I'm not totally disagreeing with you, but people thought it was "utter stupidity" when Delahoya was talking about fighting Pacquiao.
JMM is no tune-up, he's the LW champion of the world and P4P 1 or 2 depending how much credit you give to Pac's win over Oscar. The difference here is Floyd looked at his absolute best when he beat Hatton, so if Hatton couldn't deal with the bigger, stronger Floyd, why the f*ck should JMM, a natural, career FEATHERWEIGHT fight him? What a stupid idea brother. Like Hatton fighting Vazquez for 'tune-up' after a long lay-off. Or Calzaghe coming back against Mosley in 2010. "Oh I had a long layoff, let's fight Sugar Shane." I'd love to hear your reaction on that. Running away for this lay-off when unbeaten Cotto, then strong Margarito and then Shane Mosley were/are on the top at Floyd's weight-class and coming back fighting a top-ranked career featherwight is the most coward move of the decade. Does Floyd really want that?
No, leave JMM for Hatton to blast out after he beats Pacman.. Mayweather should focus on welterweight or super welter
i agree he needs to fight a true ww like mosley or cotto there should be no fight to risky if he's gonna call himself p4p no 1 ps calzaghe v mosley thers not enough of an age gap
To be honest I couldn't care less. Shane Mosley no matter what you say is old. He has problems with boxers with movement and a good jab. With that said I think he will give PBF a decent fight but I feel after PBF beats him. The same people claiming Shane would beat PBF's ass and wanted to see the fight over every other one would be the same ones saying PBF ducked JMM, Pac or Cotto to fight an old Shane trying to discredit the win. Just like thy did for the Oscar fight.:deal Shane is the more dangerous first fight for PBF because of his power, size and strength. If PBF fights JMM first the comes back to fight Mosley next so be it although I'd prefer him fight Pac then Cotto. It really doesn't matter who PBf fights people will find a way to discredit his opponent.
I guess that's why he won the linear championship there and fought at 154 as well huh? Haters are irrational ****s.:-(
Your missing the point. Mosely or Cotto are NOT tune up fights. Because of his size you could say JMM is. It's not a ridiculous size difference though. JMM is the best super feather/lightweight in the world. If the fight was made at LWW he'd a have a decent size advantage but not a ridiculous one. Hatton couldnt deal with Mayweather - so what? Neither could the bigger Oscar or Baldomir. Marquez is an infinitely better fighter than these guys. I'd much rather see JMM get a shot at a mega money fight than see Floyd take on some B level fighter like Mitchell. Because you can guarantee he'll not be coming stratight back to Cotto or Mosley.
If Floyd can make 140, I don't see anything wrong with taking JMM as a 'tune up' fight. IMO, it would be a better fight than taking on the other contenders down there - i.e. Holt, Bradley, Torres. Despite spending much of his career at FW, JMM is not a small lightweight right now. He carried the weight well and IMO, he's looked stronger than most other 'natural' 135-pounders. It could be argued that he's looked as good as ever with the extra pounds. If this trend continues, he could do some serious work at 140. People don't want to think that Floyd may be overrated, but he very well could be. He fought a good fight against Hatton, but he got more trouble from Judah and Hoya than Clottey and Pacquiao got from those guys respectively. At 140, it's a legitimate fight.
No discredit for fighting Berto, Collazo or Quintana as a tune-up. Or Shane, if he's that old as you say and loses to every 'boxer' with a jab. Serious f*cking discredit if he ends up fighting a career FW, tune-up or no tune-up. If he didn't have a single fight in 18 month because, as he said, he has done everything and there's nothing out there, how stupid does it make him look to take a tune-up? But then again, let's not call JMM a tune-up, what idiocy is this, much bigger fighters, like Oscar fighting smaller, but recognized fighters? But there's a significant difference: DLH was the old and over the hill and PacMan was the young fighter moving up. Floyd is both the bigger man and the younger fighter. Shame on anyone considering this kind of opponent selection credible.
jmm is the best comeback/tune up fight for floyd. i mean, talk about the lowest risk & highest reward possible, (****in floyd) lol. and i'll be the 1st to say that jmm doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell kids. floyd is faster, stronger, better defensively & an overall stylistic nightmare match up for jmm. -oh ya, did mention he's also bigger... look, there's just no way esp with the additional weight & age can jmm cope with floyd. period.