If Lara can not get the fights he wants at 154, why not move to 160?

[Spray_resistant]

He should fight ppl available to him. He absolutely should not fight guys that will outweigh him by 20 lbs. That kinda argument is asinine and frankly ******. That's not what boxing is. IDC ifit was him or aanyone else. That kind of fight proves nothing. Sooner or later, the smaller man will be outgunned. IDC how good you are.

He already has and been successful against some guys which is why he IS the lineal 154lb champion right now. This is the weight class he is the champion of and there are fighters who would like to challenge him but other fighters there seems to be a problem with him fighting and to excuse him not doing so people claim they are too big when really they are bigger and too good maybe?

[radioraheem]

his cherry picking has improved. what great prime fighters has he fought since jlc? uh there's canelo? he's great....and.......

no i think he has less power than i give him credit for. he hits guys flush over and over and nothing happens. his combo punching is non existent. he won't even let his hands go against a punchbag like guerrero.

we all saw what judah did to floyd. judah has a legit left hand like lara and pac. all 3 throw it properly and with speed except only 1 of those guys is a mental midget. oh the guy floyd fought of course. judah was landing so easily that floyd changed his entire boxing stance from shoulder roll to high guard. you can't shoulder roll against a guy with a legit left hand and expect not to get hit. the angles just don't work in your favor. you are never going to be able to turn your body as fast as a guy throws a punch. watch james toney vs reggie johnson as well.

floyd's style was crafted to neutralize orthodox fighters not southpaws thatst's why he's not a great fighter. a great fighter can fight any man no matter what stance they have. you fight with your left hand not fair! i would beat you if you were right handed lol! but since you aren't i will never fight you.

He's beaten every southpaw he's faced.

[Kagami Taiga]

He already has and been successful against some guys which is why he IS the lineal 154lb champion right now. This is the weight class he is the champion of and there are fighters who would like to challenge him but other fighters there seems to be a problem with him fighting and to excuse him not doing so people claim they are too big when really they are bigger and too good maybe?

Everyone is too good when Floyd doesn't fight them. When he does, then they are bums. Same old song. He gioes to 154 for big fights, fights ppl wanna see and fights that makes money. Does that mean he should stay there? For who? Lara? Who else? Molina? 154 isn't that stacked with talent that its so much better than 147. Which brings me to the conclusion once again, ppl are just banking on him losing to a bigger guy. Which IMO is weak

[!! Shawn]

you know what is soooo funnny on these boards. As soon as people start talking about Floyd fighting someone like Garcia, the very 1st thing that comes back is "he's a 140 pound fighter". Yet if someone argues that Floyd is only 150 on fight night when it comes to him fighitng guys who are 170 then no one wants to hear it. Garcia is bigger than floyd on fight night but people want to bring up the weight in Garcias defense somehow. Floyd is 20-25 pounds smaller than the other guys people name yet they dont want to hear about the weight in Floyd's defense. I dont get it. Must be pure hate.

Go right now and stand Floyd-Garcia-Lara-Sergio-Triple G beside eachother and watch how they look together and you see how much of a joke this is. The smallest guy of the group would be Floyd and Lara would be much close to the MW's in size than he is to Floyd

I know you proclaim to be a boxing fan, so let me explain something to you. Boxing is based on weight classes. Fighters have weigh-ins, where they are weighted to make sure that they meet the weight class requirements.

Floyd Mayweather is a Champion at 154lb, which is the Junior Middleweight Division.

Danny Garcia is a Champion at 140lb, which is the Junior Welterweight division.

Erislandy Lara is a Champion at 154lb, which is the Junior Middleweight division.

Ideally in boxing Champions seek to unify their divisions and become the undisputed champion. Reasonably, many fans are suggesting a bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr, a 154lb champion, and Erislandy Lara, another 154lb champion.

[I Love Jesus!]

If you really wanted to see the fight, and thought it was the best fight ot be made, you wouldn't be spending so much time arguing reasons why FLoyd shouldn't fight Lara.

Lara isn't in his first weight class btw... His amateur career was fought at 141lb and 147lb...

Floyd had filled out to 147 by age 30, Lara has filled out to 154 by age 30. Stop pretending all these fighters haven't grown with age.

GGG wasn't spat out of the womb weighing 160lb. Most of Floyds moving up in weight happened before he was 26. He has bounced between 147 and 154 for all of his 30s. Stop pretending that Lara and GGG are jokes for turning pro later in their career when they had already filled out physically.

If Floyd turned pro in his late 20's, he would have started at 147.

Hey don't come around here with all that making sense bull****. This is boxing and its only fair if Floyd keeps fighting guys like Khan. They don't call him TBE (The Bumhole Empaler) for nothing

[radioraheem]

He already has and been successful against some guys which is why he IS the lineal 154lb champion right now. This is the weight class he is the champion of and there are fighters who would like to challenge him but other fighters there seems to be a problem with him fighting and to excuse him not doing so people claim they are too big when really they are bigger and too good maybe?

I don't think he has a problem fighting them at 154 lbs. Problem is, many of those fighters don't have a prayer of getting past Trout, Cotto, or Canelo. And the more key factor is that, none of those fighters are known. At the top levels, it is also a popularity contest too.

[I Love Jesus!]

why do people keep talking like this, like Floyd hasnt fought someone good or tough in years. He just fought Canelo, a guy a million people said he would duck. He just fought him

Yeah but to be fair people were only saying that because thats his M.O and what he usually does. So now that thats out of the way its right back to business as usual with Khan huh?

[Grimgash]

Floyd has moved up 5 times, 24lbs. That would be equal to Lara moving up to 178lbs which is technically CW, but let's bring it down to LHW to make it easier to understand. Floyd fighting at 154 is like Lara fighting at 175.

So what does the "phaggot phloyd" has to do again? He has to move? Lol don't make me laugh.

This pretty much here is the argument you can make over and over. No one pays attention though.

[Spray_resistant]

Everyone is too good when Floyd doesn't fight them. When he does, then they are bums. Same old song. He gioes to 154 for big fights, fights ppl wanna see and fights that makes money. Does that mean he should stay there? For who? Lara? Who else? Molina? 154 isn't that stacked with talent that its so much better than 147. Which brings me to the conclusion once again, ppl are just banking on him losing to a bigger guy. Which IMO is weak

This old tired poor Floyd doesn't get any credit song again huh? He is the best fighter who has recently competed in the 154lb weight class so now he shouldn't challenge himself against good opponents who maybe bigger than him which he has done before because some people will discredit him? This is pretty weak Floyd apologist rhetoric to me, its inexcusable for him to fight guys like Khan if that is the route he does and like I said would be nothing more than a money making sideshow for him rather than legitimate sports competition.

[Weebler I]

Probably already been said, but this is like the flowmo posts saying "Golovkin should move up", just to get him further away from Floyd.

Afaik Lara was a WW in the amateurs, I'd venture he'd be willing to do 152lbs, maybe even 150lbs. Not that I'm massively interested in the bout.