What is Floyd's decision going to be? -- Examiner

By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com

Just about four days to go before the free world is due a decision by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as to if he will fight Manny Pacquiao in November, next year or ever.

I don't know which way this is going to go. I never thought giving Floyd an ultimatum would be the best way to go but the clock is ticking.

I believe Floyd has already made his decision.

Would the general public buy a Pacquiao rematch with Miguel Cotto? What about an Antonio Margarito fight in Mexico? How about a Paul Williams fight?

Promoter Bob Arum is trying to put his best options out there but the fight is Mayweather vs. Pacquiao and a decision simply has to be made and not put off for next year or any other time.

Eventually, Arum is going to have to find new meat for Pacquiao to fight as Mayweather might opt out and Margarito may remain suspended. If Margarito wants to fight in Mexico, it creates other problems such as a lack of casino money. Cotto seems a safe rematch fight the public would buy.

Williams has some intrigue but he's so much bigger than Pacquiao in a freakish way that if Pacquiao passed on Yuri Foreman, there would be no way Williams would get a shot at Pacquiao as Williams is bigger than Foreman and is regarded as a top 10 Pound For Pound Fighter.

So it seems we are down to either Mayweather or a Cotto rematch November 13. After that Arum and his Hall of Fame matchmaker Bruce Trampler need to find a few new bodies to get the public excited about to sustain Pacquiao's career a little bit longer.

Again, the only issues that Mayweather should have are whether or not he gets better than a 50-50 split of the purse and if Pacquiao must adhere to the strict Olympic-style blood testing demands of Mayweather. Anything other than that and Mayweather doesn't want the fight on any date.

Source: examiner.com