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Both Floyd and the Pac fishing for the "safe" fight - is BS!
It all boils down to the Pac wanting to keep his #1 PVP title, and Fraud his 0. Both are trying to leverage the "safe" tuneup to gain "bargaining power" when the superfight eventually happens.
I think the powers that be (WBC, WBO, HBO and to some extent - Ring Magazine) needs to fix this by doing the following
1) Ring magazine should promote whoever wins the fight between Mosley and Berto to #2 in the PVP list.
(Note: Fraud will lose bargaining power if he ducks the winner, but if he fights and wins, can pretty much guarantee he will be the "draw" warranting a a bigger piece of the pie)
2) WBC and WBO should mandate that that the welterweight belts be unified - if the champs don't want to fight, have the "loser" vacate the title.
(Note: Pac will be forced to fight the best WW in the division, if he doesn't - he'll lose bargaining power. If he wins, he'll definitely be the "draw")
3) HBO should refuse to air via PPV the "safe" tuneup fights both boxers are trying make up right now.
(Note: Dont' show these fuqers the money as their lame actions are hurting boxing and potential profits down the line - it's a joke)
Will it happen?
It all boils down to the Pac wanting to keep his #1 PVP title, and Fraud his 0. Both are trying to leverage the "safe" tuneup to gain "bargaining power" when the superfight eventually happens.
I think the powers that be (WBC, WBO, HBO and to some extent - Ring Magazine) needs to fix this by doing the following
1) Ring magazine should promote whoever wins the fight between Mosley and Berto to #2 in the PVP list.
(Note: Fraud will lose bargaining power if he ducks the winner, but if he fights and wins, can pretty much guarantee he will be the "draw" warranting a a bigger piece of the pie)
2) WBC and WBO should mandate that that the welterweight belts be unified - if the champs don't want to fight, have the "loser" vacate the title.
(Note: Pac will be forced to fight the best WW in the division, if he doesn't - he'll lose bargaining power. If he wins, he'll definitely be the "draw")
3) HBO should refuse to air via PPV the "safe" tuneup fights both boxers are trying make up right now.
(Note: Dont' show these fuqers the money as their lame actions are hurting boxing and potential profits down the line - it's a joke)
Will it happen?