Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
Forrest doesn't have a belt and is in the twilight of his career. By sheer volume punching, Paul would beat Forrest. It wouldn't be a good fight for Forrest to take. He would look worse than Winky did against Paul.

Paul is not going to land a big welterweight fight. Floyd will never fight him. Pacquiao shouldn't fight him. Mosley has said he won't fight him. He already beat Margarito. That leaves the winner of the Cotto/Clottey fight who (if Cotto) will probably fight Pacquiao.

Sturm and Abraham will never fight Paul Williams. Each is content to fight in Germany against no-name opponents. Either way, Sturm's mandatory is against Mundine. Abraham and Pavlik deserve a fight, which is tentatively scheduled to occur in January 2010.

Paul should stick to the junior middleweights. Dzinzurik is the only fighter to actually ask Paul for a fight. Go to Germany and fight him. Otherwise there is Santos and Martinez.
Shane never said flat out he would not fight Paul. He just said he was looking for something bigger. However, Shane really doesn't have a big fight looming. Arum is angling to put Cotto in with Pacquiao is Cotto beats Clottey. Floyd has ducked Shane for years. I could see Shane going for a fight with Paul once it becomes clear those bigger fights are not going to be options for him anytime soon. He has never ducked anyone.

If Paul can't get Shane, then I'd like to see him fight Martinez next. Pavlik is apparently going to reschedule with Mora and then fight Abraham, so that fight isn't going to happen soon. Obviously, I'd like to see him eventually fight to Pavlik/Abraham winner.