Austin Trout talks options if he beats Canelo; Mayweather, move to 160.

[IronDanHamza]

I think he should stay at 154 if he isn't having trouble making weight, he can try and unify but I hope he stays active no matter what, he shouldn't think he is now the man with all the ace in his hands like Timothy Bradley thought after 'beating' Pacquiao.

How long can he make the weight though?

Like I said, he missed the weight against Cotto and had to strip naked to make it.

[Ray*]

How long can he make the weight though?

Like I said, he missed the weight against Cotto and had to strip naked to make it.

Well that's the main thing, he seems or looks like a MW fighting at JMW so after Canelo he needs to either keep active by taking any fight he can get whether that is at 154 or 160 and then see what sort of lucrative offers comes in and at which weight.

[DLT]

I don't know about you, but to me that's cherrypicking... picking and choosing the easiest opponents and avoid the most dangerous: (see: Mayweather v. Baldomir; Margarito had been calling Floyd for a while but Floyd argued no one knew him so he fought Baldomir instead). The guy also took a convenient temporary vacation when Margarito, Williams, Pac, and Cotto were all primed at welterweight.

By the way, about Floyd at 154, (be honest) what do you think people would say if Martinez went up to super middleweight sporadically and fought guys like Abraham, Taylor, Stieglitz but refused to fight Ward, Froch, and Kessler? Or if Matthysse/Rios went up to welterweight just to fight Malinaggi and refused to fight any of the other welterweights.

I already gave my opinion on all the Margarito stuff, etc... so Ill just skip to paragraph 2. I dont think you can say that about Floyd when he hasnt done that one bit. He's only fought there twice and one time was 6 years ago. Its not like he went up there twice recently.

He only even went up there 6 years ago because it was Oscar. If Oscar wasnt there then he wouldnt have went. Its just like there are alot of LW's right now who would jump to WW to fight Floyd just for the money/fame but wont fight anyone else. Or Ward saying he would come down to MW for Floyd.

Now he did just go up for Cotto but he also didnt look great in alot of people's eyes. Again, if he had looked great & strong against Cotto then I would agree. Or if he went right back to 154 right now and fought someone else other then those guys then I would agree but thats not the case so far.

That tells you how bad it is that 6 years ago he fought at 154 and is still only coming into the ring at 150 pounds. He's just a small dude. Cotto was pushing him around some and then Cotto himself looked like a baby against Trout. Again, Floyd can win because he is that good but it shouldnt be mandatory.

With that being said, I think you could see him fighting them next, e****ally Trout. I say that because the Ghost is a tall Southpaw. Trout is huge but doesnt hit that hard. I could see Floyd trying him and to me that would be the perfect tuneup for a Sergio fight. If he doesnt do it tough, I wont kill him, e****ally since I think he may wanna do it but just wait another 1 or 2 fights.

What I wont do though is give him a break and allow him to have another layoff. The bad thing for Floyd is he really has no one to fight at WW that people will give him credit for. Most of the great fights are at 140 or 154 but its funny because everyone wants to see him go to 154 while being super small but no one wants to see him fight any of the 140 pounders even though they would be easily bigger at WW than he would at Jr MW