Why is Floyd talking about moving to 147lbs?...

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

There is a lot of talk at the moment of Floyd moving to 147lbs to fight Zab Judah...

WHY?

140lbs is the hottest division on the planet at the moment! Why doesn't Floyd take FULL advantage of it and arrange some showdowns with some of the divisions stars!?!

I'll be dissapointed if Floyd moves up out of the 140lb division without actually facing any of the top 5.

I might be wrong... But can you smell the dirty odour of Roy Jones Junior starting to surround Floyd Mayweather?

[The Golden Boy]

Because that is the fight everyone wants to see. Cotto is to green at the moment, Mausa is a waste of time and Tszyu and Harris just got beat.

Mayweather vs Hatton is a fight everyone wants to see and also the reason you would have made this thread, but Floyd saw what happened to Tszyu when he went to Manchester. He got low blowed, elbowed and was basically out wrestled. So if Hatton don't wanna fight Floyd at MSG, **** HIM!!! Let that ***** rot in England.

As for comparing him to Roy Jones, Judah ain't exactly a walk in the park. In fact the two fights Mayweather is looking at at the moment, Judah and Wright, are much more of a challenge than anyone at 140.

[Bombardier]

140 is on the way down. You have Hatton, Cotto, and a bunch of guys on the downside of their career. Oh, and Maussa, who isn't exactly anyone to get excited about.

I like Hatton a lot but the fight with Mayweather isn't going to happen anytime soon, not until next year at the earliest. Floyd wants a big fight Nov. 12 and no way will Hatton take that fight right after the Tszyu one. He's earned at least one easy defence, at any rate. And Arum doesn't want to test Cotto against Floyd so he is basically out of options at that division.

[jack_the_rippuh]

That's just hater talk to say he's becoming Roy Jones Jr. To say that means that Mayweather feels that moving up into another weight class would be easier. Who else is there for him to fight at 140lbs. that will be a definite PPV sellout and is easy to make?

The only people who you can say is Tszyu (which will be a much bigger fight after he beats someone in a KO fashion, or avenge his loss to Hatton.) Next up you got Cotto (I don't think I even need to explain this one.) And lastly you got Hatton (That fight would definately sell out, but I don't think they'll agree on anything. I could be wrong.)
Oh yeah...and Mausa (That ain't no PPV sellout) and if he decides to fight Mausa, beat him and unify WBA and WBC people will still say he's a paper champ, which isn't necessarily wrong to say, as Hatton is the man who beat the man, but what would be the point in fighting Mausa?

And besides, I think it's a smart business move, because think about it. If he moves to 147lbs. before all these 140lb superstars and acquire the undisputed title - it will do alot for his name - and eventually all those guys I mentioned, for the exception of Tszyu (MAYBE!!), will come to 147lbs. and what better way to get everything in the contract the way you want it than to be undisputed champ in a division. That's freaking brilliant, man.

[DLT]

Why do all these Hatton fans always act like Floyd is running. Hatton has already turned down one fight with Floyd and he and his team are both now saying that they dont want the fight yet and would rather have 1 or 2 fights before then to make the fight bigger or so they say thats the reason.

2nd, he has no one to fight. Floyd wants all big fights now and all big money PPV fights. His big HBO contract is over so he cant fight lower class guys anymore and get big money. If Cotto is too green and Hatton wont fight him then why would he stay there. How can you say Roy Jones when he is going for way harder fights then he would have at 140.

He's talking about moving up to fight Zab or Winky. When Cotto and Hatton are ready, then Im sure he would move back down or they would move up because its alot of money

[Bombardier]

This might offend some people, but there's the thing: Floyd is a special fighter, and the usual rules don't apply to someone like him. The fact is that he doesn't have to go through the usual routes in order to prove his greatness. And the fact is as well that the usual routes are blocked for him because people are aware of what a threat he is. Who at 140 is going to set up their man with Flyod knowing that there is a good chance that he will lose? Boxing is about getting what you can when you can through the safest possible route, and the fact is that Floyd is a risk nobody wants to take. He is above other fighters in terms of talent and has to now take unusual routes to make fights, like jumping weight classes before he has established himself in the one he's in.

This is a fact: say what you want about Gatti's skill level, but Floyd's sheer dominance in their fight scared most people off. Fans of this or that fighter like to come here and say they their man could whip Floyd but after seeing him train so hard for that match and look so good, if you had millions of dollars riding on it would you put in Hatton or Cotto at this point? No way. So while the regulars duck Floyd he will do the unorthodox in order to get matchups.

[J !]

MAY WELL BE, BUT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A GREAT FIGHTER YOU DONT BE ***** AND KEEP HOPPING WEIGHTS YOU FIGHT THE BEST IN THE DIVISION AND CLEAR UP.

thats why i guive hopkins max respect and the likes of de la hoya who weight hop for no reason much less.

we need less of this in the sport.

[Knicksman20]

There is a lot of talk at the moment of Floyd moving to 147lbs to fight Zab Judah...
WHY?
140lbs is the hottest division on the planet at the moment! Why doesn't Floyd take FULL advantage of it and arrange some showdowns with some of the divisions stars!?!
I'll be dissapointed if Floyd moves up out of the 140lb division without actually facing any of the top 5.
I might be wrong... But can you smell the dirty odour of Roy Jones Junior starting to surround Floyd Mayweather?

PBF would beat Hatton and bad. Hatton & Warren want no parts of him unless it's in Hatton's backyard which isn't happening and I don't blame PBF. I bet you Hatton is gonna sit in the championship for a while till Witter becomes the mandatory & I hope he fights him finally.

[Bombardier]

MAY WELL BE, BUT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A GREAT FIGHTER YOU DONT BE ***** AND KEEP HOPPING WEIGHTS YOU FIGHT THE BEST IN THE DIVISION AND CLEAR UP.

thats why i guive hopkins max respect and the likes of de la hoya who weight hop for no reason much less.

we need less of this in the sport.

I agree that it's a tough situation, but the picture at 140 is a lot more muddied than a lot of people seem to think. Who are the top fighters in the division now? You have Hatton, of course. But Gatti's gone, Tszyu's getting old, Harris has been exposed, and Cotto's too green.

Isn't it better to have Floyd take on a reasonable opponent than to beat up on some guy he knows he's going to win against? If the took on Tszyu now, for example, it would be like when Oscar thumped Chavez twice just to get the legacy bit of having beat the man. It was an easy opponent and since it humiliated Chavez so much its a black mark on both of their careers. At least Floyd isn't doing something like that.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Hello!!!
I don't understand people who just hear what they want to hear.

HATTON DOESN'T WANT FLOYD YET!
WHY SHOULD FLOYD WAIT ON HATTON!?
WHY CAN'T FLOYD MOVE TO 147LBS. AND FIGHT FOR THE UNDISPUTED BELT!?
IS IT BECAUSE IF HE DOES THAT, YOU CAN NO LONGER SAY HE HAS TO FACE HATTON TO BE THE MAN OF THE DIVISION!?
While Hatton wants to wait and face mandatories for the IBF, Floyd is moving up and making things happen.
What good is a WBC mandatory going to do for Floyd?
I swear the same people saying this are the same people who bash Floyd for recently taking on lower level opponents.