WHO WILL FLOYD FIGHT NEXT
by pakinpower on Jan 3, 2012 5:30 AM EST
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Once he leaves his stainless steel cell in a couple of months and returns home to the comfort of he Big Boy Mansion, Floyd will IMO begin plotting his return to the ring, if he has not already done so.
And being the mega-star that he is, he will have unlimited options; a fact that will allow him the luxury of choosing the opponent, the terms, the time and the place as is his want.
Now I am assuming that he does indeed fight again. There are some concerns that he may just decide he's had enough but I am not one to subscribe to that notion.
When he does fight I am convinced that Floyd, despite not having the proper diet and execise while in county that he might otherwise have prepared for him at home/camp, will return in good form. After all, he is without question a exqusitely tooled and professional athlete dedicated to keeping in shape at all times. He has proven ready and capaple of stellar performances after long layoffs time and time again.
I anticipate him taking a few months to getting settled after being released. By that time, he should have met his other constitutional requirement to the IRS in mid-April and then be ready to start cashing new deposits by June.
The question is who do you think he will fight and more importantly who would you like to see him fight?
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Ortiz is an immediate gimme (if ortiz feels “human” that is)… he can fight winner of alexander maidana. Andre berto can be up there, lamont peterson who “dominated” floyd in their sparring session in vegas before marquez fight, or Bradley.
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
Or A-Mere “Two Point” Con.
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
I’d love to see FMJr fight Khan. Imagine Khan’s facial expression by R2.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Oh yeah. Floyd would win not by Knockout, but by Khan not being able to get up off the canvas after Floyd ties Khan’s shoelaces together over the course of Round 4.
He can bring back the “DDT”. I always say Con’s best rival would be Usain Bolt. But seriously, Khan’s height reach and volume would give mayweahter some problems. his energy level and volume itself would be something to behold even for mayweather. but id on’t see mayweather would fight him. stylistically khan has all the advantages and physically too, but ya know, once he goes into “dumb mode” there’s no stopping it! and if peterson can time that shoulder roll off the right hand, boy will khan be in for a surprise! a decent fight all the more, but i say khan left all of us with a bad impression esp. post peterson fight. King Con, what’s next?
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
Khan does pose some challenges for Mayweather, but the gulf in ring IQ and boxing ability is so huge I see a pretty wide win or even KO for Mayweather. Mayweather can adapt, Khan has shown he cannot.
Khan’s stagnation in terms of fighter development is troubling as well. He’s got a lot to learn to pose much of a threat to Floyd.
I’ll put it this way: I see Khan punching a lot at the start, getting countered hard when he lunges in as he likes to do, and getting whooped thereafter.
It might be a glorified zab judah fight. I dun think May can knock him out, but he can put on some hurt…
"According to all the laws of aerodynamics the bumble-bee should not fly, but the bumble-bee does not know this and so flies anyway."
Khan might be maxing out but I’m not dead on him yet. But assuming he doesn’t catch Floyd with an early bomb like he did Maidana, fuggetaboutit.
Floyd will Hatton him late
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
by pakinpower on Jan 4, 2012 12:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Erik Morales, gut feeling.
by Shitali Klitschko on Jan 3, 2012 12:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Ouch
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
-- Vernon Forrest (1971-2009)
I'd like to see...
Floyd vs. Miguel Cotto, finally. I think that one would be very interesting.
Would like to see that one...
as BoxAnne pointed out Cotto will be at a disadvantage with regard to hand speed, but he did exercise some demons by taking care of Margarito. I think he could rough Floyd up some but may get laid out trying to do it. He will be game and it would be interesting in the least I’m thinking.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
Completive in that Cotto is a competitor and Floyd is not a KO specialist but that’s about it.
Floyd beats this Cotto every day IMO
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
I think Floyd beats every Cotto every day. he’s just better than him.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Would like to see that one if Berto can win against Ortiz. Berto has some hand speed for sure and power
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
I think you may be right
He doesnt have to care who his opponent is in regards to money because he gets the lion’s share regardless so Berto’s not being an attraction mans little.
He was ringside at the first fight and sure enough that was the tell. I think he expected Berto to win (he never tweeted that stub) but he was planning to fight whoever ultimately did, in this case, Ortiz.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Berto’s handspeed is good, but not up to Floyd’s, and his legs are terrible, imo. Very stiff, no flow. Just a sitting duck for Floyd, more so than Ortiz, even though Ortiz was never going to win either. At least until Billy Goat invaded his body, he was sort of holding his own, and even landed a few. I don’t think Berto can get close to Floyd. God, I just got my bill from that fight, I may never buy another one.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Unless Arum blocks it
Cotto seems to be the only logical option. Otherwise, it will be someone like Devon Alexander.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Cinco de Mayo Puerto Rican payday, is what I'm thinking.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Definitely Fighting Someone on May 5th
He just got a continuance on his sentence till June 1st based on the fact that he has a contract to fight. Hmmmm, the plot thickens.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
But will Pacman's "eye" be ready by then??
Dah dah dahhhhhh!
Dude it took Ward’s eye like a month to get better and it was a way worse cut in a terrible location.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Ward had to fight Froch for title and glory
Manny can fight whenever his 20 plus million contracts are signed.
Persimmons and Apples. No comparison.
There are journeymen who have to fight with injuries ever day/fight worse than Floyd’s hands years ago and Manny’s eye today. They had no choice.
The choice of doing whatever these two want whenever against whoever is the deterent here.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
The choice of doing whatever these two want whenever against whoever is the deterent here.
Sooooo… cut a long story short, you’re agreeing with Waldo that the cut is a lame excuse?
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 7, 2012 8:32 AM EST up reply actions
I think Arum should have….and now has done …exactly what duBoef told the old man to do. Just tell the truth.
Floyd called TdB to …to yell…. about his impression that TR was horning in on ‘his’ date….as if the MGM was going to wait forever to see if Floyd’s legal issues settled in favor of May 5th. He never mentioned Manny in his rant.
In other words, Floyd already knew he has no intention of negotiating and or fighting with Pacquaio. Not now at least.
Arum should have stuck with the truth. That when Floyd was before the court, TR was creating options …four all together…to present to his next week. Full stop.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Pac and May are never going to fight
for as long as either of them can find anyone else at all to fight with. They both know that only one of them will win, and the other will LOSE. And by lose, the fall from grace wiill be so vast, so precipitate, and so absolute that neither of them will face it, and they’d be crazy if they did. Personally, I don’t, and haven’t for some time, believed they’ll ever fight at all, because both believe they can beat anybody else. And if that’s not true, and either loses to anybody else, we default to vast, precipitate, and absolute, such that the fight will never happen even if the one who loses is willing. Not gonna happen, that fight. If it ever happens, it will happen when both have lost, and will no longer be The Fight..
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
And being the mega-star that he is, he will have unlimited options; a fact that will allow him the luxury of choosing the opponent, the terms, the time and the place as is his want.
That’s it in a nutshell. Canelo would be nice—-and so would Cotto who would get a nice retirement pay day for his beating. Someone mentioned Canelo-Mayweather as a Nelson-Sanchez and that’s not out of the realm of possibility. Canelo is young enough to bounce back as well. In theory, the Berto-Ortiz winner is a solid money fight but the date of their rematch fouls things up. As for Gurrero, give me a break. No money and no interest IMO.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
-- Vernon Forrest (1971-2009)
arghh......
"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…
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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…
Just testing my ability to post images
"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…
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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
—Muhammad Ali…
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