The Floyd Mayweather Jr. master discussion thread. Post here, do not make new threads

[thebowtod]

Damn 12 months. It should happen next. No excuses. From a sport/fan standpoint at least.

I agree, but no catchweights, 154 or nothing, hell maybe 150 but that is pushing it

[DLT]

Damn 12 months. It should happen next. No excuses. From a sport/fan standpoint at least.

Actually I never agreed with that. I always thought its a better fight in May. Its not like Canelo has this great resume. Its a much better fight if he beats Cotto in September. He then has back to back wins over Trout & Cotto and his fan base/noteriety is even bigger after beating a popular fighter like Cotto.

Meanwhile Floyd gets 1 more fight with his dad and gets to test it out against a righty while also knocking off the finishing touches of rust from the layoff & jail.

Most of all, its just 4 months between May & September and even less since it will probably take a month or 2 to make the fight but there is 8 months between September & May. Plenty of time to promote & hype the fight. I think its a huge fight now but Massive in May

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Actually I never agreed with that. I always thought its a better fight in May. Its not like Canelo has this great resume. Its a much better fight if he beats Cotto in September. He then has back to back wins over Trout & Cotto and his fan base/noteriety is even bigger after beating a popular fighter like Cotto.

Meanwhile Floyd gets 1 more fight with his dad and gets to test it out against a righty while also knocking off the finishing touches of rust from the layoff & jail.

Most of all, its just 4 months between May & September and even less since it will probably take a month or 2 to make the fight but there is 8 months between September & May. Plenty of time to promote & hype the fight. I think its a huge fight now but Massive in May

yea, like Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerrero have these ATG resumes


make this fight happen already...make it at 154


if Floyd can justify the Guerrero fight, he can fight just about anyone else

[The Surgeon]

I know Floyd takes a lot of slack for cherry picking but i ain't buying this, he is smart enough to know he would be laughed at and given zero credit for beating Alvarez at 147, it's got to be BS or a bargaining strategy...

I think the fight will happen and at JMW.

147 is NOT an option, Canelo cant make that wait and perform never mind make that weight and perform against Floyd Mayweather

[IronDanHamza]

Actually I never agreed with that. I always thought its a better fight in May. Its not like Canelo has this great resume. Its a much better fight if he beats Cotto in September. He then has back to back wins over Trout & Cotto and his fan base/noteriety is even bigger after beating a popular fighter like Cotto.

Meanwhile Floyd gets 1 more fight with his dad and gets to test it out against a righty while also knocking off the finishing touches of rust from the layoff & jail.

Most of all, its just 4 months between May & September and even less since it will probably take a month or 2 to make the fight but there is 8 months between September & May. Plenty of time to promote & hype the fight. I think its a huge fight now but Massive in May

Who's he going to fight otherwise?

[DLT]

yea, like Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerrero have these ATG resumes


make this fight happen already...make it at 154


if Floyd can justify the Guerrero fight, he can fight just about anyone else

my point is do you want it to be a regular fight or a super fight. No one looks at those guys you named as a super fight. This is supposed to be the biggest fight in boxing.

[-PBP-]

I agree, but no catchweights, 154 or nothing, hell maybe 150 but that is pushing it

A catchweight is unnecessary.

If you want to call the shots, pick the glove size, glove brand, ring size, etc. Nothing that will put your opponent at a severe physical disadvantage.

[R-NEAL]

Lets leave out the fact that Big Floyd said they would whoop Canelo too. Lol

[champion4ever]

I think this fight happens a lot sooner than we think. All signs seems to pointing in that direction. First we had Khan tweeting, on his twitter account recently, that he is no longer interested in rematches with Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia, anytime soon because they are going to be around for as long as he will be around. It sounds like he is vacating the Jr.WW division and now just today; Both fighters of this upcoming 140 lb tourney bout this weekend; Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse have expressed that they are not interested in a proposed bout with Amir Khan either.

[DLT]

Who's he going to fight otherwise?

Floyd? He can fight Garcia or the Lucas-LP winner. I personally dont think he "has to" fight Canelo anyways but if he does then I think the PPV event is bigger & better in May then it is in September. Anyone can fight at anytime but its about striking at the best time.

Most mainstream fans still dont know who Canelo is. Whenever they bring up his name on the ESPN shows about being Floyd's next opponent, none of the commentators are that familiar with him. The live access shows will help but still not as much as a Cotto fight and everyone talking about him & Floyd leading up to May