Mayweather needs a reality check

[Kev]

I think Floyd is doing exactly the right thing.

Ignore the fickle bayings of the unwashed masses who cry out for him to face a different champion every week,( Hatton, Oscar, Margarito, Mosely etc ), and methodically plan your way to becoming a 5 weight world champion and then beat whoever is the proven best, ie Oscar, Hatton or Margarito if they have proved themselves worthy etc.

yes and no....yes in the aspect that he is setting up the ultimate payday against ODLH and no in the fact that PBF has taken too much time between fights...he had an opportunity to really solidify himself after the Gatti destruction but he has been idle far too long.....people are forgetting him.....he is losing out big time!!!!

What do you mean? He's beaten Sharmba Mitchell and Zab Judah since then, he's just as active as any other world champion out there and continues to fight big name fighters.

People are now giving Baldomir loads of credit saying he would beat Hatton, whilst completely ignoring the fact that Mayweather has faced the same two opponents as Baldomir, Gatti and Judah and won more decisively in both instances.

Hatton has only fought Maussa and Collazo. Collazo was supposed to be an easy fight, it just went wrong for Ricky. Margarito has only fought Michael Gomez this year.

The fact is Mayweather is judged by an entirely different standard to other fighters out there. If Ricky Hatton or Maragrito signed to fight Zab Judah or Carlos Baldomir they would be considered huge fights and everyone would get excited. If Mayweather signs to fight them he's taking the easy option and being a coward.

Double standards.

I know....when you're the best you always get hit with double standards....I think PBF is fine in waiting for ODLH and "THE PAYDAY of all paydays" but for the average fan PBF is falling off the pedastal he created with the Gatti fight....the laypeople hardly know of Judah or Mitchell.....but Gatti? every one even those not in the fight game know or have heard of him...I was just stating that he needed to capatalize on his national exposure more than what he did by doing commercials or appearances on the big networks by going on Leno, Letterman or even O'Brien or Live with Regis/Kelly(Quite Frankly doesn't count)....he's not at the household name status yet.... ala ALI, Foreman, Tyson.....I still think he's the best P4P out there......

Yes it is a mystery why he's not so well known. But I guess he is earning enough money not to be bothered. He probably knows his big paydays will come soon and is content to wait. From his point of view it would be pointless to risk it all taking a potentially dangerous opponent whe mega paydays are just around the corner.