Prediction: Mayweather won’t be fighting Cintron
January 15th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: I’d like nothing more for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight knockout artist Kermit Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KO’s) on March 13th, but I can’t see it happening. This would go against everything that I’ve seen from Mayweather in recent years. It’s not that Mayweather hasn’t faced huge punchers before during his career, because Mayweather dominated big punching Diego Corrales nine years ago in a 10th round stoppage in 2001.
But I think Mayweather won’t want to take this fight because Cintron will make it hard for Mayweather by hitting him with a number of big shots in every round. Even if Mayweather dominates most of the fight, Cintron will still make him feel a lot of pain every time he lands one of his big shots. And unless Mayweather plays it really careful to avoid Cintron’s big right hands, there’s a chance that Mayweather might get dropped or possibly even stopped.
I doubt it will happen, but I think there’s a chance. Floyd is getting up there in age at 32, and that’s old for a welterweight. In the lower weight classes, fighters can continue to still be effective in their early 30s, but they start to slow down with their movement around that age. Mayweather has to be able to move well for him to beat a hard puncher like Cintron. He can’t just stand in the corner and think he’s going to beat a slugger like Cintron using a check left hook and his shoulder roll.
Those kinds of gimmicks might work against a small light welterweight without massive power, but against a 5’11″ welterweight with knockout power in either hand, Mayweather will have to come up with more than that if he wants to get the win. This is why I think Mayweather won’t even bother taking this fight.
There is too much danger there for him in this fight because of Cintron’s power, and Mayweather would have to run all night long to prevent Cintron from catching up to him and putting hands on him. Mayweather would probably look like a war surviver after a fight against Cintron. I think he’d win, but it would be a very tough fight and totally unlike any of his recent bouts in the past five years.
My guess is Mayweather will pick Paulie Malignaggi to fight next. That seems more of the type of opponent that Mayweather would choose.
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Dave Lahr, I have the same prediction. Mayweather would never fight anybody that could possibly beat him. He will fight malignaggi next but not on March 13. Not when everbody else is watching the Pacquiao-Clottey fight.
PREDICTION: floyd will not have the chance to make a 40 million again.
Yes well, your prediction is starting to look bad. The possibilities for both of them fighting appear to be very, very good indeed. It may change, but it looks like they will be fighting.
if they want an accurate test to detect PEDs or illegal substances in the system, saliva or hair is better than blood. The reason why manny walk away, the issue is not by not giving blood but the mayweathers tactics by distracting his opponents psychologically and his credibility. If manny agrees with this olympic style of testing. They will find another excuse or demands so that manny will not fight him n march 13. Floyd hs all the advantages size, height, reach and etc. floyd fans said he’s the best why prove it. Theres no proof that PEDs can make you a better fighter.
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mayweather schools pacquiao all day long. Bob ‘the fight is off!’ arum never wanted it in the first place. Team Pac was dropping names like Yuri Foreman and Paul Malignaggi even while they were still supposed to be negotiating the mayweather fight with Golden Boy. Now Pacquiao instantly has a nice fight with fellow top rank fighter clottey lined up while Mayweather’s been left without a dance partner. It’s obvious who walked away.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather. …aka Pinoy scaring Floyd.
Floyd..
“Pinoy see at jogging at the Vegas Strip and they run….They know I am a bad SOB. They better run.. I am a search and destroy Pinoy MIssion.”
Manny..”Floyd is you are a man..fight me while I am juiced, I have to juice to even the playing field. How would a chase you without being on something, you run too fast.”
@ Alexis Arguello
All the big fights are in Vegas
Mayweather uses Xylocaine in any other state and gets caught then he is in the wrong. But at the moment the Xylocaine argument is very weak
Floyd should fight Gerry Penalosa next!!harharhar
@ Alexis Arguello
come on man, Xylocaine is a pain killer and it isnt illegal. What next? Maybe you gonna say he shouldnt have protein shakes either? lol
i think floyd should wait out the berto mosely fight and fight the winner.
Wow what a load of crap, Mayweather would have been fighter the coward pac man, all he had to do was have a blood test not have both his hands chopped off. All this has just proven the pac man is pumped to the teeth with STERIODS. Is that why you guys call him pac man because when he takes his pills he becomes superhuman and eats everyone up. Mayweather would have beaten him very easily anyway.
in all likelihood floyd wont even fight march 13. This is a holdover fight and he knows he wont get one ounce of credit if he fights a true holdover opponent like paulie or campbell. He has no reason to fight in march other then to take viewers from dallas.
He will wait for the berto/mosley winner and fight him in late spring/early summer.
If he does fight on the 13th it needs to be against a legit opponent (martinez/williams/cintron/bradley)or the critics will only have more firepower to label him a cherry picker (and it will be hard to argue against them)
@ lou
Maybe you should watch the fight again…. corrales is visibly bigger
Katel
so your saying a fair fight Mayweather wins. How is that possible if Mayeather can’t use his Xylocaine he can’t punch his way out of a paper bag.
Lee, Corrales wasn’t bigger he wieghed 130 same as Floyd. Delahoya started his carrer at the same wieght but was a washed up out of shape promoter when Floyd fought him and almost lost but the Promoter got tired in the 8th round.
Hahahaha……loving the battle going on between Kalel and everyone else on this site. It probably more entertaining than a Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight could have been. I predict and draw between Kalel vs everyone lol
kalel,
mayweather turned down the fight in texas because he tests positive for xylocaine, a steroid banned in texas. thats a fact. pacquiao SIGNED the contract to fight with the blood tests 24 days before the fight, and immediately after the fight. Pacquiao agreed to have Mayweather’s name ahead of Pacquiao even though Mayweather is the challenger. Pacquiao agreed to a 50-50 split. Pacquiao wanted the fight in May 2010 because he is running for political office, Mayweather wanted it in March because he thinks Cotto had damaged Pacquiao, Pac agreed to a March fight. There is no excuse for Floyd except he can make a few millions fighting smaller good guys than fighting legit 147 lbs. If Pac beats him, his marketability is gone because he is no longer undefeated.
Floyd hasnt took the amazing risks pacquiao has by taking on bigger fighters is not true. floyd fought corrales and de la hoya who were bigger. People call floyd a coward, but it was manny who turned down 30mil+ to take a blood test. I dont think manny is on steroids or growth hormone, but i do believe it was he who didnt really want to fight. That been said, i do think floyd is not willing to take on true welters without the big money being around because of the risk of a loss.
@ kalel im deffinately not trying to cause hostility i have read everything every one has said and yes this is america innocent till proven guilty but i agree with kalel in somethings. I think pacman might haVE BEEN DIRTY IF NOT why would his team ask whats the penalty if you test negative? they would not even bring it up. and no i did not make this up i read it in an article. Second getting your urine checked and coming out clean does not mean you really are clean. Check baseball how there have been players who used steroids and admitted it but never got caught because the urine showed nothing. The only way to know is to check your d.n.a thats why floyd demanded a blood test. He was being smart. Another point how the f… are you going to be a light weight and be in your 120s, have a hard time knocking some fighters from that devisin out, you get your ass knocked out and go to 145catch weight face cotto and have more power and all of a sudden you can take a punch? no, i dont think so thats why i dont blame floyd for his accusations. You can all try to persuade me or talk crap but is tru pacmans dirty. and if not prove it with a blood test and i will admit i was dead wrong.
Crucify,
Pac Man passed all of his test except for the one against Money May. He didn’t pass it because he refuses to take it. Let’s all admit and accept it. Your boy Pac Man will get crucified in the ring if he and Money May ever fight… Of course Pac Man will have to be “clean”. I don’t know if Money May can beat the Illegal juiced up Ivan Drago like Pac Man….
Micheal,
If I didn’t know any better your dull rhetoric might sound half way legit.
Here’s the thing: If they were just trying to delay the fight so it can draw more money why would Pac Man take on such a risky opponent that he could easily lose to? Why would you not strike while the iron is hot? You mean to tell me that they would both take a big risk of losing just to generate more money when it has already been determined that this is a mega fight that was not only going to sellout but bring boxing fans back to the sport???? Didn’t they say that the fight was already too big for Vegas and they would have to put it in the Dallas Cowboys stadium to deal with the crowd? How much bigger could the fight get? They were both promised 20-40 million a piece… Also why would they not fight in March and then fight again in the fall? Wouldn’t that generate even more money for the economy??????? I’m not even going to get on your boy refusing to take the blood test even though he’s “clean” and turning down all of that money. You mean to tell me that he’s gonna turn down possibly 60-80 million for the fight and a possible rematch because he’s clean but don’t want to show that he’s “clean”??????? I mean Mike come on I’ve heard of not wanting to test because you are “dirty” but I have never heard of not wanting to test because you are “clean”……
Mikey…. Listen too me, with all that boring uninformed rhetoric you did you did nothing but confuse yourself. It looked like you knew what you were talking about but you don’t. Think about it and read your information right and then comeback with something legit that makes sense…..
0ooo… brother……. must be floyd…..
Crucify,
There just ain’t no helping you….. You are eating out of PAC MAN’S ASS… You are not just licking you are actually eating….. The bottom line is Your boy Pac Man cannot beat Money May in a fair fight. He has to get juiced up like Ivan Drago in Rocky 4 in order to do it. Actions speaks louder than words. He’s guilty until he takes that test and it comes back clean….. He knows it, you know it and I know it… Money May is the man….
@ Kalel
I think you fail to understand the business of boxing. Mayweather Vs Pacquio is worth considerably more money now that they have ducked each other and created hype and controversy.
As far as PED’s are concerned here are the facts: Pac has never tested positive (neither has mayweather). There is no evidence to suggest that he has used drugs. His weight gain through his career is the same as Mayweathers. His muscle tone and size are not consistent with steroid or hgh use. The only ‘evidence’ is wild accusations by a convicted criminal in Mayweather Snr, and an over rated, pillow fisted mallinaggi (who got schooled by hatton). Mayweather and golden boy have never fought under or requested similar testing protocols.
To argue that one should give into unreasonable and unprecedented demands without any rational argument is rediculous.
The flipside to your argument is why would Mayweather refuse 24 day testing, which is above the athletic commisions requirements and turn down Pac. Mayweather had far less options as far as alternative fights go. Mayweather clearly needs the money more then Pac given his recent IRS troubles and his flamboyant lifestyle.
The only real reason I can see either man walking away from this fight is that they know that later this year they can still have this fight and it will be worth considerably more money. not only because of the hype generated but also because of the recovering US economy.
So ultimately Kalel your argument is simplistic, one sided, irrational and completely wrong. Not that your the only one. Many professional sports writers and commentators are equally ill informed.
Crucify,
And what do you mean the burden is on Floyd and I along with many others to prove that Pac Man is dirty????? We can’t prove it if Pac Man is too chicken to take the blood test…. He can put all of this to rest if he takes the test thats the bottom line. Pac Man’s actions speaks louder than his words. He’s dodging the test so case is closed… There is nothing you can say. All of your excuses are lame.. So quit kissing Pac Man’s ass and accept it….
Crucify,
PLEEEEASE!!!!!! You outta be crucified upside down for believing that Pac Man is clean but refuses to take a test and will turn down 40 million dollars just because Money May demanded it. Pac man will not take the test even though he’s clean???????????
Not only would he had of made 40 million for this fight but if he won he would have made another 20 -40 million for the rematch. So in total he turned down 60-80 million because of principle??????????????
Nobody turns down that type of money!!!
You are as full of as much bull as Pac Man is. Lets face it, and I’m sorry to break the news to you but your hero is not legit until he takes the test and proves otherwise.. Don’t cry….
Crucify,
It’s obvious that you don’t get it… Turning down 40 million and fighting for less money against a very dangerous opponent and not taking a blood test and proving everyone wrong is not principle. That’s called hiding things because you are dirty. That’s also called being a PAC MAN ASS LICKER if you really believe any of that bull you are trying to lay on me….. Wake up man!!!!!! I suppose you still believe in Santa Clause too…
Crucify,
That makes no damn sense what you just said… You are telling me that Pac Man turned down 40 million because he is a man of principle??? If he was truly a man of principle he would have taken the test and proved everyone wrong.
He would have showed the world that he is legit and clean and have been dominating his opponents lately because of his hard work.
He would not turn down all of that money and fight for less money against a dangerous unknown fighter who is a threat to him for less money. I know you don’t believe that. Even a PAC MAN ASS LICKER like you don’t believe that he would turn down that money because he has “principle” all of a sudden…. Money May makes one simple request and Pac Man can’t do that for 40 million and he’s supposingly clean????? Please get off it man!!!!!
Roy,
Pac Man is never going to test because he’s dirty. He’s fighting against Clottey and from the article I saw yesterday he does not have to take any type of blood test in this fight with Clottey.
KALEL ……manny has a 50 million share ,but has to pay golden boys a 10% cut ,so that paying golden boys 5 million. the court case manny will win will allow manny not to pay g.b.p. a single cent. so why fight the money fight now?. they allways december to take the test and see if floyd run again.
Crucify
Quit being foolish and think about something. Pac Man is clean now because he’s not training now.. He juices up when he trains that’s why he don’t want to take the test close to fight time. That’s why he is turning down the 40 million to fight against an unkown dangerous man where he will get less money and don’t have to test. Quit being in denial and being a Pac Man ass licker….
Money May just needs to go ahead and fight Sugar Shane if he wins against Berto. That’s the only fight for him out there where he will make decent money since Pac Man is dirty…
Old man Bob Arum,Freddie and Manny just d*cked Floyd hard. He is f*cked. He’s only fought one fight in three years,against a 37 year old blown up lightweight, if he fights Williams or mosely/Berto winner he’s going to get hurt and probaly hurt bad.He’s not ready for that kind of fight he only thinks he is. I hope he fights one of them but he wont. Meanwhile Manny’s in Dallas cowboy stadium and it will get massive coverage from every media outlet. Floyd is f*cked. And he’s just gettin older. Bob,Freddie and Manny know exactly what they are doing. Some people are fools. PACMAN=JEDI
Floyd will never fight great fighters. I suggest Floyd to fight the flyweights to ensure his clean slate and just pay the difference in weight like he did to Marquez or just fight Lady Paulie and dance all night.
Really, people why do you all hold Floyd to one set of standards and rules and Manny to none???
Why didn’t Manny demand a $10 million penalty for Clottey? Does Manny only need to invent new rules if its against MAyweather? Is Manny really that scared of Floyd???
floyd has no one to fight because he must demand consistency to his request of random blood testing or at least 14 day before the fight on top of Nevada Athletic Commission and March 13 is just around the corner, GBP may have a hard time looking for this other stupid fighter who will allow himself to be dictated. let’s just wait and see… havin’ a hard time chewin’ his own words…
Damian …..that I was talking about,ricky was left hooking floyd all night, till floyd shut him down,but floyd very hittable from the outside ,inside its hard,because he bobs his head well,sort like sweet pea. ,zab was using the 3 th punch get in combination ,and the lobbing overhand right lead, and lefts .all clean shots had zab leading that fight and didnt believe he lost ,check out the replied underneath,most taught zab won.
It has been a long time since I last watched Mayweather, but I decided to rewatch the Hatton Mayweather fight. I am not Hat or May or Pac. When I watched it the first time I remember poor reffing but outclassed.
Re-watch the fight, Hatton caught F many many many times. I thought it would be on the inside but actually it was on way out.
Is interesting for Mayweather fights future.
FM can be KOd if he goes to war that is true.
Why can we not see FM v S M
In my view, at least Pacman fights the hard fighters.
Sorry to FM fans but I read lots on here and it is really sad to read some opinions. Especialy the abuse of Pacman. Sad.
I love this sport, as do you all, but do you not think we pay them to ruin it? It is really disappointing that we will read this column about fights which are not what should happen….
Annoyed..
Des
You give Cintron way to much credit. He is fine against C-level fighters and below. But put him in there against someone from the A/B-Team and he starts shedding tears about his loss after the fight. (hint: the 1st match Margarito) Plus he is one of the most weak minded boxers I have ever seen. He relys so much on his power instead boxing ability that the minute he fights someone he can’t knockout he just gives you that old “deer in the headlights” look. He has the tools obviously just no the mental fortitude. But hey everyone has a puncher’s chance.
But I really think that Mayweather will beat Cintron very easy. All he has to do is fight the way we all know how he fights, Boringly. Duck, back pedal, run. Cintron is strong, very strong, but very slow compared to Floyd.
Peace
Boria he won’t go to lightwieght he’s afraid of Valero after hearing Valero almost murdered Oscar in sparring.
Mr Rich why don’t you write That Mayweather lost, If Mayweather does poor there’s always an excuse. I seen that fight and the only thing I saw was him getting Man Handled by Castillo. Than he had that stupid look like Mosley did when they announce him as the winner. Letterman had to hold back to keep his job from telling Floyd you got a gift
@ roy, u must be crazy if u thought judah beat floyd lmao. clearly not a boxing fan..floyd after the 4 round technically broke judah down watch the fight again
Cintrona ko artist but is valero then?
I agree floyd havin a hard time boxin cintron but cintron droppin floyd or stoppin him is plain idiotic is not happenin!!cintron barely survive angulo!! Floyd UD easily!!
Floyd is scared of Pacman because as Roach said Manny will paste his shoulders to his cheeks so there will be no more defense for him. And he can just roll his shoulders down in the canvass.
At the beginning of 2007 if someone said Floyd would fight and beat Oscar at 154- Oscar’s weight, and then go back to beat a super-hyped up, undeafeted Hatton at 147, that would be considered two of the toughest fights he could schedule. They earned him ring mag. fighter of the year. A comeback fight against someone most feel beat Manny less than 2 years ago. Manny moved up in weight fine, but everyone knew Marquez couldn’t? Its true Floyd hasn’t fought someone with KO power like Cintron has in a while. But there aren’t many fighters out there that have that power. Margarito did with plaster. Other than that who? Mosley? Berto? Williams? Judah and Baldomir were both considered tough opponents. Baldomir who came forward non-stop for 12 rounds with an iron chin, and Floyd had a broken right hand for the last half of the fight. Because Hatton and Marquez moved up in weight, Floyd is now seen as only fighting smaller guys? How would it be any different against Manny? I’m telling everyone Floyd will fight Cintron in March, Mosley in June or July (win or lose against Berto), and then Manny at the end of the year. And he will still catch flak, just because he’s the man everyone loves to hate.
Neither cintron nor malinaggi is a good fight for Floyd. Thats why he earned the PBF title Pretty Boring Floyd.
NO WAY HE FIGHT CINTRON NO WAY.
SOME ONE SMALL YES
BUT NOT A KO ARTIST .
Philipinos are taking over the blogosphere…we wont hear from them any longer after that little steroid eating midget gets caught cheating or gets his ass whupped by Mayweather, they really dont know s@%# about boxing…Manny Pacquaio aka Minny Drago aka the Miniature Ivan Drago is a cheater
Yes everybody thought Pacquiao would be the man to teach Mayweather a lesson.
Guess what? This new hero was so tough that:
- He walked away from possibly the biggest fight in history all because of a simple blood test.
- He was willing to disappoint his fans and Mayweather haters all because of a simple blood test.
- He walked away from $40 million all because of a simple blood test.
Pathetic! Pathetic! Pathetic!
It’s so embarrassing to see how people are dealing with this.
maywaether did struggle against castillo but his shoulder was hurt in the 1st round….if you watch the fight you will see him complaining in the corner about it. he clearly won the rematch
if you watch whole fight tape,you would see floyd gets hit a lot,where he good in head movement is only in the inside,he bobs and shoulder rolls,their is where he hard to hit, but from the outside in hooks (long/leaping/ricky) and lobbing over the top right leads,and third punch combination,all these punches get thorough, also floyd throw right hands leads if some get to close,if he miss he holds,that a no no ,their a 2 second window with his face expose and up close before he holds,that why he pick fighters that slower him,zab was taking advantage of the above but couldn’t finish floyd.
Corrales… really? He wasn’t all that and was proven so by other boxers after Mayweather and that fight was at super featherweight.
Who exactly has Mayweather fought? He struggled against Castillo and De La Hoya then actually looked quite good against Hatton, who was subsequently destroyed by Pacquaio. All of his other fights have been against the small, the old and the inferior.
He dodged Margarito, Cotto, Mosley, Williams and now Pacquiao… not to mention all the other tough boxers at various weights. The guy has never cleaned up a division and picks his fights far to carefully. Saying Marquez was better then Pacquiao… it was close at lightweight but at welterweight? I don’t think so.
Floyd Mayweather is a fantastic boxer and deserves credit for his great skill and craft in the ring. It really should be admired and respected but he needs to fight some real live welterweights. If he goes in against Williams, Mosley and Pacquiao then he will get all the respect in the world, win or lose.
Williams is his toughest nut but he has the beating of them all.
yes no way floyd would touch that fight,Iam thinking floyd buffing again and will not pick a fight for another month,he really should fight Zab Judah again ,he should have lost that fight,,zab was robbed,watch the whole fight.zab was out gunning floyd. 3to2 and cleaner shots.
The shoulder roll is not a gimmick its an art hence y only two boxers use it floyd and james toney others have tried it and got ko’d bad autro gatti R.I.P tried it and got beaten senseless. Watch mayweather vs philip n’dou not only for shoulder roll execution to perfection but he neutralised him his record was 31 fights with 30 k.o.’s
Let us give credit where it is due, Floyd Mayweather Jr possesses skills that no other fighter in the world possesses today. He will never start any fight as an underdog because of his greatness.Whoever he chooses as his opponent on 13 March, he will start as a favourite…
And he calls himself the GREATEST !!!
Nice article, indeed.
so floyd has shown signs of slowing down? i never seen floyd hurt in a fight other than when he broke his hand. i know that floyd is worry about his long term health but he’s got so much defensive skills that cintron wouldn’t touch him. if cintron gets right hand happy, that would lend himself to floyd’s counter right ala james toney. if floyd wants to fight on the same night as pacquiao vs clottey, he needs a big challenge. nate campbell aint cutting it and neither is paulie.
jones will beat hopkins and at least jones fights top class fighter, unlike mayweather who dodges any fight that would give him a challenge. mr. lahr you need to study up a little bit more to have any conversation with boxing fans.
i think floyd mayweather jr should go back to lightweight. he loves fighting lightweight fighter. floyd go back to lightweight class. dominate that division so u could be great. leave the welter to manny cotto berto mosley william and et al..