nikkas forgot. Floyd was pretty much done with boxing after he beat Oscar. He only fought Hatton because Ricky brought international money and fans into that fight. Hatton was also creating buzz by KOing Floyd's toughest opponent (Castillo) with a body shot in a fight that was pretty hyped up. Remember they had both fought on the same card. Hatton fought Urango and Castillo fought some other nikka that wasn't too experienced at the time (forgot his name). Hatton was also running his mouth and shytting on Floyd in interviews. He said Floyd came dressed up as Russell Crowe (dressed up as a Roman gladiator) against Baldomier and ended up fighting like Sheryl Crow
He legit made a case for that fight so Floyd took it and gave him that work. After that shyt Oscar wanted the rematch and was going to do it at 147. He fought Forbes I believe at 150 on regular HBO (
that shyt is unheard of now right?) Oscar didn't look all that good either. Forbes I think swelled up his eye too. Floyd threw the rematch in the bushes and I think this is during the time he had that press conference where he was crying
(yeah this nikka was really crying) about not being respected and how the media doesn't give him enough credit and that he's done with the sport.
Margarito/Cotto eventually happened and Oscar was saying he would fight the winner, but when Tonio won and won big. Oscar changed his tune and picked on this lil Fillipino guy that was buzzing and dominating the lower weight classes. He made him jump from 135 to 147 and ended up draining himself and getting beat so badly he retired and we all know the rest after that.
Present time. Floyd will fight Chino again. The fight makes sense for both of them. No other opponent has the credentials or the buzz to make 800k or more people order the ppv. Even if Canelo KO's Lara in the 3rd round that isn't enough since his schooling is still fresh in everyone's mind. Khan can't fight in Sept. Porter gotta fight Brook and Thurman needs a lil more exposure. Garcia ain't coming off an impressive win an hasn't fought at 147 yet.
If we don't see another Floyd/Maidana fight neither one will prolly fight again at all this year. I don't wanna see a rematch so it's
for me anyways.
I rather see Chino fight Khan or Broner again, but he seems to be off that shyt. I rather Floyd just wait until Thurman or Porter build a lil more steam and make themselves more available to fight.