/ means and or Garcia- Lost to Herrera/Peterson. Wants to defend at 140lb next, so I doubt goes up to 147 for a debut fight against May anytime soon. Cotto- 160 champ, gave Mayweather a tough first four rounds in their first fight, lots of variety, good power, PR, Hispanic crowd, good PPV numbers . Legacy fight at 160lb Negatives: With HBO/Roc Nation. Personal opinion- I am ambiguous, it is a great legacy fight, but with Sr in his corner this is going to be as clean and boring as possible. 160lb is also around where May wouldn't go near other fighters like GGG but would Cotto. Seems inconsistent and so may not sell as well as predicted. Thurman- Great power, young hungry. unknown opponents, not large PPV numbers. same promoters/advisors Slow feet. Would be using his power to bully May around. GGG- 154, immense power, not the most fleet footed. Different network. Khan- Same promoters, advisors, can box with May in center of ring, has similar size reach advantages to May, as May had to Manny. Inconsistent chin, but has shown some skills throughout his career. Exciting style/style clash. Negatives: Fight can't be made in the UK probably due to contracts with MGM hotel chain. Personal opinion: will be great for the first few rounds, Khan needs to be less consistent and straight tho as the fight goes on. Mix it in like he did with devon, fent hooks, upstairs, downstairs, straight down below, pull counters. I keep seeing UK fans here want this fight in Vegas, I want it in the UK, it would bring the UK to a standstill and mean a lot in legacy for the sport, and for the huge base of up and coming UK fighters. Would also be a very intersting style matchup, not only is Khan's hand speed up to par, but so are his feet, angles, and physical dimensions. I could see Khan doing the same things to May that May did to Manny, stretching out his hands to control his opponents head/body as he did so many times against Devon to reset. Also the highest reward/risk ratio among all the fights for both fighters. Khan gets May then it guarentees him Pac-> Brook and multi million dollar pay days. Makes me wonder, why May wanted Pac signed to TMT: so he can build up his fighters with matches against Khan/Pac. Big business move from May with this in the background. Would be an interesting matchup considering May would be the one who needs to be pushing the action. He would go from Money to PBF for his last fight.May would hunt to destroy in my opinon, if this is TRULY his last final. I doubt HBO/SHo gets together again, even for Pac. Any other viable opponents?
