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RhythmAndStyle »
Posted 1/25/08 3:12:00PM Floyd Mayweather will be going head to head against the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) with his scheduled bout against Mexican boxing sensation Juan Manuel Marquez on September the 19th. Mayweather looks to prove the point that Boxing is still the king of combat sports, fighting on a night that coincides with a UFC PPV event. This battle between boxing and the UFC was by design as Mayweather chose to have his fight on the night of UFC 103. Saturday night serves as a major indicator of whether boxing can compete against the UFC any longer. Mayweather is beyond confident it can. Obviously shaken, and left with a feeling that UFC PPV buys will suffer – The President of the UFC Dana White released a video earlier this week in attempt to persuade Mixed Martial Arts fans to purchase UFC 103 rather than the Mayweather/Marquez ppv. Mayweather, never one to back down in a war of words, addressed the issue at a pre-fight press conference in L.A early this week, When asked how he feels about going head to head with ‘UFC 103 Franklin vs. Beflort’ Mayweather dismissed it as a threat:
Mayweather was also asked to give his thoughts on how he feels the striking abilities of some of the premier strikers in MMA, such as Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, might match up against the upper echelon heavyweight boxers.
While this will be the first time a major boxing event clashes with a UFC event, Mayweather insists that this will not be the first time he has beaten the UFC in terms of ratings.
Mayweather even went as far to discredit MMA as a real sport calling it a ‘sideshow act’ and detailed the disparity in terms of pay between the two combat sports.
My bad bout the link here you go Floyd Mayweather Link |
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Near07 »
Posted 2/3/07 7:28:00PM No link? |
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grappler0000 »
Posted 3/24/07 5:29:00PM Typical PBF rhetoric prior to one of his bouts. What's funny is that he gets more press for talking trash about MMA than he does for his fighting abilities. Apparently, he actually believes in the popularity of MMA or he wouldn't use this tactic time and time again. |
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teddythetuna »
Posted 1/16/07 5:06:00PM When Floyd fights Pacquiao then he can say the two best pound for pound fighters. Juan is great but Manny would eat him alive at this point and i think he would crush PBF as well. Thats if Mayweathers head could actually fit inside the building. Man what an ego |
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KaibaThedon »
Posted 3/25/09 9:45:00PM I really wish someone would shut this guy up once and for all. He's a joke. _______________________________________ |
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xdanish020 »
Posted 9/22/08 2:18:00 Typical PBF ignorance especially in his reference to Brock Lesnar....guess he never did his research and don't know he's a D1 National Wrestling Champ. I hope the UFC squashes Boxing on the 19th. Mayweather will never fight someone who can seriously hurt him, which is why he is fighting a smaller fighter in Marquez. Put Mayweather up against Pacman or Cotto and let's see how it goes down. |
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postman »
Posted 6/23/07 7:57:00PM I like how he says its to decided the best Pound for pound fighter in the world....It isn't even to decide the best P4P boxer let alone fighter. I would love to see K1 rules match between a top striker in MMA and a Top boxer at least its middle of the road. Try doing your little shoulder roll with a shin coming towards your head. |
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Sinister »
Posted 8/16/09 11:18:00PM Why even quote this guy on MMA anymore? We know he disrespects it and says anything about it to get attention. |
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Jesse_Canadian_MMA »
Posted 1/11/08 5:48:00PM unfortunately I dont think franklin-vs-Belfort will have what it takes to compete with this one :( I mean I'll be watching ufc, boxing on its own, i'm not interested in it but I recognize it a important part of mma and would never trash talk it but I wish clowns like Mayweather could recognize that wrestling, muay thai, jj, karate are also important skills, when mastered are equally deadly in sports and in life. cause granted on the feet, yeah hes dangerous but if he fights franklin and it got to the ground, then what? I think we all know what that outcome would be and damn brock lesnar is hurting us lol |
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McBee »
Posted 4/15/07 3:21:00 I just watched the Bob Arum rant on the Videos tab, no wonder boxing is dying they have promoters that are undercuttering one of the biggest names and if you listen to the whole video a pretty flagrant racist. He acts like the fan base is great because it is diverse and then he starts in at the end who Latinos, Puerto Ricans and blacks do not buy PPVs. If what this guy says is true about Mayweather why is anyone buying the boxing match on saturday? |
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MaxOne »
Posted 7/26/07 3:12:00PM wasn't he invovled in some fake wrestling soap opera stuff? that's wack that he talks trash about it but is right there to take advantage of it if it works in his his favor. that is selloutish. He did have a great example with Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer though :) Tim has another fight coming up. I wonder if he'll try to be in shape this time. _______________________________________ |
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machodog76 »
Posted 6/26/07 10:37:00PM Most of the negative comments leveled against mma(its's a side show, too violent, not a real sport, inhumane, etc.) were used to discredit boxing in it's early days. There's a realy good book that speaks to this called ,"A flame of pure fire" It's about Jack Dempsy but it's also an interesting history of boxing, which in it's begining faced many of the same problems as mma has in recent times. |
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NeaRMisS »
Posted 7/14/07 8:28:00PM I will be watching the UFC but I really REALLY dont think the UFC, and this card can compete with mayweather. Belfort + Cro Cop aren't big enough names in the states to make some of the newer mma fans to watch it over Mayweather. |
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jlock003 »
Posted 9/18/07 5:33:00PM I wonder how Nate Quarry feels about Rich's punching power??? |
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Brain_Smasher »
Posted 1/27/07 9:19:00PM "I like how he says its to decided the best Pound for pound fighter in the world....It isn't even to decide the best P4P boxer let alone fighter. I would love to see K1 rules match between a top striker in MMA and a Top boxer at least its middle of the road. Try doing your little shoulder roll with a shin coming towards your head." Well we have seen K1 fighters, even the poor ones, fight boxers i K1. The boxers get tooled really bad. Cyril Abidi vs Botha, Mighty Mo vs Botha, etc. Mercer got killed as did Butterbean. K1 brought in smaller weight boxers to fight in K1 max and they got killed also. They were top 10 boxers not long before that. Even some top ranked Japanese boxers got in and got killed. The gap between K1 striker and MMA strikers isnt that great. There have been MMA fighters cross over and win fights verses K1 regulars. Gary Goodrich KOed Mike Bernardo, Tom Erickson who has a wrestler base KOed Jan Norte. Don Frye has won there and i believe Rampage won in K1. |
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