Quote Originally Posted by hackey100
I actually see zero value in Floyd fighting Cotto now, at least from Mayweather's point of view. Let's say he takes the fight for the summer and wins, Williams will probably be the man of the moment then and takes on Floyd by this time next year. Floyd wins that one and somebody who we aren't even talking about now is the main man for the summer of 09. Where does he stop? He will always miss a fight with somebody and get accused of ducking. IMO after stopping Hatton, which I thought he would never do, he has nothing more to prove. He is an ATG an probably top 3 of all time.
He's a great fighter but he's still yet to truly clean out a division and so he's not top near the top 3 yet.

I think his best bet will be to take some time off and see how the welterweight picture develops. I'd imagine that within another year or so a true contender, between Cotto and Williams will have emerged.

Once there is an undisputed number 1 contender Floyd WILL come back and attempt to get the legacy defining win that puts him into the top 10 greatest of all time.

He'll never be top 3 imo, guys like Ray Robinson and Ali are simply iconic and will never be removed from their 1 & 2 slots respectively and with every other great boxer through history competing for the other places I don't think Floyd will ever get considered in the top 5.

This isn't a knock on him though. He's a superb fighter, the best of his generation and I love to watch him fight.