Ok, enough BS, Time to discuss Floyd vs Shane at 147lbs

If a rematch isn't made, who should Floyd fight?

Would you prefer to see him fight his 154 mandatory which is Vernon Forrest?

If he wants to keep his 147 belt, his mandatory is Shane.

Lastly, the winner of Zab vs Cotto is already slated to fight the winner of Margarito-Williams.

Where have you been the last few months? :dunno:

 

I would love to see Mayweather and Mosley fight. Unfortunately, there is too much money in a rematch with Mayweather and De La Hoya and that's the likely bout.

One thing I wonder though, is when they will fight. Oscar likes to fight on the May and September Mexican holidays. Oscar usually takes some time off after a loss (9 months after both Mosley fights, 20 months after Hopkins) and hasn't been the most active fighter anyway. If not in four months, then the rematch is likely for next Cinco De Mayo. Will Mayweather sit around for a year (his "retirement")?? Oscar won't allow Mosley to fight Mayweather on his September PPV date which could ruin the next megafight between PBF and Oscar.

 

If Shane wants to enforce that mandatory would he be willing to accept 25%?

 

After Dela vs Floyd. I am pretty certain Floyd would lose to Mosley. Mosley will press the action like Oscar did, but he's faster and he will not run out of gas mid fight. Floyd will have to work his ass off to beat Mosley.

 

Agreed! Floyd will have to let his hands go to win this fight and that will give Mosley opportunities to land some bombs! Floyd cant and wont hurt Mosley.

 

If a rematch isn't made, Floyd should stay inactive/retired until someone proves himself to be a worthy challange. WE KNOW that Shane would be a stiff challenge...but Objectively..Shane has done very little in the last couple of years to deserve a fight with Floyd.

You see...after beating Oscar...it'll be very difficult for Floyd to "get up" for anyone. How can you follow a victory over Oscar at 154lbs. For Floyd to stay motivated now...he'll have to fight someone who has recently proven himself to be a top fighter.

Shane would have to fight Margarito or Cotto..fot Floyd to be able to motivate himself properly to fight him...IMO.

But your point about Shane being his manadatory is a valid one, and one for consideration.

 

Did you pick Oscar to win?

 

No, Floyd should stay active.

"Fighters fight".

It's bad enough that the sport's biggest star is already a part-time fighter. Now we'd have the top p4p fighter and one of the biggest names in the sport being part-time also.

What did Judah do to deserve a fight with Mayweather? Lose to Baldomir? What about Mitchell?

 

Yes I did.

 

Oh great, now Floyd is Roy Jones? He has to "get up" for Mosley? I have ALWAYS thought Mosley is the harder fight. Oscar was just the more lucrative fight. Mosley has 2 wins over Oscar, and prior to facing Mayweather what exactly did Oscar do to be so "worthy" of fighting the "great" Floyd?

 

This is the kind of crap which ruins the game. Did Manny Pacquiao feel that Jorge Solis or Oscar Larios wasn't "worthy" to fight him?

This is the kind of prima donna attitude which ruins boxing. In fact, it's one of the reasons Mosley is one of mt favorite fighters. The risk/reward for fighting Winky was not in his favor in light of the Trinidad fight which was penciled in for the Fall. He took the fight because he wanted the challenge AND he felt like he got lowballed on the rubbermatch for De La Hoya.

It didn't make good business sense, but I guarantee Shane slept a lot better because he stood on principle. That's what matters at the end of the day.

If you're advocating that Floyd doesn't need to fight Shane or other guys until they are "worthy" then he might as well retire.

As much as people shit on Roy, he didn't have to fight Tarver after beating Ruiz and more importantly, he didn't have to take the rematch.

Fuck Floyd if he adopts that line of thinking.

Besides, let him retire...he'll be back in a couple years once he's blown through his money.