If Forbes does pull the upset...

[Scott9945]

yeah they need to do some work on the HW division man that is boring

I'll be surprised if they don't very soon. It should boost their ratings if they get any credible talent.

[Pugilistic™]

mayweather will fight him anyway

[Scott9945]

mayweather will fight him anyway

Not if the backing goes away and he has to take a paycut. The only reason Mayweather-Judah took place is because Zab agreed to a steep cut in pay. You can't sell this fight if Oscar loses to an inferior talent first (no disrespect to Forbes).

[Biggus Dickus]

Unfortunelty, I think all the judges will be massivly paid off before the fight, as long as ODLH is standing after 12, the fight is his.

Agree with this 100%

[Jim Jeffries]

No, I think a loss to Forbes would let all the air out of that balloon.

Not if the backing goes away and he has to take a paycut. The only reason Mayweather-Judah took place is because Zab agreed to a steep cut in pay. You can't sell this fight if Oscar loses to an inferior talent first (no disrespect to Forbes).

You're probably right, and in the Judah case, it helped that Baldomir couldn't afford to pay the sanctioning fees and Judah was allowed to keep a world title. In this case DLH wouldn't have a belt and would have lost 4 (arguably 5) of his last 6 fights.