Floyd Mayweather vs. Amir Khan speculation & discussion

Who's not available for a Floyd fight? You can't find a single soul.

 

....that he is avoiding?

 

I'm not accusing him of cherry-picking, I'm just saying how the public would see a Khan fight. Btw I'd prefer to see him against Matthyse.

 

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If this had been the first time we'd seen Algieri since the Ruslan fight then it would be marketable. But after seeing what Pac did to Algieri and then how Floyd handled Pac it'd be a job selling a Khan/Floyd fight...

 

We'll see who he'll fight. But "nobody else was available" won't be an excuse if he fights someone like Khan or dunno Garcia.

 

Khan doesn't even deserve it. Beat a top welterweight first for ****s sake.

 

Who should he fight that is available?

 

If Floyd was the cherrypicker you guys claim he'd jump on a Khan fight at this point, #50 no questions asked. But I've never seen Floyd fight a guy who looks this bad in his previous fight.

Mosley had just destroyed Margarito, Oscar KO's Mayorga, Guerrero and Ortiz out fight Berto who was the favorite in both fights, Canelo beats Trout who was considered the biggest challenge in his young career, Cotto rematches and tko's Margarito, Marquez stops Juan Diaz and calls out Floyd next. Maidana r@pes Broner and forces himself on center stage, Hatton KO's Castillo who is the guy you claim once outpointed Floyd, Manny avenges loss to Bradley and kd's Algieri 6 times...

In title fights Judah is the only guy coming off a loss that Floyd fights and ironically he gives Floyd one of his toughest challenges.

Khan won the fight but was so unimpressive that I don't think fans or haters will buy the fight. Nobody is going to believe Khan can beat Mayweather. On the other hand I think Khan-Brook or Garcia-Khan 2 or Garcia -Brook are excellent fights!

 

I'd say Bradley in a US clash but he's fighting in late June. How about Crawford? I wouldn't mind a Garcia fight either.

 

Very true. If the apparent Haymon-RocNation stand off wasn't happening right now I would say it's May-Cotto all day for September. Still could be... Miguel could make a hell of a lot of money on the next 12-18 months if he plays it right.

 

GGG at 154 is the by far the best possible fight. If you claim to be "TBE" it is expected of you to take this kind of challenges. If GGG is too much though, I'd say Brook or Thurman. I'd find any other opponent to be lame.

 

Actually if Floyd goes back up to 154 or higher I think it should be for GGG. Fact is he already beat Cotto..though that middleweight title Cotto picked up is attractive. But if it's a catchweight which I'm sure it will be, make it 155 and take GGG title. I think G is too slow to do anything with Floyd, and G's power will be useless when he realizes he can't hit Floyd clean. Cotto surely would be a higher selling fight but Floyd really doesn't need any more money at this point. I think Floyd shocks us and fights G

 

Must??? Don't think so. Floyd chooses who he wants. He could bring Bruce "the Mouse" Staus out of retirement and still sell out.

 

Khan is deeply flawed and it showed last night. He's not as good as advertised. Anyone with any boxing sense knows that Mayweather would embarrass this dude and quite possibly KO him. It would give the haters cause to say that he was cherry-picking (yet again). I think of the time Stephen A. Smith saying on First Take that nobody wants to see him fight Khan (as opposed to Manny, of course) but if he picks Khan, it might get the same kind of response - especially after last night's showing. All Khan had to do was look impressive but he didn't (or couldn't). Not saying it would have been a no-brainer to pick Khan for September if he would have at least dominated but it would have made his chances that much greater. Overall, I was unimpressed and any chance I gave Khan of troubling Money (even for a round or two) is greatly diminished. Null, even. I am convinced he would be schooled to the highest degree even more so than before.

 

Khan brings entertainment to a fight and that sells, which would be good reason for Mayweather to pick Khan. With Khan, Mayweather can even get a KO.