Comments Thread For: Mayweather: I'm Not Ducking Golovkin, When Will He Move Up?

[Chollo Vista]

Who's asking it ? You ? ... So you don't think a fighter that wants to become undisputed middlweight champion and claim all the belt should do that ? And him waiting for his mandatory for 2 years now should just say **** it ok I'll forget what I really want to do and just move up ?
Hagler did it for 7 years what your moaning about golovkin doing the same

yeah, I'm the only one in the world asking GGG to move up in weight.

GGG wants to become undisputed MW champ, but he's challenging Floyd at 154 and several other guys at 168, right?

I just posted an article of Loeffler saying they would fight DeGale at 168, then go back down to 160.

Why are you guys such great big cowards with all these stipulations?

[The plunger man]

What advantage did SRL have with a 12 round fight as compared to a 15 round fight?

The same advantage Hearns would've had over SRL if their fight was 12 rounds instead of 15 rounds. If SRL vs Hearns is 12 rounds, Hearns wins. Since it was 15, he got KO'd.

This is common sense.

Hell, why was the rule changed from 15 to 12 if there weren't issues with going 15 rounds?

Plus Hagler is a notoriously slow starter which would play in SRL's favor for a shorter fight.

Leonard was retired for over 3 years and had 1 fight in 5 years...hagler was active and dominant champion who hadn't lost in 10 years who had 12 successful defences and was a naturally bigger boxer by 2 divsions ..and was also a 4-1 favourite and every expert picked hagler to destroy him....leonard had no advantages fis lol

[Chollo Vista]

BTW if Floyd was upper 50ies way back, that Ggg fight looks like less of a size mismatch. If they cap it at 168, it's 10lb difference fight night max.

What I said was Floyd had a 10 lb difference. Marquez came up 9 lbs. I'd say Marquez was 144 on fight night and Floyd was 154. But here's the kicker, Marquez came up from 135 to 144, a feat that GGG would never do against Ward.

Regarding your call for FMJ vs Ward, the offer is still on the table. All GGG has to do is fight Ward.

[MC Hammer]

Retired.. Gee i've never heard of a boxer coming out lf retirement.
If floyd wants to call himself 'the best EVER' he should be ready for everyone trying to match him with the next best... All the time!
Why retire if you are still on top? Why retire if you have never lost?
If you look at majority of normal boxers record you will notice they start losing and then call it a day. Why call it a day if your still beating everyone? That silly little '0' statistic is too important to some people.
Anyway....who am i to tell him what to do?
In conclusion - The logic behind mayweather's response is ******.

He's 40. Your whole point is moot because he's 40. Most athletes aren't 40.

[Chollo Vista]

Leonard was retired for over 3 years and had 1 fight in 5 years...hagler was active and dominant champion who hadn't lost in 10 years who had 12 successful defences and was a naturally bigger boxer by 2 divsions ..and was also a 4-1 favourite and every expert picked hagler to destroy him....leonard had no advantages fis lol

Whatever you say, fact still remains that Hagler gave up 3 concessions to SRL whether you agree or not.

[Cinci Champ]

people are going to bash floyd for saying this but no one will say hes wrong because hes not. every great fighter moved up multiple classes from their comfortable weight but for some reason thats out of the question for certain fighters

[Francis M.]

GGG should move up if ward is available at 168. Are we suppose to pretend that floyd is serious about fighting GGG at this point in his life?

Floyd's was a great fighter who is missing the spotlight, nothing more.

[The plunger man]

yeah, I'm the only one in the world asking GGG to move up in weight.

GGG wants to become undisputed MW champ, but he's challenging Floyd at 154 and several other guys at 168, right?

I just posted an article of Loeffler saying they would fight DeGale at 168, then go back down to 160.

Why are you guys such great big cowards with all these stipulations?

Does floyd pick his opponents yes or no ? was his last fight against berto an easy pick yes or no ?
Your harping on about the floyd 154 challenge asked by golovkin....well is floyd the biggest name in boxing....would he bring the most prestige and money for golovkin if he was to beat him yes or no ?
It wasn't a challenge he said he would go down to fight him because like it or floyd is name up with the legends of the sport and Andre ward is a speck on the floor compared to the scalp of mayweather ..you know that ....ur making a big fuss over nothing with that
Some fighters your willing to go that little bit further when it comes to fighting them and beating them...floyd mayweather is that guy

[HeroBando]

What I said was Floyd had a 10 lb difference. Marquez came up 9 lbs. I'd say Marquez was 144 on fight night and Floyd was 154. But here's the kicker, Marquez came up from 135 to 144, a feat that GGG would never do against Ward.

Regarding your call for FMJ vs Ward, the offer is still on the table. All GGG has to do is fight Ward.

Marquez did weigh in fight night, at 148, thus upper 50ies. Oh and Floyd conceded a CW, remember? Just didn't honor it. But gtfo with the Floyd Ward comparison. Everyone is willing to make big concessions to him, including Ward and Ggg (moving down is harder)

That offer come notarized by you?

[-PBP-]

There is nothing at 168 right now that intrigues me more than GGG vs Canelo.