Historically, sometimes the old warhorse puts on a surprisingly good show and pulls off an upset.......and the fight would be at 12 rounds....and not 15 rds.
Lot more money in a pac fight than in whoever his mandatory is and probably the next few fights after that if he doesn’t get Crawford or Thurman. I don’t think the belt will play to heavily in his decision if he can get the fight with pac. N if he can get it n turns it down on the basis of fulfilling his mandatory there will be those shouting that he’s ducking the old man.