I regret to inform that FMJ next fight will be against Amir Khan and not many peoples preferred opponent Manny Pacquiao!! Khan is on Golden Boy and has been informed by Schaefer he'll get Floyd after his next bout (against Erik Morales) with who will be his final opponent at Light Welter weight!! This information is coming from a very highly reliable source which i can't reveal because it will result in the termination of my employment contract!! Floyd has had a very strong desire to fight in the UK ever since visiting the Peacock gym in Canning Town during the Marquez promotional tour. He's so desperate to be part of a fight at Wembley Stadium he almost signed off a fight against Matthew Hatton instead of Mosley!! He believes he's a huge star in the UK a view he expressed once again in the ortiz post fight press conference. During the post match interview with Merchant Schafer clearly makes eye contact with floyd indicating he should cut the interview short before the questions start about Pac because he didn't want the momentum to begin because they don't want the fight (yet). A khan fight would keep money inhouse plus set a new pay per view record in the UK. Plus they have the advantage of a sub plot where Mayweather and his uncle go against Roach and his second best fighter plus once Mayweather takes him apart it adds even more fuel to a huge fight where Pac and Roach get revenge for Khan. This is a huge fight that will happen NEXT for Mayweather. And I can 100% confirm it has already been agreed. Mayweather and Golden Boy do not by any means wish to deal with Arum or Top Rank this is the reason Khan is moving up in weight class instead of unifying against Bradley because now Bradley is about to join Top Rank the chances of that fight ever happening is ZERO!! Bradley is joining Top Rank because Arum WILL match him against Pacquiao!! Like I said, this information is from a reliable source. I invite anybody to ridicule me (as people often do here) and say i'm talking crap because it will only make this thread look better in a years time and will add validity to the rest of what i say!!
Yes. Morales wants no part of Khan. Which makes the rest of his post highly suspect :think Khan would be an idiot to jump straight into a Mayweather fight as his 147 debut. It would be the stupidest move he ever made.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me at all if he did do that though. Khan seems to have more balls than brains...
Khan genuinely believes he has the style to beat Mayweather and didn't want to pass up and risk losing the opportunity once it presented itself. Obviously in an ideal world Khan would have 2 or 3 fights first but he knows with Floyds inactivity and the looming Pac fight their is no guarantee he would get this bout (or payday)
Oh FFS. Khan is going to get brutally KTFO. While Khan is more skillful than Ortiz, I'll actually give Mayweather less credit for knocking him out. Being relatively more skillful than Ortiz still doesn't put him in Mayweather's stratosphere of skill (or hand speed, although Khan may at this point have the fresher/faster legs). One big right hand is all it will take. Khan's chin hasn't improved that much with ceasing to dehydrate himself. He's chinnier than Ortiz, and lesser fighters than Mayweather have managed to hit him flush even after his technical improvements under Roach. It won't be as fast as the Prescott KO, but it will be even more brutal and leave no questions about whether it could be duplicated.
Khan fights Peterson in December, a fight that is extremely dangerous for him. After that I can see him fighting Berto or Ortiz at WW, or Zaveck and then maybe a fight with Floyd.
i highly doubt khan and morales will fight.floyd needs an opponent for may of next year or september oif next year. it taqkes six months to properly promote a mayweather fight. khan vs peterson is dec, khan vs morales could take place in may of next year but morales does nothing foir khan. if khan looks impressive against peterson then he will go straight into a floyd fight in may. morales has the wbc title and bradley is next in line for that shot.
Makes sense form a Business standpoint I believe it, Morales just beat Cano, has title, it will be marketed as a unification bout....and Khan + Morales fans = decent size payday for both and Golden Boy, there is more money to be made with Morales/Khan vs. Khan/Peterson..... Floyd dosen't like to fight so Khan should fight Morales, then take a quick tune up at 147 in the UK against a tomato can bum to get used to his new weight, then ink May-Khan.....May likes breaks anyways Meanwhile Pac fights Marquez, then Bradley...then who knows who else... May-Pac is not going to happen the sooner everybody accepts it the better ESB will be,
This will be like when Vargas was fed to Trinidad. Khan will never be the same after the beating he will get.