Fights for 2010 that we want to see!
December 31st, 2009
By Simon Hirst:
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all get along? Unfortunately, it seems as though this mega match will happen in the courts rather than the ring. I would love to think this is all part of a media stunt in promoting the bout, but I can’t see it myself. Worlds pound for pound best fighting each other. I don’t understand Floyd’s thinking. He’s saying he’d beat Pacquaio, so why all the fuss with wanting more than what is necessary in a drugs test. This could be a sign he is not 100% sure he can beat Pacquaio after Pacquiao flattened Hatton and walked through Cotto. On a personal note, I believe the match would be a close win for Pacquaio on the basis that he would catch Mayweather enough to score points. He took Cotto’s power punches and you could argue Cotto is a bigger puncher than Mayweather. Let’s hope this nonsense stops and we get the fight we deserve!
This fight intrigues me. Marquez has been in with some quality opposition in lower leagues, was stretched too far for Mayweather, but lasted. Hatton, a great body puncher, has beat a lot of good quality fighters. Juan Urango, Kostya Tszyu and Paulie Malignaggi spring to mind. People doubt the quality of Malignaggi, but look at his fight with Diaz, a stocky power puncher from Texas. He was unlucky to lose the decision in the first fight and proved it second fight, even hurting Diaz. He’s a good scalp to have in my opinion. This fight represents two things for me. It would tell me whether both fighters have been in one war too many and it would also determine on a world stage, how good Hatton is. He’s above Malignaggi, but below Pacquiao and Mayweather…a large gap, so this fight would tell me how good he really is.
Vitali Klitschko vs David Haye
This would be the biggest heavyweight fight since Vitali Klitschko vs Lennox Lewis in the heavyweight division. Vitali has had it fairly all his own way since returning, but if we are truthful, despite his basic, but masterful displays, I believe he is starting to show signs of aging. Enter David Haye. Now it seems other writers on here are judging him on his performance against Valuev. I admit, it was pretty, but it was effective and his bombs, albeit only a couple a round, looked much better than anything Valuev did. You cannot stand in the middle of the ring with someone like Valuev and trade constantly. Play to your strengths, Haye used movement speed and power, and had he not hurt his right hand, probably would have got Valuev out of there judging by the 12th round. Klitschko has size, experience and good boxing skills, Haye brings speed, movement and explosive power. I believe if Haye fought with the boxing brain, discipline and explosive power to jump in with a bomb, and out of range again, he would stop Klitschko and same with his brother. For all Vitali’s experience, it has been an awful long time since he faced a talent like Haye.
Amir Khan vs Timothy Bradley
You may guess I am British by some of these match ups, but again, two great world champions. Khan’s attraction now is that vunerable chin and can he keep a tight enough defence. Bradley has really impressed me at 140 and I’m a huge admirer. I first saw him against Witter and he easily won that fight, forget the split decision. He’s improved leaps and bounds, taking on some good fighters, Campbell and Peterson to name a few. He hasn’t looked in danger in these fights and is rightly regarded as the number one in the division. Let’s not count out other fighters, Ortiz, Maidana are hot on the heels of a title shot. I’d like a rematch between these two. I’m unsure about Maidana. Big puncher, but beaten by Kotelnik who was schooled by Khan. You could question why I’m not puzzled by Ortiz and that’s because he fought the wrong fight against Maidana. He should have boxed, and he is a very good boxer, but he likes to put a show on. I think he would give any champion a tough fight. But as it stand, Khan and Bradley are proven, they are champions, arguably the best two champions, and it would be a very tricky fight for either fighter. How would Khan handle Bradley’s right hand? How would Bradley handle the lightning quickness of Khan? Let’s hope we find out!
Paul Williams vs Kelly Pavlik
Pavlik hasn’t looked overly great since he won his titles, beating nobodies and getting schooled by ‘The Executioner’ Bernard Hopkins. He needs a name to boost himself in rankings and in the eyes of the boxing public. Williams is a tall fighter who certainly throws punches. I don’t see how Pavlik gets past the 1000 punches Williams throws. It is an intriguing fight and the best to be made at middleweight.
Paul Williams vs Floyd Mayweather
Maybe it is a little late for this one given Williams move up in weight, but I am intrigued to see how Mayweather would get to Williams given the larger size differences and how he would have to get in and out on him. I imagine it to be like a mini ‘Haye Valuev’ fight. No one could argue with Mayweather if he took this and the Pacquiao fight and won both of them. Well I guess there is Mosley…
Other fights
Juan Manuel Lopez vs Celestino Caballero
Chris John vs Yuriorkis Gamboa
Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson
Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan
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To all Mayweather fans:
“I am disappointed in the sense this fight will not happen,” Arum said. “I’m not surprised. I always knew Mayweather would kill it because he didn’t want it. He didn’t want to lose.”
Arum traced the history of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s mental state, which he said is coward’s mental state, adding Mayweather will never agree to take a tough fight where he stands any chance of losing reason many of best fights in the welterweight division never took place.
He points out how Mayweather walked away from a very lucrative rematch with Oscar De La Hoya in 2008. De La Hoya gave Mayweather a very tough fight in 2007.
“Floyd Mayweather walked away,” Arum said to USA Today. “Our guy was agreeable, Mayweather wasn’t. It’s not surprising. I always felt that he wasn’t going to do the fight. He knows Manny will beat him. Mayweather’s never stepped into the ring with a guy he had any question but that he was going to beat.”
“That’s why there’s never been a (Shane) Mosley, there’s never been a (Antonio) Margarito, there never was a (Miguel) Cotto, and there’s no Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather is a coward. He will never fight anyone that will remotely give him a tough fight. Here’s a guy who, the rematch with (Oscar) De La Hoya was a huge fight, it would’ve made millions and millions, and he walked away from it.. .. I’m not disappointed in the sense that I always knew it was going to be this way.”
Tua – Klistchko
Adamek – Arreola
Adamek – Haye
Klistchko – Valuev
Dawson – Pascal
Williams – Pavlik
mayweather vs mosley,
khan vs maidana
haye vs vitali
khan vs urango
haye vs wladimir
pac man vs mosley
khan vs bradley
i’d like to see dawson vs pascal. best at lh.
I want to see Mayweather vs Mosley. I completely understand the reason for wanting better testing, random testing should be implemented in all boxing and Mayweather-Pacquiao could set a precedent. This whole debacle makes Pacquiao look very bad. If Pacquiao wants to clear his name, then take the damn test, going to court won’t prove anything. Mayweather has made concessions like the $10 million per pound penalty and the date, its time for Pacquiao to make a concession and agree to random testing. He was tested 14 days before the Hatton fight and that hardly impacted his performance. Also, the USADA agreed that they wouldn’t test either fighter in the 2 days before the fight, so its not like they’ll be testing him right before he gets in the ring. Pacquiao’s conduct has led me to be suspicious, before i took no notice of all the accusations about the use of PEDs, but the whole Pacquiao team are acting suspicious, as if there is something to hide.
other fights that I want to see:
Mosley vs Pacquiao or Mosley vs Mayweather
Maidana vs Khan
Pavlik vs Bute
Gamboa vs Lopez
Froch vs Hopkins
Dawson vs Calzaghe
Martinez vs Williams (rematch)
Valero vs Katsidis
I still want to see Pacquio vs Mayweather! However, if this fight does not go through,then make Pacquio fight Marquez again,for the third time. Make Mayweather fight Mosley,Berto,Paul Williams,or Cotto..other than these fighters,boxing fans should not watch Floyds fight! It is very obvious he is so obsessed about he’s clean record than proving the fans by fighting the elite fighters that has a chance of challenging him. Come on Floyd Money Mayweather, prove yourself to the fans once and for all,so far, you are all talk no action!!
I wanna see
1) Wladimir Klitschko vs. david hayeater/ Godzilla Valuev
2) Artur Abraham vs. Kelly Pavlik
3) Tua vs Arreola
well said Steve.
Filing a lawsuit may also be looked a cunning way of ducking Floyd
I love the way everyone is bagging Floyd for wanting decent drug testing. Yet no one bags Pac for refusing the test mmmm interesting. Everyone thinks Nevada Athletic Commision are adequate for drug testing, yet no one says they are better than the Olympic Drug Testers ? So why not go for the better one ? Yet the Nevada commision have been proven to be incapable of even checking hand wraps correctly ( think Margarito ) so why are they thought to be a safe bet for drug testing. Why would they be better than an INDEPENDENT , RANDOM tester of urine and blood ? Yet the clowns on here blame Floyd. People then say Floyd is ducking SSM and Margarito. Is this the same SSM who has been found guilty of taking PEDS ? The same Margarito who had plaster of paris wraps ? Mosley looked good against Margarito, the question is why ? Was an unwraped Margo that bad , or has Shane turned back the years ? Could Nevada guarantee both would not cheat against Floyd if he signed to fight them.
I expect Pac to cherry pick up to 154 and fight Yuri , then get offered Williams and choke. Or say ok but only at 145, and $100,000,000 for every ounce over weight you come in. If its ok to fight De La Hoya at 147 why not Cotto ? If its ok to fight anyone at 154 why not Cotto at 147 ? I only mention this because everyone is mentioning hand picked opponents and cherry picking.
Pac needs to fight Floyd, as in needs it to remove the cloud above his name and achievements. He needs to do it in a way the whole world knows he is clean, not in a way where his fans think he is clean. He won’t prove that in court. He will prove it in the ring under Olympic style testing. Anything else makes him look a cheat.
I would love to see Pac vs Mosley, Pac vs foreman – - Floyd fight should be totally scrapped as he needs to maintain the 0 in his card.
How about my list below;
Tua vs Arreola
Tua vs Valuev
Tua vs Vitali
Tua Vs Haye
Paulie Malignaggi should tone it down a bit,even as his other job might be a NY taxi driver..but on the other side it did give him the attention he wanted,but then,its stuck with you and grows, a act ,sort of remind me of floyd its attentions, but not ,like love attention, when you get better.cant explane it,,,,ask floyd.he say it better.
mosley wanted to fight him but not when he was nursing his pain so he asked for additional one month to recuperate just like what he did to pacman but he didn’t know that pacman would accept the march 13 so he invented the random blood testing telling the nevada that they are no good and he is the man of the decade and everybody got to worship him.
if margarito call his number, i am not going to be surprised if he asks for TSA random body search.
by the way, shane called him after the great entertainer show between him and marquez and what did he say – he was disrespecting me – oh i forgot the most respected boxer of the decade who never insulted and taunted and played dirty mind games to his opponents.
but I say this if it wasnt for roach as a great coach manny would not be where he is now that for sure.people think its steroid but its training extra hard that why manny so mad.he has always train with bigger sparring partner from way back. so most cant belive he stronger than he looks and catch weight fight is deceiving there 4-10 pound heavier fight night
fraud i mean floyd conditions to fight the following fighters:
pacman – random blood test – got to be his friends doing the testing and it could be an hour before the fight.
margarito – random TSA body search
mosley – got to be 40 year old
marquez II – got to drink his urine again
cotto – if he accepts 25 percent and mine 75 percent
ricky hatton – he got to come up again at 147 not his natural weight of 140
matthew hatton – if he accepts 20 percent.
the best thing for this guy to do this year is retard i mean retire again.
TSTRIP true but watch the whole fight,about 8 hooks landed,also manny could see thoes hooks and he went under and ko ricky,remember that.
Pacquiao does not need to fight Mayweather, rather it is the other way around.Pacquiao has cemented his legacy. He had fought and beaten the best fighters in his divisions without any regards as whether he will win or loss. He had cleaned it up. Thats a mark of a great champion. Mayweather’s ploy is to discourage Pacquiao so as the fight will be cooled off. Nice escape from a possible loss but it does not look good among the fight fans who really know what is his real intent.
lmao shane is to old but public still demands the fight. B HOP is to old to then right, maybe someone should tell these guys to check into a retirement home then. I want to see SSM get his shot at him, even though he didn’t give Floyd his four years ago when Floyd was calling for him. So that would have made SSM how old by your count?
possible opponent of floyd is mosley with one condition – shane must be 40 year old.
oh yeah and zab tested hot for roids after their fight lmao. He looked good for two rounds then it was dominance throughout zab was reeling then placed the illegal blow on floyds twins so come on man zab didn’t have a chance
Roy you will never know unless the fight happens. Also you can’t say anything bad about floyds chin so to assume someone can KO him is a farce. I remember everyone saying Hatton would knock him out too, sorry he didn’t come close the shot your talking about was Floyd caught off balance with a looping hook nice shot however you throw a million ones bound to land.
why I think floyd will get ko by manny is floyd throws right hand leads when someone get too close,if he misses he holds,that a no no ,floyd has gotten away with that as he has always been the faster fighter,jeb caught floyd missing a right lead but didnt finish.for manny that a ko for a angle uppercutting left hand or right hand.also why was ricky left hooking floyd one after another ,and one really hurt floyd, pac only need one.
The sport is boxing not knockouts. So if you are saying a guy is boring cause he has defense go watch the UFC. Which by the way the best fighter there is refered to as boring (Anderson Silva). Second styles make fights and who gave Manny fits, a counter puncher ala PBF. So I would rather watch PBF fight SSM to silence critics. However Shane is old Right?
taught manny has slow down a bit as he has move up in weight but he still has speed and good timing,khan is very fast, faster than floyd. check out this new utube of manny sparing with amir khan to view it paste in the title or this in utube
manny Pacquiao vs Amir Khan – sparring
fraud, i mean floyd might another big name this year.
he needs money badly so here comes antonio margarito offering himself.
when all the negotiations about to finalize he might go to another trick – demand that margarito be randomly check by TSA even during the fight.
if margarito won’t accept then he will tell the whole that this guy is hiding something.
to TSTRIP: you obviously a maytard. Both boxers have skills, speed, and beat same opponents. However in my view Manny is more versatile of a boxer and has a consistent, proven knock out power,in spite of being a smaller fighter than Floyd. Floyd is best at his defense, which makes many of his fights boring.Thus the conclusion.
PBF lost to castillo. khan vs pbf? If i want a hype job I can listen how great obama is? The norwegians buy it.
Wow Andrew you pointed out 3 boxers in which Manny beat which built his credibility to where it is today to make a point that Manny would put a beating on PBF. So DLH was old hmmm, and in what year did Manny weight drain him and fight him? And to say someone is going to put a major beating on PBF is kind of out there. Name how many times PBF has been knocked down. Officially once when he broke his hand on another fighters face in Grand Rapids and he took a knee (not from a punch). But good job repeating what all the other pactards are saying though.
Haye would be ko’d by either Klitschko, but he is afraid to fight them. Maybe if Vitaly gets older. Wlad looked sharp stopping Chagaev[who really took the WBA title from Valuev]. Vitaly did make lewis retire to avoid a rematch. I like bradley vs khan or Pavlik vs Williams. Forget floyd jr.
Mayweather proves again he is a coward. if you have any doubt, lets review his recent fights: win over much smaller opponent, Marquez; win over way passed his prime De La Jolla; win over very mediocre and way overrated Hatton. Need I go on? The only true talent Mayweather has is his amazing ability to pick manageable and beatable opponents. All this business with new blood tests is a clever way for Mayweather to run from a major beating at hands of Pacquiao, because Floyd knows that Pacquiao is too proud of a man to tolerate insinuations and baseless accusations of doping.
I want Mayweather v. Mosley. Thoughts?