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flights/hotel purchased for 12th Sept

& I am getting impatient !!!

has he ever left it this late?

sweetscience wrote:flights/hotel purchased for 12th Sept
& I am getting impatient !!!
has he ever left it this late?

We're talking about a guy here who left/returned to boxing multiple times over the past few years... He's anything but predictable.

Crease wrote:

sweetscience wrote:flights/hotel purchased for 12th Sept
& I am getting impatient !!!
has he ever left it this late?

We're talking about a guy here who left/returned to boxing multiple times over the past few years... He's anything but predictable.

Multiple times? I thought he only had the one retirement.

Pacquaio 2016, already started hyping it:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/7/5/889 ... ded-him-of

Floyd slaps a dummy he pretends is Pacquaio (although i think hugging it would have made for more realism), Pac fires back that the video reminds him of what Floyd did to his ex wife.

Ricky_ wrote:Pacquaio 2016, already started hyping it:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/7/5/889 ... ded-him-of

Floyd slaps a dummy he pretends is Pacquaio (although i think hugging it would have made for more realism), Pac fires back that the video reminds him of what Floyd did to his ex wife.

Or running away from it!

ThereByTheGrace wrote:

Ricky_ wrote:Pacquaio 2016, already started hyping it:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/7/5/889 ... ded-him-of

Floyd slaps a dummy he pretends is Pacquaio (although i think hugging it would have made for more realism), Pac fires back that the video reminds him of what Floyd did to his ex wife.

Or running away from it!

It is sure getting close to September.When is he going to announce who he is fighting?

Hey God, since you don't really listen to any real problems, could please arrange Floyd VS Bradley for me?

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:Hey God, since you don't really listen to any real problems, could please arrange Floyd VS Bradley for me?

x2

Here we are, almost 2 months away from Floyd's last fight on the Showtime contract and he still has not named an opponent. The delay in naming the opponent is not a result of negotiations, it's a planned strategy and posturing. Floyd wants to give his next opponent the least amount of time possible to prepare and though he mentioned Berto or Mayfield, my guess he's got his eyes on a different boxer who has no idea he's even in the sweepstakes. He wants to catch someone cold or out of shape and once again, give himself a significant advantage before he even wraps his hands on fight night.

Just another instance of dirty pool that Floyd has employed to be where he is today and another reason why he will never be considered the GOAT. No other boxer in the history of the sport has more of an advantage heading into a fight than Floyd has. When you get to dictate every single aspect of a fight, from the venue, the ref, boxing gloves,judges...etc, it's really hard to lose. This will be the 12th straight fight at MGM in his home town. Pathetic

that's not even ridiculous.

Floyd is the top guy in the sport today, whether we like it or not. He calls all the shots about who, when, where, etc. We can either accept it or bitch about it, but it won't change until he retires.

If he announces his opponent within a week, it will give his opponent about 8 weeks to train, correct? How many boxers train more than that for a fight? If say there are even 10 potential opponents, it would be smart of them to get in the gym and get started if the announcement is later (than 2 months out) in case they do get the call. If they are caught cold and unprepared, it is their own fault.

Ricky_ wrote:

ThereByTheGrace wrote:

Ricky_ wrote:Pacquaio 2016, already started hyping it:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/7/5/889 ... ded-him-of

Floyd slaps a dummy he pretends is Pacquaio (although i think hugging it would have made for more realism), Pac fires back that the video reminds him of what Floyd did to his ex wife.

Or running away from it!

Hugging and running sounds about right.

Don't care,can watch "Dancing with the Stars".

Badhusker wrote:Floyd is the top guy in the sport today, whether we like it or not. He calls all the shots about who, when, where, etc. We can either accept it or bitch about it, but it won't change until he retires.

If he announces his opponent within a week, it will give his opponent about 8 weeks to train, correct? How many boxers train more than that for a fight? If say there are even 10 potential opponents, it would be smart of them to get in the gym and get started if the announcement is later (than 2 months out) in case they do get the call. If they are caught cold and unprepared, it is their own fault.

All of the possible opponents have been training and preparing to the best of their abilities for Mayweather
for years.I know that when I was boxing I always thought about how I would take on who ever the current champion was.It is who you wanted.I know Khan has said he had been preparing for Floyd for ever.
You don't think the other contenders have done the same?
The only thing missing is the actual conditioning.And 8 weeks is enough time for most fighters to be
in tip top shape.
But to think that any top contender has not already thought of a strategy to face Mayweather is just naive.
This is what every current 140-154 pounder has done for years.

caldo2025 wrote:Here we are, almost 2 months away from Floyd's last fight on the Showtime contract and he still has not named an opponent. The delay in naming the opponent is not a result of negotiations, it's a planned strategy and posturing. Floyd wants to give his next opponent the least amount of time possible to prepare and though he mentioned Berto or Mayfield, my guess he's got his eyes on a different boxer who has no idea he's even in the sweepstakes. He wants to catch someone cold or out of shape and once again, give himself a significant advantage before he even wraps his hands on fight night.

Just another instance of dirty pool that Floyd has employed to be where he is today and another reason why he will never be considered the GOAT. No other boxer in the history of the sport has more of an advantage heading into a fight than Floyd has. When you get to dictate every single aspect of a fight, from the venue, the ref, boxing gloves,judges...etc, it's really hard to lose. This will be the 12th straight fight at MGM in his home town. Pathetic

Yup, if it wasn't for those advantages, Floyd would probably have about a .500 record. I wish he would get some skill to go along with all of his other advantages, and he would be a decent boxer.

Badhusker wrote:

caldo2025 wrote:Here we are, almost 2 months away from Floyd's last fight on the Showtime contract and he still has not named an opponent. The delay in naming the opponent is not a result of negotiations, it's a planned strategy and posturing. Floyd wants to give his next opponent the least amount of time possible to prepare and though he mentioned Berto or Mayfield, my guess he's got his eyes on a different boxer who has no idea he's even in the sweepstakes. He wants to catch someone cold or out of shape and once again, give himself a significant advantage before he even wraps his hands on fight night.

Just another instance of dirty pool that Floyd has employed to be where he is today and another reason why he will never be considered the GOAT. No other boxer in the history of the sport has more of an advantage heading into a fight than Floyd has. When you get to dictate every single aspect of a fight, from the venue, the ref, boxing gloves,judges...etc, it's really hard to lose. This will be the 12th straight fight at MGM in his home town. Pathetic

Yup, if it wasn't for those advantages, Floyd would probably have about a .500 record. I wish he would get some skill to go along with all of his other advantages, and he would be a decent boxer.

Why? He's got some skill. He can run endless, for a dozen rounds.

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:Hey God, since you don't really listen to any real problems, could please arrange Floyd VS Bradley for me?

I would've loved to have seen it years ago but at this point with Tim allowing a nobody like Vargas put him on queer street, I'm starting to think he (Bradley) is damaged goods.

Bradley swells up easily now and is always puffed up somewhere on his face after every fight since Provo, I can only imagine what Floyd does to him as many times as he will be hit and hit cleanly, plus Tim has no KO power and will be fighting on his toes going backwards the entire bout.

Let's hope that Floyd announces someone worthy so his detractors won't be crying like little girls about him facing.

Got a feeling it will be Khan.
He's just thrown the Mayfield name in the hat to annoy Virgil Hunter. Apparently Hunter and Mayfield aren't on the best of terms.

Would love to see the Bradley fight but like someone said Bradley seems to swell on the left side of his face quite alarmingly all of a sudden. First Chaves now Vargas.

I don't think it will be Khan

I imagine who ever it is already knows, it must be weeks of behind the scenes negotiation before announced

If it was Khan he would already be in the U.S. Training, but he is in UK doing charity work

I am thinking Brook... Mainly due to the lack of announcement of Rios

tiny_acres wrote:Multiple times? I thought he only had the one retirement.

He retired after the Hatton fight... Then again after the Marquez fight... Then after the Ortiz fight... Each time he has mentioned taking time away from the sport.

Crease wrote:

tiny_acres wrote:Multiple times? I thought he only had the one retirement.

He retired after the Hatton fight... Then again after the Marquez fight... Then after the Ortiz fight... Each time he has mentioned taking time away from the sport.

As far as I know, Floyd only has had one official retirement. There is a difference between retiring and taking some time away from the sport. He did that occasionally imo to draw attention to himself.

After the Marquez fight in September of 09 he fought Mosley in May of 2010. After the Ortiz fight in September of 2011 he fought Cotto in May of 2012. His longest layoff was between Mosley and Ortiz.

http://boxrec.com/boxer/352

Badhusker wrote:

Crease wrote:

tiny_acres wrote:Multiple times? I thought he only had the one retirement.

He retired after the Hatton fight... Then again after the Marquez fight... Then after the Ortiz fight... Each time he has mentioned taking time away from the sport.

As far as I know, Floyd only has had one official retirement. There is a difference between retiring and taking some time away from the sport. He did that occasionally imo to draw attention to himself.

After the Marquez fight in September of 09 he fought Mosley in May of 2010. After the Ortiz fight in September of 2011 he fought Cotto in May of 2012. His longest layoff was between Mosley and Ortiz.

http://boxrec.com/boxer/352

that is the way I saw it too.

Badhusker wrote:As far as I know, Floyd only has had one official retirement. There is a difference between retiring and taking some time away from the sport.

tiny_acres wrote: that is the way I saw it too.

Well I think that is a revisionist point of view. In reality if a boxer spend lengthy periods away from the sport then it's effectively as good as a retirement.