Don Curry vs Floyd Mayweather at 147lbs

Hungry lion crap ::

 

Floyd's welterweight opposition gets more fucking pathetic every time you look at it:

Mitchel - no significant welterweight wins
Baldmoir - one significant win vs Judah
Judah - one significant wins vs Spinks in 6 big fights
Hatton - one controversial win at the weight
Marquez - no significant welterweight wins
Mosley - coming off a 16 month lay off at 39 years old
Ortiz - one significant win at the weight

That's 6 years worth of work from the best fighter in the sport.

 

Curry KO 1 on general fucking principle

 

I guarantee D&M's response looks like this.

MTF

 

Remember the Lion from "Wizard of Oz"???...The 1 that Sought COURAGE???...Maybe that's the "Lion" Sly was Referring to...



REED:Ramonza:

 

Just look at the skills on display. Dude...if Floyd was to be exposed he would have been by now. He's fought enough decent fighters at welter and above to be exposed. He hasn't been. He's been dominant.

You can't say he'd lose to Curry, Starling and a host of other welters JUST on the basis that he didn't have a Hearns or Leonard to fight. You can only base it on something that's been exposed about him in his fights so far?

Now in terms of achievements...I can agree that he's not a top 5 ATG welter, but that's not the point of MMs..in MMs it's about who beats who. What's been exposed about him in the ring that suggests that alll of these non-Leonard/Hearns/Robinson guys beats him?

NOTHING!! That's what.

 

Duran quit too. Ortiz didn't quit against Berto. Is it possible that he grew up by the time he faced Floyd?

 

Dude..you KNOW that you can break down ANYONE's opposition if you want to using that strategy.

Give me 7 names on Curry's beaten resume and see what I do with it....

 

Duran quit against one of the greatest ever to lace 'em up. Ortiz quit against a guy who lost to Amir Khan. And, yeah, he was a grown lion in there against Floyd. That's why he got KTFO trying to hug Floyd repeatedly. You know, like most lions do?

MTF

 

:: Duran quit against Sugar Ray, and that automatically makes him equal to Ortiz who quit against Maidana

 

This is why it wearies me to chat with some of you. Many of your brains are too small to grab context.

I'm not saying that they are equal. I'm saying that you cannot label someone a QUITTER just based upon one fight...especially if they've shown the opposite SINCE that fight.

 

I defer you to my response to Dog Jones.

Secondly...why not respond to some of the points in my other two posts?

 

Even that Lion would kick Ortiz's ass.

 

What you will do with it is twist the truth and spin things in a ridiculous manner.

 

Sly is a lost cause.

 

Disagree.

I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.

 

McCrory, Starling are vastly better welterweights than any FLoyd has fought or beaten

Starling, to me, is unequivocally a better welterweight than Floyd Mayweather himself

 

Yeah, but Victor Ortiz was a young & hungry lion.

 

My God, Starling, McCrory and Curry would have a fucking field day with Ortiz

He'd quit the first time Colin Jones landed a hard shot on him

 

A good case can be made for Starling, yes. Great Welterweight. Better than Floyd, no. Better than anyone Floyd fought at 147lbs, yes. I'll give you that. Better than 154lb Oscar at the time Floyd fought him...arguably. That Oscar would have beaten both Honeyghan and Breland as well.

I don't know what makes you so certain that Starling was a better Welter than Floyd. Floyd beats everyone Starling beat to be honest.

Floyd Mayweather Jnr is still horribly underrated. Y'all have a boxing gem here...enjoy watching him and appreciate him while he still fihgts. After he and Pacquiao retire who knows when next you'll get such great fighters.

Starling impressed me, but he never impressed me the way Floyd does. Floyd's a scientist in there.

I have an eye for talent...most of you just have an eye for who you like or who has the reputation.

I picked Floyd to be great long before he fought Corrales. I'm not a recent member of the bandwagon. My early position has been vindicated. I picked Lennox Lewis long before he fought Ruddock...after he beat Mason in fact. Position has been vindicated. I was late to the Calzaghe bandwagon (just pre-Lacy)...but I picked him t dominate Lacy, beat Kessler, Beat Hopkins by close decision and annihilate Jones.

When will y'all realize that I'm seldomly wrong? I'm not boasting...it's just hard to be humble when you're as accurate as I am.

In fact no guy that I have been on the bandwagon of has been exposed.

Most of you guys were on the Mosley, Cotto, Pavlik, Hatton bandwagons and how did that work out for you?


I know this game...y'all need to listen to me and learn (except Jake, Steve_Dave, BigDawg and a few others...because they've arrived already and are baaaaad men in their own right).


Anyway...enough preaching. ::

Cdogg your Starling point is indeed a valid one. But dawg....trust me....he's not in Floyd's class. Great fighter though he may be.

Starling is like a Patrick Ewing....Floyd is a Michael Jordan. Different level. Disappointed that you still can't recognize this.

 

btw...this "ignore function" is the best thing ever. I can see that broadwayjoe is responding to this topic and others but I can't see a fucking thing that he's written.

Ah...bliss.

 

Starling would have beaten a prime DLH, never mind the old man Mayweather politely decisioned

 

As they say...ignorance is bliss. Which fits you to a tee.

And yet again...despite your claims of never being the one to initiate things, here you are again taking shots.

And I don't think for a sec you aren't coming off ignore to see what's going on.

As you were...ignorant.

 

I see that as being a disputed decision.

 

One thing you have to remember about welterweights that were past greats.. they weren't regularly fighting guys who outweighed them by 15 lbs. And while the skill differential is obviously far greater than the size differential, that size differential still has to be taken into account; to wit, Floyd Jr would likely look even better fighting guys his own size.

Sly is absolutely right that Floyd Jr is underrated by a lot of boxing fans. Floyd's an all-time great in any era. Even in the golden age of boxing, how many fighters had that kind of mastery over every single aspect of the sweet science?

Guys like that come along once in a generation. Is he an idiot outside of the ring? Yeah, so what? This is boxing, not a fucking soap opera. Appreciate watching what he does in the ring while you can, because he does it better than anyone else in the world.

making a note not to take your boxing opinions seriously henceforth

 

Starling would block a lot of DLH's flurries, maybe one of the shots would get through, and Lampley (and the crowd) would have an orgasm.

"Oh my god, Oscar with the brilliant combination! He's ripping Starling!"

Starling would land the cleaner shots, and probably deserve the victory, but it would be a close fight and people would dispute it.

Oscar was always in disputed decisions, and this would be no different.

 

Oh ok

I thought you meant Mayweather-De La Hoya was a disputed decision.. my bad, nevermind

 

This is a man of keen boxing insight and analytical brilliance.

 

As for the style matchup. Floyd would not beat Curry because:

Curry had the range, jab, and QUICKNESS to catch Floyd. I mean, look what an old Oscar did. Prime Curry was better than a PRIME Oscar, nevermind a washed up Oscar.

Also, unlike the rest of Floyd's recent opponents, Curry actually had something called a DEFENSE. Of course with Floyd's quickness, and accuracy, he would touch Curry up. However, he wouldnt hit him at will like he did Hatton, shot Shane, and Ortiz. Curry would pick off, and parry alot of Floyd's shots, just like the WASHED UP Oscar did. Whats more important is, Curry would parry and COUNTER. He did that as well as ANYBODY.

I could DEFINITELY see Curry landing one of those short left hooks, that puts Floyd on queer street (no pun intended), and puts Floyd in a defensive shell the rest of the fight.

Look at the way Curry took apart Nino Larocca. Yes, I know Larocca isnt close to Floyd's level. BUT Larocca was a good, talented boxer and the way Curry took him apart gives you some idea of the way he'd be able to catch Floyd.

 

he's an all time great at lightweight, not at welterweight.