Is Robert Guerrero a worthy opponent for Floyd Mayweather, Jr ?
January 4th, 2013 | 
By Bill Mitchell: If the fight on May 4, 2013 between Robert Guerrero (31-1-1, 19 KO’s) and Floyd Mayweather (43-0, 26 KO’s) takes place this spring, how many of you believe it is a fair match-up? I hear some fans expressing disappointment. They think that Mayweather, a five-division world champion, who has won eight world titles and the Lineal championship in three different weight classes, is choosing a blown up lightweight in Robert Guerrero.
Does Guerrero deserve the notoriety of a fight with Mayweather? The big league, the major bucks and a chance to make history? He took out the previously undefeated Selkuk Aydin and then went on to defeat Andre Berto last year. Robert’s a three time interim world champion and held a number of national titles.
Berto, a former world welterweight champion with only one loss was coming off a year long layoff when he fought Guerrero. He was motivated and hoping to make a comeback. Robert had to move up in weight but still managed to take it to Berto on the inside. He dropped Berto twice in the early rounds and continued to apply the pressure for the remainder of the fight. He pinned Berto relentlessly against the ropes giving him few opportunities to retaliate during the fight. The solid win set up the challenge and possible fight with Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather, Sr. was quoted as saying he thinks the fight between Guerrero and Floyd may take place. He also said he thinks Floyd is too smart for Robert and he’s probably correct in his assessment. Floyd ‘s on a different level in the ring. If he gets his way he will dash Robert’s hopes and dreams early in the fight. He’ll show us like so many times before why he’s the number one, undisputed, pound for pound, best fighter in the world. Guerrero will come into the ring intending to win but once passed the first round , will he be the proverbial dear in the headlights? Will he end up like others before him, confused and off his game? Unable to execute his plan while taking shots from Floyd?
Now that Floyd’s ready to fight again, there’s no shame in him choosing the aggressive and eager Guerrero. He’s earned it. Guerrero also fights for Golden Boy so no promotional issues either.
Guerrero‘s psyched himself up to think he’s been ordained by God to win the fight. There’s no question about his will to win but is it enough to overcome boxing ‘s greatest champion.
While we’d all be happy to see Saul Alvarez fighting Floyd. He’ll be fighting on the undercard. If all goes as planned, he’s hoping to get a shot at Mayweather come September. Alvarez, with his legions of Mexican fans will add to the excitement of the fight card making the fight a major pay per view event.
I’d be interested to hear what others think about this match-up. Can Robert Guerrero seriously challenge Floyd?
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also the same with the other black folks that dont know how to fight or to judge the real boxer because why a lot of them dumb and very arrogant cultured feeling that they know everything in this world..hello whatever black white or any culture they are still human being and know how to respect and be educated ..look maywehather like those punk ignorant dont know about history..
I don’t feel he has earned a chance to fight Floyd yet. He only has 2 or 3 welterweight fights under his belt. He just wants a big pay day. There are still other welterweights he needs to fight first.
Floyd is ducking the Klitchko brothers, he is a coward. Manny Pacquiao is the best, he fights small guys over and over.
Floyd, how dare you fight legitamate welterweights. COWARD
blue dog hasnt got a clue
do birds flap their wings ?
NO
No, the only worth fighter is segio martinez and floyd is ducking again.
Mayweather and Pacquiao became Oscar De La Hoya when he was the cash-cow in boxing. All the fighters from 140, 147, 154 & 160 are asking to fight Mayweather and Pacquiao because these are the only two fighters who can generate the type of attraction and money at this time.
The top contenders in boxing are not willing to face each other these days because they know that if they lose, the potential fight with Pacquiao or Mayweather is out the window.
I think canelo should fight paq first. If canelo can beat pacquiao, then fight floyd mayweather
Robert Guerrero did not really accomplished anything by beating Andre Berto who has not fought in months due to his suspension. But because Manny Pacquiao (who Mayweather has ducked for so many years) and Tim Bradley are promoted by Top Rank, they did not have any other high profile fights left. The only options for Mayweather is Guerrero or Alvarez.
It does not make sense when you say it out loud. Pacman is not what people think he is. FMJ has made too many efforts to fight this guy. And in the process has some people, think he is ducking him. FMJ comes out retirement and fight a tune up fight with Pacman’s hardest nemisis in JMM, then try to make the mega fight with Pacman. FMJ wanted 14 cutoff to Pacman’s 24 day cutoff to make fight. Pacman said no, and walked away from proving rumors of PEDs being fails, and 60 plus millions as well as more millions in endorseement deals with this fight. And let us not forget beating the current unbeaten fighter that beat your hard fighter in JMM. And what did he do to top that. Not only a lawsuit, but made a fight with a top rank fighter that was beat by Cotto in Clottey, were Pacman beat Cotto bad in a catchweight fight. Now to make up for the mega fight, FMJ fought Mosley but did not take his belt in the win. But on espn Freddie Roach said that FMJ would not fight Mosley. Ortiz was made due to the talk of Mosley being old in the media’s eyes. But they were the folks asking for that fight. Ortiz is young fighter that was making noise, and FMJ gave him the hot that other WW champion walked away from. Cotto at LMW was again proof of Arum being in the way of making fights with FMJ. And aonther star leaves top rank for less money to make it pon their own. But let me make it easy to follow this story.
RBT with 14 day cutoff – No fight
Make a fight with Top Rank stable fighters.
Lawsuit after not making the mega fight.
Before JMM fight could have made fight, did not do it.
After JMM fight was cut and need time to heal, Arum wanted the fight in June, FMJ was going to jail in June.
FMJ told Pacman, let us make the fight, and make the max money between us, leave Arum and get Paid. Now some see this as another demand. But the demand does not do nothing but make both fighters max money. Pacman resigned with top rank and got one million dollars for it. FMJ was asking JMM to step aside for one million dollars to make the mega fight. Ask yourself this, would you work for less money or more money? Pacman is getting near 25 miilon a fight with top rank, if could make a deal with top rank like FMJ has with GBP, he could make close to 35 to 40 million. Why would you not do this? ODLH has GBP and is doing well, FMJ is a boxer/promoter and doing ok I think. But for some strange reason, Pacman is looking to stay with top rank and ask for more maoney from FMJ instead of Arum.
i have read most of the comments from this artical and nobody has even said that Guerreo is the #1 mandatory challanger. So you can’t discredit Guerreo, or Mayweather for fighting the mandatory challanger. Because if he didn’t fight him then everyone would say “oh Mayweather is duckig Guerreo”
Question to pactards
Would it be acceptable for money may to make canelo nd sergio come down to 147 like pac does?how is it that ppl think sergio can prove his greatness by beating a smaller floyd….y y doesnt sergio have to beat ward pirog golovkin or quillin real middleweights nd dont say no BS about sergio being a small middleweight because floyd is a small welterweight nd even smaller jmw…..how is donaire great for beating mathebula noshioka ndold ass arce when rigo nd mares are lurking nd are his size guess nonito a coward too according to pactards…how bout Sergio fighting martin murray instead of another titleholder???he must be scared too….nd canelo wont even fight a jmw but i guess he fights the best too….nd finally pacquiao guy has been fighting bum after bum….why doesnt pac have to fight sergio or canelo….or any true welterweight…his last three have been against jlw moving up for the first time….its a crazy double standard when it comed to floyd nd that just shows his greatness
Yes he is.
Guerrero has a legitimate chance in this fight.. Mayweather is slowing down although I do think he’s got enough left to beat ‘The Ghost’ it won’t be an easy fight.. Yes Guerrero is worthy of this opportunity and I think this will be a good ‘fans’ fight.
Is Pacquiao still fighting and getting BEAT by light weights while posing as a welter weight? Isnt he a welter weight?
IronChin says:
January 4, 2013 at 11:20 pm
Floyd fans are next in line of annoying fans, in fact they are worse than Pacfans… Floyd fans will give Floyd mad props if he would choose a bum off the street to fight. They actually think that JMM and Pac are the same size as Floyd thus they are held to the same standards… LOL… Those two little guys (Pac & Jmm) have risked far more and fought against bigger guys than floyd fought against.
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Floyd started out at under 110 pounds. He has beat plenty of the same guys. Floyd has been the smaller guy in plenty of his high profile fights. Like Chicken DelaHoya and Castillo. If you only focus on the negative than you are a hater not a boxing fan.
Keep hating b*itches! Just make sure you keep buying the PPV to see if he looses!!
All of us know mayweather carefully select his fights so he will surely win
not only no but hello no,he s not in money class .hay it is what it is.
Floyd knows really well what he is doing. He said he will enter the ring twice in 2013 hopefully after Guerrero he gets a bigger name. I think he should get Canelo vs Trout winner!!!!!.
Therea gonna be alot of p mexicans on cinco de mayo cause floyd is gonna wash the Ghost… Easy Work
paco ribiani says:
January 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm
wow!!! FLOYD DOMINATES WITH THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS JUST LIKE HE HAS DOMINATED BOXING!!!
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you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. if you’ve only seen comments of all them N1693r$. it usually hits the roof when it is/was pacman on the article.
THIS IS ON POINT AND SO TRUE: GIVEN THE FACT FLOYD IS A COWARD, YES IT IS A GOOD OPPONENT FOR HIM. HE NEEDS HIS FANS TO THINK THEY ARE WINNERS TO LIKE HIM, WHEN REALLY THEY ARE GIVING MONEY, AND CHEERING FOR A FRAUDULENT BOXER, WHO CLAIMS HE IS THE BEST, WHEN HE NEVER REALLY FIGHTS THE BEST! WHO IS THE BEST RATED BOXER FLOYD HAS FACED?! SO WITH THAT LET THE FLOYD FANS BE, AND LET THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE WINNERS, WHEN REALLY THEY ARE FOLLOWING A REAL CLOWN. GOOOOOOOO MAYWEATHER!!! YOUR THE MAN FLOYD!!! LOL.
Oh..And Martinez was a welterweight too, and he was is willing to come down to 54, or lower, which would only benefit Floyd… Floyd doesn’t want the challenge..
Mayweather has slowed down a lot and Is getting hit a lot more. Guerreo. Has a real chance.
Anomoys…. who the hell was talking about Pacquaio? Talking about standards?? Yes, I am…. Floyd has fought at 54 a long time ago against Oscar, and now his body has matured, he’s filled out, and he has fought recently at 154, with A guy that has been competing at 54, while not A big jr middle, Cotto still rehydrates to mid 160′s. To, me it’s a double standard not wanting to fight at 54 for this guy, or that guy….but, Oh, I’ll fight Cotto.
the question should be:
IS FLOYD EVEN WORTHY FOR THE SPORT?
Floyd fans are next in line of annoying fans, in fact they are worse than Pacfans… Floyd fans will give Floyd mad props if he would choose a bum off the street to fight. They actually think that JMM and Pac are the same size as Floyd thus they are held to the same standards… LOL… Those two little guys (Pac & Jmm) have risked far more and fought against bigger guys than floyd fought against.
@Rapid
Big difference, Cotto and DeLaHoys both were welterweights and had moved up to jr. middleweight when Mayweather fought them. Martinez walks around as a super middleweight and fights as a middleweight. Mayweather’s decision to fight at a weight class that he is comfortable with is no different than Pacquiao refusing to fight Cotto at a catchweight of 152 lbs. Hold both to the same standards.
because canelo would get smoked by floyd ,oscar knows it”
Who is left for Mayweather to face? He has been ducking Pacquiao all these years (STEROIDS, TESTS, MONEY, HEALTH).
He knows he made a financial mistake by not taking the Pacquiao fight.
Now Mayweather has to settle for Guerrero and Alvarez which he won’t get the same recognition compared to a victory against Pacquiao. He might even be forced to take on bigger challengers like Martinez.
Canelo is free to fight on May 4, Why is Floyd not fighting Canelo?
fok the pactards , pactards are stupid and frauds like his idol FRAUDQUIAO
Floydfan…So let me get it strait…. Floyd fought Oscar at 54… How many years ago? And he last fought Cotto at 54 right? Both those guys walk around at 165 plus. So why isn’t it okay for LiL Floyd to fight anyone else at 54? especially martinez since he would be coming down to 54 and would probably be weaker?? Help me out here man… cause I aint buying it!
don’t be afraid, Floyd, and man up for once! he’s only 22, for goodness sake!..you’re supposed to be the best pound for pound.
i know that he’s afraid of the fan base (of canelo) and would be disastrous for him (Floyd) if he lost on 5 de Mayo. everybody would be laughing at him, and he won’t risk that, so he’s facing guerrero, who has no big fan base.
this dude (floyd) really knows how to pick his fights, doesn’t he?
and to think he has some fans that actually buy through his bull.
This would be a worthy opponent if Floyd fought a few fights per year, and this was a semi-easy stay busy fight. But to consider this an interesting boxing spectacle worthy of pay per view money is ridiculous
the article ask’s if guerrero is a worthy opponent for mayweather. my answer is who is a worthy opponent for mayweather at welterweight? without getting a lucky punch or a robbery by the judges mayweather beats everyone at welterweight easily.
now people want mayweather to lose so bad that they want him to fight at 154 or 160 a weight that mayweather cannot carry. not to say he wont beat guys like canelo or martinez at a higher weight but that puts an advantage in favor of canelo and martinez. these guy’s walk around at 170 and mayweather walks around at 150.
it’s not like fighting margarito at 154 and pacquiao weighing 150
Guerrero does deserve a shot at the title, but people were thinking Floyed was the best ever so we wanted him to prove it. I guess Floyed can keep saying it!!!
Martinez willing to go down to 154, he would be weight drain so he is not too big for Floyed!!!
Tired of all yall cryin that marquez on steriods lol . Man he only LEVELED the playin field if he did do them!! Pac has been also accused of steroids !! He WONT TAKE BLOOD TEST HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pac has gotten KNOCKED out before ! Rustec nearly knocked pacs brain out ! Pac has been knocked on his ass MANY TIMES!! Pac kept walking into marquez fist !!!! Look at PAC/MARQUEZ fight 3 . LISTEN to what freddy roach tells PAC!! Roach HAS BEEN TELLIN PAC TO QUIT WALKING INTO MARQUEZ PUNCHES! . Eventually you gonna get KNOCKED OUT !
FLOYD IS GOING DOWN IN 2013. GOING DOWN BIG!!!
THE CURSE IS COMING TO HUNT HIM THIS YEAR.
If Guerrero hires Angel Heredia (the admitted Steroids dealer) to provide him with steroids to improve his endurance, power and speed, he may get the upset. GUERRERO + STEROIDS = WIN.
Guerrero, Marquez was taking Steroids and he won by a PEDS punch. You need steroids to get the same result! The steroids master Angel Heredia knows how to neutralize steroids so it won’t be detected.
Pacs Dumb Ass should of Takin the 40 MIL floyd offered him when floyd CALLED pac on pacs celly. (yall forgot floyd set the may 5th fight 2 fight pac before he got locked up!) But now pac got 20 mil (and still has to pay his bosses and promotors) and the worst knock out of the year. All pac had to do is say yes to the 40 mil ,take the blood test that floyd asked for and FIGHT. Now pac died for about a minute from a marquez counter punch and who knows if pac will ever be the same . Dont blame floyd , floyd offered Pac 40 mil!! but instead went for 20 mil and the worst knock out of 2012 lmao . REAL TALK
Also,
You’ll never guess who fathered Andre Ward?
A white man of european descent!!!
there go all the mongoloid pacroids opening their mouths without using their brains. Here is a guy ( guerro ) who has been a multiple world champion, moved up to welterweight & beaten 2 top welterweight contenders. One of those was unbeaten & the other is an ex welterweight world champion & only beaten once & they say he doesnt deserve a shot at floyd. They think manny resin snorting pacquio comming off of 2 defeats & his last defeat probably in the top 10 of worlds best ever knock outs does deserve a shot at him. See you idiots pac would do that, fight a guy who keeps losing where as mayweather fights them whilst they are winning. Now i know your tiny unused brains find it very difficult to understand that a winner is better than a loser. Guerros last defeat was in 2006. But it makes no difference what any of us think its what the people involved think but has guerro earned the right to fight mayweather yes most certainly
Folks, Floyd is beatable. He has lost his speed, skills, power, defense, etc. in his last several fights. His right shoulder roll(defending against southpaws) was so OPEN and POOR in the Cotto fight. He has been fighting flat-footed, etc.
If his opponent puts constant pressure (like PAC and Guerrero), Mayweather cannot fight. Why? Because he will get frustrated. Also, he can’t measure the distance to throw his right hand(his greatest weapon).
Again, Floyd is not that great.
The people who like boxing say Pac would beat floyd , The people who KNOW boxing will say floyd would Beat pac. The people who like boxing say floyd is ducking canelo and sergio. The people who KNOW boxing say Sergio to big in weight and canelo hasnt Fought any big names to DERSERVE the fight for floyd. If you KNOW boxing Ghost is NEXT in Line to Fight Floyd!!!!!!!!!!!!! Str8 from San Anto REAL TALK
Manny Pacquiao is a bum!!!
Have some respect for yourself and fight a WW opponent
PAC WILL COME BACK TO KICK MARQUEZ’S A.S.S. AND ANYONE THAT’S ON HIS WAY BEFORE HE RETIRES. MAYWEATHER WILL NOT STEP ON PAC’S PATH, BUT WILL STAND ON THE SIDEWALK WATCHING AND LET PAC WALK THROUGH.
Manny Pacquiao captured 10 titles and never changed weight classes. Every body cone up from the light weight divisions to fight at 147.
AND JUST LIST TO 2 LIGHTWEIGHTS. AND KNICKED THE FK IUT!
CLEAN THE FK OUT!!!
Manny Pacquiao is the true peoples champion.
Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer that has captured 10 world titles in 8 different divisions. And that’s unheard of until Pacquiao Time.
PAC IS THE MAN MAYWEATHER IS AFRAID OF. MAYWEATHER WILL NOT EVEN FIGHT PAC IN HIS NEXT LIFE.
@ironchin,
Smart comments! However, Floydiots and team Floyd won’t like your comments because Floyd is a true CHERRY PICKER. And who are willing to make Floyd richer? His dumb followers.
Guerrero will step up and take his much deserved azz whooping. I see Guerrero as the 44th victim.
44-0 BABY!!!
TO THE PEOPLE, MAYWEATHER IS NOT THE BEST P4P BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER FOUGHT THE BEST. ONLY THE AMERICAN MEDIA VOTED HIM THE BEST. HE MAYBE THE BEST COWARD, BUT NOT THE BEST BOXER.
Guerrero will have to use very heavy steroids like Marquez did (against Pacquiao) to help him with his power, stamina, chin, etc. With his body filled with steroids like Marquez, Guerrero can shift into 4th gear and get to a high-speed chase with nonstop throwing punches at Mayweather. THE NATURAL GUERRERO + STEROIDS MAY GET THE JOB DONE. Why? BECAUSE BY PUSHING MAYWEATHER ONTO THE ROPES WHILE THROWING PUNCHES FROM ALL ANGLES, MAYWEATHER BECOMES FRUSTRATED AND COULD GET KNOCKED OUT.
But wait, Mayweather will demand random blood testing, right? Well, well, well. You know what, the Steroids master and dealer Angel Heredia knows deep down into the steroids roots how and what to do to get steroids UNDETECTED. Heredia did that in the 1990s by providing steroids to over 40 Olympians and 26 of them won Olympic medals, and the Olympic Drug Testing Protocol could NOT detect any steroids for ALL the Olympians he gave steroids to. Also, Heredia just did that with Marquez in his 4th fight against the Great Manny Pacquiao, but the test went UNDETECTED, too.
I am sure Guerrero will hire Angel Heredia, behind the scene, to give steroids to him. Floyd, you will be in deep water because Guerrero will be coming into the ring armed with FULL STEROIDS.
people who want and to see Canelo fight Floyd, u should be asking why has Canelo not fought 1 ranked guy at 154 before the thinks he could call out floyd. Floyd has fought guys that are coming up to 147 froma lower division but floyd fought at there division before and came up in weight also from lower divisions,, Canelo has not even made a name for himslef at 154 he has not fought 1 ranked guy at 154 so why would you think he deserves to fight floyd, just cause mexican fans have been fooled to think he is a great star without proving it, and then people say well he has a big fan base and has alot of fans in mexico, but in mexico they dont buy PPV they get fights free with cable on azteca tv, and if he had so much fans in the US willing to buy his PPV then why is he not headling his own fights why is he still and undercard, he has not sold PPV all that hype about his big fan base iss all hype from GBP, if he was that followed he would be headlining PPV fights not being an undercard.. he does not even want to fight Trout who just beat Cotto and wants floyd instead, he wants the big payday before he gets exposed by a real 154 pounder,, they may have some fooled but i see right through all that hype
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Withthe layoff this fight is a nice tune up bout. And being that both fighters have belts, make the fight worthy. We seen Pacman fight JMM for money, were as FMJ is fighting a WW champion after winning a LMW championship. And let us not forget that FMJ was in jail for 60 plus days with not true training or full workout as he been doing his whole career. So this fight will get him back into the swing of things of working out, and get his skills back on pace. Now as far as the other possible fights, Alvarez should fight Trout and the winner there could be the next fight for FMJ LMW title in Sept. And Martinez can join the show if he want the LMW title too. It is all about timing, and fan base of what the fans want. And the simple choice of the promoters to make it happen. If FMJ can make a deal with GBP he can offer the samething to TR if both FMJ and ARUM can work that way. But that is were the problem is for that. But the 14 day cutoff, the lawsuit, the cut to heal, the repeating of wanting to fight, and will take test, and wanting less money. All that to me is the person not looking to fight FMJ. Now I know some of that is partly Arum doing. but resigning was all Pacman’s doing, and i think it was the most foolish thing he has done sense the the two times he missed the mega fight, and the lawsuit. Pacman could have been TP’s version of FMJ. But he stuck with them .
HELL NO …ALL WORK IS EASY WORK… MONEY TEAM
Guerrero has earned it
guerrero deserves it period , now that he fighting floyd he is a ”bum” but if he was facing fraudquiao he wasn’t this is the same over and over
P4P KING = MAYWEATHER
Guerrero has earned that shot with Floyd. I once tweeted saying that Guerrero deserves that money based on the personal battles hes faced with his wife and her fight with cancer. Guerrero himself corrected me and said its not about the payday, its about earning the right to face the best. Guerrero in my opinion has earned that shot with his last two opponents in the welterwieght division. No one was jumping at the opportunity to fight Aydin and his demolishing of a hungry Berto ready to get back in the game was impeccable. Canelo has to fight a legitimate opponent before he should even be mentioned to face Floyd. Now that fight is all about the money and not the competition. I think Canelo is good, but he needs to prove that, and he has not.
Floyd and Martinez could fight at 154ish and Floyd has even said as much…Google it. I think Floyd would still win that fight…
guerrero deserves it more than alvarez he’s fought his way to earn thisfight dont tink he has a chance but theres no one out there really that poses as a big threat to mayweather. floyd wins by UD and fights alvarez in sep knocking him down a peg or two alvarez will be found out and wont b able to deal with how quik mayweather is again floyd wins by UD.
The Ghost earned the fight. Alvarez is everything that’s wrong with boxing.
despite me being a big Guererro fan, he sadly will not have enough when he gets into the ring with floyd. Floyd will never take a risky fight or even a 50/50 fight, I dont think there is anyone at 147 who can even trouble floyd. @154 its a totally different story but I do not think that floyd belongs at that weight as he walks around at 150 in between fights
I’m not even worthy as the no.1 P4P cherry pic – king or the no.1 P4P duc – king! I cherry picked Guerrero for my easy win again..
Floyd is the best. So who is a worthy opponent? The Pacquiao myth is just that we all know now. Juan Marquez who? It does not matter who he fights he will be critsised.
Guerrero has obviuosly made his way into the mind of Floyd. Is he a worthy opponent? Why wouldn’t he be? I think floyd thinks that the Ghost is going to be an easy opponent that’s why camp Mayweather is picking him. But I believe they’re in for a surprise. Other champions have called out Floyd (Martinez, Pac) but he knows what the risks are in fighting them. Ghost calls him out, he (May) responds. Why? Because he believes he can beat him, and beat him easily. THERE IS ONE GREAT ELEMENT THAT SPEPARATES FLOYD AND PAC, AND THAT’S HEART! TWO GREAT FIGHTERS BUT PAC HAS MORE HEART AND THAT THE HEART OF A CHAMPION. Floyd’s god is money. Well, he’s going to bow to his god one of these days and find himself asleep on the canvas.
@ben gurion hahaha filipino tears taste so sweet. must be all the ube
@Anonymous I think Guererro is a harder fight and a better challenge than the spoon fed and heavily flawed Canelo but you are right about Canelo having both the name and fan base behind him so I think he should fight Trout on the undercard for the opportunity to fight Floyd. If Canelo faces and defeats Trout on the undercard I feel he can then be seen as worthy of a fight with Floyd.
everybody floyd fights is worthy just cause he dominatesthem doesn’t mean they arenot. It means he’s the best 43-0. And all 43. Were real fighters give the champ some credit
Ghost a beast! I garentee you that ghost will
train like a madman and will destroy Floyd.
It’s on!
If floyd wants a bigger payday he should be fight alvarez who has a bigger mexican fan base than guerrero. The mexican fans don’t even really care for guerrero. Alvarez has the whole country for him so if floyd wants the bigger name and bigger money he should fight alvarez not guerrero.
It’s ok for Floyd to make other fighters move up to face him but it’s a disadvantage if Floyd move up to 154 to face Martinez! What has boxing come to? That’s what made boxing what it is! The best of all times has move up to face bigger guys! Roy Jones move up to Heavy weight, he wore (193lbs on fight night)! Manny has been fighting bigger guys since moving to WW) Martinez was out weighted by Chavez Jr by 20-30lbs! Excuses, Excuses! Floyd is great but not all time great!
@Duke Forget about Canelo vs Cotto on the undercard anyone who knows boxing doesnt want to watch Canelo feast on Floyd & Trouts slops.
Floyd in previous fights has been facing guys moving up in weight (Hatton, Marquez) so why is a disadvantage for Floyd to move up one weight class(154) which he has already fought at before. Floyd is bigger than what you think. He made Marquez look like a midget! He was bigger than Cotto on fight night! He was bigger than Ortiz! He will be much bigger than Guerrero on fight night! Stop making up excusing for Floyd not to face Martinez.
they should just put canelo-cotto right before floyd-guerrero and no other fight. but i have a feeling canelo is gonna get another floyd retread in victor ortiz.
Let me preface with if you think floyd lost to cotto, stfu and never watch boing again. You’re only hurting the sport.
That said, theres only 2 fights at floyds weight which make sense. Ghost and Bradley. Obviously bradley is with Top Rank so that leaves only Ghost (although I’d like to see bradley fight floyd at some point too).
Aside from that you have 3 other potential fights for floyd. Sure, they are all probably more difficult than bradley/ghost, but thats only because they would have to take place with floyd at a severe weight disadvantage. Those fights being canelo, sergio, and GGG. GGG isn’t nearly a big enough name to meet the risk/reward criteria. Sergio, while being a name, isn’t a big enough payday nonetheless for the risk, which only leaves canelo. But again those fights are only more interesting due to the size mismatch.
@Alucard I dont know how anyone in their right mind could of had that fight even slightly close Cotto tasted so much leather and even a slower version of mayweather continued to completely bamboozle cotto. As for Margarito he should not be mentioned in any form his whole career was a complete handwrapped cover up.
look at that fight again, Ringmaster, Cotto owned him at the first part of the fight, forget about that lederman card, it’s absolutely stupid.
and he continued to push the fight on him, and connected way more punches than i expected, and that’s why his nose (mayweather’s) never stopped bleeding, because he kept connecting him round after round on the face.
all floyd could do was throw little bursts that somehow impressed the judges, but it didn’t impress me.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE RING. ONE BIG PUNCH WILL CHANGE THE STRATEGY OF THE OTHER PARTY.
Trinidad, Deserving is one thing but challenging is another thing. This fight will not at to Floyd’s legacy because we already know he will easily beat Guerrero. Floyd needs to fight the types of fighters that will add to his legacy such ans Martinez & Canelo at 154. Remember Canelo easily destroyed Lopez who beat Ortiz who beat Berto. Canelo is 4 levels above lopez, 5 levels above Ortiz, and 6 levels above Berto. Martinez is even higher than Canelo. We want to see Floyd challenged. Is that too much to ask for.
@Alucard Margarito was always too easy to beat for Mayweather he would of got absolutely annihilated with or without his cheating handwraps, FMJ likes a challenge not a walking punching bag like Margarito , or a coward who runs away from the prospect of a RBT. I also dont see how you saw the cotto fight as a draw FMJ completely owned cotto and only got a bloody nose when he went inside because he got really bored of completely dominating cotto on the outside. Time to buy some glasses and some new perspectives.
yes he does deserve it. he is right now a top rated welterweight and has a belt and just detstroyed a guy who’s been a welterweight talent for years. guerrero’s success has gotten him to where he is at now, moving up beaten ppl. no one deserves it more than him. to say he is blown up is a joke bc he just won 2 fight against good opponents so it shows how good he really is. he belongs in this division and will be in it years to come and fight alot of good boxers. but even though he deserves it doenst mean he has a chance to win against mayweather in my opinion.
All you have to do is take a poll and provide three fighters that boxing fans want to see floyd against: 1) Martinez, 2) Canelo, 3) Guerrero I bet bet you the answer will be Choice 1, and 2 as runner up. There is a reason why most boxing fans want to see those fights because they will pose as a serious challenge to Floyd. Yes Guerrero is deserving but he is not a challenge. We as boxing fans want to see the best challenged.
First off, yes he is! And he is going to I’ve Floyd hell on fight night, Floyd needs to look at the tape and see that Robert will grab and hold his outward arm and try to punish the body like he did with berto. I dont think anyone has thought of doing that. As of skill alone like I said Carmen bassillo should have never beat sugar ray Robinson….but he did, and it wasn’t by matching skill, everyone tries that and looses, Robert is going to negate the speed by holding that arm and swinging over, it’s harder to roll with the impact (ask berto) last, who else is there? Canelo? Flat footed predictable. Manny? Never. Uncle bob will see to that, Martinez? Way to big. Trout? Not famous at all, skills….good enough to use his youth and cause
Floyd fits, don’t see that happening. Kahn?…..please no! With manny out of the picture there aren’t that many options
@The voice of boxing : Guerrero is far more deserving than Daniel Geale and besides Geale needs to defeat Anthony Mundine on the 31st of january so he cant even be considered as a Mayweather opponent until he gets past the only man to defeat him when they fight on the 31st .
there was money in fighting Margarito, floyd decided not to take the risk, that’s enough of an answer for me, Pugilistic_Professor.
but look at it this way, margarito (post Mosley) was able to catch manny pacquiao in the ribs in the 6th round, and manny pacquiao said he actually hurt him and was lucky to get out of it.
i’m sure mayweather, being the smart guy that he is, knew it would happen to him too, and avoided him, plain and simple.
Let me explain in details. Pac, JMM, and Guerrero have won fights we would have never thought they could of. I cannot say the same about floyd because he is always at an advantage. Floyd needs the type of opponent where the chips are stacked against him such as Martinez or Canelo, but he will not fight those type of fights. When will floyd fight an opponent where he will not be favored to win? Its the unthinkable that makes boxing so great. It was unthinkable for Guerrero to beat Berto but he did, it was unthinkable for JMM and Pac to come from such low weight classes (smaller than Floyd) and do what they have been doing today. I never ever thought Pac would ever fight the likes of Margarito, DLH, etc cause he was just too small. Floyd came from lower div but he has the reach and height unlike Pac and JMM thus more is expected of him. Same with Nonito as he has the reach and height to dominate more higher divisions.
Floyd is going to take Guerrero apart! Floyd should fight IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale. And then Arthur Abraham at 168. After that he should call out one of the Klitschkos sisters.
Floyd can beat them ALL!
Ortiz has never truly beaten any big names except Berto. Guerrero just beat Berto. The question is was Berto really that good or overhyped? I believe Bert was always overrated and it shows now. Remember Maidana koed Ortiz and we all know he is a one dimensional brawler who has not been impressive against boxers and lost to Khan. Floyd and his fans are very subjective in measuring resume. The true boxing fans know where the real challenge is at. Martinez or Canelo. Remember Canelo easily beat the man that beat Ortiz, and Ortiz beat Berto. So for Guerrero beating Bert to me that is not saying much but for what he has accomplished by moving up he is deserving of a money fight which will not help floyd’s legacy.
Q: Is Robert Guerrero a worthy opponent for Floyd Mayweather, Jr ?
A: Yes he is but Floyd is better than any of them
This article is why boxing rules over MMA! It was a cool article & I give credit where credit is due! Because it has sparked a debate!
Floyd Mayweather is a living legend hall of fame fighter! Won world champions of lots of eras, different weight classes & seen it all!
Robert The Ghost Gurerro has also had his fair share of success!
Is Robert a worthy opponent!? Hell yeah!
Otherwise Floyd would not have chose him! Floyd knows that the Ghost is a serious threat, due to the string of performances & the fact that he has also moved up in weight & still winning.
The Ghost & Floyd both are adaptable, gritty & solid individuals & I really rate both as boxer/fighters.
This should make for an interesting fight, due to the nature of styles but more importantly on each characters attitude for success & glory!
At the end of the day no human knows who will win as each fight is about lil inches & luck mixed with skill & hard work!
If Floyd wins but its close, we will see a rematch! If Floyd wins & its a white wash end of! But if Gurrero wins, we will see a trilogy & some of the best boxing in modern times!
Looking forward to the future of boxing in 2013!
Clinton aka C1TheGoodFella
Twitter: @C1TheGoodFella
LOL @Alucard. Margarito couldn’t land on Floyd with four arms.
mayweather didn’t school nobody (that fight should have been a draw), he couldn’t, he was slow and took so many punches and was never able to stop cotto from coming at him. now i understand why he never faced margarito (when he was the welterweight champion, he knew he’d be broken.
Floyd himself is a blown-up lightweight. When will people realize this? And if you’re looking for an opponent that the boxing world as a whole thinks has a chance to defeat Floyd, don’t hold your breath. It will not happen for a few more years. Not much at WW right now for Floyd. JMM again? Pacman off loss? I think not. Bradley only other viable option and guess what, he’s a top rank fighter which means theres no chance. If Floyd want to defend at WW, Guerrero is mandatory and pretty much the best option available. Without mentioning Canelo who is obviously the September target and Martinez who is busy through 2014, please tell me a better option.
Guerrero has got a lot, but still not enough to beat Mayweather.
I see Mayweather as loosing a step or two, and Guerrero as gaining
a step or two, but still, I see Floyd as winning this one, not like
he would have in the past, but still winning, for now.
he is not worthy or does he deserve it /but put him in the ring /tell him no dirty tactics because he is dirty he held berto many of times but you didnt mention that in the article and berto must blame hisself for trying to use the shoulder roll wicth is not his style so really is you look at it wright guerero got it handed to him really /go ahead put him in with floyd let him get his lesson and move on
Worthy, well lets put it this way he’s no big hitter and a little blown up imo for PBF. Some might say, easy pickings for PBF. *cough *cough me too. Then again how do you define worthy.
Another one in the bag for PBF making his record look really impressive, because at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about is it not? ;-)
Well i guess you have to define the word worthy in this question. Is it worthy as in interesting, has many followers, skillful or all of the above? What fighter is “worthy” to have a top pay day?
Everyone doubted Guerrero to beat Aydin because he had been in a 12 – 14 month layoff and because he was coming up two weight classes but he beat him, not impressively but it was a legitimate win.
Then when he was to face Berto, no one gave him a chance including myself but he have him a beating and he showed that he can definitely take a punch.
The thing is that a boxer can adapt to the challenge that is in front of him. You have to be smart simply having skill or being able to be a brawler won’t cut it.
Yes, Guerrero is a worthy opponent for Mayweather. Guerrero said he wanted it and he has fought his way to the possibility. Nothing has been given to Guerrero.
guerrero is the best welter out there other than marquez. we all know how marquez-floyd goes down. guerrero is a more quality opponent than canelo. canelo hasn’t fought a top ten 154 fighter yet. and it looks like that’s not gonna change in may on the floyd-guerrero undercard. floyd should tell canelo that if he wants floyd in september, he needs to fight a legit 154 threat to warrant a superfight.
@Boxingfreak
Every generation of boxers is becoming less exciting and more fragile!
Boxing;s glory days will only return when the coruption stops!
first of all Mr. Just saying what fight were you watchin cottos cotton a never had a chance against mayweather and Roberts ass will get handed to him when the time comes just face it mayweathers goin to retire undefeated simple as that
You can’t underestimate the hungerness of a young and in his prime fighter.
I think so.. and this is why..the hungerness of a young fighter..Just look at Austin Trout last December. No one took him serious and he nearly had a shut out against Cotto. And this was the same Cotto that took Floyd into deep waters in May. I even believe that Victor Ortiz was giving Floyd a fit before he was knocked out. I’m telling you 2013 will be the new generation of boxers emerging. You can underestimate the hungerness of a young and in his prime fighter.
This is just another one of mayweathers hand picked fights. Of all the fights he could have picked why did he pick this guy.
NO – its time for Mayweather to stand up and fight the likes of Martize or Pacquio – these are the only two fights people want to see Mayweather in. mayweather almost lost to Cotto – so we all know that is not gonna happen
well , floyd wont fight martinez and never wanted to fight pac, so ya i guess guerrero is worth it who else is there?
@ DC AL FEEL YOU ON THAT ONE
I don’t think you did a good job of answering your own question. I don’t think Guerero is worthy but what makes someone worthy. Floyd makes that decision so my opinion has never counted. Guerero would be the second blown up fighter to beat Berto that gets the opportunity to fight Floyd. does that mean Berto was on the path to fight Floyd? I don’t think so. So why are Guerero and Ortiz worthy?
No, he cannot hold a candle to Floyd. Yes, he has earned the chance. Advantage, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.