The Floyd Mayweather Jr. master discussion thread. Post here, do not make new threads

[Bigg Rigg]

Floyd is so good that its so sad he's not willing to shut people up and spank Canelo. He'd rather fight a jr ww that has no shot at beating him.

[IronDanHamza]

what if Trout had beat him? You can say that all the time. BTW, I agreed the whole time that Arum was being an idiot with Gamboa-Juanama. You could just see something like that coming but again, there was nothing to gain from it.

Im ok with Cotto winning because if Canelo loses that fight then he doesnt deserve the Floyd fight. He should be able to beat Cotto and make this massive. I mean, what if he beat Cotto while coming into the ring at 165 pounds again? Then people would say Floyd has no excuse at all not to fight him.

I agree that anything can happen but Canelo should win this fight. Not only that but alot of people still blame Floyd for the Pac debacle. Alot of people are really starting to resent his Showtime contract/opponents and alot of people are resenting him for not making the Canelo fight in September like you are.

Therefore, if Canelo wins then all of that comes to a head. There will be massive, massive, massive pressure from fans, media, Showtime, and everyone else for Floyd to fight Canelo. No one will want to hear any of his usual nonsense or excuses. He'll probably be backed into a bigger corner than he was for Pac because that situation already happened.

At this point he better hope Matthysee KTFO of Peterson because thats the only fight that could maybe satisfy fans in the meantime. That adds up to major major major major heat on Floyd after that

Good points.

I can see both arguments.

[Bermuda]

I agree, but no catchweights, 154 or nothing, hell maybe 150 but that is pushing it

canelo couldn't even make the 150lb catchweight against matthew hatton...i doubt that he can make it now. maybe 152 lb catchweight...

[RiC-DiC]

people need to shut up right now. Tomato Canelo didn't even deserve to win vs Trout. Why the hell do people think that makes him a challenge for Floyd??

[-MAKAVELLI-]

what if Trout had beat him? You can say that all the time. BTW, I agreed the whole time that Arum was being an idiot with Gamboa-Juanama. You could just see something like that coming but again, there was nothing to gain from it.

Im ok with Cotto winning because if Canelo loses that fight then he doesnt deserve the Floyd fight. He should be able to beat Cotto and make this massive. I mean, what if he beat Cotto while coming into the ring at 165 pounds again? Then people would say Floyd has no excuse at all not to fight him.

I agree that anything can happen but Canelo should win this fight. Not only that but alot of people still blame Floyd for the Pac debacle. Alot of people are really starting to resent his Showtime contract/opponents and alot of people are resenting him for not making the Canelo fight in September like you are.

Therefore, if Canelo wins then all of that comes to a head. There will be massive, massive, massive pressure from fans, media, Showtime, and everyone else for Floyd to fight Canelo. No one will want to hear any of his usual nonsense or excuses. He'll probably be backed into a bigger corner than he was for Pac because that situation already happened.

At this point he better hope Matthysee KTFO of Peterson because thats the only fight that could maybe satisfy fans in the meantime. That adds up to major major major major heat on Floyd after that

but he DID beat Trout who just beat Cotto...its a pointless circle if we're just going to keep putting up obstacles

and no, THIS fight fan doesn't agree with that 'well if he loses to Cotto then he never deserved the Floyd fight' angle...that's just garbage when all it takes nowadays to 'deserve' a Floyd fight is whoopin on Andre freekin Berto


if Canelo loses to Cotto, im not sitting here saying 'oh well, i guess i really didnt really want to see him against Floyd'...you can get that from Floyd's online children...not from fight fans that actually have an interest in a Floyd opponent

[Carpe Diem]

but he DID beat Trout who just beat Cotto...its a pointless circle if we're just going to keep putting up obstacles

and no, THIS fight fan doesn't agree with that 'well if he loses to Cotto then he never deserved the Floyd fight' angle...that's just garbage when all it takes nowadays to 'deserve' a Floyd fight is whoopin on Andre freekin Berto


if Canelo loses to Cotto, im not sitting here saying 'oh well, i guess i really didnt really want to see him against Floyd'...you can get that from Floyd's online children...not from fight fans that actually have an interest in a Floyd opponent

[DLT]

but he DID beat Trout who just beat Cotto...its a pointless circle if we're just going to keep putting up obstacles

and no, THIS fight fan doesn't agree with that 'well if he loses to Cotto then he never deserved the Floyd fight' angle...that's just garbage when all it takes nowadays to 'deserve' a Floyd fight is whoopin on Andre freekin Berto


if Canelo loses to Cotto, im not sitting here saying 'oh well, i guess i really didnt really want to see him against Floyd'...you can get that from Floyd's online children...not from fight fans that actually have an interest in a Floyd opponent

B.S.

If he lost to Cotto then you and everyone else would kill Floyd if he then decided to fight Canelo next. I can hear it now

[Fetta]

12 months. Enough time for canelo to fight cotto and winner of Angulo/ Lara and a superfight will emerge for May 3rd, 2014.

[BUNGALOWS]

DLT, do your lips ever get chapped? Serious question.

[DLT]

most of all, I think people are servely underrating a Canelo-Cotto fight. Everyone is so hooked on Floyd that they dont realize how massive that fight is. If its made then it is instantly the event of the year.

If you arent hyped now then trust that you will be mad hype for it 2 weeks before the fight. Everyone will be talking about it. You can never go wrong with Mexico vs PR and the 2 biggest names int he sport behind Floyd-Pac.

That fight would sellout in Mexico, PR, and everywhere in between. I bet they do a full 4 episode All Access show for it. Cotto will have Roach in his corner which will bring in even more viewers. Everyone will know who Canelo is after that. It would be a mega boxing event to end the year