By Dave Lahr: Why is Manny Pacquiao suddenly fighting all of Floyd Mayweather’s leftovers? First it was Ricky Hatton after Mayweather had beaten the taste out of his mouth in 2007, and now it’s Shane Mosley, who Mayweather easily beat this year by a horribly one-sided fight. Doesn’t Bob Arum have any other ideas for his fighter than to put him in with guys that Mayweather badly schooled in the past? Mayweather does a number on these guys and they don’t look the same afterwards.
And then Pacquiao comes along and fights them and basically picks up what’s left of them after Mayweather’s masterful performances. And when Pacquiao isn’t fighting Mayweather’s leftovers, he’s fighting guys that nobody wants to see him against, like Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito. Do you honestly think Mayweather would waste his time against either of those guys? I’d love to be a fly on the wall to hear a conversation between Mayweather and his promoter if he were to mention those guys as possible opponents for him.
I think it would be short conversation with either one or two words and that would be it. Mayweather has a nose for picking out guys at the top of their games. Unfortunately, they don’t stay that way afterwards. Why doesn’t Pacquiao set a new trail and forget about Mayweather’s leftovers and take a risky fight by going after WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or maybe Timothy Bradley? I’d even settle for Paul Williams right now. Anyone but Mosley.
I’m sure Pacquiao and Arum could convince Martinez to melt down to some strength draining catch weight if they waived enough money in front of Martinez’s snoot. As long as it’s not some rediculous catch weight number like 142, I’m sure he’d take the fight if he’s given enough money. At least Pacquiao would be fighting someone that boxing fans want to see him against. Heck, I can’t remember the last opponent that Pacquiao fought that anyone really cared about other than his diehard fans. The Miguel Cotto fight was seen as a mismatch ahead of time because Cotto had been pulverized already by Margarito and had barely survived Clottey.
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