Mayweather stalls Marquez with a bad rib -here comes Manny vs. Floyd
It was announced today by Golden Boy Promotions that Floyd Mayweather would be pullinf out of his scheduled July 18 fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
"I am extremely disappointed that this fight has to be postponed," said Mayweather. "I was training very hard and looking forward to getting back in the ring on July 18th."
Funny, an injured rib is much harder to verify than a broken hand or torn ligament. The ambiguity of Floyd's injury timed with a recent report of Bob Arum's willingness to split the purse 50-50 for a future fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao makes me think Floyd became injured to go directly to a fight with the Filipino.
Sure Floyd was favored to beat Marquez -- a man coming up to fight as a welterweight for the first time -- but the Mexican ring technician was no walk in the park tune-up.
Look for Floyd to skip past Marquez, with no re-scheduling, and fight Manny Pacquiao during November, 2009.
Pacquiao Would Whip Cotto?
My column yesterday caused a handful of Manny-Maniacs to tell me that their idol could whip Miguel Cotto based on the Puerto Rican's performances against Antonio Margarito and Joshua Clottey.
Don't get it twisted my Filipino friends, Manny is one for the ages, but Cotto was being challenged by legitimate welterweights, not souped up featherweights.. Manny does not have the physicality to over power Cotto in the manner that Clottey and Margarito were able to. Not to say that Manny could not when, but Cotto vs. Pacquiao would be an even ordeal -- at best!
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