Originally posted by JRB123
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Floyd and his fans made Floyd's injury the excuse for Floyd's poor performance that night. Read below Floyd's post fight interview and later discussing his "torn rotator cuff injury" where Floyd had to get "surgery". Not sure when Floyd had surgery but came back and fought Castillo again after 7 months. Same Floyd fans are saying that Manny is going to come back too early if it was a legitimate injury.
Larry Merchant: Was he much tougher than anticipated?
Floyd: "You have to realize I beat him with a messed up arm ..."
Larry Merchant: "So harder than anticipated?"
Floyd: "With one arm yes, with one arm yes"
"Due to the closeness of their first bout, Mayweather accepted an immediate rematch with José Luis Castillo which took place on December 7, 2002. Before the rematch, Mayweather reiterated that he had torn his left rotator cuff two days before the first fight and could not throw a jab or a left hook. (Floyd should go check out my gifs in my previous post)
Floyd had surgery following the controversial decision over Castillo, and said his shoulder had fully healed."
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