Floyd Mayweather Jr "Doesn't Think About" Pacquiao Lawsuit, Says He's Too Smart for Victor Ortiz
by Scott Christ on Aug 21, 2011 9:10 PM EDT
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In a Q&A session with Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Floyd Mayweather Jr spoke about Victor Ortiz, his own preparation for their September fight, and made what I think might be his first comment on the defamation lawsuit Manny Pacquiao currently has going against him.
On Ortiz:
"He's bigger, but is [Ortiz] the smarter, more disciplined fighter? I'm walking around at 150 [pounds for the 147-pound fight], not [160-plus] like him. I'm responsible."
Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO) has been out of the ring since May 2010, when he trounced Shane Mosley, but I don't think anyone is really expecting the layoff to bother him, to bother his conditioning, or to make Victor Ortiz any more than a live 'dog, and a good opponent, but with Floyd the clear favorite. And it's because of what he's saying here: Mayweather is one of the smartest, craftiest, most disciplined fighters of recent generations. In the ring, the man is a genius, and Ortiz has never been in the ring with anyone like Floyd.
By the way, every time Floyd says that 41 have tried and 41 have failed, I want to nerd rage all over the place. He rematched Jose Luis Castillo. 40 have tried. Math!
On "haters":
"Everything people say I couldn't do I've done. They said I'll never be a big pay-per-view star. I'm the biggest out there. They said that Marquez was too small, that Shane Mosley was too old. Mosley wasn't too old for Antonio Margarito, look who Marquez is fighting [Pacquiao in December]. I never get my just due, but I'm right where I want to be in this sport."
Marquez was too small, and Mosley was too old. Come on, "Money." Nobody thinks Antonio Margarito is in your league. Nobody sane anyway. And Mosley had been off for 16 months between Margarito and you. Not the same. And for the record, the main criticism of Pacquiao vs Marquez is that Marquez won't be able to handle the weight, and the main criticism of Pacquiao vs Mosley was that Mosley was too old. I mean, let's be fair here.
On the defamation lawsuit:
"I don't think about it. He's a congressman, right? But he has the worst contract in boxing history. How smart is he? I'm just going to be working hard."
So there's that, I guess. There has been plenty of chatter about Pacquiao's financial situation and who's really running the show with a lot of his business lately, so the contract part relates to all of that.
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November marks the 6th anniversary of Floyd fighting at welterweight.
Six full years.
His accomplishments at that weight are almost too few or infrequent for me to celebrate his career at that weight.
At welter, he fought and beat fellow welterweights:
-Sharmba Mitchell
-Zab Judah
-Carlos Baldomir
-Shane Mosely
He very legitimately beat Oscar de la Hoya at 154 in a closely contested fight, Ricky Hatton, a lifetime junior welterweight fighting at a weight where he was mediocre performer, and Juan Manuel Marquez, a lightweight fighting at a weight higher than he had ventured. Ever.
He now fights one time welterweight, Victor Ortiz. I expect him to dispatch him in a fashion similar to the way he beat Hatton. Methodically.
I admire Floyd the boxer. I have a hard time getting excited by his infrequent visits into the weight class where he arrived 6 years ago.
He may have beaten every one but too many of the names of the welterweights that dominated that division these past six years are not on Floyd’s record. And….win or lose….as a fan, that is a damn shame.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Calling Ricky Hatton a “mediocre performer” at welter, because in his only other fight at the weight he beat but failed to finish Luis Collazo seems like revisionist history to me. That was a good win over a good fighter, regardless of whether Hatton was moving up 1 weight class or not, and his best win at the weight in my humble opinion.
by Quickhooks on Aug 22, 2011 5:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
As long as we're humble, we can agree to disagree. pc
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
One day these lay-offs will catch up to Mayweather and someone will beat him by size and strength or by luck. Im some ways I would want Manny to do a Mayweather and promote him self or least get better financal advice.
"A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted." - Andrew Bernstein
It looks like Manny is trying to get better financial advice as well as renegotiate his contract with Top Rank. He is finally seeing how much he is worth and wants to keep more of that ‘guaranteed money’ Bob always talks about. While true that Manny signed two contracts with two promoters which has some money earned going to Golden Boy, I think he is a big enough superstar to apply pressure on Arum to give him a bigger slice or reduce the amount taken by Top Rank. Whether Bob takes the bite remains to be seen…
Let him Contemplate this on the Tree of Woe. --Tulsa Doom
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