Mayweather may defend both 147/154 in one fight

[Vendettos]

I take everything boxingscene says with a grain of salt but this is interesting.

By Salvador Rodriguez

The latest word, according to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, is that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will possibly emulate the past accomplishment of Sugar Ray Leonard by taking part in a bout where titles from two separate divisions are at stake.

Mayweather holds the WBC/WBA world titles at welterweight and junior middleweight. In November of 1988, Leonard fought Donny Lalonde in a bout where the WBC super middleweight and light heavyweight belts were up for grabs. Mayweather has a return date of September 13th.

"The last news that I have is that Mayweather wants to defend his two [WBC] titles in one night. If this is confirmed as an official request it will be addressed immediately. Sugar Ray Leonard did it against Donny Lalonde and before that Henry Armstrong was the only one who had that history of defending multiple titles in different divisions. We'll wait until an official request arrives and then we'll see," Sulaiman said.

Mayweather To Defend 147 and 154 Titles in One Night?

I usually go to the shops and buy a tub of salt then swallow.... Just thinking about reading something on boxing scene.

[Spicoli]

"Official request" Might as well be written in crayon. In the day of catchweights we'll legitimize 2 separate divisions in the name of 'his-story'...but only if your name is Floyd.

This would be the worst thing that could happen

[Master]

Floyd earned the title the hard way by beating Saul. However Floyd achieves very little doing this, and what Leonard did was just wrong. Floyd could only be doing this for future negotiations with Cotto.