Who next for Floyd?

[IamInuit]

With all due respect people need to forget about Floyd/Pac and just move on. It was doomed from the start, doomed at its peak and now doomed from those failures.

Personally I think its going to be Martinez @155 offered to him by Martinez and perhaps while he is in the pen. I'm pretty sure it would have to be 155 in order to fight for the title. Or just make it a super fight and screw the trinket.

Floyd is now talking retirement at FN. he's 80% leaning that way because he says there is nobody left to fight. So clearly the ubiquitous phantom fight is dead.

I have held the notion for many a year that deep down inside there is a little envy and resentment towards Leonard.

Leonard retired 3 times and after the 3rd amounting to three years he jumped up two divisions and went and fought Hagler.

This would be Floyds third retirement if he goes ahead and and he's going into jail with HBO attached to his hip. See the correlation? What a marketing ploy and a way for Floyd to step out of the shadow of Leonard.

[Manos de Piedra]

With all due respect people need to forget about Floyd/Pac and just move on. It was doomed from the start, doomed at its peak and now doomed from those failures.

Personally I think its going to be Martinez @155 offered to him by Martinez and perhaps while he is in the pen. I'm pretty sure it would have to be 155 in order to fight for the title. Or just make it a super fight and screw the trinket.

Floyd is now talking retirement at FN. he's 80% leaning that way because he says there is nobody left to fight. So clearly the ubiquitous phantom fight is dead.

I have held the notion for many a year that deep down inside there is a little envy and resentment towards Leonard.

Leonard retired 3 times and after the 3rd amounting to three years he jumped up two divisions and went and fought Hagler.

This would be Floyds third retirement if he goes ahead and and he's going into jail with HBO attached to his hip. See the correlation? What a marketing ploy and a way for Floyd to step out of the shadow of Leonard.

That's quite an observation there. Makes sense.

[Andre]

With all due respect people need to forget about Floyd/Pac and just move on. It was doomed from the start, doomed at its peak and now doomed from those failures.

Personally I think its going to be Martinez @155 offered to him by Martinez and perhaps while he is in the pen. I'm pretty sure it would have to be 155 in order to fight for the title. Or just make it a super fight and screw the trinket.

Floyd is now talking retirement at FN. he's 80% leaning that way because he says there is nobody left to fight. So clearly the ubiquitous phantom fight is dead.

I have held the notion for many a year that deep down inside there is a little envy and resentment towards Leonard.

Leonard retired 3 times and after the 3rd amounting to three years he jumped up two divisions and went and fought Hagler.

This would be Floyds third retirement if he goes ahead and and he's going into jail with HBO attached to his hip. See the correlation? What a marketing ploy and a way for Floyd to step out of the shadow of Leonard.

That's quite an observation there. Makes sense.

Yeah.

He is still in Marcianos shadow cast by 49 wins, maybe hell just add a few bums over a few of years @ 3.1 bums per year he'll get 50 .

[the_PRODIGY]

With all due respect people need to forget about Floyd/Pac and just move on. It was doomed from the start, doomed at its peak and now doomed from those failures.

Personally I think its going to be Martinez @155 offered to him by Martinez and perhaps while he is in the pen. I'm pretty sure it would have to be 155 in order to fight for the title. Or just make it a super fight and screw the trinket.

Floyd is now talking retirement at FN. he's 80% leaning that way because he says there is nobody left to fight. So clearly the ubiquitous phantom fight is dead.

I have held the notion for many a year that deep down inside there is a little envy and resentment towards Leonard.

Leonard retired 3 times and after the 3rd amounting to three years he jumped up two divisions and went and fought Hagler.

This would be Floyds third retirement if he goes ahead and and he's going into jail with HBO attached to his hip. See the correlation? What a marketing ploy and a way for Floyd to step out of the shadow of Leonard.

That's quite an observation there. Makes sense.

Yeah.

He is still in Marcianos shadow cast by 49 wins, maybe hell just add a few bums over a few of years @ 3.1 bums per year he'll get 50 .

I have a feeling he will do this. Not against a no namer after all these big PPV events but anyone - great or good enough - that is a draw. What do you all think Floyd is gonna do in prison? Pajama party? Bible Study? He will train his ass off doing push-ups, ropes and shadow box inside his cell and stay in shape. Then a couple of weeks before he's out he's next fight will be announced. Which I do think that even if it is against a bum it will sell, with all these marketings, 24/7 stuff about him training in jail for the first month or so..There you go. 50-0 up to 38years old is right on track. Oh BTW, Pac could be no. 49. 50th fight should be an easy one.

[Master]

(Floyd has to get rid of Bubba in prison first.) Floyd will fight later in the year probably against Berto.

[shza]

(Floyd has to get rid of Bubba in prison first.) Floyd will fight later in the year probably against Berto.

Berto is an Al Haymon fighter like Floyd, so I don't think so.

I'd say 65% chance he fights Martinez at 154. Which is the fight I'd most like to see -- it's a harder fight for Floyd than Manny is.

There really are no other compelling fights besides those two, and Floyd knows it. I thought it would be Alvarez next but Oscar says (correctly) that Alvarez is not ready.

Of course, if Bradley beats Pac, 99% percent chance Floyd fights Timmy next.

[Master]

(Floyd has to get rid of Bubba in prison first.) Floyd will fight later in the year probably against Berto.

Berto is an Al Haymon fighter like Floyd, so I don't think so.

I'd say 65% chance he fights Martinez at 154. Which is the fight I'd most like to see -- it's a harder fight for Floyd than Manny is.

There really are no other compelling fights besides those two, and Floyd knows it. I thought it would be Alvarez next but Oscar says (correctly) that Alvarez is not ready.

Of course, if Bradley beats Pac, 99% percent chance Floyd fights Timmy next.

Cannot see Floyd risk a fight with Martinez, too dangerous for him. Floyd needs a partner for a PPV fight.

[Rantcatrat]

The fight I most want to see Floyd take is Martinez. Frankly, even more than Pacquiao. However, it would have to be 154 or above for Martinez to be effective, and I'm not sure Floyd is comfortable above 154. Plus, Floyd has said he only fights boxers at their premium weight, so a catch weight fight is out of the question. I never blame a fighter for not going up in weight so I wouldn't blame Floyd for not doing it here. If it were to happen, and weight wasn't an issue, both come in comfortable at whatever weight they chose, I favor Pretty Boy. I'm a big Zoolander fan too.

One thing that makes sense is for Martinez to face Cotto to see if he can beat Cotto for the chance to face Floyd. Cotto looked better than I expected this last weekend. Therefore, I'm not entirely convinced Martinez beats Cotto at this point. Martinez has showed some vulnerability in his recent wins. The main danger for Cotto in that match-up is that Martinez takes a breather in the middle rounds and catches Cotto hard in the final rounds, when Cotto slows down.

Other than Martinez, if Berto spectacularly smashes Ortiz in the rematch, a Berto fight would make sense at 147. I understand they are both Haymon fighters, but for Pretty Boy, I'm pretty confident Haymon would make an exception. However, Andre Ward, another big client of Haymon's (but not on PBF's level) somehow isn't facing Anthony Dirrell, so you never know...

Other than Berto or Martinez, I don't know what other options are out there. Khan isn't a bad option, I guess, but he needs a fight at welterweight first, per Richard Shaefer. Oscar has stated that Canelo isn't ready for Floyd.