Floyd: Manny can forget 50/50 split and 14 day cutoff date

[InTheNeutralCorner]

anyone want to elaborate on this?

Manny Pacquiao could not have chosen Shane bec. by the time his bout with Clottey was finalized, Shane was still scheduled to fight Berto. After the Pac-Mayweather bout did not materialize, Clottey was the next best available fighter at that time .

Pacquiao and camp chose Clottey less than 2 weeks before Mosley-Berto was to take place. Berto pulled out only days before the fight in wake of the Haiti quake. All Pacquiao had to do was wait for what they thought would be the fight and had Shane won they could have entered into negotiations. They knew damn well whoever would have won Mosley-Berto would be the best available opponent. Floyd didn't even look elsewhere until Pacquiao made it clear he was signing on to fight someone else.

If Manny was to wait for the winner of the Mosley-Berto fight, when do you think their bout would be? Manny is running for political office in his country hence would be unable to fight four to six months after the Mosley-Berto bout. That's why he's trying to have a fight in March. He wants to stay as active as possible. So why wasn't Floyd waiting to see who the winner of that bout will be? Why were Paulie Malignagi or Matthew Hatton even considered as possible opponents?

My question to you, who then would have been the best opponent for Manny Pacquiao after the collapse of his megafight with Mayweather?