Was Mayweather forced to fight Alvarez?

Step 1: Accuse Floyd of ducking fighter A. Step 2: Continually bash him, call him a coward & predict fighter A will KO him. Step 3. Once Floyd signs to fight fighter A, claim that he was forced into the fight & slowly start to change the tune on how dangerous the fight is. Step 4. Floyd wins(as usual), call fighter A green, old, or a bum. Step 5. Find the next MONSTER that is REALLY the guy that can beat Mayweather & start the process all over again. spot on..........:boxing:

do you guys really think floyd chose to fight alvarez? the mayweather/guerrero fight failed in terms of ppv numbers so the showtime execs forced floyd to fight alvarez. its out of the ordinary for floyd to take such a dangerous fight... If we learned one thing about Mayweather is that no one forced him to do anything. He fought Alvarez because the timing was right, which is why it sold 2 million PPV's. Also not a dangerous fight for Floyd. He not only easily beat Alvarez, he toyed and humiliated him. If anything it was GBP that forced the fight on Alvarez who clearly wasn't ready.

lol............

Floyd should be forced into more fights. He beats them easily each time Step 1: Accuse Floyd of ducking fighter A. Step 2: Continually bash him, call him a coward & predict fighter A will KO him. Step 3. One Floyd signs to fight fighter A, claim that he was forced into the fight & slowly start to change the tune on how dangerous the fight is. Step 4. Floyd wins(as usual), call fighter A green, old, or a bum. Step 5. Find the next MONSTER that is REALLY the guy that can beat Mayweather & start the process all over again. Indeed. So true.

Step 1: Accuse Floyd of ducking fighter A. Step 2: Continually bash him, call him a coward & predict fighter A will KO him. Step 3. Once Floyd signs to fight fighter A, claim that he was forced into the fight & slowly start to change the tune on how dangerous the fight is. Step 4. Floyd wins(as usual), call fighter A green, old, or a bum. Step 5. Find the next MONSTER that is REALLY the guy that can beat Mayweather & start the process all over again.

The fight could tell you if he was forced. He fought Canelo because of his style and his marketability. Easy pay day and easy style.

Floyd should be forced into more fights. He beats them easily each time

lol................... Lol I thought Canelo would give him a good fight but he was disappointing. Floyd was a king that night. Even the other night. But to be fair Larry I think cloud was made to fight Canelo for monetary reasons. Showtime following the Guerrero flop needed to make some C.R.E.A.M Not saying floyd wouldn't have voluntarily picked Canelo. But saying that cloud is all about the $$$ so he would have picked him. So I kind of contradicted myself XD

Yes, but Floyd made sure that Canelo came in at a zombie catch weight. TBE doe.

floyd signed his undefeated streak away when he signed that contract...no more running and ducking....poor floyd, theyre feeding him to the wolves lol...................

Floyd took the fight because he's an opportunist. He saw the opportunity to capitalize on an over rated, over hyped youngster. The risk/reward was there for him so he took it.

I think he'd have fought Canelo at some point but there was most probably some subtle pressure for him to take the fight now considering the Guerrero bout didn't live up to expectations. Also from a boxing standpoint, it was an important choice for Floyd. Take the fight now while Canelo is still pretty inexperienced at the elite level or let him improve whilst he himself got older?

If Khan would had been available he would had been an option for Sept Problem with Khan is that, he's not beating other fighters, he's surviving fights. Would the fight sell, yes it would, but let's be honest, who would give Floyd credit for beating Khan, very few.

The 147 is weak on the GB side, they won't fight TR guys, so Canelo is the only sensible money fight for Floyd, so by default he has to fight Canelo. If Khan would had been available he would had been an option for Sept

The fight was always going to happen. Canelo is a big draw, mexican, promoted by Golden Boy and is fighting at 154 where Floyd fought a couple times. Anybody who knows a little about the boxing business could have seen that fight coming 2-3 yrs ago.

Floyd showed his true colors in may when he thought he could fight anyone and do 1.2 million buys. For the record I don't think canelo has a shot; poor footwork and no volume or stamina. I was shocked floyd ducked him in may. When did Floyd duck him? He's fighting him bro!

Floyd was forced to fight Canelo but only in the sense that there was nobody else for him to fight that he could reasonably make money on besides Pacquiao. At welterweight GBP has Devon Alexander and Amir Khan that they could have tried selling as opponents for Floyd. But Alexander hasn't really gotten a signature win at WW that would "earn" him the fight and he's been booed in almost all of his recent fights since his Bradley loss. Khan looked terrible earlier this year and he'd be a tough sell as "the most competitive fight for Floyd." Neither of these guys would do better numbers than Guerrero, maybe Khan would match that fight. Alvarez is the only guy that GBP had to throw in with Floyd, the only guy that fans would want to see him fight after that one-sided Guerrero match. No other fight would make them a profit right now. I don't believe Floyd was literally forced into taking the Canelo fight but rather that given his options Canelo was the only really viable choice. Beat me to it.

Shortly after Floyd signed to fight Guerrero,Floyd told Canelo he would fight him next.Canelo didn`t believe him so he asked Floyd to sign a contract promising to fight him next or else he would pull out the under card. Floyd told GTFOH you clown,who is your red headed a$$ to be giving me ultimatums. Then Canelo pulled out the under card and started running around claiming Floyd is ducking him.Then the Mayweather haters ran with it claiming that Floyd is ducking Canelo.Now they look stupid and moved on to "Floyd is ducking Golovkin".Its only a matter time til they resort to saying "Floyd is ducking Klitschko". Well put....... exactly what I've been saying! An they say Mayweather fans have low IQ's lol!

Yes. There's really nobody for him to fight he basically cleaned out the division at 147 Amir has only had 1 fight at 147 and it was crap. Alexander has no name yet. And Bradley and PAC are with top rank and who gives a **** about Berto. There's no names he can pull outta his hat anymore and him being exclusive to show time means he can really only fight golden boy fighters and Canelo is really the only pick left sure there's trout and Lara but ones coming off a loss and even with Lara Prbly ending Angelo's career he doesn't have a big enough name and he's already beat cotto so what's left really? That will sell?

The 147 is weak on the GB side, they won't fight TR guys, so Canelo is the only sensible money fight for Floyd, so by default he has to fight Canelo.