Mayweather boasts he could sink Khan-Canelo fight with one phone call

[J_Undisputed]

That's the thing.

Hate or love him..he is still very relevant and could be for many more years IF he wants to be..

They (showtime) still want to pay him 9 figures when he is ready so just think of the money he must generate when he puts pen to paper.

Floyd can still clean up the porter/thurman/bradley/garcia era as jumping up in weight makes no sense at this stage.

Yeah and why would he inject himself into the mix unless he had intent. The thing is, this was probably already the game plan. Ray Leonard is a thorn in his side for many reasons. He's probably heard his entire life how he'd never beat Hearns, Duran or Benitez. But the big thing was Ray coming back to beat Hagler after retiring for 3 years.

This move imo was and is strategic and premeditated. He knows that the weight is inconsequential. Alvarez will be the same weight he was in their first fight regardless of the scale-off. Even if Alvarez decides it would be at 155, his fight time weight will be the same and Floyd already beat that version with relative ease. I'd wager they don't announce it at 155 and leave it at 160. Floyd would simply weigh the same as he did in the first fight cause it makes no difference. Its all about appearances. Most casual fans will buy it hook, line and sinker.

Just spitballing, but what if his meet and greet tour isn't going so great and he decides to throw this out there to get the most he can now for #50 before the price drops any more. And what if he decides to try and get the winner (canelo) and preempt GGG's unification as a slight , there by feeding his own ego... He'd get 50 by beating a guy he already beat and get his money and retire again (drop the middleweight belt, not have to fight Golovkin).

It's funny. For someone who once claimed that judah "talked about it while, I (Floyd) be about it" , he's never STFU since he retired (and stopped being about it).

[IamInuit]

Yeah and why would he inject himself into the mix unless he had intent. The thing is, this was probably already the game plan. Ray Leonard is a thorn in his side for many reasons. He's probably heard his entire life how he'd never beat Hearns, Duran or Benitez. But the big thing was Ray coming back to beat Hagler after retiring for 3 years.

This move imo was and is strategic and premeditated. He knows that the weight is inconsequential. Alvarez will be the same weight he was in their first fight regardless of the scale-off. Even if Alvarez decides it would be at 155, his fight time weight will be the same and Floyd already beat that version with relative ease. I'd wager they don't announce it at 155 and leave it at 160. Floyd would simply weigh the same as he did in the first fight cause it makes no difference. Its all about appearances. Most casual fans will buy it hook, line and sinker.

Just spitballing, but what if his meet and greet tour isn't going so great and he decides to throw this out there to get the most he can now for #50 before the price drops any more. And what if he decides to try and get the winner (canelo) and preempt GGG's unification as a slight , there by feeding his own ego... He'd get 50 by beating a guy he already beat and get his money and retire again (drop the middleweight belt, not have to fight Golovkin).

It's funny. For someone who once claimed that judah "talked about it while, I (Floyd) be about it" , he's never STFU since he retired (and stopped being about it).

I'm sure the timing of this is all just coincidence like Khan chasing him the last two plus years. He might as well have just said he's challenging the winner. Can you imagine if Khan transformed and somehow pulled the rabbit out of his ass? "And the new lineal, Ring, Wbc middleweight champion of the world Amir Khan"

Floyds probably had this planned pre Berto.

[Master]

You are giving Floyd too much credit.

If Floyd had his way he would have fought in May against Garcia for 15 trillion dollars for his 50th fight. However no one wants to watch the most boring ever. They would only be interested if he challenges himself and that boat sailed many years ago.

[J_Undisputed]

Yeah and why would he inject himself into the mix unless he had intent. The thing is, this was probably already the game plan. Ray Leonard is a thorn in his side for many reasons. He's probably heard his entire life how he'd never beat Hearns, Duran or Benitez. But the big thing was Ray coming back to beat Hagler after retiring for 3 years.

This move imo was and is strategic and premeditated. He knows that the weight is inconsequential. Alvarez will be the same weight he was in their first fight regardless of the scale-off. Even if Alvarez decides it would be at 155, his fight time weight will be the same and Floyd already beat that version with relative ease. I'd wager they don't announce it at 155 and leave it at 160. Floyd would simply weigh the same as he did in the first fight cause it makes no difference. Its all about appearances. Most casual fans will buy it hook, line and sinker.

Just spitballing, but what if his meet and greet tour isn't going so great and he decides to throw this out there to get the most he can now for #50 before the price drops any more. And what if he decides to try and get the winner (canelo) and preempt GGG's unification as a slight , there by feeding his own ego... He'd get 50 by beating a guy he already beat and get his money and retire again (drop the middleweight belt, not have to fight Golovkin).

It's funny. For someone who once claimed that judah "talked about it while, I (Floyd) be about it" , he's never STFU since he retired (and stopped being about it).

I'm sure the timing of this is all just coincidence like Khan chasing him the last two plus years. He might as well have just said he's challenging the winner. Can you imagine if Khan transformed and somehow pulled the rabbit out of his ass? "And the new lineal, Ring, Wbc middleweight champion of the world Amir Khan"

Floyds probably had this planned pre Berto.

I agree. Take 49 with a less than stellar opponent, go on an international press tour and try to make more fans and more haters that will pony up when you go for 50... Its not a bad plan unless the tour isn't fruitful and you just realize more people don't have the desire to know you for a fee than the number of people who forgot who you were... but now a kid you beat is fighting the entitled kid you never fought for right to lose the belt to guy everyone thinks is a better fighter than you because they're more exciting inside the ring and more humble outside the ring.

Khan as lineal would be hilarious ... "tell floyd he has to wear 30oz gloves, the ring has to be 12 feet... and he has to wait till im done fasting..."

[TitoFan]

You are giving Floyd too much credit.

If Floyd had his way he would have fought in May against Garcia for 15 trillion dollars for his 50th fight. However no one wants to watch the most boring ever. They would only be interested if he challenges himself and that boat sailed many years ago.

My thoughts exactly. LOL at people attributing all these convoluted, complex plans to a simple mind such as Floyd's. Floyd knows how to count money, how to beat on women, and how to make an ass of himself. "Pre-planning" anything is beyond his simple, narrow mind.

[IamInuit]

You are giving Floyd too much credit.

If Floyd had his way he would have fought in May against Garcia for 15 trillion dollars for his 50th fight. However no one wants to watch the most boring ever. They would only be interested if he challenges himself and that boat sailed many years ago.

It’s not that big a leap. Every year boxing becomes more like the World Wrestling Federation. Its boardrooms are just like any other and when you are talking about the coin Mayweather 50 brings its not unreasonable. Apple works that way along with everyone else. Add the Reality tv feel which is what it’s become in many aspects and it’s not farfetched. And again it’s the WBC after all.

[TitoFan]

You are giving Floyd too much credit.

If Floyd had his way he would have fought in May against Garcia for 15 trillion dollars for his 50th fight. However no one wants to watch the most boring ever. They would only be interested if he challenges himself and that boat sailed many years ago.

It’s not that big a leap. Every year boxing becomes more like the World Wrestling Federation. Its boardrooms are just like any other and when you are talking about the coin Mayweather 50 brings its not unreasonable. Apple works that way along with everyone else. Add the Reality tv feel which is what it’s become in many aspects and it’s not farfetched. And again it’s the WBC after all.

Well..... boxers are talking waaay more sh*t than ever before, so in that regard, you're right.
Trash-talking has been around since the beginning of man.
But the unsubstantiated crap that comes out fighters nowadays is enough to make any WWF fan proud.