The One Fight Floyd has to take the be a ATG

One more fight ???
Then let the top 4 welters fight it out for the chance to face PTF.
Floyd then fights the last man standing.
Thats the only fair way to determine the top contender.

 

Like it or not the guy is already an ATG. He doesn't need to fight anybody at all to prove it . . . . especially Spinks???

Dammit of all fighters? Spinks?

:rofl :rofl :rofl

 

Does anyone really think Spinks would beat Mayweather?

He needs to fight Cotto. I have little doubt that he'll beat Cotto, but I also have little doubt that it will take the better part of a year for the fight to get made. Wait until after he beats Cotto to determine who (or if) he should fight next. The landscape of the division might change drastically between now and then.

 

Spinks - Floyd went after DLH after Spinks wanted a more equal purse. Spinks went on to sign and fight Jermain Taylor 2 weeks after Floyd fought DLH.

Tszyu - Following his second victory over Mitchell, Tszyu stated in the post fight interview he wanted to unify in a big PPV fight against Arturo Gatti. Before doing that Tszyu had to make a mandatory defense paid for hansomely by Frank Warren. Floyd even back in 2005 was in no position to just demand fights with whoever he wanted. What better way to corner Tszyu than take the belt he wants? No fighter in their right mind would pass up the oppurtunity to make a PPV debut in a sold out Atlantic City arena. Tszyu unfortunately didnt come through on his end of the deal.

Margarito - The entire hype of Margarito was manufactured to make it seem like a spectaluar win when Bob Arum pitted him against his thoroughbread Cotto. A fight he still feels the need to push even after Margarito has lost his belt. Arum was openly angry in interviews that Margarito went against his wishes and looked to defend his pride against Williams. The supposed 8 million dollars offered to Floyd would have not been worth it considering what it might have prevented. It would have given Bob Arum promotional rights which also means a Top Rank pay per view. The previous of which for Margarito grabbed a whopping 13,000 buys. HBO has invested to much in Floyd's career to allow him to fight elsewhere. They were smart enough to have Baldomir fight Gatti so he was somewhat marketable. The linear welterweight championship was a very important bargaining chip in making a fight with Oscar successful. That way it would be Oscar against the welterweight champion; makes it seem all that much more historic. Promotional ties at any level with Top Rank or Bob Arum could have potentially kept Oscar (who at the time was not willing to work with Arum) from dealing.


Cotto - During Floyd's time at 140 Cotto was a stablemate that Arum would have never put in against Floyd. Especially after they seen what he did to Cotto's lead sparring partner (Henry Bruseles). Arum has brought Cotto to the level that he is now the guy people have to earn a shot at. Something you can't accomplish if you waste potentials years trying to be "the fighter that deserves a shot at Floyd the most." Arum, Oscar, etc arent stupid and they will make the fight when it's at it's absolute most profitable point.

 

these guys are like heroine addicts chasing the dragon looking for that high they will never get. Floyd is already an all time great Cotto is not. beating Cotto will help his career but will not define it. with or without he is one of the greatest ever to put a pair of gloves on.

But as soon as the fight is over and cotto is mumbling in spanish that he was beaten by the better man they will say on ESB that Cotto was not really that good anyway and that beating a faded mosley was his best win.

Then the shortly there after there will be a thread that says for Floyd to be an ATG he needs to beat Paul Williams.

then we start the whole process again, but the ring has it right, Floy won fighter of the year and is the best boxer alive Bar none.

all the way from the Middle East Peace.

 

There will always be . . . one more fight and it never stops. :yep

 

Spinks-He was actually suppose to be close to signing to fight but fought Baldomir instead, in fact ESPN.com has announced that the fight was signed.

 

He still needs to fight Shane Mosley though before Shane gets even older. I still think it would be a competitive match.