Mayweather no longer needs Pacquiao; De La Hoya and Ortiz rematches are beckoning for Money May

By Boxing News - 09/28/2011 - Comments

Image: Mayweather no longer needs Pacquiao; De La Hoya and Ortiz rematches are beckoning for Money MayBy Chris Williams: It’s too bad Manny Pacquiao didn’t agree to the random blood testing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted last year because Pacquiao would have faced Mayweather instead of the like of Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

Now it looks like Pacquiao has blown his chance to get Money May in the ring, because Mayweather has the options of fighting rematches against Oscar De La Hoya and Victor Ortiz if he wants them. Those fights will bring Mayweather as much as $90 million or possibly even more than that. And after Mayweather gets through with them, he can take on Amir Khan.

Hopefully, Khan is better known among casual boxing fans in the U.S. by then, because right now only hardcore boxing fans know of him in the U.S. But Pacquiao isn’t really needed anymore by Mayweather for him to get a big payday. It would be nice for Mayweather to fight the Filipino fighter and add his scalp to Mayweather’s resume, but if Pacquiao isn’t willing to stay in the U.S so that he can be tested by the USADA, then what’s the point? If Pacquiao wanted the fight, he’d stay in the U.S, wouldn’t he?

On Tuesday, De La Hoya said that if Mayweather gives Ortiz a rematch, De La Hoya might fight him. De La Hoya is using himself as bait in order to get Mayweather to take a rematch that he doesn’t really want with Ortiz. Although Mayweather did say yesterday that he would fight Ortiz again if he takes on and beats Andre Berto in a rematch. However, De La Hoya has something more immediate in mind. He doesn’t want Ortiz to have to wait to get another crack at Mayweather. And the only way to ensure that Mayweather fights this bout is for De La Hoya to make a deal with Mayweather by sacrificing himself.



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