By Jason Kim: With all the issues going on in Floyd Mayweather’s life in the past few months, I think it would be strongly advisable for him to take not just one but at least two fights before he even considers getting in the ring with Manny Pacquiao.
The reason is I think that a lot of boxing fans are fed up with Mayweather and his inability to line up a fight with Pacquiao. It’s not all Mayweather’s fault, of course, but a lot of it is because of his insistence on Pacquiao taking random blood tests before he’d agree to fight him.
Sure, Mayweather can go ahead and fight Pacquiao in his next fight whenever that is, but I no longer think the fight will be anything like it would have been because of Mayweather’s reluctance to get in the ring and take on Pacquiao. I think a lot of fans were willing to give Mayweather the benefit of the doubt that he wasn’t afraid to fight Pacquiao, but I think the way Mayweather has seemed a little off late that it appears he is afraid of Pacquiao.
Even many Mayweather’s supporters are now seeing him as afraid of Pacquiao. And because of this, I think needs to redeem himself by taking on the best fighters he can, guys like Andre Berto, Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez. Unfortunately, those are guys that Mayweather probably won’t be fighting.
If I was to predict a fighter that he could end up fighting next, I’d say Amir Khan. That would be a safe choice for him, because Khan hasn’t even proven he’s the best light welterweight and would be a near suicidal fight for him to agree to take on a guy like Mayweather at this point in his career.
But I bet that’s who Mayweather will fight next. I don’t see that fight being enough to make up for him not fighting Pacquiao. It’s too bad because I don’t think their fight will be anywhere near as popular as it would have been had Mayweather fought Pacquiao at the beginning of this year. Now, I think it’s almost too late. It’s still the best fight out there for either of these guys, but not the fight it would been.
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