By Trevor Cromwell: So Floyd Mayweather remains undefeated at 41-0. Congrats to him on a dominating win, but the sport of boxing still continues. With a little more than one week after his victory, many wonder what next steps he will be taking. There’s no need to name the obvious one (a fight with Manny Pacquiao) but he has a few other interesting choices. During the post fight conference of his bout with Sugar Shane a reporter asks “Since Pacquiao will never take the test, there‘s a guy at 160 a middle weight, Sergio Martinez, that matches up pretty good with you, would you like to put the middleweight championship with your career?” Mayweather replied by saying “Yes I’ve considered it, It’s possible it’s possible.”
To imagine Mayweather going up to middleweight class is very exciting. It would not only yet again cement his legacy as one of the greatest to ever step into the ring. Not to mention again shut up many critics who love to talk about him ducking and dodging good opponents. But bring on a whole new list of fighters that are eager to get a crack at Money Mayweather himself. A fight with Paul Williams has been heavily talked about, and other fighters like Cory Spinks come to mind. It would be a whole new test for the pound-for-pound boxing champ of the world, but a test I believe he can take on.
At this point in time, I see no need for anyone to criticize Floyd Mayweather in anyway. After so decisively beating an opponent that had the best chance of beating him 10 rounds to 2, and considering moving up another weight class after already moving up 5 who can’t give him the credit he deserves? I don’t see why Manny won’t take the Olympic style test. If he indeed is clean, he needs to ask himself if not bending to Mayweathers rules is more important then truly claiming your spot as the pound-for-pound best in boxing and being the first person to defeat Floyd Mayweather JR. Either way Floyd has more than a few options to take to once more prove himself. The only option I believe that is out of the question at this point, is retirement.
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