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Good stuff, verminaard.

There's way too many HBO/Showtime, Mayweather/Bob Arum issues to make the Bradley fight happen right now. I'm not sure how much time Bradley has left with Top Rank, but until he's out of that contract, he won't be fighting Mayweather.

Rumors are that Mayweather/Khan might actually happen. I have no idea how they're going to convince anyone that Khan deserves a shot. Unless he rematches Garcia and beats him. Then it would make a little more sense.

I said a few years ago, back when Khan was still winning, that I thought Khan could give Mayweather trouble for a few rounds. And I still think that he could. Just purely from a stylistic standpoint. Khan has a really good jab, and real fast hands. His main problems in this fight would be his lack of defense, and foot speed. I think he'd make it look competitive for about 3 rounds, and then he's pretty much on borrowed time. I actually think Mayweather might knock him out.

I think I know which episode of First Take you're talking about. I think it was when they were interviewing Teddy Atlas. Atlas mentioned that Golovkin would have the best chance of beating Mayweather at 154. Golovkin passes the eye test so far, but I'm not ready to buy into the hype just yet. I know everyone wants the payday, but Golovkin is a middleweight. There's no reason for Mayweather to fight him. And if he fights him at 154, people will just claim GGG was weight drained. Golovkin may have the goods. I'd like to see him against Martinez, when Martinez is back from his injury, and has a tune up.

I think from 140-154 the guy with the best shot to beat Mayweather would be Erislandy Lara. That fight won't ever happen. High risk, low reward. And, man, it would be a snoozer.

I cringe when Skip Bayless talks boxing. I actually feel a little embarrassed for him when he gets that smug ass look on his face, and acts like he knows what he's talking about. Dude really is clueless when it comes to boxing.
The Khan fight is a complete travesty. I still don't believe Floyd would take that fight without Khan getting a meaningful win first, but if he does it's a fucking joke. He should just fight the guy who's earned it and who makes the most sense (even if he has hardly any chance) - Danny Garcia. There's really no other good candidate (who he would possibly fight) right now other than Tim Bradley, which we know won't happen because of the promotional issues involved. If Khan gets the fight without beating Devon Alexander or the equivalent first, it's gonna be another major PPV-number disappointment like the Guerrero fight was, and the last thing Floyd needs is to have people start talking about how his huge contract was a bad deal for Showtime.
I agree. I think he needs to fight Garcia again, and if he wins that fight, then MAYBE start talking Mayweather. But as of now, he's done nothing more than lose, and look like shit winning.

I think the Devon Alexander/Shawn Porter fight is signed. I like Porter. Real nice guy. I got to walk into the MGM Ballroom for the Thursday night fights before the Mayweather/Canelo fight with Porter and his team. They were all cool as fuck. That said, he's got no real shot to beat Alexander, imo. Bad style match up for him.