Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather vs. Diego Corrales: revisiting Pretty Boy's best outing

[Pac=Duran]

Thats why you youre in here posting lol, the irony of fools is comical.

do you respond to every single negative post about George Floyd?

[Roadblock]

Just stick to the point you ****ing Oscar excuse making hypocrite

Both guys are drained but somehow your lover's opponent was less drained. How is that. Ten words or less no novels please

Im am sticking to the point, how many times for you to understand there is degrees of dehydration.

Are you really this fcn dumb I feel like Im talking to a 2yr old, you cant comprehend the basics of what is said, most people of your race are intelligent what the fck happened to you.

[GhostofDempsey]

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So why take the fight if he was “weight drained” and had “bronchitis”?
PAC also had a “rotator cuff injury” when he lost to Floyd and a “calf muscle injury” when he lost to Ugas.

David Haye had a “toe injury” when he lost to Wladimir and Nonito had a “shoulder injury” when he lost to Rigondeux.
Spence was also “weight drained” when he got beat up by Bud.
The list goes on

Maybe he needed the fight and the money and thought he could rise above it? We will never know since he’s no longer with us to ask. The below article breaks it down in more detail. It just wasn’t a great win.

It turns out Corrales' weight problems were far more substantial than he and his camp had let on, and that he was also suffering from bronchitis. In addition, his estranged managers, Barrett Silver and Cameron Dunkin, have filed an injunction in Clark County District Court seeking their share of the fighter's purse, an act they took when Corrales' lawyer refused to have the purse put in an escrow account until the Nevada State Athletic Commission could arbitrate the dispute.

"I felt so bad for him I had tears in my eyes during the fight," Dunkin said Wednesday. "He had nothing. He didn't have his strength and they didn't have any strategy.

"What he had was some morons who talked him into doing this."

Dunkin maintains Corrales should have bypassed fighting Mayweather until both were at 135 pounds.

"Well, (promoter) Bob Arum got his way," he said. "He wanted to put the fight together right away and the kid paid the price.

"The kid shouldn't have been fighting at 130 but Arum was forcing the fight with Floyd at that weight.

"But Floyd was always going to be there for Diego and the right time to fight would have been at 135. Maybe Diego wouldn't have won, but it would have been a completely different fight at 135."

Dunkin further believes Corrales, win or lose against Mayweather at 135, would still have been in line for fights later in his career at 147 pounds against Shane Mosley and maybe even Oscar De La Hoya. "Those are $4-5 million fights," Dunkin said, before adding another barb.

"So much for five years of hard work," he said of his involvement with Corrales.

The reality is that Corrales, while not moving back to Square 1, has been handed a substantial career setback. (He may encounter another one when his felony spousal abuse charges go to court in Sacramento next month.)

"What I'd say Diego has to do is, first, take a rest and not let his weight get out of control," Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler said. "Then he needs to come back at 135 and take a couple of fights. Then we can get him a title fight."

But Corrales' chief cornerman (and father-in-law), Ray Woods, told the Sacramento Bee that Corrales' weight had been up to 168 pounds before beginning training for the fight with Mayweather. He also said Corrales weighed 140 pounds -- and not the 133 he and his nutritionist were claiming -- as recently as a week prior to the fight.

On top of that, Woods said Corrales was battling bronchitis.

"To tell you the truth, I wasn't that shocked by what happened," Woods said of Corrales being overwhelmed by Mayweather. "I just feel Diego went into this thing overconfident from the beginning and didn't really put in all the hard work he normally does. Unfortunately, he believed what a lot of people were saying, that he was too big and strong for Mayweather."

[Oregonian]

Maybe he needed the fight and the money and thought he could rise above it? We will never know since he’s no longer with us to ask. The below article breaks it down in more detail. It just wasn’t a great win.

It turns out Corrales' weight problems were far more substantial than he and his camp had let on, and that he was also suffering from bronchitis. In addition, his estranged managers, Barrett Silver and Cameron Dunkin, have filed an injunction in Clark County District Court seeking their share of the fighter's purse, an act they took when Corrales' lawyer refused to have the purse put in an escrow account until the Nevada State Athletic Commission could arbitrate the dispute.

"I felt so bad for him I had tears in my eyes during the fight," Dunkin said Wednesday. "He had nothing. He didn't have his strength and they didn't have any strategy.

"What he had was some morons who talked him into doing this."

Dunkin maintains Corrales should have bypassed fighting Mayweather until both were at 135 pounds.

"Well, (promoter) Bob Arum got his way," he said. "He wanted to put the fight together right away and the kid paid the price.

"The kid shouldn't have been fighting at 130 but Arum was forcing the fight with Floyd at that weight.

"But Floyd was always going to be there for Diego and the right time to fight would have been at 135. Maybe Diego wouldn't have won, but it would have been a completely different fight at 135."

Dunkin further believes Corrales, win or lose against Mayweather at 135, would still have been in line for fights later in his career at 147 pounds against Shane Mosley and maybe even Oscar De La Hoya. "Those are $4-5 million fights," Dunkin said, before adding another barb.

"So much for five years of hard work," he said of his involvement with Corrales.

The reality is that Corrales, while not moving back to Square 1, has been handed a substantial career setback. (He may encounter another one when his felony spousal abuse charges go to court in Sacramento next month.)

"What I'd say Diego has to do is, first, take a rest and not let his weight get out of control," Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler said. "Then he needs to come back at 135 and take a couple of fights. Then we can get him a title fight."

But Corrales' chief cornerman (and father-in-law), Ray Woods, told the Sacramento Bee that Corrales' weight had been up to 168 pounds before beginning training for the fight with Mayweather. He also said Corrales weighed 140 pounds -- and not the 133 he and his nutritionist were claiming -- as recently as a week prior to the fight.

On top of that, Woods said Corrales was battling bronchitis.

"To tell you the truth, I wasn't that shocked by what happened," Woods said of Corrales being overwhelmed by Mayweather. "I just feel Diego went into this thing overconfident from the beginning and didn't really put in all the hard work he normally does. Unfortunately, he believed what a lot of people were saying, that he was too big and strong for Mayweather."

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Interesting article. My take is always the same, if one is injured or sick or going through personal things, why not say it upfront or just don’t fight. And if you can’t do either, do not make excuses for your loss.

It’s the same way when millionaire athletes who show off their wealth and then go broke a few years after retreat - STFU and dean with your shít abd accept your fate. We have too many examples of multi millionaire athletes who went broke and yet it appears there plenty who can’t learn from that.

This is not me being apathetic to their situation, it’s just reality.

I happen to be a huge Floyd fan. He has bragged so much about his wealth and investments that it’s just annoying and WHEN he ends up broke, there is is zero sympathy for him.

Lastly, I don’t believe Corrales at any weight beats Floyd. And we’ve heard all the malarkey about Floyd’s career (he waited for them to get old or he waited until they were shop worn) and now this that it becomes obvious that the ones that don’t like him will just shǐt on him

[Roadblock]

do you respond to every single negative post about George Floyd?

Nah only when the idiots start shooting their BS off. I dont have patience or respect for BS people.

[djtmal]

Im am sticking to the point, how many times for you to understand there is degrees of dehydration.

This should be good right here.

So what "degree" of dehydration did your expert opinion come up with for Corrales, being that it your lover Floyd's opponent.

Let me guess maybe about 2% right.

[djtmal]

Nah only when the idiots start shooting their BS off. I dont have patience or respect for BS people.

That explains why you don't get along with yourself

[djtmal]

I happen to be a huge Floyd fan.

And we’ve heard all the malarkey about Floyd’s career (he waited for them to get old or he waited until they were shop worn)

It's the truth.

You don't get much credit for beating a shopworn Gatti, Oscar, Cotto or Shane. You just don't.

He made a lot of money fighting those guys but that doesn't translate well in the respect department.

[djtmal]

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So out of 50 fights, which ones did he cherry pick?

We can start with Gatti and work our way up.

Insert Floyd excuses here:

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[ELPacman]

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Interesting article. My take is always the same, if one is injured or sick or going through personal things, why not say it upfront or just don’t fight. And if you can’t do either, do not make excuses for your loss.

It’s the same way when millionaire athletes who show off their wealth and then go broke a few years after retreat - STFU and dean with your shít abd accept your fate. We have too many examples of multi millionaire athletes who went broke and yet it appears there plenty who can’t learn from that.

This is not me being apathetic to their situation, it’s just reality.

I happen to be a huge Floyd fan. He has bragged so much about his wealth and investments that it’s just annoying and WHEN he ends up broke, there is is zero sympathy for him.

Lastly, I don’t believe Corrales at any weight beats Floyd. And we’ve heard all the malarkey about Floyd’s career (he waited for them to get old or he waited until they were shop worn) and now this that it becomes obvious that the ones that don’t like him will just shǐt on him

Cause that would ruin the betting odds and ********, not to mention all the $$$ already spent on promotional material, folks booking their flights and hotels. There is so much involved that you can't always just pull out. Granted nowadays, they find quick replacements to make up for pullouts, though it still has to take a big hit. There will be folks that end up canceling their hotels/flights or requesting ticket refunds.

Why you think Pac got in big trouble after the Mayweather fight for announcing the injury? It pissed off folks that threw big money on him because, had they known, do you think they would have ever dropped a penny on him to win?