Mayweather. NO win situation.

[Rantcatrat]

First off A PBF PAC fight generates the most money right now. It is also the fight that fans seem to want to see the most. Cotto for whatever reason seems to be a distant third behind shane for possible opponets for PBF.

Second PBF called Shane out damn there 10 years ago when Shane was the top dog and rated very high P4P but Shane declined. Now PBF is on top and Shane wants a fight so PBF is supposed to run to him. Fuck out here. So don't give me that shane shit. A year or so ago people said Shane was done. People need to stop being so quick to judge.

Third no body said that PBF didn't get a chance to fight these guys. He made that choice. He fought Hatton the fighter that so many people said would be to strong for PBF and KOed him. Then retired for god knows what reason only to come back just like everyone knew he would.

I've said it in other posts, but let's just wait and see who Floyd actually fights before we pass judgment. I, for one, am the only person who thinks Pacquiao isn't getting passed Cotto and from what I've read elsewhere, he'll fight Marquez to settle the score regardless before he fights Floyd.

One thing we can agree on is that Floyd has not been a fighter willing to take on big fights at welterweight. We can at least both agree on that. Right? He has had the opportunities and for whatever reason he didn't take them.

He could have signed up to fight Shane after beating Marquez. He didn't. Sure Shane didn't fight Floyd when he could have back then, but that is then and this is now. Shane is a big fight now. Unequivocally, bigger than Marquez. Why didn't Floyd sign up to fight Shane instead of Marquez? Why didn't he sign up to fight Shane after Marquez? There are answers to each question, but still the bottom line is he hasn't fought Shane.

He admitted in the interview with RA the Rugged Man that Paul Williams is just too big. Yet, he fought ODLH at 154?

He didn't fight Margarito when he was offered 8 million to fight him.

He was in line to fight Cotto and he retired.

Now, there may be a real excuse for every single one of those situations (mostly money), but at the end of the day actions speak louder than words and Floyd hasn't done sh*t with the top of the division.

Pacquiao is fighting Cotto before Floyd fought Cotto. Pacquiao is fighting a top welterweight before Floyd when Pacquiao has never fought in the weight class before (other than ODLH) and Floyd has fought in it for at least three years. So, strange as it may sound for a guy who started fighting below 110 pounds, Pacquiao will have done more at welterweight than Floyd has come Sunday, win or lose.

Ask yourself why Pacquiao is still ranked number one p4p and will be even more entrenched if he wins on Saturday.

But, let's leave aside Pacquiao. Pacquiao clearly is beyond reproach in many areas and continually transcends our expectations. It's hard not to like him - unless you saw him sing on Jimmy Kimmel (kidding, of course).

Consider every other welterweight at the top of the division:

Consider Shane. Shane has fought Cotto and Margarito. Shane is signed up to fight Berto.
Consider Cotto. Cotto has fought Margarito, Mosley, and Clottey.
Consider Margarito. Margarito has fought Cotto, Shane, Williams, and Clottey.
Consider Paul Williams. Williams has fought Margarito and was willing to fight any of the other guys.
Consider Floyd. Floyd has NOT fought one of the above.


I'm not dissing your boy. Floyd did a ton prior to his fights at 147/140. But, keep it in perspective, at 147 he hasn't done jack.