By Frank Warren

Hats off to Floyd Mayweather for his win two weekends back – and it looks that next up will be Manny Pacquiao in a clash that will make the world stand still.

Mayweather looked good against former world champion Shane Mosley, although his opponent aged over night.

Floyd was rocked in the second round when he got clipped by a couple of punches, but that was his only sticky moment of the fight.

The only criticism you can make of him is that he failed to stop Mosley even though he looked there for the taking in the later rounds.

At welterweight, Mayweather isn't a massive banger, but when you've got a defence like his, you don't need to be.

Mosley has been beaten before, but never this comprehensively.

Yet before we get too carried away, it's worth remembering that at 38 he's seen better days, and has only had one fight in 18 months coming into this one.

I thought his legs had gone in the fight.

For once, Mayweather boxed off the front foot.

Usually he is a counter-puncher, but, sensing his fellow American was on the slide, he took a few more risks against Mosley.

Now the fight everyone is talking about - as they have been for the last year or so - is Mayweather against Pacquiao.

I believe it will happen this autumn, and don't be surprised if it's announced quite soon.

Promoter Bob Arum is pretty confident that he can make it happen, and when it comes to big fights, few do them better.

There is too much money on the table for it not to happen, and the row over Pacquiao being drug tested has served only to fuel, rather than dampen, the fire.

An indication of Mayweather's pulling power was the 1.4 million PPV buys the fight did in America.

That's more than $70m, and pushes Mayweather's all-time earnings higher and higher.

If he does fight Manny, expect all box office records to be smashed.

On the evidence of their last few fights, the power lies with Pacquiao.

They both have speed, but the Pacman is the easier target but after his display against Mosley, Mayweather will be the man to beat.

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Rumours are strengthening that Joe Calzaghe is planning a comeback with a rematch against Bernard Hopkins later this year.

Given the recent revelations about the Welshman's lifestyle, it's a bad idea.

There have been more reports in the press that Calzaghe was seen partying in Las Vegas at 10am in the morning, and disappeared to the toilets for 15 minutes.

And his ex-girlfriend has said that he's had a coke problem for a few years, rather than a few months.

It will be interesting to see if the Board of Control will do anything about his use of drugs.

It's very sad to see an ex-champion hit such a low and the priority really should not be if he is going to fight but get some counseling for his drug problem.

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We flew Michael Katsidis in last week to avoid any complications with the Icelandic volcano.

The Aussie seems an explosive character, and was in red hot form when he met next Saturday's opponent Mitchell face to face at a press conference on Thursday.

He told me that West Ham may have avoided the drop, but he's going to relegate Mitchell big time next weekend. It should be the fight of the year over here.

Meanwhile both boxers will appear on the pitch at Upton Park tomorrow.

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Imagine the outcry if a boxer - or heaven bid promoter - got caught allegedly fixing a fight.

Thankfully there have been no such scandals in my time in the sport.

But you can't say the same about football, cricket, horse-racing, motor-racing and, not for the first time, snooker.

World champion John Higgins is in the media spotlight over claims he agreed to lose frames in tournaments on the continent.

It follows revelations that the IPL cricket matches aren't 100% legitimate.

Boxing may be a lot of things, but it certainly ain't bent.

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Is it just me or is Barry Hearn's Prizefighter tournament running out of steam. Last week's line up was the worst yet.

When it first started the fighters were intent on having a tear-up from the first bell.

Now they try and ghost their way to the final like Audley in the Sydney Olympics.

Herbie Hide pulled out because of a cut on Friday and said he wanted to protect his world ranking.

What's a fighter at number two with the WBC doing in a tournament populated by old men and novices anyway?