Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
Manny picking Algeiri is more of a joke than anyone Floyd has fought in the last 10 years or so.

At first, I was justifying Manny picking Algeiri because he was moving down to 140 and wanted to grab a trinket to facilitate a showdown with Danny Garcia. I didn't know until recently that the fight was happening at WW, a weight Algeiri has never fought at, and therefore is for Manny's WBO WW belt and not Algeiri's LWW belt.

It's one of the most blatant examples of a hand picked patsy I've ever seen.
I think it is a weak match up, and I won't pay the money to watch it or point to it as one of Manny's good, or even solid wins after. That being said, after coming off of a Bradley type opponent, I'm good with him having a soft fight. I actually think Algieri would beat Maidana, so I don't really see your outrage for the fight. I would agree with you that neither Algieri or Maidana were/are PPV worthy fighters. If Manny starts fighting soft touches back to back, I will be the first to be critical. Hard for me to fault him when he fights someone like JMM and is KTFO, comes back for Rios (as a soft touch comeback fight), then takes on Bradley who is undefeated and just beaten JMM before taking on another guy not at that elite level. I see Manny picking Garcia or some big name after Algieri, so other than it being on PPV, I don't mind it. I thought the kid looked good against Prov and he actually looks like the bigger man to me when I see them side by side. Manny should be 135-140 in my opinion.