By Ricardo Lois - During this past Sunday's Boxing Truth Radio, John Chavez and myself stated that the next best possible opponent for both men - if a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather fight fell through - would be Paul Williams.The lanky six foot, one inch native of Aiken, South Carolina jumps between weight divisions at will - fighting from welterweight up to middleweight - and would present a legitimate challenge to the supremacy of either Mayweather or Pacquiao at welterweight.
So now that the Mayweather - Pacquiao bout has officially crumbled and Manny Pacquiao has saved faced by taking on gritty welterweight Joshua Clottey, how can Money save face?
Simple. Instruct manager Al Haymon and consultants Golden Boy Promotions to contact William's promoter Dan Goossen for a March fight.
Like it or not, the reality is that Floyd Mayweather Senior looks like he ducked Manny Pacquiao. Team Mayweather insisted on an Olympic style drug test which included blood and urine analysis. When Pacquiao balked at blood draws weeks before the fight, but agreed to every other stipulation, Mayweather took the opportunity to stand by his iron clad insistence of a testing schedule he felt comfortable with and allowed his stubbornness destroy a fight.
Problem is, Manny Pacquiao's warrior heart has never been questioned. Floyd Mayweather cannot say the same.
True or not, the perception is out there that Mayweather is a "ducker" - a fighter who avoids dangerous opponents.
A proposed fight against Paulie Malignaggi or Matthew Hatton could permanently tarnish Mayweather's legacy. Many will say, sure Mayweather was the best technical boxer of his era, but he had no heart.
Paul Williams would not only help silence critics that question Floyd's warrior spirit, but one up Pacquiao with a higher quality, more dangerous opponent than Clottey.
Source: examiner.com
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