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Floyd Mayweather gets $20 million to fight at Wrestlemania

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Damn.... He's 5'-8" and 150 lbs and gets paid $20 million to fight the 7 foot tall 420 lb The Big Show at the Citrus Bowl.

I'm 5'-6" and 150 lbs myself, why can't I get $20 million? I'd gladly be The Big Show's rag doll in the ring for that much! :D:D:D

http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/7840776?MSNHPHMA
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fuck that little cockbag, that piece of shit will take 20 mil to make an ass of himself in a fake fight, he's a disgrace to fighters.

he was offered millions to square off with Sean Sherk in the octagon and back down like a scared little puppy.

fuck him
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A quote from Mayweather in 2007:

"UFC's champions can't handle boxing. That's why they are in UFC. Put one of our guys in UFC and he'd be the champion. Any good fighter, he'd straight knock them out."

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
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I brought this up a year ago, boxers hide from real fights by only offering to take up MMA fighters in a boxing match, if they are so superior than their boxing skills will trump the other aspects of fighting in an MMA match, sadly though, they won't.

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So it's fate?:D



Well, it IS true that most of these matches are predetermined, but $20 million is just way too much for one lousy match.

And no, I don't agree with Mayweather's statement about the UFC. All he can do is punch. He doesn't want to fight there because most UFC fighters have take-down and submission skills he don't have. He might be 40-0 in boxing and is real quick and agile, but I hope the Big Show squashes him like a bug, make him earn that $20 million. Hell put them in a Hell In A Cell match for good measure. :D

There have been at least one celebrity wrestling in a match at Wrestlemania almost every single year. Who could forget Mr T (of A-Team fame) going at it with Roddy Piper in WM#1?
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Well, it IS true that most of these matches are predetermined, but $20 million is just way too much for one lousy match.



Agreed, but I don't hold it against Mayweather for accepting $20 million for an acting gig. Boxing is a short lived career, and smart boxers look after their retirement.

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And no, I don't agree with Mayweather's statement about the UFC. All he can do is punch. He doesn't want to fight there because most UFC fighters have take-down and submission skills he don't have. He might be 40-0 in boxing and is real quick and agile…



While I agree that pure boxing is an ineffective discipline compared to other types practiced in MMA, do we know that Mayweather has no kicking or grappling talent? For real pro fighting, the money is in boxing, so it stands to reason that those are the skills we are most likely to know about. I'm not saying he has other skills, I'm saying I don't know.

I've known and been friends with two world class fighters in my life, one ranked kick boxer and one eskrima master. Either one could hold their own in regular boxing, but both could strike hard with their legs and feet just as well.
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I think whatever skills he may have is irrelavent anyway....seeing how he is fighting someone almost 300 pounds heavier!



And a foot and a half taller to boot! What is he gonna reach with his fists? The groin? :D:D:D
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I think whatever skills he may have is irrelavent anyway....seeing how he is fighting someone almost 300 pounds heavier!



That's not as true in MMA as in other forms of fighting. Watch Fedor v. Hong Man Choi and you'll see what I mean.



Nice arm bar by the little guy!
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7'2"/355lbs. And he doesn't suck, either. Fedor is considered by many to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world, so it's no surprise he beat Choi. But Choi is an accomplished kickboxer, too.



Wow... that's huge.
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While I agree that pure boxing is an ineffective discipline compared to other types practiced in MMA, do we know that Mayweather has no kicking or grappling talent? For real pro fighting, the money is in boxing, so it stands to reason that those are the skills we are most likely to know about. I'm not saying he has other skills, I'm saying I don't know.
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Floyd has some high school wrestling experience, I'd have to dig to figure out if he took that to college or not, and as you said he is naturally athletically gifted so he will more than likely pick up MMA very well. However the kind of talent he would experience in MMA would trump his high school wrestling, he was offered a fight with Sean Sherk if he were to step into the octagon and Sean sherk is a freak of nature and wrestling phenom.

In terms of making a good move from a financial standpoint he made the right choice, but he is in a combat sport where you are judged for being a warrior. And as physically tough as one must be to make it in pro-wrestling due to the punishment on your body it does nothing to prove you as a fighter. So apparently Floyd considers money to be more important than respect, so I stand by the statement he made before his fight with Oscar, he's a sorry excuse for a warriror.

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Come on guys. I havent watch wrestling in 20 years but I already know its NOT going to be JUST floyd and big show in that ring.

Think "Mouth of the south" remember his matches.



It will probably end up being Floyd's entire crew versus the Big Show....
Piss poor odds for the little guys. :D
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Come on guys. I havent watch wrestling in 20 years but I already know its NOT going to be JUST floyd and big show in that ring.

Think "Mouth of the south" remember his matches.



It will probably end up being Floyd's entire crew versus the Big Show....
Piss poor odds for the little guys. :D


You may be right. :D
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