If Floyd never fights Shane........

..i fully agree

 

Nope, I'm saying that many of the same guys are around, have fought better competition since then and proven their status, or simply look better than they did a few years ago. Only Williams is gone. Margarito is still around, but a fight with him is unlikely since Mosely taxed his ass and made him look ridiculous. But he's still technically around and available for a fight.

And, additionally, I'm saying that new guys like Clottey have moved in who have also proven themselves by giving very close fights to many of the other top fighters.

And, even more additionally, I'm saying that Pac moving in creates arguably the most exciting fight in boxing and a great legacy fight (provided he defeats Cotto, which I don't believe he will).

Yes, I'll take these changes in exchange for the loss of Williams who had only beaten Margarito and was otherwise being frozen out by all of the other welters.

 

If it's true that he has a 5 fight contract with GBP, I don't see why Floyd can't fight the Pac-Cotto winner and Shane. And since time isn't exactly on Shane's side, the earlier they fight the better.

 

i was watching a hockey game and there was a fight..this one guy who always fights..but seldom wins was at it again..and yes he lost..again..but hey at least he showed up droped the gloves and tryed..i respect that..win are lose..you got to step up to the plate..win are..lose..you listening floyd?

 

That's what HBO is hoping for. I bet they would love to see Floyd fight Pac/Cotto winner and the Berto/Mosley winner in 2010.

 

Sorry, but the only reason you consider these fights less competitive is because Cotto was shown to be beatable and Shane got older (despite looking better in his last fight than he did when Floyd retired). Margarito is still around and still as one-dimensional as ever. The division has lost only Williams, who wasn't getting a fight anyway.

The only thing that has changed is that we know that Margarito and Cotto aren't unbeatable, and never were.

 

Forever confirm my opinion that he was a gutless cherry picking ****** with great boxing skill but a spineless ****.

 

I agree with all of that. But hey, he's back now, and he apparently needs the money more now than he did then. I say just make the damn fights and let people criticize them later.

I want to see all of these long overdue fights happen. Better late than never.

 

No, not less competitive. The unknown quantity now is Floyd.

 

yeah he needs saul alvarez :yep

 

If Floyd never fights Mosley and the other current top welterweights , history will judge Floyd's career in two ways.

He was a great junior lightweight and a very good lightweight all-time.

He was a so-so welterweight/jr welterweight.

While Floyd was the goods at 130-135, his career was more of a mirage in the higher weights. It's actually ironic because when he did took on all comers he wasn't the number one fighter in boxing, but when he picked his opposition and became more of a business manager than a fighter he became number one pound for pound. What's most surprising is that when he came back from "retirement" and took on a lightweight champion for his soft-touch comeback, that's when he cracked a million pay-per-view buys being the A-side of a promotion.

 

And if he feinted at you, you'd **** your pants

 

:rofl

 

If you had a chance to nail Maria Ozawa, would you rather have it now or 5 years ago?


That's how I feel about it. Yeah, I'd do it, but its kinda worn out now.

 

I agree with that, and I want to see him fight Cotto, Mosely and another solid welterweight or perhaps someone at 154 like PW. The last isn't likely to happen, but I think he will fight the winner of Cotto/Pac and then Mosely.