Mayweather in a tough situation

By Mohamed Horomtallah - 12/20/2014 - Comments

floyd688By Mohamed Horomtallah: I feel a great deal of sympathy for Floyd Mayweather. I really do. His current situation reminds me of that of a fugitive trapped inside a house with no way of escaping.

Manny Pacquiao is knocking on the door, Amir Khan is trying force the window and Canelo Alvarez is blocking the escape route. This is a stressful situation for Mayweather and I believe his best move is to go into protective custody and disappear through the witness protection program.

Mayweather should find a way to retire by blaming Pacquiao for the fight that the world awaits not taking place and we, as fans, should forgive him for it and celebrate his remarkable career.

Facing Pacquiao on May 2nd is huge risk to Mayweather’s legacy because a loss to the Filipino will erase everything he has worked so hard to accomplish. Think about it. Should Mayweather suffer his first loss at the hands of Pacquiao what would you think? That he knew all along that The Filipino would beat him and thus was avoiding him for all these years? Absolutely! You and the rest of the world!
Now what would happen if Pacquiao knocks out Mayweather? That would have a devastating effect on Mayweather and he might just never recover from it because Floyd built his persona through confidence and arrogance going as far as referring to himself as TBE, The Best Ever. Well, if The Best Ever gets knocked out by the one fighter that everybody though would beat him then that title would sound ridiculous and Mayweather would be a laughing stock and his legacy would become meaningless forever. The only thing the fans will remember is him getting knocked out by Pacquiao.

Make no mistake about it, should the mega fight take place, expect the best Pacquiao ever to show up. His preparation, his concentration and his will to win will be unprecedented. Expect a warrior, a beast to step inside the ring. Expect a fighter fueled by years of frustration and ready to die inside the ring. Expect mayhem.

Should Floyd Mayweather not face Manny Pacquiao next for whatever reason, he will lose his king of pay-per-view status. He made the May and September dates his own. It is an unwritten rule that those two dates belong Money May, Cinco de Mayweather, May-per-view and that no one dares to fight on those dates.

However, there is this one guy, a young and proud Mexican warrior that goes by the name of Saul Canelo Alvarez and he is out to take those dates from Mayweather. How big of a blow would that be to Floyd’s huge ego? Enormous. Huge. The only way Mayweather can keep the Cinco de Mayo date is by facing Pacquiao. Other than that, Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto will be the only party in town come May 2nd. Not only that but Canelo will likely fight Gennady Golovkin to further secure the September 13th date, thus kicking Mayweather out of both of his trademarks dates.

Should Mayweather not fight Pacquiao, Amir Khan is waiting around the corner and he is bad news as well. Floyd is not in a hurry to fight him either which explains his recent comment about the Bolton native when he said that his name holds no weight. That statement is probably false because Khan is certainly a much bigger name than past Mayweather opponents like Victor Ortiz, Robert Guerrero and Marcos Maidana. Khan brings the UK fans as well as Asian fans to the table and a fight with Mayweather will sell out the MGM grand in hours due the huge number of British fans coming to Las Vegas for the bout. Khan also brings two major networks to the table, Sky Sports and BeIN Sports, and a great deal of anticipation due to his excellent performance against Alexander. Critics and boxing analysts all agree that Khan is a different, wiser and stronger fighter at 147. They all praise Virgil Hunter for this new version of Khan.

The British fighter had trouble in the past not because of his chin, contrary to popular believe, but rather because his chin was there to be hit, because he stood in front of his opponents and traded when hurt. With Hunter continuously correcting that and improving his ring IQ, Khan is a force at 147. Mayweather does not have the power to hurt him and like Paulie Malignaggi, who knows a thing or two about boxing, said, it’s impossible to win rounds against Khan. Mayweather, who has been living on unanimous decisions knows it and that’s why he’ll stay away from Khan.

If not Pacquiao or Khan, then who else for Mayweather?

Danny Garcia? His biggest win was against Khan. It put him on the map but it was a gift from Khan due to the fact that he was schooling him but got reckless and cocky and allowed Garcia to connect that well timed/lucky (depending on how you look at it) left hook and trading while being hurt after beating the count. After that, Garcia went on to rematch a weak and washed out Erik Morales, struggled against a way past his prime Zab Judah, barely surviving the last rounds, fought dirty and constantly fouled Mathysse and unofficially lost to Herrera. Nothing impressive there and hardly pay-per-view material.

Kell Brook? No fan base and only one descent win on his resume against an over hyper Shawn Porter. That fight would be boring for the constant holding and running that would inevitably take place.

Keith Thurman? His last fight had the crowd booing well after the final bell. Thurman who marketed himself as a knock out artist showed his limits and the fact that he will not engage if he feels his opponent’s power. He has no fan base and his stock just plummeted. Not worthy.

Tim Bradley? After a loss, actually two, to Manny Pacquiao and a draw, the public is not exactly looking forward to seeing him inside a ring with Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather has only two options. Amir Khan or Manny Pacquiao. That’s a bad option and a worst option. In addition to that, Canelo is looking at him with an eviction notice and all this might end up being too much to handle for him. That’s why I believe Floyd Mayweather should RIP. Retire in peace and keep his perfect record along with his considerable earnings. We, as fans, should find it in our heart to forgive him and give him a pass. After all, it’s the season of giving…



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