How much respect would you lose for Floyd if...

[Jim Jeffries]

Racquaio puts on fourteen pounds after weigh-in. And I think he is actually LEANER than FMJ.

Some people dehydrate a lot easier than others though. I seriously doubt Floyd would ever lose more than 10 pounds in water weight. Pac looks leaner than Floyd, but without weighing him in water, it's impossible to judge intramuscular fat content. People that blow up in between fights tend to have a lot more of this type of fat.

[killakai]

I wouldn't lose respect for him either way. Pac man is a bigger fight, he makes more money fighting him than he does Cotto, so it would make sense for him to the bigger money fight, although I would prefer to see him fight Cotto.

He may have some hesitation about fighting welterweights because those guys are naturally bigger guys than he is. If he walks around at 149 and is fighting Cotto, Williams, or Margarito, who presumably walk around at least a cool 15 to 25 pounds more, I think that would be something to be concerned about. Particularly for a guy who is on his way out of the sport, who has accomplished alot, and who has had a history of hand problems. He'd need to really use those hands against bigger guys and punch hard! I'd be concerned about the fact that these guys are gonna be bigger stronger guys than me, though none of them are more skilled than he is. Paul Williams is the main one I'd be concerned about, hes 6+ feet, has 12" longer reacher and is overall a much larger and stronger guy.