By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) says he’s not sure which direction he’ll be going in for his next fight – whether to give Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) a rematch or go after someone else.
One fighter that Mayweather probably won’t be fighting next if Manny Pacquiao, because when his name was brought up at the postfight press conference on Saturday night, Mayweather didn’t sound all that interested in making the fight at this time, saying “If you’re the best take the test…I’m tired of everyone saying Floyd is ducking and dodging.”
It doesn’t matter now if Mayweather takes on Pacquiao or not. He’s making huge money no matter who he faces. Mayweather will make between $25 million to $40 million for the Ortiz fight. He’ll obviously get a lot more for a fight against Pacquiao, but that fight can’t happen as long as Pacquiao is resistant to training in the United States so that he can be tested by the USADA.
That’s something Pacquiao will probably never do, so it’s kind of pointless to bring his name anymore. If he wanted the fight with Mayweather, he’d stay in the U.S and take the tests like Mayweather is asking. Since he won’t be doing that, he’s not on Mayweather’s radar screen. Pacquiao is lucky he wasn’t in there with Mayweather last Saturday night because I think Mayweather would have whipped him easier than he did Ortiz. We saw how much better Mayweather was compared to Ortiz, and Ortiz reportedly gave Pacquiao fits while sparring. Let’s face, Mayweather is the best fighter on the planet right now bar none and a small fighter like Pacquiao would be too easy for Mayweather.
Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter for Ortiz, wants to set up a rematch between Ortiz and Mayweather, making this remark on his twitter: “Bad sportsmanship by Mayweather. Ortiz was just warming up. A young lion. Does not deserve to go out like this and I will fight for Ortiz to have a rematch.”
The way that Mayweather was talking about Ortiz at the post fight press conference, I don’t think he’s going to fight Ortiz again. Mayweather seemed not too excited when someone asked him about a rematch with Ortiz, like he’s been there and done that already. One fighter that Mayweather did seem interested in is Amir Khan, the IBF/WBA light welterweight champion. I think he may be next up for Mayweather unless Khan feels he needs more time to get accustomed to fighting in the welterweight division before taking on Mayweather.
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