Quote Originally Posted by meowza
Do you think fighting Winky in his first 154 fight would've been a better thing to do than fight Oscar?
A man who's been fighting at MW for the past 2 years?

Floyd and Oscar was a fight a lot of people wanted to see.
Who should he have fought instead?
Cotto? He's still answering questions right now. And after this mini WW tourney is done, we'll see if he does deserve a shot at Floyd.
Margarito? Has done nothing to earn a Floyd fight.
Hatton? Had no desire of fighting at 147 at the time.
Winky? Illogical choice for a first 154 fight.

So it basically came down to Oscar or Mosley.
Oscar has the name, the green, and the green strap. All lucrative things for Floyd.
It was a fight a lot of people wanted to see. It was a fight a lot of people thought Floyd would be biting off more than he could chew at that weight.
Stop making it sound like he took an easy out.

And I never said I agree with Floyd's decision to retire.
I'd still like to see a Mosley fight too. Or a Cotto fight depending on how he does against Judah and winner of Tony/Williams, if that comes to be.
But at this point in time, Floyd vs. Oscar was a logical choice.
C'mon. 2 million buys. People wanted to see it.
My point is why retire now claiming you are the best at 154 and under when u havent fought the best. You helped me prove my point. Beating winky at 154 would have been the best fighting the best, yet he went for the DLH fight cos it paid more money. Case closed.