Last week ESPN reported that Floyd Mayweather, following his fight with Ricky Hatton, was discussing a possible jump to MMA fighting. It was reported that Mayweather formed a friendship with Mark Cuban while on the Dancing with the Stars program and Cuban showed an interest in bringing the fighter over to his HDNets Fights.
Personally, I’m hoping that this does not happen not only because I think he will lose credibility, but this loss in credibility will hurt boxing as a
whole. Money Mayweather needs to step up and fight the next logical contender, Miguel Cotto and win the final belt to make him the undisputed champion. Mayweather has balked at the possible fight against the WBA title holder due to a dispute with Cotto and Mayweather’s former promoter Bob Arum. Arum has been quoted by the Arizona Republic as saying, “He’s afraid to lose.†He later said, “He’ll say he won’t fight Cotto because of me, because of Bob Arum. But that’s not it. He doesn’t want to take a chance. He’ll never fight Cotto. Never, ever.â€
I just want to see this fight happen purely for HBO’s 24/7 shows that aired prior to both the De La Hoya and Hatton fights. I know no one can wait to see Floyd counting stacks of money on his kitchen table once again(go to 7:47 of this video) before some awkward discussion of his relationship with his Dad. So, Mayweather and Arum, let’s make this happen. And soon while I can afford to keep getting HBO.
