Me and Elroy1 are demanding the rematch!
If he avoids it it's disgraceful!
Utterly disgraceful!
There's no way that Pacquiao can make a September turn around with his injured shoulder. Nobody wants to hear Pac fans cry about how he wasn't at 100% for two fights. Although, if Manny told his fans that God magically healed his shoulder, they'd probably pay $200 for the PPV.
Don't want to see a Cotto fight, typical recycled fight. If he is going to fight from 155-160 then he should fight Golovkin or not bother moving up.
I think he fights Thurman next, fights the usual bill of coming off a good win and is free for September unlike Khan.
I really thought Manny would do it, if Thurman does it then wow.
I used to doubt Thurman but he's much better than I thought.
Don't want to see a Cotto fight, typical recycled fight. If he is going to fight from 155-160 then he should fight Golovkin or not bother moving up.
I think he fights Thurman next, fights the usual bill of coming off a good win and is free for September unlike Khan.
This is going to be a send off fight, and really only two names fit in that plan...Garcia or Alexander. If I had to bet, I'd say we'll be seeing Mayweather vs. Alexander in September.
There is absolutely no way he'd step in the ring with Thurman. Although, I feel he would handle Thurman easily. If Bundu gave One Time problems, what would Mayweather do?
Khan can't make the fight date, so he's out of the picture. Once again, easy work for Mayweather as well due to Khan squaring up too much. I only like the idea of this fight for one reason...so Mayweather can go out like Ted Williams hitting a home run in his last at bat.
The fight that I really want to see, but won't happen is Cotto. The possibility of leaving the sport with three lineal championships would be huge. We can forget about all of that for several reasons though. Haymon vs. Roc Nation, Mayweather doesn't seem to care about the belts, and the WBC will probably strip Cotto anyway.
Brook...no where near ready for Mayweather! And as I just said, Mayweather is done chasing belts.
On to GGG...not big enough yet for Showtime and HBO to work together on a PPV to put this one on. Although I do hope that Floyd comes back next year and challenges GGG for 50-0 to finally silence everyone.
After all of that, we're only left with Garcia or Alexander. I can't see Garcia taking the fight even if Uncle Al told him to. Alexander on the other hand is tailor made for a send off fight.
Alexander? :lol1::lol1:.... he used him as a red herring 2 years ago when he was champion and on a decent winning streak, no way he's gonna fight him now coming off a lopsided loss.
This is going to be a send off fight, and really only two names fit in that plan...Garcia or Alexander. If I had to bet, I'd say we'll be seeing Mayweather vs. Alexander in September.
There is absolutely no way he'd step in the ring with Thurman. Although, I feel he would handle Thurman easily. If Bundu gave One Time problems, what would Mayweather do?
Khan can't make the fight date, so he's out of the picture. Once again, easy work for Mayweather as well due to Khan squaring up too much. I only like the idea of this fight for one reason...so Mayweather can go out like Ted Williams hitting a home run in his last at bat.
The fight that I really want to see, but won't happen is Cotto. The possibility of leaving the sport with three lineal championships would be huge. We can forget about all of that for several reasons though. Haymon vs. Roc Nation, Mayweather doesn't seem to care about the belts, and the WBC will probably strip Cotto anyway.
Brook...no where near ready for Mayweather! And as I just said, Mayweather is done chasing belts.
On to GGG...not big enough yet for Showtime and HBO to work together on a PPV to put this one on. Although I do hope that Floyd comes back next year and challenges GGG for 50-0 to finally silence everyone.
After all of that, we're only left with Garcia or Alexander. I can't see Garcia taking the fight even if Uncle Al told him to. Alexander on the other hand is tailor made for a send off fight.
Mayweather vs. Cotto II looks like the most likely option. I think that fight can get done since Cotto is a free agent when it comes to networks. I suspect that Mayweather Promotions in association with Haymon Boxing Management will get a deal done with Roc Nation Sports. Floyd Mayweather will try to go out in style with a 5th lineal title as Middleweight Champion, I suspect the catch-weight would be 157lbs.
I think Cotto beats a 155 Floyd
154 Golovkin?
I also believe Cotto beats at 155 and also 154. If he is in proper condition
I think Cotto wins at 154 for sure. Gggs best asset is his strength. Every opponent he has faced says the same thing. He's extremely strong. No one says ggg out boxed me or his defense is impenetrable. Ggg will undoubtably will lose power at 154. How much not sure.
At 160 I think Cotto has a good chance. But ggg also has a great chance of knocking Cotto the buck out. Cotto would have to out box him and minimize getting hit a la Floyd vs Canelo.
Weight isn't th issue with Cotto it's his conditioning. If he can throw diva with may for all 12 rounds Floyd would be in trouble.
I think Cotto beats a 155 Floyd
154 Golovkin?
How would 155lb Cotto do vs May?
Weight isn't th issue with Cotto it's his conditioning. If he can throw diva with may for all 12 rounds Floyd would be in trouble.
Cotto? Khan? This is a stretch, Thurman?
And InB4BeerMakingExcuses no I'm not. Floyd won handily
Poll coming
It's going to be Pacquio. The story line is already set up. The shoulder injury, the hand, it's gonna be Pac.
Cotto is his best option but I feel that fight would be huge after Cotto beats Geale and then dismantles Canelo. So I think he should fight Garcia or khan and then go for Cotto next year in his last fight.
Cotto-Maywather II in 2016 with Floyd going for his 50th win and the lineal MW Championship of the world would easily get to 2 million buys and I feel Cotto is actually the only men in his realm that stands a chance to even be competitive.
Even more compelling for mayweather is that he could get the 50-0 and middleweight title with out having to defend the title and deal with ggg. Cause if he were to beat Cotto and get the lineal title along with his 50-0 absolutely no one would dare question floyds retirement.
Danny Garcia: Don't think he's in any rush to fight Floyd. Even last night he didn't seem interested. I think he and his father both know he isn't ready yet. Plus he wants to defend his titles in a home coming this Summer, so that takes him out of the equation.
Amir Khan: Can't do September and is banking on Floyd coming back next year.
Kell Brook: Hearn doesn't believe he is in the equation because he isn't known enough, plus they're also planning a defense this Summer after Gavin.
Miguel Cotto: I can't see Cotto or RNS being interested in taking this fight or even negotiating it on like 9wks notice when they probably already had plans with HBO to fight Canelo after Geale. Jumping back to SHO would break even more ties for him than he's already broken this year..
Erislandy Lara: Makes zero sense. High risk, zero reward, no fanbase, boring, has an official loss to Canelo and regardless whether you saw him as the winner, he still looked like crap and the smaller Floyd dominated Canelo.
Pacquiao Rematch: I definitely don't foresee the desire to work together or the money or being put up by either side. SHO reached their quota last night and they must know a rematch won't be as profitable for what they got paid, even if Pacquiao took peanuts. And you can certainly expect Floyd to demand more.
That really only leaves Thurman. But the question is, how well would this do, even with the traditional $60 price tag? The good news for Pacquiao is that even after a loss, he has WAY more (and better) options. He can fight Provodnikov, Matthysse, Crawford, Khan, or even Maidana and they would all be acceptable coming off of a loss of this magnitude.