Then, of course, the bell sounds, and things take a dramatically different turn.
I don?t know that anyone would seriously sit down and analyze a Mayweather-Morales fight, other than to speculate that it could be a butchering to resemble that which Mayweather once administered to Arturo Gatti.
But Morales is with Golden Boy, which certainly will want to provide the opposition for Floyd?s prospective May 5 Vegas date, and Mayweather wants to make a payday.
Sometimes that?s all the magic it takes.
But who knows what could happen from here, because everyone aside from Manny Pacquiao has been discussed as a possible opponent on that date.
I?m exaggerating, of course, but we know that Canelo Alvarez would love to do it, and that Sergio Martinez is reportedly offering to go down to 150 pounds for the opportunity. Robert Guerrero wants to give it a go. Who knows if Amir Khan might be in such a mix, not to mention Devon Alexander, who for some reason unbeknownst to us is the WBC?s #1 welterweight contender.
Believe me, I respect Erik Morales an awful lot. There are not many guys who can win fights in different ways, and Morales have engaged in full-scale brawls and also played the role of the boxer. In fact, it was craftiness that paved the way for him to beat Manny Pacquiao the first time they fought.
But that was a long time ago. Morales lost four fights in a row after that, including two rematches with Pacquiao. After sitting out two and a half years, he came back with three fights against limited foes, one of which brought him the ?WBC Silver light welterweight? title, which I?m not very familiar with, and don?t really care to be.
