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I see some similiarities here. Granted Mayweather is much smarter and has and will continue to manage his career much better. But the big parallel I see is that Floyd is now basically being forced into a fight with Pac-man. He has never, and never would have sought this out on his own. The public is demanding it. This is the very same thing that happened when Roy Jones HAD to fight Tarver. It was at this point that Jones was exposed and started getting his rolled every other fight. It's not something that would happen to Floyd. If he loses, I think we'll just hear excuses. But for the first time, Floyd is being forced into a fight with someone he wants nothing to do with. I just think the paralels are interesting
No question Floyd doesn't have the greatest resume...but you can make the case that Manny is taking this fight because the market demands it as well. His last three fights where cherry picked by Roach and suited his strengths and revealed the glaring weaknesses of his opponents. You very well can see the Pac momentum being halted in it's tracks by a Floyd boxing clinic.
Seriously? De La Hoya to Hatton to Cotto was "cherry picking?"

De La Hoya was weight drained on fight night but all the hyping and pre-fight predictions all thought that Manny was going to get smoked. People even thought the fight was a joke because the size difference was too much. That is not "cherry picking." Then he fought the lineal champ at 140 in Hatton, who had never lost in the weight division who also looked good in his last fight against Malignaggi. Again, not "cherry picking." Then Miguel Cotto? I'm not even going to need to explain this one, but Pac fought guys that were at one point WAY TOO big to even fathom a fight against them and beat them convincingly.