The following is an excerpt from dougie fischer's mailbag on the Ring website.
Dougie's Mini-Mail bag
"""""I think many fans and members of the media jumped the gun with their “disappointment” or criticism of Margarito when it looked like the Mosley bout
would not happen. Margarito has always shown a willingness to take on the toughest fighters, even when he probably should have waited (an example is when he backed out of his first scheduled showdown with Miguel Cotto last year in order to defend his WBO title vs. a then-32-0 Paul Williams). I recall getting inundated with snotty emails from Floyd Mayweather Jr. fans (and from a few jerky East Coast boxing writers who thought Margarito was garbage) when it appeared that Margarito would bypass his WBO mandatory in favor of a Cotto showdown. They said he was a hypocrite. They said he was afraid. They said I was a hypocrite for not criticizing Margarito the way I had criticized Mayweather for turning down $8 million to fight the Mexican Mauler in late 2006.
But here was the difference: I didn’t start getting on Mayweather’s case until after two and half years of him taking on second-tier fighters (Ndou, Sosa,
Corley and Bruseles) while boasting that he was the best that ever laced on a pair of gloves. It looked like Margarito might not fight Williams and Mosley for all of two or three WEEKS and everybody couldn’t wait to ridicule him. Hey folks, how about we actually allow him to wuss out of a fight before we call him a wuss? Are the same boxing columnists who gave Margarito crap for not accepting $2 million to fight Mosley now going to give him credit for taking the fight for a little more money?
And was Margarito, the guy with the world title and the fighter who has posted better PPV numbers and sold more tickets lately than Mr. Mosley, really out of line for not wanting to split the purse 50-50 with his challenger?""""""
Alot of us want to talk about how margarito is being a hypocrite and the haters wanted to laugh and point fingers. I think dougie does a great job of explaining the differences here. How do we all feel about the split between mosley and marg? Was it appropriate for marg to command more than 50/50? Is what margarito did equivalent to what money did? Did fans jump the gun too quickly?
There is a reason, to me anyways, that margarito is the most exciting fighter in the game.
His style is the MOST fan friendly of any fighter in the game today(he appeals to more casual fans because of his physical style). His penchant for taking on the biggest challenges throughout his whole career should be an inspiration to the Roy's and Floyd's of the world.
It's true that Marg was not blessed with the athleticism and hand speed of certain guys, but he was blessed with one thing, heart.
And that is why we should ALL support him, irregardless of how you feel about him.
Dougie's Mini-Mail bag
"""""I think many fans and members of the media jumped the gun with their “disappointment” or criticism of Margarito when it looked like the Mosley bout
would not happen. Margarito has always shown a willingness to take on the toughest fighters, even when he probably should have waited (an example is when he backed out of his first scheduled showdown with Miguel Cotto last year in order to defend his WBO title vs. a then-32-0 Paul Williams). I recall getting inundated with snotty emails from Floyd Mayweather Jr. fans (and from a few jerky East Coast boxing writers who thought Margarito was garbage) when it appeared that Margarito would bypass his WBO mandatory in favor of a Cotto showdown. They said he was a hypocrite. They said he was afraid. They said I was a hypocrite for not criticizing Margarito the way I had criticized Mayweather for turning down $8 million to fight the Mexican Mauler in late 2006.
But here was the difference: I didn’t start getting on Mayweather’s case until after two and half years of him taking on second-tier fighters (Ndou, Sosa,
Corley and Bruseles) while boasting that he was the best that ever laced on a pair of gloves. It looked like Margarito might not fight Williams and Mosley for all of two or three WEEKS and everybody couldn’t wait to ridicule him. Hey folks, how about we actually allow him to wuss out of a fight before we call him a wuss? Are the same boxing columnists who gave Margarito crap for not accepting $2 million to fight Mosley now going to give him credit for taking the fight for a little more money?
And was Margarito, the guy with the world title and the fighter who has posted better PPV numbers and sold more tickets lately than Mr. Mosley, really out of line for not wanting to split the purse 50-50 with his challenger?""""""
Alot of us want to talk about how margarito is being a hypocrite and the haters wanted to laugh and point fingers. I think dougie does a great job of explaining the differences here. How do we all feel about the split between mosley and marg? Was it appropriate for marg to command more than 50/50? Is what margarito did equivalent to what money did? Did fans jump the gun too quickly?
There is a reason, to me anyways, that margarito is the most exciting fighter in the game.
His style is the MOST fan friendly of any fighter in the game today(he appeals to more casual fans because of his physical style). His penchant for taking on the biggest challenges throughout his whole career should be an inspiration to the Roy's and Floyd's of the world.
It's true that Marg was not blessed with the athleticism and hand speed of certain guys, but he was blessed with one thing, heart.
And that is why we should ALL support him, irregardless of how you feel about him.
