Everyone wants to fight Oscar for the $$$$.

I know it goes against the whole "purist" thing, but if you get punched in the head and body for a living with no 401k plan and don't care about making as much money as you can while you're fighting, something is seriously wrong with you.

He probably thinks he can pull it off though. He was in denial about the Mayweather fight, blaming so much of it on the ref, when in fact he's just inferior to Mayweather and would get his ass beat by him with a better ref, at either 140 or 147.

Sometimes a little delusion and denial) may be necessary for a fighter, but it can always be very dangerous (Evander Holyfield).