Manny Pacquiao has a very tough opponent in front of him in Joshua Clottey, but who does Floyd Mayweather have that would be considered a tough opponent? Former Welterweight Champion Kermit Cintron. Kermit is at his strongest at welterweight and from his last four fights at 154lbs he only stopped one fighter. Given that Kermit’s only 2 losses is at the hands of Margarito (some still believe he loss because of loaded handwraps) he seems to be a strong contender that will give Mayweather a good fight.
Kermit Cintron himself has made remarks about Manny Pacquiao being on something. He doesn’t like it when he feels that the competition could possible be cheating to win, and that is the way Floyd Mayweather feels. Floyd says he wants the best and why not Cintron. If those 2 losses was truely due to illegal and loaded handwraps then Cintron would still be undefeated and would be a good matchup for Floyd.
Cinton is bringing a record of 32 wins 28 by knockout with only 2 losses with 1 draw. He doesn’t have a fight lined up right now and his last fight was in Oct 2009. He has good sparring at Savannah gym with the likes of Omar Henry and Lanard Lane who are some very tough welterweights and jr. middleweights. With his knockout percentage there is a chance of some fireworks. I’m sure that Kermit Cintron would like to take a shot at the former pound for pound king.
Floyd Mayweather needs a strong opponent if he thinks he will compete on the same day as Pacquiao on March 13, 2010. Floyd has stated that he is a HBO PPV fighter and there is no doubt that HBO would love this match up. Bob Arum on the other hand will have Manny Pacquiao more than likely fighting on Top Ranks own PPV. It seems that the ball is in Floyd’s court and we hope that he doesn’t drop the ball this time. Give the fans what they want from you and that is tough fight from a tough opponent. Not Paulie Malignaggi or Matthew Hatton.
