Amir Khan could lose out on Mayweather fight to Maidana

Showtime President of Sports Stephen Espinoza is saying that Mayweather. (45-0, 26 KO’s) is highly interested in facing Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) next in May. If this fight happens, Khan, who has been talking nonstop about wanting to fight Floy Mayweather next, could find himself with nothing to show for the 8 months he’s been waiting on that fight.

Maidana’s victory over Broner this month has got Floy Mayweather now thinking about fighting him of Amir Khan. Floy is a good businessman and he must realize the potential of big pay-per-view numbers with him fighting the more popular Marcos Maidana than in facing Amir Khan, who lacks the fan base in the U.S to make a fight between him and Floy a big fight.

“Stephen [Espinoza] said 100 percent the fight [Khan-Mayweather] is not done and that, in fact, Marcos Maidana is in the picture as a possible Floyd opponent too after his win over Adrien Broner,” Rafael said to ESPN. He [Espinoza] said that win ‘got Floyd’s attention.’”

Maidana isn’t Mexican, but you have to imagine that he would have a much better chance of attracting Mexicans to purchase a fight between him and Floy on Showtime PPV than Amir Khan. I really hate to say it, but I don’t think Khan vs. Mayweather is a sell-able fight on Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend in May. That fight is likely nowhere near as interesting for Mexican fans than a Mayweather-Maidana fight, even though Marcos Maidana is from Argentina rather than Mexico.

Floy Mayweather would really surprise a lot of boxing fans if he were to select Marcos Maidana instead of Amir Khan for his May 3rd fight, because many fans feel like it’s academic at this point that Flo will be fighting Khan and they hate that fight with a passion. Mayweather would do well to flip the scrip and make fans happy by selecting Marcos Maidana instead. That’s not to say that Maidana is a great pick for Floy Mayweather, because he’s definitely flawed fighter that he’ll likely beat with ease. But if the choice is between Khan and Maidana, then the easy choice – and the smart choice – is for Mayweather to forget all about Amir Khan and instead face the sturdier Maidana. What we don’t want is Mayweather to go out there in the 1st round, time one of Khan’s wild flurries that he likes to throw, and knock him out cold with a left hook to the head. Fans will feel cheated if Mayweather faces Khan and obliterates him in the first few rounds.

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Top 20 Boxing Knockouts of 2013

       Top 20  knockouts and fights in 2013, I hope you enjoy it and thanks for watching

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Bob Arum confirms Floy Mayweather not in the picture for Pacquiao’s next fight

Bob Arum says that Mayweather Jr. is not one of the names he is looking at for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight on April 12th. Arum says that the two names that he’s looking at to match against Manny Pacquiao are Tim Bradley or Juan Manuel Marquez.

For fans hoping to see a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in April or May, you’ll have to be satisfied with either a Pacquiao-Bradley rematch or a Pacquiao-Marquez rematch. Either way, we’re talking retreat opponents for Manny  Pacquiao.

“There is nothing with Floyd Maywether,” Arum said to the Manila Bulletin.

I’m not sure why Arum is still mentioning Marquez’s name as a possible opponent for  Manny Pacquiao because he’s repeatedly said that he never, ever wants to fight Manny  Pacquiao again in this lifetime. With Bob  Arum still including Marquez’s name as a possible candidate for Manny  Pacquiao, it gives one the impression that Marquez’s name is being used to keep Timothy  Bradley from asking for too much money in the negotiations. Juan Manuel Marquez is not even in play for this fight, yet his name is still being mentioned. The only guy in play for Pacquiao’s next fight is Bradley and that to me is incredibly boring.

I just hope for Manny  Pacquiao’s sake that this will be the last time that he has to fight  Timothy Bradley, because it would be disappointing if Bob Arum keeps trotting out Bradley as Pacquiao’s future opponent, if for no other reason because he’s pretty much got no one else to match him up against in his stable. Once Manny Pacquiao badly whips one of Arum’s Top Rank stable fighters, it’s pretty much impossible for Arum to keep matching him up against that fighter over and over again. But when it’s close like it was with Bradley and Manny Pacquiao, then that fighter gets trotted back out again rather than having Manny Pacquiao move on to more interesting opponents.

I suspect that Floy Mayweather won’t be in play for Pacquiao’s second fight in 2014 in September either. I just don’t think Floy Mayweather will ever be in play for Manny Pacquiao as long as he’s with Arum. My guess is Manny Pacquiao will either fight Bradley for a third time in September or face Mike Alvarado or maybe Ruslan Provodnikov.

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Why hasn’t Mnny Pacquiao responded to Floy Mayweather?

In my eyes I see this as the only way the fight can be made. It would take for both fighters to take this issue public making personal and not about business. Floy Mayweather also made remarks towards the newly crowned Marcos Miadana who responded (as he should) in timely fashion. If you want the fight you have to act like it. Even Amir Khan goes out of his way to say that he has the stuff to beat Floy  Mayweather, if he can get enough people to believe that he has a chance at getting the fight.

I see no time better than the present for Pacquiao to come out and say something about Floy Mayweather. Whether it be pictures of duck, chickens, whatever it may be, opportunity is knocking once again and Manny Pacquiao should open the door.
In recent years I have only heard Manny Pacquiao speak of Floy Mayweather either when he has a fight signed or when asked. At this point and time neither have a fight signed, Floy is poking at Pacquiao as if he knows he will not reply.

If I am recalling correctly, the last time both men were in need of an opponent was when Floy went via twitter with the infamous “step up punk” quote. Many fans have drawn conclusions to what Mayweather’s intentions are by going at Manny Pacquiao through social media.

Some say Floy has no intentions of ever fighting Manny Pacquiao and is just throwing out smoke screens. That I don’t know the answer to, and neither does anyone other than Floy Mayweather himself. But what I do know is that he seems to if nothing else be probing to get some sort of response from Pacquiao’s camp. What would have been better than after Floy  sending out his Christmas card, Pacquiao sending something out about Floy Mayweather that implied him ducking him? But as of yet we have nothing.

Some will say it beneath Manny Pacquiao to go this route in order to get the fight. To that I would say get with the program. Social media is hands down the best way to get a guy in the ring other than showing up at the guy fight and grabbing the mic afterward. I don’t want to see on the coming days some calculated response generated and delivered by Arum.

I want Manny Pacquiao to step out on his own and personally insult Floy Mayweather in some way that implies him not wanting to fight him. I’m tired of people speaking for Pac Man , social media offers a stage to anyone who has an opinion (as you are reading mine) to reach the masses.

There is no better way than at the moment if Manny  Pacquiao really want this fight than to get involved while the world is waiting. I think we can all agree that Manny Pacquiao is a fantastic fighter, but if he lets this moment pass I will in my opinion say he never wanted the fight and only used  Floy name to sale himself. This isn’t the first or second time Floy Mayweather has went public attempting to humiliate Pacquiao, and even then there was no response form Manny Pacquiao. If I were one of Manny’s advisers I would be elated that Floy  had himself sparked the interesting in the fight happening. Step up Manny and make this a media war, if that’s what it takes then so be it.

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Best boxing moment of 2013

2013 has been a great year for boxing, and this video just scratches the surface of what's been a collection of memorable fights. 

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Floy Mayweather . deserves to be Fighter of the Year

For his two impressive wins this year over Guerrero and Saul Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather. (45-0, 26 KO’s) clearly deserves to get the 2013 Fighter of the Year award. Mayweather’s only competition is Adonis Steveson, who stopped Dawson, Tavoris Cloud and Tony Bellew. Those were all good wins, but the quality of opposition wasn’t as good as Mayweather’s

The way that Floy Mayweather turned Saul Alvarez  into a very average looking fighter. It was very impressive to watch because no one has ever done that before to Saul Alvarez, and it’s quite possible that we won’t see anyone else doing that to him until he’s in his late 30s. Saul Alvarez tried hard to catch Floy Mayweather with his big power shots, but he just wasn’t fast or skilled enough to land his punches.

Guerrero is another very good fighter, but Floy Mayweather reduced him to just a punching bag in that fight. I expect Guerrero to accomplish big things in the future once he gets busy again with his career. There’s no one else that could do to Robert Guerrero what Mayweather did.

Last year’s Fighter of the Years Nonito Donaire obviously can’t be mentioned as being a candidate this year because he was easily beaten by Guillermo Rigondeaux last April. But you can make an argument that Donaire didn’t do enough last year to deserve the aware for his empty wins over Toshiaki Nishioka, Jorge Arce, Jeffrey Mathebula and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Donaire was a controversial pick due to his weak opposition.

Pacquiao didn’t do enough this year to deserve the award because he only fought once in beating Brandon Rios last month. Rios was coming off of a loss to Mike Alvarado and he was an odd choice for Manny Pacquiao to fight, but it’s not the first time Manny Pacquiao has fought an opponent coming off of a defeat.

Floy Mayweather has a good chance of snatching the Fighter of the Year award in 2014 if he get some quality opponents in the ring with him. I’m not sure that Amir Khan is a good enough name to wow the fans next year, but Maidana is a good name and hopefully he’ll one of the guys that Floy Mayweather faces next year.

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Best knockout of the year 2013 [VIDEO]

Lucas Matthysse KO1 Mike Dallas Jr

Argenis Mendez KO4 Juan Carlos Salgado II

Adonis Stevenson KO1 Chad Dawson

Gennady Golovkin KO3 Nobuhiro Ishida

Curtis Stevens KO1 Saul Roman

Sergey Kovalev KO2 Ismayl Sillakh

Keith Thurman KO9 Jesus Soto Karass

Mikey Garcia KO4 Juan Manuel Lopez

Javier Fortuna KO1 Miguel Zamudio

Deontay Wilder KO1 Sergei Liakhovic

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