Mayweather is back for the long haul. "Signed deal for five fights".

[cupcrazy01]

I know it won't happen but if Floyd beats JMM, Pac, Mosley, Cotto and Williams he's a top 10 ATG and the greatest fighter since Leonard...by far

If he did that, he would be top 3 ATG. And I'm no Floyd fan, other than appreciating his incredible skills.

I just want to see him fight Pac, Cotto or Mosley. Please.

[moin126]

Wait a minute?

SIGNED?

Signed with who?

He signed a contract with GBP?

Then how is he his own boss? What's the difference here?

i think the difference lies in jones being mauled by calzaghe, and picking on trinidad.

[M.I Truth ?]

I agree with you guys, I doubt any 147 pounder will want to fight Williams and Mayweather fighting him is a looooooooooong shot but I can hope.

Didn't Al Haymon say that the Floyd vs Williams vs Berto triangle will never happens since he deals with them?

[cupcrazy01]

Didn't Al Haymon say that the Floyd vs Williams vs Berto triangle will never happens since he deals with them?

Good point. That's probably why you never hear serious discussions from reputable boxing scribes about those potential fights.

[Khalid X]

nope floyd vs pwills needs to happen. **** haymon. Paul needs to listen to peterson who has shown interests in wanting the fight to happen.

[Iceta]

This is all fine and dandy. But JMM is gonna ruin him and send him back into retirement.

[Njord777]

nope floyd vs pwills needs to happen. **** haymon. Paul needs to listen to peterson who has shown interests in wanting the fight to happen.

Paul needs to get in line. I like the kid but in his very short stint at the top he's already suffered a loss, then languished in inactivity when the welterweight boys decided he wasn't worth the risk.

Cotto is coming off a loss, so with Floyd's ego I don't think he's going to get a fight until he beats Clottey and reestablishes the status he had before the Margarito fight.

Mosley is getting older every day. If he signs a fight and losses it, he'll be off of Mayweather's list, too.

Really, when it comes down to it, the boxing landscape changes and I feel like Floyd's been in the game long enough to realize that. His list may look like this now:

Pacquiao
Cotto
Mosley
Ortiz

But we don't know what'll happen. If Clottey wins the Cotto fight Miguel is off the top tier for the forseeable future. That would make Clottey a possible opponent, assuming he can defend another time or two before he proposes a dance with Floyd. If Mosley gets dusted, due to age, by some top 10 welterweight he fights to stay busy, he's off the list, too. What if, due to losses, the hit list becomes as such:

Pacquiao (this will probably happen I think)
Clottey
Berto (let's say he goes after Mosley and, because Shane has been sitting idle, gets a close win).

Floyd fights Pac in Decemeber.

Clottey beats Cotto, then has a defense against someone, and Floyd takes him on in May-July 2010.

Berto fights Shane sometime after the Urango fight, around the Clottey defense (after he beats Cotto in our alternate reality) and then Floyd fights him at the end of 2010.

Floyd fights a young lion like Ortiz and retires in 2011.

So, instead of his resume being:

Pacquiao
Cotto
Mosley

It's:

Pacquiao
Clottey
Berto
Ortiz

End of career.

The boxing landscape is what changed in that scenario, all Floyd did was sit on his hands and see how it played out. How much **** will he get? Or will everyone respect those wins?

Again...just food for thought.