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Theres a crazy myth that’s been regurgitated over and over by the sports media and fans who don’t know better for the last year or so. The myth is that Floyd Mayweather ducked Antonio Margarito and is scared to fight him. I know this myth provides fodder for the masses and gives everyone the chance to stir the pot, but the problem is that it’s simply not true.

I’ve touched on this issue before on Sportaphile, but in this post I’m going to break things down thoroughly so I don’t have to debate my readers over and over in the comments.

Aside from what I just previously mentioned, there are two major reasons that people love to believe this myth, and I’ll discuss each reason below.

*Why People Willingly Believe This Myth*
This part is simple. Floyd Mayweather is VERY easy to dislike to a large percentage of sports fans. People look at Floyd and see a loudmouthed, ignorant, spoiled rich black man, and it turns them off. He prances around in Read the rest of this entry »

In what will probably be the smartest decision he’s ever made, Ricky Hatton turned down a big money fight against Oscar De La Hoya this September.

“It would be too soon; Richard only fought two weeks ago,” Ray Hatton, the boxing champion’s father and manager, told British Broadcasting Corp. Sport. “Oscar likes to fight in September because of Mexican Independence Day, but Richard is chilling out at the moment.”

It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the date of the fight and everything to do with the fact that Oscar De La Hoya is just too big and talented for Ricky. Hatton’s fight with Floyd Mayweather was a clear signal that the welterweight division is just too much, and Ricky needed to move back down to the 141 pound range.

If you want to be completely truthful, Oscar was too big for Floyd also, but Mayweather is such an elite athlete he was able to skill himself to a win. The real question in this entire matter is, how will Ricky Hatton have a successful career if he can’t fight any true welterweights?

The welterweight division is where all the big money fights are, but Cotto, Williams, Margarito, Mosley, and Cintron are just too big for Ricky to take on. Where do you see him taking his career from this point on?