Mayweather should be praised, not punished, for Marquez win

September 21, 2009

In the aftermath of Floyd Mayweather’s unanimous decision victory over Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night, the common refrain seemed to be not how dominant Mayweather had been in the fight, but instead why he didn’t knock Marquez out, or why he had even bothered to fight the man at all.

The criticism was laughable, but, then again, the criticism often is laughable when it comes to the man who calls himself “Money”. Floyd Mayweather is the most gifted boxer in the business, and has never been pushed even close to his breaking point in a fight. Because of that, people are always left wanting more when he cruises from beginning to end, as he did Saturday night, and dismantles his opponent – who, this time, just happened to be the near-consensus No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world entering the fight. Read the rest of this entry »