Early fight previews: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, Hatton, Marquez, Mosley, and Cotto

Houston Boxing Examiner

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s camp has sent signals of the former pound for pound king's intentions of coming back to the ring. Based on various (unverified) reports, July 11 is a possible date in which the "Pretty Boy" makes his comeback by way of a tune-up fight and brush away the rust. (His last fight was in December 2007 in a knockout victory of Ricky Hatton.) Since July 11 is a week after the 4th of July, perhaps we can speculate that Mayweather may face a non-U.S. opponent?
Floyd has an undefeated record of 39 wins and 0 losses. Assuming we have a top flight Floyd who has not been too negatively affected by his brief hiatus, how might he do against 5 possible elite caliber opponents? We take a look. read more