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The greatest fighter, I don't think so
Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 12:41 AM<< Previous | Read comments | Respond | Email link | Next >>
Floyd "Money" Mayweather has always boasted that he his the greatest boxer of all time and after 21 months came back and won his fight Saturday night in a 12 round unanimous decision, but was it really a fair fight.
Juan Manuel Marquez had to gain weight to make this fight as to were Mayweather just had to make sure that he didn't weigh over the 147 mark. He did come in at 146, two pounds over the agreed weight of 144 that the two fighters agreed to pay a penalty on if either one of them weighed in more, but he was under 147. Now anyone who watches MMA or boxing knows that the weight that fighter weighs in at is not the weight that the fighter fights at. So Mayweather had a big advantage on his opponent last Saturday. So was it really a fair fight? I don't think so. I think when Mayweather decided to come out of retirement, he handpicked an opponent he knew he could beat -- an opponent who was smaller than him and one that would have a hard time at the 147-weight class. That way he could prove to everyone that after 21 months he still could fight. The other thing about this fight that annoyed me was that it was a non-title fight. I'm sorry, but if you are a champion and someone challenges you and you accept, you should put your belt on the line. No matter if you have been out of the game for 21 months or 10 years. If you hold the belt and you fight in the same class as the belt; the belt should be up for grabs. Say that Marquez beat Mayweather. He would have defeated the champion, but not be the champion, because Mayweather didn't want to put the belt of for grabs on his first fight out of retirement. Basically it comes down to this: Mayweather's fight Saturday was nothing more that tune-up fight. It was no different than when Ohio State or USC playing some slack school in their first outing of the season. So for everyone who is saying Mayweather proved that he is still the greatest fighter after his win Saturday, think again. Just because he is now 40-0 doesn't make his the greatest fighter. It just makes him undefeated. When Mayweather takes on and beats someone like Sugar Shane Mosley, then I might consider him the greatest fighter. But not until then. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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So because he beat a very good boxer who was smaller--I agree that it was an advantage--and the fact that the belt wasn't up for grabs is why he isn't the best ever? Is that the argument?
You can argue quality of boxers over his entire career compared to say, who Ali had to fight. You could potentially make multiple arguments, but to say that his come-back-from-retirement fight is one that he should have won, and that's why he is not the best ever...that argument leaves a lot to be desired. It also doesn't erase the 40 other fights in his career, or the fact that no one has ever stepped into the ring and beaten him. That says a lot.
NPGRAD2008 this guy has proven he is an idiot that needs to get another profession because his lack of sports knowledge is LEGENDARY. The word IDIOT is really wanting to leak off my tongue whenever I read anything he writes,