Quote Originally Posted by frozensolid_702
Quote Originally Posted by slk123
Quote Originally Posted by frozensolid_702
is everybody gonna turn around and say that Mayweather has been ducking Mosley for the past few years in spite of the fact that it was Floyd always trying to make that fight happen?

Mosley always had a different excuse like "I'm going on vacation with my wife," or the classic "I've got a toothache."

The reason I bring this up is because after Paul Williams disposed of the journeyman Margarito, there's all these people making posts on here saying that Williams is the man to beat Mayweather. When before Williams even fought Margarito these same people were saying that Williams was just a prospect.

I lump the Cotto and Margarito fans together because 95% of them are bandwagoners. There were tons of Margarito fans on here about a year ago (there are very few now)but they have since jumped over to the Cotto bandwagon.


What are the haters gonna say when Mosley beats up on Cotto? Unfortunatly for them, they might actually be silenced (unless they jump over to Cintron and say that Mayweather has been ducking him this whole time)
I'm proud to say I'm one of the 5%ers and I still think Margarito would beat floyd before Williams could. I still think Williams needs a couple more fights even though the fight with Margarito was impressive.

I also think Williams would fair better than Cotto would. Come on, over 6' with a huge reach advantage and throws over 100 punches per round every round. floyd will be sure to be loooooong gone before Williams is ready. Also, I just see mayweather getting to Cotto's chin before Cotto's power gets to floyd's chin.

If floyd gets past Hatton and Shane gets by Cotto but Shane doesn't take a fight with floyd, then it's up to floyd to fight the next best challenge (not challenger or money fight) and win before becoming legit in my mind.


Perhaps the winner of Judah vs. Margarito (assuming it happens *Judah by KO over Margarito*)

or maybe Cintron could fight Williams (Williams on points over Cintron)



A Zab Judah rematch would be the least attractive of these scenarios, imo. But all the other ones would be pretty good matchups
Truthfully, I thought Judah had the best chance against floyd years ago but was ruined by the Tsyzu fight. Cintron I'm not sure about. The thing that caused him to self destruct in the Margarito fight was the fact that he kept getting hit. I don't think I'd be going out on a limb by saying floyd would hit him a hell-uv-alot more. Cintron needs to prove to me he wouldn't fold again before I'd say he is ready for floyd and a good test would be Williams.

Of the fights you mentioned, the only thing I'd change is I'd like to see a Margarito/Williams rematch rather than Judah. I just think Judah is spent.