Bill Simmons' "The One" prediction

For those not familiar with Simmons, he's a prominent figure on ESPN that's known for injecting a lot of observational humor in his analysis. He's not an expert by any means, but rather more like a fan who got a job with a major sports publication. Anyway, he does NFL picks every week, and in this week's column he included his pick for "The One"(the guy rarely talks about boxing which shows you how much attention this fight has received). Here's his analysis;

FLOYD MAYWEATHER (-250) over Canelo Alvarez
I spent the last two months telling myself, I'm picking Canelo, I'm picking Canelo. Then it creeps within 36 hours of the fight and you start thinking to yourself, Man, am I REALLY going against Floyd? The dude who has never lost? The dude who has been tagged only one time that I can remember (by Shane Mosley)? The dude who doesn't have the same kind of boxing miles on him that just about every other champ hitting the tail end of his mid-30s usually has? The dude who is probably one of the five or six greatest fighters ever?

The more I think about it, the more this feels like Floyd's Last Great Moment. I'm taking Floyd by TKO in the 10th. Regardless, Rivera's last trip to Fenway (possibly), Johnny Football against Alabama, Floyd against Canelo, the Manning Bowl, Niners-Seahawks and the third-to-last Breaking Bad all happening in the span of 48 hours? Now that, my friends, is a good weekend.

 

It's not my prediction, although it is interesting that the last two times Mayweather fought an undefeated fighter, he won by 10th round TKO. My money is on Mayweather UD.