Quote Originally Posted by The Game
Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan
What's the rush?

At 140 you could say that Hatton wasn't ready to fight him and Arum didn't want to put Cotto in there with him so it made more sense to move up to 147. That's fine, I can understand that.

But at 147 he had the undisputed Champion willing to fight him, a guy with some credibility. Not to mention guys like Margariito and up and comers like Quintana and Williams that might have been ready in a year or two. I could to some extent understand skipping over 140 so fast, but I don't understand this, Baldomir made sense. Spinks is a good fighter but Baldomir made more sense.

Spinks is a good fighter, its not a disreputable choice, and it would be a solid win that I'd give floyd some credit for, but I just don't understand the rush to skip over weight divisions and I definitely don't understand the decision to skip over the undisputed champion at 147. Its just an odd move even if he thinks an Oscar fight could be in the cards, although I've never been convinced that fight will ever happen.
Excellent analysis,exactly what I was thinking CC, but the only thing I disagree with is that Spinks is in anyway a respectable fight,I totally disagree. This guy has fought once in 2 years and should be giving Karmazin a rematch(a match which I think Roman would win) and if PBF wants to fight PPV,at least make it an exciting fight!
Agree with Oumafan's analysis, including Spinks being a respectable fight. But I also agree with you, The Game, that Spinks should be giving Karmazin a rematch (and I'd favor Karmazin if they got a ref that let them fight inside instead of breaking them as they got there). It was so ridiculous for Spinks and Cunningham to act like a rematch was small fish and that they didn't need to stoop so low--they were lucky to get the fight in the first place and it was a very close fight that Spinks would have lost if (a) they had a different ref that let them fight inside or (b) the fight lasted one or two more rounds.