the testing floyd himself has been doing...if floyd is taking the tests then why isnt manny?..if ur saying floyd isnt interested cuz of the split neither is pacquiao 4 wantin 50/50 considering all the numbers released SHOW that floyd has done HIGHER numbers than pacquiao consistently
@sweetscience211 floyd should of fought cotto when cotto was undefeated instead of fighting hatton and also should of fought margaritio instead of baldomir
@lassedw Also, Henry Bruseles is a puerto rican was Evangelisto Cotto's (Cottos Father!) main fighter. Evangelisto Cotto was the trainer for Bruseles and Miguel Cotto, Which is the reason why Bruseles and Cotto had similiar fighting styles. Henry and Cotto were each others main sparring partners. Well, we all seen how Floyd totally demolished Bruseles and if you know anything about fighting then you would know he would have done the same thing to Cotto. Educate yaself man, I know this stuff man
@gianboy2001 manny might make more money than mayweather but that does not mean hes better than mayweather his style is spectacular thats why he earns more money mayweather is an intelligent boxer he doesnt take risks and if u you understand boxing you would know that boxing is not about being spectacular its about fight your way to the win and mayweather does that in perfection
@simozonelayer U can say what u want but at the end of the day styles make fights. U cant KNOCK EVERYONE out & floyd is a boxer. His first goal is to box and if the ko comes it comes. Floyd wouldnt have lost to fighters like tarver or glen johnson. So once again styles make fights.
@kam999kam margarito instead of baldomir...why?..baldomir was undisputed champ in that weight class here...and this fight WAS supposed to be margarito...but floyd left arum cuz arum wanted to give him a shitty payday for the fight "floyd would've accepted $8mil to fight margarito and wanted $10mil to fight COTTO and hatton...and $20 to fight oscar" --bob arum but arum said it wasnt possible to make that much for those fights...floyd was like "o yea?" and left...and THEN arum said he duckd
what about williams mosley spinks and cotto he never want this bif and speed guys not even slowers like margarito he fears power and this mens got it, that,st why he scared pacman speed and power can hurt floyd he is crazy if he conpare with ray robinson jaja that makes me smile.
@mrtony80 And that means what?? The thing is...Baldomir punches back , Clottey is a human punching bag with great defense who doesnt throw nearly enough punches. People should understand that Money May and Pacman are two completely different styles. Pacman is going in for the kill and pays a huge prize (Gets hit awfully lot) , Money May easily outboxes you and collects money and pays the prize in form of having more haters who ,in words of Roger Mayweather "Know shit about boxing".
floyd fucked his hands up in round 5---his biggest flaws are his hands physically--that's it---baldomir's face is thick---floyd fought gatti and threw so much combinations--but that was at 140--gatti lost to baldomir--but was faster than carlos--and floyd destroyed him-floyd got heavier at ww obviously and lost speed---floyd at 140 was at his absolute finest in the ring--he wasn't trying to make weight anymore--his power seemed greater and his speed was at it's best timed--floyd still dominates.
@Transformers217; If Baldomir was was one of the worst Champs at 147.. then why at that time, did so many people pick Baldomir to be one of Floyd's hardest challengers ever. Why would an outside company pay Floyd $8mil and PPV to fight Baldomir if Cintron was better. Baldomir was physically stronger than Cintron and had a better Jab and a way better Chin than Cintron. I think Floyd would've possibly KO'd Cintron.
that is why commentators commentate because they think you suppose to risk being knocked out to pleased them shut the fuck and watch this ass whoopin.... HBO we need smart commentators who dont sit there and bash the dude whos winning the fight
@dlogan1616 I'm sorry, but nobody in their right mind, picked Baldomir to be one of Mayweather's biggest challenges. I certainly didn't, and neither did a lot of boxing fans. People like to hype things. People hype up fights. That's what their suppose to do. But most people picked Mayweather to beat Baldomir. I thought Baldomir could make it a tough fight, but not by much. I didn't expect Mayweather to look as great as he did, but he was.
@Shirashama Floyd fought hatton, oscar, marqez...If they wasnt shit when Floyd fought them how come Manny got fighter of the decade after he beat them? (talking bout Oscar & Hatton). So if they wasnt shit then Pac has ony fought Cotto & clottey...Cotto was damaged and Clottey is a bum who lost to Baldomir, Margarito, and Cotto. Then after Pac beat cotto he beat a beat up fighter clottey then complained that he only did 700k in sales..duh..he was fighting a loser!
@shogunassason32 Nah man,Berto is good but also gets hit a lot + he hasn't fought anyone big to attract Floyd so far. And...for Manny....Southpaws are in general pretty difficult to fight and considering Mannys speed and will to KO..its going to be a tough one for Floyd . However, Manny has no defense (Just the upper body movement if he uses it) and leaves himself completely open while hes launging in with his punches and that means counter festival for Floyd. Dont worry, the fight WILL happen.
@lassedw Your not making any sense at all or you must not have been watching boxing back then. Cotto was still very green back then without any major exposure. The top welters were Baldomir and Margorito. Cotto was guarded early on in his career by Bob Arum. You really think Bob would match Cotto with the best P4P fighter at the time instead at least getting a couple of "in house" fights first at least? Come on you gotta be smarter than that if you want to be a business man.....Also....
what a boring fight, baldomir completely outclassed, haha. during the whole fight i'm just waiting for the merchant mayweather interview. that's the most entertaining part of the whole event whenever mayweather dominates his opponent.
@jimmyjay07 And stop riding Hearns & Robinions Jock strap. No one is saying they suck. They are the few best to lace up but the overrall total package of a boxer is Floyd Mayweather Hands down. Those fighters fought off instinct, floyd fights off skill. There has never been a fighter with a boxing IQ, defense, offense, foot movement ever. he has the highest accuracy rate then any fighter, 6 time world champ in 5 different weight classes!
@bimmer666 Thats funny, because Sugar Ray Robinson is universally acclaimed as the greatest fighter ever. ESPN, The Ring, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Ray Leonard,Bert Sugar, etc. No boxing expert would ever say that, they would say Floyd is the best of his generation. I can see Floyd being in the top 10, but hes not touching Sugar Ray Robinson. Sorry, its a fact. P.S., If you think Floyd was more skilled than Robinson, I suggest u do some research. He is a better defender, thats it.
Merchant is such a hater!!! Boxing is not about drama, is about skills!!! If it was about drama then Jorge Arce would be the GOAT despite being a very limited fighter
I agree with you - the point is that people who never stepped into the ring don't appreciate the skills, talent and perfection Floyd has. I'm a boxer and I know what it takes to see every punch comin', not gettin' hit and counter - all that in great fashion... Those who say this match is boring should rather watch like MMA or Wrestling.
What an impressive corner Baldomir has: "Jab and then do somethin!"
“Jab and then do something”- Wow what intelligent and skilled advice from Baldomirs corner
already big dawg thx 4 tha luv happy new year mane
I agree. There isn't any point in fighting like a mad bull and getting your body and brains all beat up. Mayweather wins by taking smart shots, not getting hit, and consistently dominating through superior tactics and technique. I wanna see him fight Mosley!
You're probably right. Peoples expectations might of been too high.
But it can take one boxer to entertain an audience. Ray Leonard did it perfectly, and so did Ali. Some fighters just don't have it, and Mayweather doesn't.
The name of the game is to hit and not get hit. Hes good at it
"Where's the drama?" So it's only entertaining if you're getting hit? FOH. We all get to go home untouched after these fights. These boxers have to live with the damage win lose or draw. That same "drama" led Abdulsalamov to a coma and now your network, who only wants to see fights like that, has to post a hotline number for every event because his family needs help with his medical bills. Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit. If you don't respect the man who's best at doing that, don't commentate on the sport.
how can you hate a fighter thats fighting to his strength
They all hating on Floyd he's winning all the rounds and they want him to stand there and take punishment just to please the fans. Don't make any sense to me Floyd don't listen to these haters keep fighting your fight and keep winning.
The best thing Floyd ever did was to leave HBO and these haters . It must be hard getting up in the am , chocking on that 50 - 0 record . Dela hora vanquish , Shane vanquish , and everyone else they mention .
i cant wait for the post fight interview saturday, floyd has called out larry merchant and emanuel "uncle tom" steward. if floyd loses, emanuel might wet his pants with happiness
These announcers are jokes. A win's a win, and a loss is a loss, and guess who has 42 of those aforementioned wins, and NO losses?
Mayweather.
Is so fuckin amazing how Harold, Larry and Emmanuel @1:49-2:49 wanted Floyd to stand with Baldomir and bang out. Did they quickly forget that Gatti tried the same thing (after he was boxing a BEAUTIFUL fight) and got KO'd?!!
If Floyd doesn't want to dog the man out that's his right the opponet not putting out so neither is floyd Ali was the same way
"Did Barkley leave with Tiger Woods?" Thumbs up if you wanted to know if Tiger was bringing a guest over for dinner at home with Elin.
Everytime somebody leave merchant announces it lol I never seen so much hate for being smart
@budfr Mayweather doesn't run, he boxes, and always engages his opponents. He's a boxing master. And his fanbase is very diverse. At least in NYC.
@MrAsschannel1 considering this is a youtube video and you had to search for it...I'd say you liked it alot.Its not like it was live.you went out ya way to find it
announcers are funny. steward says he's nowhere near the robinsons and leonards, then says pacquiao is up there with those all time greats, then says floyd would beat pacquiao. i'm confused.
There ain't no drama, because Baldomir is above average. It's Baldomir's fault, not Mayweather's.
Damn the commentators were hating on Floyd bad as hell. If Floyd would have stayed in and banged with him and got caught with a lucky/ unlucky shot they would have criticized him for not fighting smart. They man just can't win
THEY HATING SO HAAAARD
the commotators r rude now i know why floyd dislikes larry he doesnt give him the respect and credic he deserve.
Larry has been talking this crap about Floyd since he began his career. He'll always hate on him.
Mayweather thoroughly dominated Baldomir, but didn't try to take him out...
Pacquiao thoroughly dominated Clottey, and at least TRIED to take him out...
Boxing is about hitting and not getting hit...Winning fights and moving on....not looking great and getting KOs and risking getting KOed
I'm so glad Larry merchant isn't on hbo anymore
Lol emanuel stuart said that baldomir would be floyds biggest test at welterweight and once floyd out boxes him he starts to bash him for not knocking him out as if to say outboxing him is'nt enough. man, I feel sorry for floyd cause he will just never get his due.
Floyd the best ever
the amount of support floyd gives hbo aswell haha
So because he didnt ko him he failed to give an exciting fight? Mayweathers Performance was GREAT, its not his fault that he brings half the show and his opponents can bring what they bargin for..When i was in school or in the street when u knuckled up, u hit the guy before he hit u& when he swung u dip and ducked...people can call it boring, but when u sticking in moving and making the guy look stupid, its hard to say floyd isnt doing what he does best which is BOX..
This old man hates Mayweather
I think here Steward pisses me off even more than Merchant. They all watched and commentated on his fights and know about his brittle hands and still hate on him for not further injuring his hand to beat an opponent who he's already miles ahead on the scorecards against.
@PhoenixEdwards Pacquiao's last two fights generated over 1 million PPV. He is just as big as Mayweather, and he's a more beloved figure throughout the world. He's also a champion. So Mayweather should of agreed to a 50/50 deal. Or at least a 55/45 deal. But Mayweather doesn't want to fight him, and he's making excuses.
He wouldn't of been knocked out, if he stood there and traded with him. Floyd's chin is alot stronger then people would like to believe.
Baldomir landed 11% of his punches thru round 11 lmaooo If thats not defensive dominance i dont know what is
Lol @ people saying Baldomir was cherry picked. Baldomir was a legit welterweight champion even though he wasn't the best welterweight. Isn't that was Pacquiao does? He fought Cotto for the WW title even though Cotto was certainly not in the top of the division. Hatton certainly wasn't for the 140 title. I'm not even gonna get started with David Diaz.
With one hand!!
To think Steward said Floyd wouldn't be doing to Cintron what he's doing to Baldomir. Cintron wasn't as good as Baldomir during this time or ever for that matter. Baldomir was (B) level and Cintron has always been (C) level. Steward and Merchant don't like defensive fighters; they are both bias.
These commentators are so butt hurt that Mayweather won't fight like a Rocky movie. I enjoyed watching this fight because it's more amazing to watch mayweather's defensive brilliance than it is to watch random flurries. all those times mayweather gets trapped in a corner and he evades and weaves all the incoming shots is just ridiculous. he's the only boxer that i've seen do this.
@1KRONIK1 Like many others I would like to see that fight too! I think Mayweather would go all out and destroy Pac-man in thr first or second round. The rematch would be another victory for Floyd but he will once again demonstrate his overwhelming boxing skill over the entire fight! But Pacquiao is a tough guy and he will do the thing that gives Mayweather a hard time. He'll keep punching!
'a wonderful exhibition.......but wheres the drama?' merchant is the biggest hater man. theres no drama because floyd is too good for his opponents lol. too sharp, too quick, too smart
Mayweather could have banged the body a bit from the beginning… could have changed the the way he won. In Judah loss to Baldomir he stopped him in his tracks at the end of the 8th and then again in the 9th. Nobody seemed to notice it though.
the HFC,hate-on floyd crew, is just trying to say mayweather has to take a little more chances opening up b/c if you compare urself to fighters like robinson, leonard and them then you have to try goin for knockouts when you dominate already...and they have a point believe it or not floyd knows he can take more chances when you get comfortable fighting entirely defensive its hard to switch to offensive mindstate if u box you'd know what i mean
well floyd is better than robinson cuz he ain't lost yet!
Roy Jones is one of the greatest to do it but he has always relied on speed, where as floyd has speed and GREAT D, which puts him in a category of his own. Now that roy is old and his legs are gone he gets ko, where as floyd can always rely on D and timing...All the fighters floyd has fought have been exciting fighters but when they face floyd he makes them look stupid which makes the fight boring cuz they cant hit him...hes in the same ring as them u act like hes in a open field.
floyd beat the shit outta judah, baldimar, ODLH,hatton, ohh and lets not forget gatti(RIP) floyd is a beast
if u want 2 c the exciting fight in mayweather then u have 2 have a boxer who have the skills 2 make mayweather fight and if u do 9 out of 10 times money may will stop them. mayweather should b in the lights of Ray R. bcuz of his skills not 40-0 record, shit Rocky M. had a undefeated record but wish he'd obtained mayweather skills. baldimir weighed in a strong MW and a guy named pac would want a catch weight fight, that's the difference mayweather has from others, mayweather da new GOAT.
floyd is 2 sick
@lassedw Cotto was never the same after getting hit with those bricks. Search it up.
@PhoenixEdwards But Manny did agree to take the tests. That's not an issue anymore. But Mayweather wants more money, so he's not that interested in fighting Pacquiao.
Mayweather really needs to attack more.
WHATUP CUZ!?
Damn, the crowd don't know SHIT about boxing... As for Charles and Tiger, they left the arena to pick up white girls!
@mrtony80 Pacquiao didn't quite dominate Clottey. He just out-hustled him and Clottey stopped fighting. Clottey was hitting Pacquiao with clean shots for at least the first half of the fight. Had Clottey wanted it more and kept hitting him with those right hand counters that Pacquiao can't seem to defend since the Marquez and Morales fights, he would've lossed.
Listen to Larry....smh. He's always trying to discredit Floyd. He's been doing that for years.
Floyd fights zab people say oh hes picking an easy fight, but cotto fought him and almost got ko. But u say u want him to fight cotto, margatio, clottey, those are the slowest WW ever. No matter who Floyd fights he dominates them. THey say he aint fighting nobody he just make em look like nobody. Nobody wants floyd to fight Paulie but its okay that cotto fought him. Its way too many excuses.
larry merchant said 1 smart thing at 7:18-7:30...the ONE thing i've said about pacquiao which he absolutely cannot do...and if it were exploited by someone able to actually do it...thats the only other way pacquiao loses besides being paired against an expert counter puncher
@kam999kam well remember when people kept askin floyd what it would take for the fight to happen...and each time he'd say when pacquiao takes the tests...but people are like "he agreed he agreed" but then later came to find out he didnt actually agree but also failed to realize floyd said when he TAKES the tests NOT when he AGREES and if u want to talk about ducking watch the video "cherry picking with freddie roach" where he reveals pacquiao's opponents were picked based on how bad they looked
and williams and mosley what about cory spinks forrest and cotto he only take easy fights with litle resc again slow and weak punchers like gatti, baldomir juudah that complicat him castillo that beat him in the first fight ? so what you say about that.
@Dmidgette1 yeah ppl make random baseless comments, over his last 6 ppv fights floyd is averagin some of the better numbers in boxing history
Exactly. maybe if Hearns would have boxed Iran Barkley he wouldn't have gotten his ass whooped. These guys just sound bitter.
I wonder why mayweather didnt destroy baldomir like he did gatti
@Cabocoleman i agree...AND im a floyd fan...but its like this in all sports...like u c any sport and one team/person is just dominating the other team so bad you dont even want to watch anymore because its so one sided...baldomir was too old...well...maybe not too old but wasnt in good enough shape poor cardio
can't listen to the analyst or the fans to be honest, sure you want to entertain but it takes TWO boxers NOT ONE to entertain
can't blame Mayweather for the fact that Baldomir was too slow, people actually hyped this fight as if Baldomir had a chance coming into it, then when they see it is a total mismatch then they want to start complaining
@mrtony80 And couldn't even though Clottey wasn't even punching. And in that fight Clottey wasn't drained so Pacquiao couldn't take him out. Pacquiao did take out drained DLH, drained Cotto, drained Morales etc etc
Larry Merchant should be FIRED!!!!!!!!!
@2pacinseattle I get what your saying, and I'm not saying Floyd is or isn't better than Robinson BUT people talk about Robinsons 100+ fights. NOBODY fights that much anymore.You have to put things in perspective. Robinson HAD to fight that many times. Same with Joe Louis. Just as much as you wont see a 15 round big time fight.
@Transformers217 about agreeing to the test...why is it that just last week there was an article about pacquiao agreeing EXCEPT for on fight day?..thats not the testing that mosley and ortiz agreed to...and it not the testing floyd himself has been doing...if floyd is taking the tests then why isnt manny?..if ur saying floyd isnt interested cuz of the split neither is pacquiao 4 wantin 50/50 considering all the numbers released SHOW that floyd has done HIGHER numbers than pacquiao consistently
@8:15-8:20...i saw pacquiao try 2 slip punches like that...xcept his face got hit alot
@sweetscience211 floyd should of fought cotto when cotto was undefeated instead of fighting hatton and also should of fought margaritio instead of baldomir
@Rapid8Fire That's his problem.
@lassedw Also, Henry Bruseles is a puerto rican was Evangelisto Cotto's (Cottos Father!) main fighter. Evangelisto Cotto was the trainer for Bruseles and Miguel Cotto, Which is the reason why Bruseles and Cotto had similiar fighting styles. Henry and Cotto were each others main sparring partners. Well, we all seen how Floyd totally demolished Bruseles and if you know anything about fighting then you would know he would have done the same thing to Cotto. Educate yaself man, I know this stuff man
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@gianboy2001 manny might make more money than mayweather but that does not mean hes better than mayweather his style is spectacular thats why he earns more money mayweather is an intelligent boxer he doesnt take risks and if u you understand boxing you would know that boxing is not about being spectacular its about fight your way to the win and mayweather does that in perfection
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@Screen027 cotto lost to pacquiao because he relied too much on trying to land his left hook
@simozonelayer U can say what u want but at the end of the day styles make fights. U cant KNOCK EVERYONE out & floyd is a boxer. His first goal is to box and if the ko comes it comes. Floyd wouldnt have lost to fighters like tarver or glen johnson. So once again styles make fights.
in terms of skills Sugar Ray Robinson is NOT even close to Floyd's skill
@kam999kam margarito instead of baldomir...why?..baldomir was undisputed champ in that weight class here...and this fight WAS supposed to be margarito...but floyd left arum cuz arum wanted to give him a shitty payday for the fight "floyd would've accepted $8mil to fight margarito and wanted $10mil to fight COTTO and hatton...and $20 to fight oscar" --bob arum but arum said it wasnt possible to make that much for those fights...floyd was like "o yea?" and left...and THEN arum said he duckd
what about williams mosley spinks and cotto he never want this bif and speed guys not even slowers like margarito he fears power and this mens got it, that,st why he scared pacman speed and power can hurt floyd he is crazy if he conpare with ray robinson jaja that makes me smile.
@mrtony80 And that means what?? The thing is...Baldomir punches back , Clottey is a human punching bag with great defense who doesnt throw nearly enough punches. People should understand that Money May and Pacman are two completely different styles. Pacman is going in for the kill and pays a huge prize (Gets hit awfully lot) , Money May easily outboxes you and collects money and pays the prize in form of having more haters who ,in words of Roger Mayweather "Know shit about boxing".
floyd fucked his hands up in round 5---his biggest flaws are his hands physically--that's it---baldomir's face is thick---floyd fought gatti and threw so much combinations--but that was at 140--gatti lost to baldomir--but was faster than carlos--and floyd destroyed him-floyd got heavier at ww obviously and lost speed---floyd at 140 was at his absolute finest in the ring--he wasn't trying to make weight anymore--his power seemed greater and his speed was at it's best timed--floyd still dominates.
@Transformers217; If Baldomir was was one of the worst Champs at 147.. then why at that time, did so many people pick Baldomir to be one of Floyd's hardest challengers ever. Why would an outside company pay Floyd $8mil and PPV to fight Baldomir if Cintron was better. Baldomir was physically stronger than Cintron and had a better Jab and a way better Chin than Cintron. I think Floyd would've possibly KO'd Cintron.
that is why commentators commentate because they think you suppose to risk being knocked out to pleased them shut the fuck and watch this ass whoopin.... HBO we need smart commentators who dont sit there and bash the dude whos winning the fight
Yeah! Someone that's named oscar would say something like that, Hey didn't floyd smack oscar???!!!!!
@Shirashama floyd wood give hearns holy hell!
Baldomir looks ALL WASTED!!!
@mrtony80
PAc took more punishment from clottey and won every round lol...And he didnt try to "take him out"
@dlogan1616 I'm sorry, but nobody in their right mind, picked Baldomir to be one of Mayweather's biggest challenges. I certainly didn't, and neither did a lot of boxing fans. People like to hype things. People hype up fights. That's what their suppose to do. But most people picked Mayweather to beat Baldomir. I thought Baldomir could make it a tough fight, but not by much. I didn't expect Mayweather to look as great as he did, but he was.
@Shirashama Floyd fought hatton, oscar, marqez...If they wasnt shit when Floyd fought them how come Manny got fighter of the decade after he beat them? (talking bout Oscar & Hatton). So if they wasnt shit then Pac has ony fought Cotto & clottey...Cotto was damaged and Clottey is a bum who lost to Baldomir, Margarito, and Cotto. Then after Pac beat cotto he beat a beat up fighter clottey then complained that he only did 700k in sales..duh..he was fighting a loser!
@shogunassason32 Nah man,Berto is good but also gets hit a lot + he hasn't fought anyone big to attract Floyd so far. And...for Manny....Southpaws are in general pretty difficult to fight and considering Mannys speed and will to KO..its going to be a tough one for Floyd . However, Manny has no defense (Just the upper body movement if he uses it) and leaves himself completely open while hes launging in with his punches and that means counter festival for Floyd. Dont worry, the fight WILL happen.
@lassedw Your not making any sense at all or you must not have been watching boxing back then. Cotto was still very green back then without any major exposure. The top welters were Baldomir and Margorito. Cotto was guarded early on in his career by Bob Arum. You really think Bob would match Cotto with the best P4P fighter at the time instead at least getting a couple of "in house" fights first at least? Come on you gotta be smarter than that if you want to be a business man.....Also....
what a boring fight, baldomir completely outclassed, haha. during the whole fight i'm just waiting for the merchant mayweather interview. that's the most entertaining part of the whole event whenever mayweather dominates his opponent.
@jimmyjay07 And stop riding Hearns & Robinions Jock strap. No one is saying they suck. They are the few best to lace up but the overrall total package of a boxer is Floyd Mayweather Hands down. Those fighters fought off instinct, floyd fights off skill. There has never been a fighter with a boxing IQ, defense, offense, foot movement ever. he has the highest accuracy rate then any fighter, 6 time world champ in 5 different weight classes!
@mrtony80 so?
@bimmer666
Thats funny, because Sugar Ray Robinson is universally acclaimed as the greatest fighter ever. ESPN, The Ring, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Ray Leonard,Bert Sugar, etc.
No boxing expert would ever say that, they would say Floyd is the best of his generation. I can see Floyd being in the top 10, but hes not touching Sugar Ray Robinson. Sorry, its a fact.
P.S.,
If you think Floyd was more skilled than Robinson, I suggest u do some research. He is a better defender, thats it.
Merchant is such a hater!!! Boxing is not about drama, is about skills!!! If it was about drama then Jorge Arce would be the GOAT despite being a very limited fighter
Manny is great for boxing but he needs to travel light years to reach the level and style of boxing Floyd is exhibiting .