welterweight title holder Floyd Mayweather 42-0 (26) has been granted a postponement in serving his three month jail sentence for his battery conviction, which was supposed to begin on January 6, 2012? Mayweather’s delayed jail term will have to wait for him to pick up another easy payday on May 5th before he can take up residence at the cross-bar hotel for a few months.
What’s even more astonishing is, Mayweather’s May 5 opponent hasn’t even been named yet, though we did just get word from Raymond Markarian that it looks like Robert Guerrero will get the nod. The only thing we know for sure is that it won’t be against another welterweight title holder, Manny Pacquiao 54-3-2 (38). Yes, even as of this writing and despite it being almost two years past the date when it should’ve happened a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather is still the biggest and most anticipated fight that can be made in combat sports. And everyone knows, or should know, that the hard truth is the fight hasn’t been realized yet because Mayweather hasn’t seen enough slippage in Pacquiao. I for one certainly have and don’t harbor any reservation in saying that Mayweather will outbox Pacquiao on his way to a non-controversial decision when they fight. However, Mayweather isn’t quite there yet, although he’s getting closer.
Here’s a novel idea and challenging task for Mayweather, something that would even shut up his sternest critics if he were successful…Challenge WBC middleweight title holder Sergio Martinez 48-2-1 (27), who’s perceived as the best middleweight fighter in boxing, to a non-catch-weight title bout.
Only one lightweight champion has ever won a middleweight title ? Roberto Duran. Henry Armstrong came close but drew with Ceferino Garcia, a fighter he had previously beaten.
