Could Mayweathers Prison stuff be a ploy to face Amir Khan at 140 for lineal champ?

a REPORT HAS COME OUT TODAY THAT MAYWEATHER IS WEIGHING 142 IN PRISON, COULD THIS BE A SCHEME FOR HI TO FACE KHAN AT 140 AND PLAY ON THE FACT THAT HE MIGHT BE WEAKER AND STUFF AFTER LOSING WEIGHT IN JAIL?


Here is an article i just saw.



Floyd Mayweather (43-0, 26 KO) needs to fight again this year and Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO) is his best bet.
While Mayweather fights as a welterweight (147 lbs) and 25-year-old Khan competes in the junior welterweight (140 lbs) division, there has been talk for years about their eventual matchup.
Khan has promised on numerous occasions that he would move up in weight, but a loss to Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO) put those plans on pause.
Recent drug test results however found Peterson to have taken synthetic testosterone, which invalidates his victory over Khan.
Khan now faces WBC junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO) in July. He is young and undefeated. If Khan beats him impressively, the stage is set.
At 35 years of age, Mayweather has not been down to 140 since 2005, but Mayweather barely re-hydrates even a pound after a weigh-in.
Most fighters go to the official weigh-in on Friday at 140 or 147 and then ascend to 150-155 on fight night after re-hydration.
Mayweather would only have to do what every other fighter has done before him and cut weight a little earlier and a little harder. It will not hurt him, but it can be used to sell this fight.
The media will exaggerate the challenge of Mayweather cutting weight to reach 140 as well as questioning how well will Mayweather perform after coming out of jail in August.
Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO) has a very similar body-type to Mayweather. Judah went up to 147 and experienced some success and some failures before moving down to 140.
What do you think of Mayweather vs. Khan at 140 lbs this December?

No way! Mayweather would be drained. Hell yeah! Sounds like a great fight! Nope, not excited to see him fight Khan at all. Yeah, but Khan should move up to 147 lbs. Submit Vote vote to see results


Judah is just as healthy if not healthier at 140. The main difference is his competition, which are more wet-behind-the-ears fighters like Vernon Paris (26-1, 15 KO) and not Mayweather.
Mayweather already went up to junior middleweight (154 lbs), a division he is far from comfortable at, to beat a future Hall of Famer in Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO).
Shedding a couple pounds to face a less-experienced foe would not be as big a challenge as the media will likely hype it to be.
On the fifth anniversary of the year he defeated British superstar Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO), Mayweather could face and defeat an even younger British star in Khan.
Mayweather has already proven he has a love for nostalgia this year.
He moved up to 154 lbs for only the second time in his career to face Cotto on May 5th, the fifth anniversary of when he faced Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO) in his 154-pound debut.
Mayweather improved upon his 2007 154-pound win by facing an opponent who was four years younger than himself and coming off a great win.
He could also improve upon his his 2007 win over Hatton if he moves down to 140 this December 8th instead of bringing a fighter from 140 up to 147.
The fact that during Mayweather's brief stay at 140, he knocked down or out every opponent he faced there. The media will question if that exciting version of Mayweather will show up again.
All around, Mayweather vs. Khan happening at 140 makes all the sense in the world, in terms of both money and legacy. Only time will tell if it actually happens.
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he will be if he beats garcia and his old titles are on the line.

 

no im not saying that, but it kind of makes sense, the fight would sell for sure. plus if mayweather won, think of how much credit he would get? also its a chance to become lineal champ in another division.

 

think about the selling point.

Mayweather coming off prison, starved (lol) lost weight , weak and inactive

Khan, fast, strong, very active.

|This would actually be a fight people would buy based on the fact that mayweather could lose fighting at a weight he hasnt done since 2005.