May 5th Mayweather Sweepstakes...who's next

[Onix]

Read an article from Ring magazine talking about who Mayweather should/could fight next, their top 3 picks are:

1. Sergio Martinez
2. Amir Khan
3. Victor Ortiz

Except for the Ortiz fight I think either 1 or 2 are great fights, I would be especially curious to see Amir fight Mayweather because of the speed of Khan.

**They also mentioned a wild card fight that could come up, James Kirkland. The article reads:

"This fight makes more sense than many might realize. Think about Kirkland’s recent performance against Alfredo Angulo. Compare it to Victor Ortiz and his with Andre Berto back in April. Think about where both fighters were. Think about HBO’s investment in each, and their similar nature in how the network has pushed each. It’s a very similar situation. Considering that, one wonders if Floyd’s team are thinking in a similar fashion."

Read more: Who Is Going To Fight Floyd Mayweather Next? | BoxingInsider.com - Boxing | Boxing News

What are your thoughts on any of the 3 foes, minus Ortiz??

[Taffturner]

Id love to see floyd v martinez....... It wont happen tho as mayweather doesnt take fights that risky!!

[djcione]

Id love to see floyd v martinez....... It wont happen tho as mayweather doesnt take fights that risky!!

neither does Pacman

[THE THIRD MAN]

Id love to see floyd v martinez....... It wont happen tho as mayweather doesnt take fights that risky!!

neither does Pacman

A paintiing in a museum hears more ridiculous comments than anything else in the world.

Pacquaio's last 10 fights since 2007

Barrera
Marquez
Diaz
De la Hoya
Hatton
Clottey
Cotto
Margarito
Mosley
Marquez

His previous 4 fights in 2006 included two KO wins over Erik Morales who is the last man to beat him in 2005! Yep, Pacquaio takes no risks at all

[djcione]

Id love to see floyd v martinez....... It wont happen tho as mayweather doesnt take fights that risky!!

neither does Pacman

A paintiing in a museum hears more ridiculous comments than anything else in the world.

Pacquaio's last 10 fights since 2007

Barrera
Marquez
Diaz
De la Hoya
Hatton
Clottey
Cotto
Margarito
Mosley
Marquez

His previous 4 fights in 2006 included two KO wins over Erik Morales who is the last man to beat him in 2005! Yep, Pacquaio takes no risks at all

With the exception of the 38 yo Marquez, who Floyd totally dominated, just about every fighter you named was washed up when he fought them.

Nice names but not when they fought Pacman dude.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Id love to see floyd v martinez....... It wont happen tho as mayweather doesnt take fights that risky!!

neither does Pacman

A paintiing in a museum hears more ridiculous comments than anything else in the world.

Pacquaio's last 10 fights since 2007

Barrera
Marquez
Diaz
De la Hoya
Hatton
Clottey
Cotto
Margarito
Mosley
Marquez

His previous 4 fights in 2006 included two KO wins over Erik Morales who is the last man to beat him in 2005! Yep, Pacquaio takes no risks at all

Diaz is no risk, he's always been a shit fighter who had one nice come back from behind lucky ko, he was given a gift against a shot Morales, and then barely kept his title to an unknown right before fighting Manny

Marquez should be 3-0 against Pacquiao, and it's obvious that Manny has still tried to nitpick when to face him, the thing is it's backfired in both the 2nd and 3rd fights

Barrera, the first win was as clear cut and a clean win in Pacquiao's favor, no questions asked, second fight Barrera was already on the slide and showed up to get a paycheck

DLH, as it is known Roach has himself stated that he only took the fight because he knew that DLH was on the slide and wouldn't cut down to 147 effectively, once he saw the needle marking from Oscar re-hydrating himself he told Manny to go after him, so how much credit should Manny really get for beating a weight drained corpse?

Hatton, although he looked to have been slipping he had put up one of his better displays since losing to Mayweather (Malignaggi fight), the 2nd round KO is a legit as any and no excuses to really be made

Cotto, although it's another example of Pacquiao going after a guy after a so-so showing, seeing how Manny called him out right after Cotto's somewhat weak showing against Clottey, Cotto looked to be in great shape on fight night and has looked good in fights after the loss, Cotto basically had no corner against Manny but that's Miguel's agenda not Pacquiao's

Clottey, he basically picked to fight the guy who had just lost to the guy who had just lost to him , no real risk there sorry, especially after you saw the "fight" that Clottey put up

Margarito, looked like shit in his comeback fight against a journeyman, and then called for a catchweight, but went on to beat the shit out of him for 11 of the 12 rounds

Mosley, no risk involved here what so ever, apart from a lucky right hand that wobbled Mayweather, Mosley had just had his ass handed to him by Mayweather for every round, including the same round that Mayweather was stunned in, the fact that Pacquiao took him on a year afterwards only emphasizes how further shot Mosley was when he stepped in the ring

so he's taken "calculated risks" at the very best since moving up, like i said in another thread, smoke and mirrors for the most part

[Rantcatrat]

Read an article from Ring magazine talking about who Mayweather should/could fight next, their top 3 picks are:

1. Sergio Martinez
2. Amir Khan
3. Victor Ortiz

Except for the Ortiz fight I think either 1 or 2 are great fights, I would be especially curious to see Amir fight Mayweather because of the speed of Khan.

**They also mentioned a wild card fight that could come up, James Kirkland. The article reads:

"This fight makes more sense than many might realize. Think about Kirkland’s recent performance against Alfredo Angulo. Compare it to Victor Ortiz and his with Andre Berto back in April. Think about where both fighters were. Think about HBO’s investment in each, and their similar nature in how the network has pushed each. It’s a very similar situation. Considering that, one wonders if Floyd’s team are thinking in a similar fashion."

Read more: Who Is Going To Fight Floyd Mayweather Next? | BoxingInsider.com - Boxing | Boxing News

What are your thoughts on any of the 3 foes, minus Ortiz??

It'll be the winner of Ortiz and Berto.

[ElTerribleMorales]

yea you know Pacquiao's not gonna be on that list, him and his team are already bitching out, looking for a 4th fight with Marquez, if he was so sure he won the fight why the fuck is he and Arum so hell bent on the 4th fight

[porkypara]

Read an article from Ring magazine talking about who Mayweather should/could fight next, their top 3 picks are:

1. Sergio Martinez
2. Amir Khan
3. Victor Ortiz

Except for the Ortiz fight I think either 1 or 2 are great fights, I would be especially curious to see Amir fight Mayweather because of the speed of Khan.

**They also mentioned a wild card fight that could come up, James Kirkland. The article reads:

"This fight makes more sense than many might realize. Think about Kirkland’s recent performance against Alfredo Angulo. Compare it to Victor Ortiz and his with Andre Berto back in April. Think about where both fighters were. Think about HBO’s investment in each, and their similar nature in how the network has pushed each. It’s a very similar situation. Considering that, one wonders if Floyd’s team are thinking in a similar fashion."

Read more: Who Is Going To Fight Floyd Mayweather Next? | BoxingInsider.com - Boxing | Boxing News

What are your thoughts on any of the 3 foes, minus Ortiz??

It'll be the winner of Ortiz and Berto.

Please NO!!!!!!!!

[Boxer4life]

My issue with mayweather vs anyone is that he honestly cant be beat by any of these guys, not even martinez, martinez is a case of a fighter who looks impressive agaisnt certain guys, mayweather will win, and thats the hardest fight out there for him.

as far as ortiz? why bother? hopefully if berto wins itll atleast be fun to see that, but i say berto gets ko'ed.

Kirlkland, is a sucker for counters, not the first puncher maywaether fought

i would like a cotto fight cuz i am picking him to win(against margarito), but that might be pacqious leftovers in mays eyes

id love a fight with khan, still floyd by ko thou

final thoughts really, itll be fun to watch anyone of these, but dammit i want pacqiou-mayweather and i think we all need to sign a petition for it, those seem to be working lately

[CFH]

Out of all the fights for Floyd at 147, I'd most like to see him fight Khan (aside from Pacquiao of course). I think Khan's hand-speed could give Floyd some issues for at least a couple of rounds.

[Hulk]

Floyd doesn't have the balls to fight Martinez for the middleweight title. We all know that. Leonard, Duran, Hearns, De La Hoya, Trinidad, they all came up in weight to challenge two of the greatest middleweight champions of all time.

But, Floyd won't dare do it.

I remember years ago Floyd talked a whole bunch about fighting Winky Wright at 154...then he went and fought a washed up Sharmba Mitchell instead.

I expect a similar outcome here.

[Onix]

My issue with mayweather vs anyone is that he honestly cant be beat by any of these guys, not even martinez, martinez is a case of a fighter who looks impressive agaisnt certain guys, mayweather will win, and thats the hardest fight out there for him.

as far as ortiz? why bother? hopefully if berto wins itll atleast be fun to see that, but i say berto gets ko'ed.

Kirlkland, is a sucker for counters, not the first puncher maywaether fought

i would like a cotto fight cuz i am picking him to win(against margarito), but that might be pacqious leftovers in mays eyes

id love a fight with khan, still floyd by ko thou

final thoughts really, itll be fun to watch anyone of these, but dammit i want pacqiou-mayweather and i think we all need to sign a petition for it, those seem to be working lately

If thats the case then whats the point of him fighting anyone at all? I dont think every fight has to be the "lets watch him lose" fight. When it comes to elite level fighters, or any other fighter you follow for this case, we want to see how they will react to certain things. Yes, Floyd would beat Khan, but the speed of Khan would give him issues, yes Floyd beats Martinez, but Martinez's style, power, and speed, make it fun to watch.

At this point in boxing where everything is all haywire, we gotta take what we can get and GD forbid its another Ortiz fight!

[Boxer4life]

My issue with mayweather vs anyone is that he honestly cant be beat by any of these guys, not even martinez, martinez is a case of a fighter who looks impressive agaisnt certain guys, mayweather will win, and thats the hardest fight out there for him.

as far as ortiz? why bother? hopefully if berto wins itll atleast be fun to see that, but i say berto gets ko'ed.

Kirlkland, is a sucker for counters, not the first puncher maywaether fought

i would like a cotto fight cuz i am picking him to win(against margarito), but that might be pacqious leftovers in mays eyes

id love a fight with khan, still floyd by ko thou

final thoughts really, itll be fun to watch anyone of these, but dammit i want pacqiou-mayweather and i think we all need to sign a petition for it, those seem to be working lately

If thats the case then whats the point of him fighting anyone at all? I dont think every fight has to be the "lets watch him lose" fight. When it comes to elite level fighters, or any other fighter you follow for this case, we want to see how they will react to certain things. Yes, Floyd would beat Khan, but the speed of Khan would give him issues, yes Floyd beats Martinez, but Martinez's style, power, and speed, make it fun to watch.

At this point in boxing where everything is all haywire, we gotta take what we can get and GD forbid its another Ortiz fight!

i guess i see your point, theyre all fun to watch but i just wanna see an old fashion best vs best type of fight, kind of like a leanard-hearns ali- frazier match up, we def dont need ortiz again, mayweather wins hands down, we say how it will play out, no reason to see that again, i think itll be fun to see him agasint berto thou, the ortiz fight showed me that young fighters are def coming with more to the table as far as making the fight physical, and i know i am probably setting it up for headbutt jokes but thats not what i mean

[Taffturner]

Id love to see mayweather v the winner of cotto v margarito 2, im not saying either of em would beat mayweather, i just think floyd wud have a hard time as they're both big guys, both hit hard, cottos quick and margarito will walk through punches to land a bomb, it would be great viewing!!