BY: Albert Alvarez
First of all allow me to clear the air a bit on all the talk surrounding the SuperBowl Boxing Event that is truly a Godzilla Event in the making. Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. When I first heard that the fight was really being discussed by both parties, my first question was, ”On what date?” I then kept hearing March 13th as the date. My initial reaction was, well now why would it happen so soon from now? I mean why not give it some time to really build this baby into an even bigger monster of an event?
Then I said to myself, well maybe the smashing of Roy Jones Jr. opened up the eyes of all parties involved and they all figured that it’s not worth it to risk having Pac-Man face a Yuri Foreman or a Edwin Valero before Money May. It just isn’t worth it to have Mayweather face the winner of the Mosley/Berto clash first before facing the Pac-Man. I then became tired of hearing my own questions, so what I did was contact a very reliable source in the Mayweather side and the source assured me that the rumors are very true. The fight really is being discussed heavily by both parties and March 13 so far seems to be the date. I guess everyones way of thinking in all this is to strike while the iron is hot. Below I name a few fights that should happen next, because let’s face it, the iron is hot and it’s time to strike.
Tavoris Cloud vs. Danny Green- Ok Ok, many will say that Green should now get a shot at Hopkins now that Green smashed Roy. Does Green now deserve that shot at Hopkins? Absolutely. Will it make for a good fight though, that is the question. Please don’t be fooled into thinking that the old man will also get knocked out by Green now that Green knocked out his Royness. I see a Hopkins/Green fight as a Hopkins/Pavlik type of lesson. Been there done that. Hopkins feasts on guys that come straight at him as Green surely would. Now if I’m a young lion in the making like Tavoris Cloud surely is, I would be rock hard right now. If Cloud wants to make a name for himself and build on his smashing performance over Clinton Woods, you do that by going after the man that is hot right now, the name that is comming out of everyones lips right now is Danny Green. Is Cloud to ”Green” for a Danny Green? Let’s find out.
Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson- Outside of Dawson, Maybe only a fight at heavyweight against David Haye would give the old man a true test. Bad Chad right now is starving for the shot to dethrone the living legend. Dawson has the speed and combination punching to sneek up on Hopkins. Then again though, maybe Hopkins finds a way to clutch Dawson enough to frustrate him and polish him off in the later rounds. Nobody likes playing the underdog more than Hopkins, against Dawson, Hopkins would once again find himself in that comfortable role that he is now very much used to.
Jean Pascal, or Allan Green vs. Lucian Bute- With all the big names and money fights currently off the board for Bute, where else does he turn to? With the stopage of Andrade, Bute now has 2 options. #1 stay at 168 and face the only real threat in your division available to you, that would be none other than Allan Green. Or #2 move on up to 175 and test the waters there. Next week if Pascal can get past Diaconu, Boy oh Boy, strap on your seatbelts because Bute/Pascal would sell out the Bell Centre in minutes flat. The Wreck in Quebec!
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