Imagine boxing fans from the future: Why did Mayweather never fought Margarito in his prime ? Or why did he never fought him at all ?

[Pago007]

Because, for 1 Baldomir was the lineal champ. 2 Arum to me was blocking the fight by not offering Cotto n De aka Hoya after

[Curt Henning]

this has been explained 100x

bob arum even said this much...he agreed to fight margarito for 8 mil provided bob gave him future guarantees of hatton and cotto fights..



read the entire artcile and not just the headline you friggin dopes

"Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million."

not only that floyd asked bob to get an oscar fight and bob said he wouldnt.....bob told him hed lose money so he wouldnt pursue it...so floyd bought out his deal with top rank

if bob came u with another lousy 6 million dollars to guarantee floyd over two future fights it would have happened

even bob said that....bob was talkin all nice about floyd right after this....why? because bob thought they would still work together after...like how floyd ended up using golden boy and forging a relationship with them and using them to promote his fights......but when floyd didnt use TR he flipped and went nuts on floyd and starting selling anyone who would listen that floyd was ducking margarito and all that nonsense.....but clearly you can see here bob didnt come out of the gate with any of that nonsense...in fact he tells you otherwise

[Jsmooth9876]

Floyd would embarrass a sloth-like Margarito, people show their ignorance thinking plodder could catch Mayweather with anything.

Margarito was not very good, there are many reasons why a fight doesn't happen Floyd beat the sht out of Mosley who stopped Margo easily.

Nah, Ignorance is when you say fighter A stopped fighter B so fighter C would do the same... That's casual talk 101

[The Big Dunn]

No future fan will ask this. Anyone who thinks so is ret@rded.

Margarito isn’t some kind of great that fans in the future will ask about. He, just like every boxer Floyd didn’t fight, gets a bump on this site by fans of boxers that Floyd beat or by those that hate Floyd.

The same posters will then devalue the ATGS and HOFERS Floyd did beat because they can’t admit ;”Floyd is and was better than their favorite.

[FeFist]

Margarita will go down in history as one of boxing's most disgusting cheats.

Only the obsessed will question why Floyd didn't fight him.

[elfag]

pay dispute with arum and he bought out his contract for only 300k and then made 20 million a piece fighting hatton and DLH when Arum would never give him DLH and refused to give him 10 million for Hatton.

Cotto was there ringside watching him destroy Gatti. Floyd would have obliterated him or hatton at that weight. Margarito he would just box him like he did baldomir. Margarito was too slow and people call the baldomir fight boring, that is just because he was a larger welter and had a chin to eat whatever floyd threw, but if you watch the fight floyd landed pretty much whatever he wanted. Margo would be the same thing, a dominate 12 round win, floyd landing whatever he wants, people calling it boring because he moved too much and didnt give margo free shots like he was mayorga or something.

also that would have been a hell of a fight, mayorga vs margo. i also think mayorga gives floyd more problems than margarito. Hes got weird looping shots, like maidana has. Margo he is too slow footed to trap floyd on the ropes or control the ring space.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Then they will look at his resume and find a bunch of elite signature wins, unlike the bums you adore and hype to the sky (GGG and Lomachenko), with ZERO signature, career defining wins.

Margarito was a bum and a cheater. I don't think any future fan will ask that.

[famicommander]

24-0-0-0 vs fighters who won a major world title
12-0-0-0 vs fighters who won a lineal world title
26-0-0-0 in fights with a major world title on the line

Margarito is nothing to Floyd. Completely irrelevant.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Because Margarito was nothing. At the time the WBO was considered a secondary title. That belt wasn’t even recognized until 2007. Margarito was an up and comer looking for a shot and Floyd was a multi division champion looking for a big time payday.

[IronDanHamza]

They'll see it as a decent fighter that was missed. Happens a lot.

Floyd has countless better wins that what Margarito would have been.