Mayweathers WBC 154lb title will also be at stake against Maidana

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

DuransHorse wrote:Was anyone actually looking at the belts in this fight anyway?  Forgive me if I sound naïve but isn’t every Mayweather fight for the last few years purely about taking his 0? I'd consider myself a hardcore fan and I lose track of which belts are held by which champion these days anyway so god knows what a casual fan makes of it.  I see logic with the likes of Brit and Euro belts but the numerous governing bodies and the fancy "diamond" and "Solid Gold" rubbish just confuses people.

Side question though, what's with the Everlast gloves thing?  I think Floyd would win regardless and Maidana signed the fight knowing this would probably be enforced, I also know the champ has always called the shots but come on! Maidana should be allowed to wear the approved gloves that suit his game and if Floyd wants approved gloves with extra padding then so be it.  

What gets me is that Floyd calls himself "TBE" and like most I have him as my number 1 p4p whereas I have Maidana outside the current top 10.  If Floyd really wants to live up to that title just let Maidana have his approved gloves.  Maidana's camp will make sure they have the required padding this time if they really didn't last time, although I never know quite what to believe.  It might do something to spice up the rematch a bit too as I can't say I'm excited.

Maidana signed the contract, I get that, but I'm disappointed in Floyd as this really should be inconsequential if you're "TBE".

I just look at 16/17 years at the top level unbeaten......and sack the titles..

No boxer in history can match that !!

TopHat24/7 wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

DuransHorse wrote:Was anyone actually looking at the belts in this fight anyway?  Forgive me if I sound naïve but isn’t every Mayweather fight for the last few years purely about taking his 0? I'd consider myself a hardcore fan and I lose track of which belts are held by which champion these days anyway so god knows what a casual fan makes of it.  I see logic with the likes of Brit and Euro belts but the numerous governing bodies and the fancy "diamond" and "Solid Gold" rubbish just confuses people.

Side question though, what's with the Everlast gloves thing?  I think Floyd would win regardless and Maidana signed the fight knowing this would probably be enforced, I also know the champ has always called the shots but come on! Maidana should be allowed to wear the approved gloves that suit his game and if Floyd wants approved gloves with extra padding then so be it.  

What gets me is that Floyd calls himself "TBE" and like most I have him as my number 1 p4p whereas I have Maidana outside the current top 10.  If Floyd really wants to live up to that title just let Maidana have his approved gloves.  Maidana's camp will make sure they have the required padding this time if they really didn't last time, although I never know quite what to believe.  It might do something to spice up the rematch a bit too as I can't say I'm excited.

Maidana signed the contract, I get that, but I'm disappointed in Floyd as this really should be inconsequential if you're "TBE".

I just look at 16/17 years at the top level unbeaten......and sack the titles..

No boxer in history can match that !!

Nope, no boxer can, not even Floyd himself since he had about 2 years off in the middle of that.

Could also say, no boxer has cherry-picked as heavily, dictated terms to their advantage as much and avoided their stand-out challenger so frequently..