The fact of the matter is Floyd Mayweather Jr. IS the biggest name in boxing currently. It’s an unproven Possibility that Floyd Mayweather has very few credible fights before he hangs up the gloves in September 2015. Mayweather has 2 dates and 2 fights scheduled for 2014 – May 3rd and September 14.
Fans around the world are eagerly waiting to hear the announcement of who will stand ready to face the biggest challenge of their career when they stand on the opposite side of the ring waiting to execute their game plan when the bell sounds and they step up and square off against Floyd Mayweather.
Yet something is off. 2014 has started differently for some reason. Fans are not building up the fighters being dangled as “the one” to beat Mayweather anymore. Amir Khan is a laughable, no credit fight? Danny Garcia; well he’s not ready after beating Khan, Zab Judah, and Lucas Matthysse. WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is too big for some, and too green for others? Manny Pacquiao, the only fighter that many believe will give Floyd his first loss, but Floyd is acting scared. Pacquiao’s with HBO, he has tax issues, he has a boss and the lists goes on and on. It’s a big list.
Floyd Mayweather may very well be out of options. Should he face Pacquiao and win, the excuses will be that the fight was too late, Pacquiao was old and a whole bunch of oversights, fan-idiocies and excuses will take place.
Should Mayweather face GGG and beat him, then GGG was drained, he was too green, things weren’t translated in English so he didn’t know/understand, and all kinds of excuses will take place.
Should Mayweaher face Danny Garcia and beat him, then the excuses will be that Garcia fights at 140lbs, he wasn’t ready, Garcia and his dad had too much respect for Floyd, Garcia threw the fight and all kinds of excuses will take place.
Should Mayweather face Amir Khan and beat him, then the excuses will be that Breidis Prescott, Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia already beat Khan before. If the Mayweather-Khan fight lasts 12 rounds, then Mayweather hits like a girl and he couldn’t put him away like a real puncher could.
With the exception of Pacquiao, no one has said that these fighters will beat Floyd or that he cannot compete with them. It’s quite the opposite.
The Khan fight has JOKE labeled all over it on forums from and the stories of writers. Financially it may appear as a good business decision for Mayweather, but like the Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight in Macao, China, the business minds are ignoring the fans. There’s a PPV boycott movement starting and its gaining momentum. A Mayweather vs. Khan fight will WILL NOT do the numbers everyone thinks it will because it seems that fans are finally looking to fight back and say enough is enough.
GGG is secured to fight this year. Pacquiao is secured to fight; we found that out during his fight with Rios. Garcia looks to be fighting in March, and that leaves Khan. Khan who hasn’t fought in 8 months (it will be longer if the fight is made), who hasn’t fought at 147lbs, who everyone that backs him says he has speed to trouble Mayweather, yet ignore that Julio Diaz figured out how to neutralize that speed with timing.
Mayweather’s haters think his joke fight against Khan should be boycotted. Can you blame them? So if Mayweather doesn’t fight Khan, then who does he fight? Is it Marcos Maidana or Bernard Hopksin?
The challenges that lay ahead for Mayweather and his team are enormous. After May 3rd, then who in the world can he fight to add to his legacy south of 154lbs?
I believe after May 3rd, Mayweather’s lackluster PPV numbers will force a boxing change in 2014, a change that will make today’s boxing more like the golden years where the best fought No matter what. People are speaking. People have spoken.
Floyd Mayweather has a select list of opponents south of 154lbs that people believe can beat him.
The unproven possibility is that Floyd Mayweather moves up and take on opponents no one ever dreamed and goes down as the best of all time. We shall see.
Here’s to the sport we love! Cheers.
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