Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
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Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
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Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that shit. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.